Anya Taylor-Joy Soars in Dior Cape Dress and Backwards Necklace

Anya Taylor-Joy wearing a custom dior cape dress with a backwards necklace

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published 13 February 2025

Anya Taylor-Joy's press tour for The Gorge should have come with a flood warning. Over the last two weeks, the flaxen-haired beauty has unleashed a deluge of elaborate looks upon the public. And frankly, it's starting to feel like a hazard. How am I supposed to go about my day not knowing when her next show-stopping serve is coming? Last week alone, the Golden Globe winner dished up two skirt suits, a Celine cape worn sans pants, an Alexander McQueen Yeti coat, and biker shorts topped with a bubble skirt.

Needless to say, it's been a lot for fans to collectively take in. But at the film's Los Angeles premiere on Feb. 12, the Queen’s Gambit star showed zero sign of style remorse. In fact, she saved her most dramatic look yet for the occasion: a custom, strapless white mini dress that capitalized yet again on the cape trend.

A photo of Anya Taylor-Joy posing at The Gorge's Los Angeles premiere in a strapless white Dior mini dress and matching sandals. — Anya Taylor-Joy poses at *The Gorge*'s Los Angeles premiere in a strapless white Dior mini dress and matching sandals.

Taylor-Joy has been a Dior ambassador since 2021. So, naturally, the design—which combines a wool and silk bodice with pleated organza wings—comes courtesy of the French fashion house. As she posed on the red carpet with her fluttering cape held aloft, she looked equally like a leading lady and a soaring bird of paradise. Strappy white satin sandals from Jimmy Choo only heightened the effect.

A photo of Anya Taylor-Joy showing off her strapless gown's pleated wingspan. — The *Dune* star shows off her strapless gown's pleated wingspan.

The Furiosa actor finished the look by borrowing an assortment of jewelry from the Tiffany & Co. Archives, including two Tiffany Victoria rings, a set of diamond stud earrings, and a dazzling necklace. To that end, she also borrowed a genius accessory styling hack from Sabrina Carpenter's 2025 Grammys red carpet ensemble. Instead of layering her glamorous diamond-encrusted platinum pendant as one normally would, she let the priceless statement piece trail down her back—much the way Carpenter did with her 50-carat Chopard diamond chain at the pop star-studded awards show two weeks ago.

A closeup of Anya Taylor-Joy accessorizing her Dior dress with an archival Tiffany diamond pendant necklace. — Anya Taylor-Joy accessories her Dior dress with an archival Tiffany diamond pendant necklace.

A photo of Sabrina Carpenter letting a Chopard diamond pendant trail down her back at the 2025 Grammys. — Sabrina Carpenter lets a Chopard diamond pendant trail down her back at the 2025 Grammys.

Anya Taylor-Joy was well on her way to fashion icon status before The Gorge, but she really does seem to be soaring to new heights lately. On this press tour, the sky's the limit.

Hanna Lustig is a staff writer at Marie Claire, where she gets to gab every day about the topics she holds most dear: fashion, beauty, and celebrity. Hanna’s editorial journey began with formative internships at Elle and InStyle, where she was lucky enough to work for some of the smartest women in media while she was still in college at the University of Tennessee. Hanna then accepted a digital culture reporting fellowship at Insider, where she helped carve out a new beat dedicated to covering influencers. Those experiences later served her well as a staff writer at Glamour, where she developed a knack for spinning quick turnaround celebrity news and trend reporting into juicy feature stories. Some of her greatest hits include an earnest ode to the no-pants trend, this meticulously reported feature exploring the rise of endoscopic facelifts, this snappy take on the Chanel-designed fantasy of Sofia Richie’s wedding, this tribute to WAGs past and present, and this timeline of Katie Holmes’s life and career as told through her denim collection.

Diane Keaton once hung up on Hanna during an interview, but thankfully that mishap did not derail what has otherwise been a deeply fulfilling career writing for and about women. As one of Marie Claire's resident experts on style and culture, her current coverage ranges from exploring TikTok's contrast makeup theory and the return of the boat shoe trend to interviews with costume designers for hit shows like Nobody Wants This and The Penguin. When she’s not at work, Hanna can probably be found listening to pop music, talking to her dog, and gossiping with her best friends. For more of Hanna’s perfect opinions on pop culture, you can follow her on Instagram and X.

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