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# We Got TWO Puffer Dresses at the British Fashion Awards
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/we-got-two-puffer-dresses-at-the-british-fashion-awards-12-2019/
- Published: 2019-12-03T15:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-03T22:18:39.000Z
- Description: Thanks, Liya and Shailene!
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Well Played, British Fashion Awards, Moncler, Valentino, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:07

This is a totally unexpected move from Mama Shai. Her styling has been spotty since she left Ilaria -- I think Ilaria carved a niche for herself as a menswear expert that was so successful that she lives there almost exclusively now -- but it has at least contained some big swings, and I wonder if she's trying to figure out who she is stylistically right now as her career begins to morph. She's 28, and *Big Little Lies* just transitioned her from *The Fault In Our Stars* and *Divergent* firmly into adult-targeted fare, but her upcoming projects really run the gamut: a romance with Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan, a story about a Guantanamo detainee with Jodie Foster and Benchseating Coucherator, a Jojo Moyes adaptation with Felicity Jones and Joe Alwyn, a DeNiro and Chloe Grace Moretz situation about a man who just got out of prison for involuntary murder. A range of projects is good, but when it comes to the marketing aspect of Hollywood -- and make no mistake, the red carpet is often about self-marketing as much as it is about any particular movie -- I can see where she might be testing the waters with fashion to figure out where she lands and what it does for her. This is a headline-grabber for reason that, I think, dovetail with her taste in projects. It says, "I have eclectic and unexpected taste, but I can command a room." I mean, yeah, on the surface it's hard to take these seriously because they're like gigantic sleeping bags. But the colors are beautiful. The stripes are a nice splash. It's got shape, and it looks arresting. I love my down vest. It's so soft and comfortable and warm, but light, so in that sense, this looks like the easiest, nicest a person could ever put on their body.

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2019/12/shutterstock_editorial_10489774ax-1575337329.jpg "The Fashion Awards, Arrivals, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK - 02 Dec 2019")

I'm not sure she's selling it AS well with the hood deployed, but this might just be an awkward photo. I also appreciate that she went with the full runway version and did give us both views. She *went there* and I applaud it. More than that, I enjoy it. Ultimately she's never going to forget it, and if the hope is that positive attention puts her in front of the potential co-stars or project-packaging agents who might think, "Oh yeah, that's RIGHT, I loved her in *The Descendants*, she'd be interesting to have on board," then I think she'll win at that as well.

Liya Kebede helped design this collection -- she did the patterns, hiring Eithiopian artists who work for her ethical fashion label Lemlem -- and picked out this version to wear to the Awards:

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2019/12/shutterstock_editorial_10489777ac-1575337350.jpg "The Fashion Awards, Arrivals, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK - 02 Dec 2019")

She, however, streamlined hers to just a skirt. (On the runway,[ it has a bodice and then a gigantic head-scarf](https://www.gofugyourself.com/photos/moncler-fw-2019/courtesy-of-press-office-60?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).) I feel like attempting to make it more quietly chic detracts from the overall effect of what a gorgeous, dramatic piece this was -- [the whole puffy collection from this season, which only uses black models, is beautiful to behold](https://www.gofugyourself.com/photos/moncler-fw-2019/courtesy-of-press-office-57?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- but I also still very much like it, and think there's something smart to distilling this into something that feels almost achievable, assuming you are a person who would want one of these for your next gala. Either way, I'm pleased to see these making the rounds as more than just part of [performance art](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/ezra-miller-wore-one-of-those-moncler-puffer-coat-gowns-11-2018/).

###### \[Photos: Shutterstock\]