{"id":1760304,"date":"2026-02-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1760304"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:00:00","slug":"wuthering-heights-costume-design-doesnt-owe-you-historical-accuracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1760304","title":{"rendered":"Wuthering Heights\u2019 costume design doesn\u2019t owe you historical accuracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/225-0-1351-901\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437134.jpeg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/fashion\/article\/69617\/1\/wuthering-heights-costume-design-emerald-fennell\" data-article-id=\"69617\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.78\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wuthering Height 2026\" class=\"img\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437134.jpeg\" width=\"1600\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Warner Bros.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-12T08:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"12 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"12\">12,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Wuthering Heights\u2019 costume design doesn\u2019t owe you <span class=\"nowrap\">historical accuracy<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Brimming with historical inaccuracies, the costumes in Emerald Fennell\u2019s film have been the source of much online debate. But does period dress in general really need to stay true to <span class=\"nowrap\">its time?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-12T08:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"12 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"12\">12,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-12T08:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"12 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"12\">12,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/isobelvandyke\">Isobel Van Dyke<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Costume designers have been having a hard time recently. Emerald Fennell\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>has caused a stir since the day it was announced, and our first glimpse of Margot Robbie as Cathy was no exception. Last March, when images emerged of Robbie wearing an ivory, off-the-shoulder wedding dress, online critics were quick to point out that white wedding dresses were popularised by Queen Victoria, around 40 years after <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> takes place. Not to mention the silhouette, which is <\/span><em><span>creative <\/span><\/em><span>to say the least.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then, in November, we got the teaser trailer for <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/span><\/em><span>, prompting yet another debate about whether or not Miranda Priestly would be caught dead in Valentino Rockstuds (see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/69283\/1\/valentino-doubling-down-controversial-rockstud-louis-vuitton-devil-wears-prada-2\"><span>here)<\/span><\/a><span>. And to top it all off, as if costume designers needed anymore criticism last year, director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/luca-guadagnino\"><span>Luca Guadagnino<\/span><\/a><span> gave an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRcs2oliHl8\/?hl=en\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a><span> in which he diminished their work, comparing them unfavourably to fashion designers and using his frequent collaborator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/jonathan-anderson\"><span>Jonathan Anderson<\/span><\/a><span> as an example. \u201cCostume designers tend to think in terms of the garment,\u201d he explained, \u201c[whereas] designers of fashion think in terms of the body who wears them.\u201d Several Oscar-winning costume designers were quick to disagree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just as it&#8217;s done for fashion, social media cast a spotlight on costume design like never before and opened the door for wider discussion. Suddenly, everyone is a fashion historian \u2013 eager to dissect and pick apart costumes, especially those that stray from precise historical accuracy, whether that&#8217;s Margot Robbie&#8217;s wedding dress or the precise make of helmet that Matt Damon wears in the trailer for <em>The Odyssey<\/em>. However, it\u2019s no secret that Fennell\u2019s vision for <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> has always been far from Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s original 1847 novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"79d4d108-dfa4-4b3c-9cf0-b3ee0125f72c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437018.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.86\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wuthering Heights 2026\" class=\"img\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437018.png\" width=\"2620\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Warner Bros<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>So far, the reviews have been split \u2013 some have called it an erotic dream, others have said it&#8217;s a nightmare. Either way, just about everyone agrees that it\u2019s a fairly surreal adaptation. Naturally, when it came to the costumes, Fennell turned to someone who knows period dress inside and out, but isn\u2019t afraid to put her own twist on it: Jacqueline Durran, who Fennell had previously worked with on <em>Barbie<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the world of costume design, Durran needs no introduction (she\u2019s basically the John Galliano of movies). As well as her two Oscars and three BAFTAs, the British designer is responsible for one of the greatest ever onscreen looks, the infamous green dress which Keira Knightley wore in\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Atonement<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0(it even has its own Wikipedia page). Despite <\/span><em><span>Atonement <\/span><\/em><span>being set during World War II, Durran took inspiration for the dress from Coco Chanel\u2019s designs of the 1920s. For <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina, <\/span><\/em><span>she was reunited with Knightley and turned to the Chanel archive once again, this time blending 1870s Russian fashion with strings of pearls.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"55abe296-ab25-453a-a116-b3ee0125dd52\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437017.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.89\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wuthering Heights 2026\" class=\"img\" height=\"1416\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437017.png\" width=\"2680\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Warner Bros.<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>To put it simply, she knows what she\u2019s doing, and for <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights, <\/span><\/em><span>her list of references ranged from Tudor England to the 1950s, Mugler and McQueen. But while mixing time periods together is a Jacqueline Durran staple, she\u2019s far from the only one doing it. Take Guillermo del Toro\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Frankenstein<\/span><\/em><span>: New Zealand costume designer Kate Hawley has been Oscar nominated for her work on the film, which she openly admits is far from historically accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s so funny when people think that I\u2019m historically accurate \u2013 no I\u2019m not!\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/68916\/1\/frankenstein-jacob-elordi-costume-interview-guillermo-del-toro-mia-goth\"><span>Hawley told me<\/span><\/a><span> last year. \u201cI do all the research and then I let it go. I like breaking the rules because it\u2019s all about the story that we\u2019re telling. We\u2019re in a dream of the period, it\u2019s its own world. It\u2019s not a Mary Shelley biography, it\u2019s not a documentary; it\u2019s Guillermo\u2019s mythology.\u201d Like del Toro\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Frankenstein<\/span><\/em><span>, <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>is Fennell\u2019s reinterpretation of an established fictional story. Not only is Hawley nominated at this year\u2019s Oscars, she also received the first ever Costume Designer Award at the Fashion Awards in December.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"9639253e-790e-4dd1-bafa-b37900f8416c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1800\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1420\/8\/1428768.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Guillermo del Toro&#039;s Frankenstein\" class=\"img\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1420\/8\/1428768.jpg\" width=\"1800\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Kate Hawley&#8217;s costume design for Guillermo del <span class=\"nowrap\">Toro&#8217;s Frankenstein<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Often, it\u2019s the playful obscurities that make costumes all the more interesting. In Sofia Coppola\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Marie Antoinette <\/span><\/em>(2006), <span>a pair of lilac Converse sneakers can be spotted among the 18th century heels. Clearly, they weren\u2019t wearing Converse at Versailles, but the shoes are a deliberate detail to make the young queen seem more modern and rebellious. Or more recently, with <\/span><em><span>Sinners,<\/span><\/em><span> we saw Michael B Jordan become a grill-wearing vampire in 1930s Mississippi. Grills weren\u2019t popularised until the early 1980s, and yet, this was costume designer Ruth E Carter\u2019s homage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/66731\/1\/met-gala-2025-12-black-creatives-on-what-black-dandyism-means-to-them\">Black dandyism<\/a>, as well as a way to distinguish the identical twins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It goes without saying that extensive research and understanding of the era is imperative \u2013 it\u2019s the foundation of any good costume designer. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Costume designers have been having a hard time recently. Emerald Fennell\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>has caused a stir since the day it was announced, and our first glimpse of Margot Robbie as Cathy was no exception. Last March, when images emerged of Robbie wearing an ivory, off-the-shoulder wedding dress, online critics were quick to point out that white wedding dresses were popularised by Queen Victoria, around 40 years after <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> takes place. Not to mention the silhouette, which is <\/span><em><span>creative <\/span><\/em><span>to say the least.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then, in November, we got the teaser trailer for <\/span><em><span>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/span><\/em><span>, prompting yet another debate about whether or not Miranda Priestly would be caught dead in Valentino Rockstuds (see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/69283\/1\/valentino-doubling-down-controversial-rockstud-louis-vuitton-devil-wears-prada-2\"><span>here)<\/span><\/a><span>. And to top it all off, as if costume designers needed anymore criticism last year, director <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/luca-guadagnino\"><span>Luca Guadagnino<\/span><\/a><span> gave an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRcs2oliHl8\/?hl=en\"><span>interview<\/span><\/a><span> in which he diminished their work, comparing them unfavourably to fashion designers and using his frequent collaborator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/jonathan-anderson\"><span>Jonathan Anderson<\/span><\/a><span> as an example. \u201cCostume designers tend to think in terms of the garment,\u201d he explained, \u201c[whereas] designers of fashion think in terms of the body who wears them.\u201d Several Oscar-winning costume designers were quick to disagree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just as it&#8217;s done for fashion, social media cast a spotlight on costume design like never before and opened the door for wider discussion. Suddenly, everyone is a fashion historian \u2013 eager to dissect and pick apart costumes, especially those that stray from precise historical accuracy, whether that&#8217;s Margot Robbie&#8217;s wedding dress or the precise make of helmet that Matt Damon wears in the trailer for <em>The Odyssey<\/em>. However, it\u2019s no secret that Fennell\u2019s vision for <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights<\/span><\/em><span> has always been far from Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s original 1847 novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"79d4d108-dfa4-4b3c-9cf0-b3ee0125f72c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437018.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.86\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wuthering Heights 2026\" class=\"img\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437018.png\" width=\"2620\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Warner Bros<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>So far, the reviews have been split \u2013 some have called it an erotic dream, others have said it&#8217;s a nightmare. Either way, just about everyone agrees that it\u2019s a fairly surreal adaptation. Naturally, when it came to the costumes, Fennell turned to someone who knows period dress inside and out, but isn\u2019t afraid to put her own twist on it: Jacqueline Durran, who Fennell had previously worked with on <em>Barbie<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the world of costume design, Durran needs no introduction (she\u2019s basically the John Galliano of movies). As well as her two Oscars and three BAFTAs, the British designer is responsible for one of the greatest ever onscreen looks, the infamous green dress which Keira Knightley wore in\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Atonement<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0(it even has its own Wikipedia page). Despite <\/span><em><span>Atonement <\/span><\/em><span>being set during World War II, Durran took inspiration for the dress from Coco Chanel\u2019s designs of the 1920s. For <\/span><em><span>Anna Karenina, <\/span><\/em><span>she was reunited with Knightley and turned to the Chanel archive once again, this time blending 1870s Russian fashion with strings of pearls.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"55abe296-ab25-453a-a116-b3ee0125dd52\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437017.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.89\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wuthering Heights 2026\" class=\"img\" height=\"1416\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437017.png\" width=\"2680\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Warner Bros.<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>To put it simply, she knows what she\u2019s doing, and for <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights, <\/span><\/em><span>her list of references ranged from Tudor England to the 1950s, Mugler and McQueen. But while mixing time periods together is a Jacqueline Durran staple, she\u2019s far from the only one doing it. Take Guillermo del Toro\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Frankenstein<\/span><\/em><span>: New Zealand costume designer Kate Hawley has been Oscar nominated for her work on the film, which she openly admits is far from historically accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s so funny when people think that I\u2019m historically accurate \u2013 no I\u2019m not!\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/68916\/1\/frankenstein-jacob-elordi-costume-interview-guillermo-del-toro-mia-goth\"><span>Hawley told me<\/span><\/a><span> last year. \u201cI do all the research and then I let it go. I like breaking the rules because it\u2019s all about the story that we\u2019re telling. We\u2019re in a dream of the period, it\u2019s its own world. It\u2019s not a Mary Shelley biography, it\u2019s not a documentary; it\u2019s Guillermo\u2019s mythology.\u201d Like del Toro\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Frankenstein<\/span><\/em><span>, <\/span><em><span>Wuthering Heights <\/span><\/em><span>is Fennell\u2019s reinterpretation of an established fictional story. Not only is Hawley nominated at this year\u2019s Oscars, she also received the first ever Costume Designer Award at the Fashion Awards in December.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"9639253e-790e-4dd1-bafa-b37900f8416c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1800\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1420\/8\/1428768.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Guillermo del Toro&#039;s Frankenstein\" class=\"img\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1420\/8\/1428768.jpg\" width=\"1800\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Kate Hawley&#8217;s costume design for Guillermo del <span class=\"nowrap\">Toro&#8217;s Frankenstein<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Often, it\u2019s the playful obscurities that make costumes all the more interesting. In Sofia Coppola\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Marie Antoinette <\/span><\/em>(2006), <span>a pair of lilac Converse sneakers can be spotted among the 18th century heels. Clearly, they weren\u2019t wearing Converse at Versailles, but the shoes are a deliberate detail to make the young queen seem more modern and rebellious. Or more recently, with <\/span><em><span>Sinners,<\/span><\/em><span> we saw Michael B Jordan become a grill-wearing vampire in 1930s Mississippi. Grills weren\u2019t popularised until the early 1980s, and yet, this was costume designer Ruth E Carter\u2019s homage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/66731\/1\/met-gala-2025-12-black-creatives-on-what-black-dandyism-means-to-them\">Black dandyism<\/a>, as well as a way to distinguish the identical twins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It goes without saying that extensive research and understanding of the era is imperative \u2013 it\u2019s the foundation of any good costume designer. However, when we\u2019re (mostly) already dealing with works of fiction, who\u2019s to say that costume designers can\u2019t add a few flourishes of their own? Ultimately, it\u2019s about the story that the director is trying to tell. And if a pair of Converse, a diamond grill, or Margot Robbie wrapped up in cellophane helps to communicate that story, then why the hell not?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/69617\/1\/wuthering-heights-costume-design-emerald-fennell&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/225-0-1351-901\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437134.jpeg&#8221;] Courtesy of Warner Bros. February\u00a0 12,\u00a0 2026 Fashion \/ Opinion Fashion \/ Opinion Wuthering Heights\u2019 costume design doesn\u2019t owe you historical accuracy Brimming with historical inaccuracies, the costumes in Emerald Fennell\u2019s film have been the source of much online debate. 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