Helena Bonham Carter's Style
The eccentric actress was missing from Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed List this year, but she's still crucial to British fashion, says Isabel Wilkinson.
Helena Bonham Carter at the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in July 2011. Carter wore a long green dress with a giant pink flower on her head.
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On the red carpet at the Oscars in 2011. She wore a black gown by Colleen Atwood, who also designed costumes for Alice in Wonderland. At one point she lifted her dress to show off a Union Jack flag, which she had tied to her leg with a red ribbon.
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At the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 30, 2011. She opted for a black-and-white lace dress designed by Marc Jacobs.
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At the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 16, wearing a Vivienne Westwood dress and mismatched shoes. “If you’re going to spend three hours getting ready you may as well go for it,” she said.
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Attending the 11th Annual AFI Awards on January 14, 2011 in Los Angeles.
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In a Vivienne Westwood gown at the World Premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 in London in November 2010.
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Posing with Valentino Garavani at the premiere of The King’s Speech in New York City on November 8, 2010. She chose a black Vivienne Westwood gown for the occasion, and wore a red bow in her hair.
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With Tim Burton at the British Academy Television Awards in London on June 6, 2010. She wore a top hat with veil, and an outer corset over her red dress.
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Appearing on a special green carpet, with Tim Burton, at the Royal World Premiere of Alice in Wonderland in February 2010. She wore a black-and-white Vivienne Westwood dress, which was decorated with paper hearts, in honor of her character. Her purse was also decorated with a playing-card version of the Red Queen.
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Admiring the scenery at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2004 in London.
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At the 1998 Academy Awards. She chose a slightly less radical strapless gown and shawl for her return to the ceremony.
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With Matthew Broderick at the Oscars in 1987. This black dress reportedly cost her only 30 pounds ($49). Time magazine would eventually rank it as one of the worst Oscar gowns of all time.
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