MANNING UP BRIDESHEAD-STYLE

oUR anti-heroine is in oxford for scenes in which a ‘Brideshead Revisited look’ was required. With Villanelle the subversive sort, mitchell took that to mean she should play one of the male characters in the classic evelyn Waugh novel.

‘The show said that would be fantastic — Villanelle should look like she’s dressing up to be quintessentially english. so we found a vintage shirt and tie, and put it with a pair of high- end trousers from Raey (the in-house brand of designer fashion retailer matches).’

With Villanelle’s hair slicked back, a vintage cricket jumper draped over her shoulders completes the look.