How did you get your hands on such a blooming spectacular outfit, Sydney?
AS RED carpet outfits go, it is the very definition of figure-hugging.
But White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney still manages to look blooming marvellous.
The American actress, 26, appeared at the premiere of her new film, Immaculate, in Los Angeles on Friday wearing the unusual floral ensemble – which featured two floating white arms embracing her waistline.
The striking effect, paired with flowing black trousers, was of hands cradling flowers and fruit to protect her modesty.
Joking about her off-beat fashion style, Ms Sweeney said: ‘That’s the fun thing about all of this, it’s like playing dress-up. It’s boring to do the same thing again.’
The Washington-born star arrived at the film’s screening – an eerie horror set in a picture-perfect Italian convent – with her mother, Lisa, and two grandmothers, who were both given roles as extras.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ms Sweeney – who also produced the film – said she had cast them as ‘little old nuns’ and described how she was able to make their dreams come true by flying them out to Italy for filming. ‘They’d never been to Europe,’ she explained. ‘My Grandy’s dream was to go to Italy – she’s never left the country before.’
She also revealed photographs of her ‘Grandy’ on set in a nun’s habit, smoking a cigarette. ‘She’s iconic and needed a smoke break between takes. I had to capture how amazing she looked.’
Immaculate follows Ms Sweeney’s character Cecilia, a devout Catholic who is offered a role at an Italian convent. But the building, she soon learns, harbours dark secrets – finding herself at the centre of her own mystery when she discovers she is unexplainably pregnant.
Ms Sweeney’s breakthrough role was as promiscuous teenager Cassie Howard in HBO drama Euphoria, which also starred Zendaya. She has also starred in The Handmaid’s Tale TV series and Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
Immaculate is released in UK cinemas from Friday.