The Traitors is again for its fourth civilian season – and, regardless of the overall dreariness of January within the UK, all appears proper with the world. The peacocks are strutting across the grounds, the traitors are plotting of their turret – and, maybe most significantly of all, Claudia Winkleman is strutting across the fortress serving a number of the finest appears on TV.
The present has turn into one thing of a phenomenon since its first season aired in 2021, and it is largely because of its profitable method: an excellent, old school homicide thriller sport set in opposition to the atmospheric backdrop of a fortress within the Highlands, the present effortlessly mixes whodunnit thrills with delicate touches of excessive camp. It seems like watching a Shakespearean tragedy staged like a Christmas pantomime – and, would not you recognize it, it is a profitable mixture.
This little balancing act is one thing that Claudia Winkleman’s stylist Sinead McKeefry understands implicitly. Over the previous 4 seasons, Winkleman’s larger-than-life appears have turn into one of many present’s largest attracts. Her distinctive wardrobe on the present delivered a pitch excellent mixture of posh Scottish girl of the manor with a excessive style, camp twist. Who might neglect that OTT turtleneck that appeared to swallow Winkleman complete? Or these glorious draped pirate sleeves that dangled nearly all the way in which to her knees?
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This season, McKeefry’s appears have been as iconic as ever. The look is all about thick textured supplies – suppose velvet, wool, tweed, leather-based – combined with heat, earthy tones – burgundies, chocolate browns – and styled in tons and many layers – you will see loads of tights, ruffled collars and bows.
And, in fact, you will additionally discover loads of daring, dramatic silhouettes – suppose capes, XXL collars, big sleeves and so forth. The general impact is a form of dreamlike, otherworldly picture of Scotland on style steroids.
We spoke to McKeefry about how she sources her improbable items and the way viewers can obtain the search for themselves.
“I supply inspiration for Claudia’s appears from previous magazines editorials from magazines like The Face and i-D and I even have photos of collections I’ve cherished through the years from folks like McQueen and Comme Des Garcons, after which additionally extra heritage manufacturers corresponding to Purdey,” she says.
She is a giant fan of procuring from Scottish manufacturers, too. “I additionally love to make use of a great deal of Aron which is a conventional Scottish type of knit. [I source from] Scottish manufacturers like Brora and Johnstons of Elgin,” she says. “I like actually conventional heritage manufacturers which might be classics through the years and in addition newer manufacturers and independents.”
