Margot Robbie dazzles at the London premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
She’s one of Hollywood’s most stylish stars and Margot Robbie has turned heads in a low-cut designer frock for her latest premiere.
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She’s a Hollywood actor, executive producer and Chanel ambassador … Margot Robbie is much more than just a style star.
But when she goes into full Hollywood mode, she really goes for it.
Robbie, 29, brought her fashion A-game to the British premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, where she turned heads in an Oscar de la Renta gown.
She avoided a near wardrobe malfunction as she posed outside the screening in London, to promote the Quentin Tarantino-directed movie in which she portrays murdered actress Sharon Tate.
Putting double-sided “Hollywood tape” to the test, her burnt-orange designer dress featured a low-cut neckline to her waist, which Robbie strategically held in place during a particularly windy moment.
Not that Robbie wants to focus on what she wears.
The I, Tonya actor and producer, who also counts a lucrative contract with French luxury brand Chanel among her many career interests, is about substance over style.
“I just don’t like ‘looks’ being the focus when there are so many other things to discuss,” Robbie recently told Stellar.
Whether intentional or not, Robbie has become one of young Hollywood’s fashion icons.
While promoting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the Neighbours alumni has sported designers from Chanel to a floaty, white Derek Lam outfit that was reminiscent of a dress Tate wore to the premiere of her movie, Twelve Plus One.
“I actually really enjoy talking about looks when they relate to the characters I play,” Robbie said, of her role as tragic star Tate.
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“Hair, make-up and costume are huge aspects, and hair and make-up artists, as well as stylists, have a talent that is fascinating to watch and appreciate.
“And I don’t hate every so often doing a piece in a beauty magazine about the looks I’ve done on red carpets. That stuff is interesting,” she told Stellar.
“Sometimes I sit down, someone asks a certain question — not even necessarily looks-related — and I am thinking to myself, ‘I’ve worked with so many interesting people.
“Don’t you want to hear a story about [director Martin] Scorsese?’ If I was in their shoes, I’d be asking something different.”
Set in Los Angeles circa 1969, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has delivered Tarantino his biggest-ever box office opening in America, raking in $41 million — up from a projected $30 million — during its first weekend on US screens.
Earlier this month, Robbie revealed that she wore Tate’s personal jewellery collection on-screen, as provided by Tate’s estate.
“It was sometimes very sad to be that closely connected with real-life Sharon,” Robbie said in an interview with the US Today show.
“It kind of hit you at moments, and suddenly the tragedy of it all would kind of hit you and you would be tremendously sad, and then other times it just made me feel so happy.”
Valley of the Dolls star Tate was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when she was brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family on August 9, 1969.
Robbie was forced to defend her role in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood after a New York Times critic suggested she didn’t have much dialogue as her male co-stars DiCaprio and Pitt did.
“I always look to the character and what the character is supposed to serve to the story,” Robbie told the panel at Cannes in May.
“I think the moments that I got on screen gave an opportunity to honour Sharon and the likeness.
“I don’t think it was intended to delve deeper … I think the tragedy was ultimately the loss of innocence, and I think to show those wonderful sides of her could be done without speaking.
“I think I got a lot of time to explore the character, even without dialogue specifically.”
Tarantino delivered a less polite answer: “I reject your hypothesis.”
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood is out in Australia on August 15.
Originally published as Margot Robbie dazzles at the London premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood