Anne Hathaway arrived at a special London screening of Mother Mary wearing one of the most striking looks of her current fashion run: an Iris Van Herpen creation from the designer's Spring/Summer 2020 couture collection. The gown, which first opened Van Herpen's Paris show in 2020, turned Hathaway into the evening's center of gravity before the film had even started.
The dress was built from delicate, laser-cut leather elements that formed a web-like structure across her body, creating the illusion of a barely-there silhouette. A high-neck corset bodice wrapped around her torso with connected detailing, while sheer sections and strategic cutouts left the shape airy and intricate. Billowing pleated sleeves extended from the shoulders into a long, flowing skirt, and Hathaway finished the look with matching cut-out heels, tiny gold hoop earrings, a half-up, half-down ponytail and soft makeup.
The appearance lands in the middle of a crowded fashion week stretch for Hathaway, whose promotional run has taken her from The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Mother Mary. That broader schedule has made her one of the season's most visible dressers, and the Van Herpen gown fits the pattern: dramatic, technical and far bolder than the polished red-carpet formulas that once defined her. It also follows a run of appearances that have kept her in the style conversation, including moments tied to Adam Shulman and Stanley Tucci that have helped make her one of the season's most watched faces.
The tension in the look is part of what makes it work. The gown reads as fragile from a distance, but up close it is engineered and precise, with structure doing as much work as exposure. Hathaway's current fashion run is one of her most adventurous ones yet, and this screening offered another clear sign that she is not treating promotion like a uniform. She is using it as a statement.
