Once in a while a
female lead walks on to our screens and steals our style hearts, but it doesn’t
happen very often. You don’t get many Carrie Bradshaws in one lifetime.
When we heard about Killing Eve, and that it was being produced by
Fleabag’s awesome Phoebe Waller-Bridge we couldn’t wait to watch it.
Once it was released we did what every other binge watcher does - we settled in
for the night, stopped for a sleep, and then stayed in our PJ’s the next day
until we’d finished. Then we sat silently in awe. Did all of that really just
happen?
If you haven’t seen it
yet, watch it. Yes, we loved The Bodyguard but it still had that old
fashioned boy-tries-to-save-girl storyline. Not so, Killing Eve. In this
instance, Eve, played by Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh, is a
British intelligence officer trying to track down a havoc-wreaking Russian hit
woman, whom she knows as Villanelle. The hit woman is played by the
extraordinary Jodie Comer, and she is our tip for Hollywood’s Next Big
Thing. We are not alone there.
There are some great
male characters, but what we love about the show is that the big hitting
players are all intelligent, feisty and brilliantly funny women. Eve is
not so hot in the style stakes to start off with, though. She’s too busy
throwing on an old beanie and an anorak as she goes off in search of the
mysterious Russian. Villanelle, though, is a style lesson all on her
own. As we learn more about her life, we do know that she has had very little
love in it. Her job kind of underlines that theme. But she does adore
fashion, and her powerful outfits are a huge part of what makes her
character shine.
So what is it about Villanelle?
First up, she lives in Paris, which helps. Secondly, she seems to have an
outfit to suit every occasion, even if those occasions are often every
unfortunate for the other people involved. From Italy to Berlin, she roams
around Europe on her missions taking no prisoners, staking out her targets and
doing so with such elegance it’s a bit hard to marry what she does with how she
looks. It’s part of the show’s strength, and this unexpectedly beautiful,
almost girlish young woman is capable of doing a job normally given to big,
burly blokes. They just couldn't carry off Miu Miu in quite the same
way.
Our fave looks? We
adore the Dries Van Noten suit from the nightclub scene in Berlin. Add
some plaits and a killer stare.
The blue Burberry
dress worn on a mysterious assignment in Italy is to-die-for. Literally.
We love Villanelle’s
elegant Chloe silk shirt matched with tougher denim shorts, a bike, legs
for days and a drainpipe shimmy.
But it’s THAT pink
dress by Molly Goddard that has got us all talking. It’s the kind of dress
the males in your life will probably hate. We’ve had comments about toilet roll
holders when we have expressed our love for it. Maybe it’s just the type of
outfit we want to dress up in, and the Balenciaga boots which give the
look a street edge. Perhaps we all have a little of Villanelle about us
in that we don’t like to be told what to do, we like to outfox others, although
we are quite happy to say we differ when it comes to her career choice. We’re
quite happy with just a spray gun, thanks.
As Team Fake Bake
we are obviously in love with Villanelle’s golden glow. There is no way
this girl is going on an assignment with pasty pins. And even though she’s
Russian and speaks many languages, IRL we love her more for the fact that we
know that actress Jodie Comer, who plays her, is actually from Liverpool.
We consider this fabulous city to be Team Fake Bake’s second home.
When we launched in the UK this was the town that embraced us with toned,
bronzed arms. It made sense to us. If you want feisty, fearless and fun, then
this is the place to find your player.
We know that you will
want to adapt your Killing Eve look and that you’ll want to glam it up a
little so for Fake Bake’s take on Villanelle’s style we thought we’d
give you our options…..
This hot pink dress
by Liverpool-based designer, Kirsty Doyle, is the perfect way to steal Villanelle’s
style with an evening twist. You gotta add a golden shoulder to get away
with it.
Not got a Balenciaga
budget? Then these boots from Zara will add that strength to sharpen
up your stance.
For that gorgeous skin
finish, then clearly you need a little bit of Fake Bake assistance, as
assassin style doesn’t give you time to sit around trying to catch rays, and
they kind of ruin your legendary hit woman beauty anyway. When you’ve got to be
ready in a hurry try our Fake Bake 5 Minute Mousse Self Tan. Exfoliate,
apply, get dressed and go. It really is that simple. Your tan will develop
while you get to work.
Finally, add a top
knot and if you really want to add a tiny hint of mystery, stick in a vintage
hairpin. If you’ve seen the show, you’ll get the reference. We are going to
miss our girls but, without giving away the ending, we do hope there is a
second season as we want more from Eve and Villanelle, and extra styles
to embrace. For the record, we are punching the air that producers are not just
casting more female driven roles and programmes, but are also women themselves.
If you give us the shows, we will watch them. In the meantime, we are taking
extra inspo from our amazing friend Dani Dyer, who certainly has it spot
on with this Fake Bake custom tan from our Global Creative
Consultant, James Harknett.
And gorgeous Tara Maynard has that tough-tulle-girl thing going on, Balenciaga-style,
tan courtesy of our Fake Bake Double Espresso.
Villanelle, if you are out there, feel free to send us
a suitcase full of your designer dream buys but maybe don’t drop by for dinner
any time soon……
You have given Killer
Legs a whole new meaning. For that, we want to say thank you. From a
respectful distance, natch.
Stills images courtesy of BBC America
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The complete season of Killing Eve is now
available on BBC iPlayer
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