Daisy Edgar-Jones Brings Regency-Inspired Naked Dressing to Sydney Premiere of Sense and Sensibility

At the Sydney premiere of her film Sense and Sensibility, actor Daisy Edgar-Jones wore a sheer nude gown covered in clusters of silver sequins, layered with a loosely tied, heavily embellished corset. The look, created with stylist Dani Michelle, continues a press tour that has threaded Austen-inspired references—corsetry, lace, puffed silks, florals, and brocade—through each appearance. Edgar-Jones told British Vogue at the London premiere that the goal was to connect every look to her character and the period. While the film is set in the early Regency Era, the pair deliberately avoid strict period accuracy, using empire waists, flowing silhouettes, and open necklines only as loose inspiration. The Sydney corsetry reflects actual Regency practice: women then wore short stays with looser ties beneath Grecian-inspired dresses, unlike the waist-snatching Victorian corset. The article contrasts this with a 1798–1801 portrait of Gertrud Hage, née Heitmann, by Jens Juel, and argues Edgar-Jones demonstrates what method dressing should be—guided by loose inspiration rather than confined by period guardrails.