Florence Pugh's sculptural sleeves rose above her head at the East of Eden event

Florence Pugh has moved on from the statement coat. At an East of Eden FYC event in Los Angeles, the actor arrived in a black satin Harris Reed ensemble with shoulders so exaggerated they looked like a pair of black wings rising above her head.

Styled by Rebecca Corbin-Murray, Pugh wore a look from Reed's spring 2027 collection. The sculptural sleeves sat on top of a tightly fitted, button-front corseted jacket and a slim pencil skirt, a silhouette that mixed Victorian severity with something more subversive. The look first appeared in all-white in a bridal-focused collection, but Pugh and Reed went gothic for the night. She finished it with towering Vivienne Westwood platform sandals and diamond earrings from Maria Tash.

A longtime collaboration

The British designer and Pugh have history. She opened his fall 2023 London Fashion Week show in a sequined harlequin gown and an enormous halo headpiece, then returned to open his fall 2025 presentation at Tate Britain in a pointed black corset and hooded gown. Reed's romantic, craft-heavy designs have become a natural extension of Pugh's own fashion instincts.

The beauty matched the drama. Makeup artist Alex Babsky gave Pugh a deep, wine-stained lip and softly smoked mauve-gray eyes, while hairstylist Adir Abergel twisted her blonde hair into an undone, almost Regency-style updo with wisps escaping around her face.

The night before, Pugh kept the historical mood but dialed it down. She joined co-star Zoe Kazan in a richly patterned Ralph Lauren Collection jacquard jacket, a matching corset top and a dark floor-length skirt, adding Bulgari Serpenti Viper jewelry and chunky Christian Louboutin platforms.

Throughout the East of Eden press run, Pugh and Corbin-Murray have hit a satisfying middle ground between her maximalist instincts and the romantic world of the Netflix adaptation: big black Rodarte ruffles, a corseted Vivienne Westwood gown in chartreuse, and lingerie paired with a kilt. Corsetry is the thread running through it all, but Pugh has never played the demure period heroine. The bigger the shoulders, the better.