Daisy Edgar-Jones Proves the Importance of a Good Graphic Tee With Two Airbrushed Stella McCartney-Era Chloé Tops
The more the merrier
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
There's a version of celebrity dressing that plays it safe, cycling through the same contemporary labels and approved cool-girl references. And then there's what Daisy Edgar-Jones is doing right now — methodically raiding one of fashion's most undersung archives and making it look like the only logical choice.
The Normal People actor hit New York twice in a single day this week, each time in a different graphic long-sleeve from Stella McCartney's third collection for Chloé — the Spring/Summer 1999 lineup, according to Harper's Bazaar. That collection was its own kind of contradiction: drop-waist silk slips running alongside kitschy tourist-inspired tees and bikinis, high fashion and beach-shop energy sharing the same runway. The result was a high-low capsule wardrobe that has aged, somehow, into something that feels completely current.
Two Tops, Two Different Directions
Working with stylist Dani Michelle, Edgar-Jones pulled two airbrushed bird tees from the archive for press ahead of her film Sense and Sensibility's October 16 U.S. release. The first — a white long-sleeve with a blue-toned eagle graphic and color-blocked sleeves — she styled against lace-trimmed ice-blue bloomers and white heels, softened further with a wash of pink blush. It was precious without being precarious. The second look leaned into the Y2K register: a light-pink version printed with a hummingbird mid-sip on a flower petal, its chartreuse accents picked up directly by a pair of Versace leather pants from the same era. That one landed harder — two archive pieces, one decade, zero overthinking.
This is the third time Edgar-Jones has reached into the SS99 well. She previously wore the collection's finale look — a cream corset top, semi-sheer shawl, and two-tone purple skirt — to the film's Los Angeles premiere. What's impressive isn't just the commitment to the archive; it's the editorial precision. Each outing builds on the last, like she and Michelle are curating a retrospective one red carpet appearance at a time.
The lesson isn't to go vintage hunting for McCartney-era Chloé specifically — it's that a truly great graphic tee doesn't need to be new, neutral, or even particularly easy to find to become the best thing in the room.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
