Julia Fox has been many things in her time. A runway model and a chalky-faced clown. A latex-clad dominatrix and a very demure lady. A golden-haired Big Bird and a muse to us all. But this week, not content with changing faces at a rate of knots, Fox has once again transmuted into her latest iteration: a cuntified Oscar Wilde with floppy bangs and an icy brow. While one might argue Wilde was already quite cunty – a man who claimed “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about” can hardly be described as a wallflower – Fox’s latest costume revs his pomp and pageantry to the max.
Stepping out at the New York premiere of Steven Soderberg’s Presence – of which she stars alongside Lucy Liu – Fox was quite the Wilde doppelganger, but yassified for an audience of attention-deficit TikTok teens. A long, satin smoking jacket with wide lapels channelled his 19th-century garb, while pinstripe zoot pants fell over some absolute clompers down below. Swapping out a tired old white shirt for a vibrant floral number was a nice touch – something Wilde would’ve appreciated if he lived in Clapham and had an ASOS Premier account – and the white tank top underneath also continued Fox’s own foray into lesbianism. But most Wildean of all was the actor’s newly chopped hair, bangs of cherubic tresses falling on her forehead and stopping at the nape of her neck. Given Fox’s own status as an era-defining author (2023’s Down the Drain was “a kind of masterpiece” according to Dominique Sisley) the transformation is one that we can definitely get on board with.
Fox first previewed her boyband haircut on TikTok this week, where she brandished a pair of scissors while promising “I’m not gonna do it, I was just thinking about it”. But, as the meme goes, the actor quickly cut to a new clip with multiple inches lopped off, adding “I did it” with a smirk. Here’s hoping the new look is a signal we’ll be getting a follow-up to Down the Drain, because how could we resist a second helping from “a beautiful woman who has lived a thousand lives” (according to Dominique Sisley). Or, in a more likely scenario, Fox will swiftly move on to her next aesthetic expression, assuming the guise of whoever or whatever she chooses that day.
Scroll through the gallery above for our pick of Fox’s street style looks