2023 was the last time we saw Margot Robbie on a full-scale, international press tour – the kind of modern-day promo run that apparently calls for “method dressing”. While that red carpet style can insist upon itself at the best of times, the actor and her stylist Andrew Mukamal did hit a home run with Robbie’s candy-coloured wardrobe, a revolving door of Moschino, Versace and Valentino in homage to the titular Barbie. While that specific shade of pink will be seared into our minds until the end of time, Robbie and Mukamal have once again returned to the method dressing circuit for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, and things have taken a turn for the dramatic.

The duo eased us into it at the start of the week, with Robbie donning a batwinged Roberto Cavalli minidress from the Resort 2026 collection. That was followed by a feathered Victoria Beckham creation from the embattled matriarch’s SS26 collection, as well as a gothic lace McQueen dress and black visor sunglasses. So far, the pair seemed to be channelling both the childlike innocence and fraught tension of Emily Brontë’s gothic drama.

But later on in the week, they took it up a notch: a photocall in Beverly Hills saw Robbie slide into crimson snakeskin from Dilara Findikoglu, as well as a sheer layered creation from Markgong, the New York-based brand founded by Chinese designer Mark Gong. Mukamal seemed to confirm on his Instagram that each look was inspired by specific quotes from Brontë’s original novel. “I’d rather be hugged by a snake,” he wrote next to Robbie in the Dilara look, along with a serpent emoji; “Tossing about, she increased her feverish bewilderment to madness, and tore the pillow with her teeth,” he transcribed next to the feathered VB dress.

The pièce de résistance, though, came at the film’s Los Angeles premiere, where Robbie appeared before photographers in a custom Schiaparelli bustier gown, its blood red hem seemingly seeping into the carpet below. While there, Robbie also let reporters know that the heart-shaped pendant around her neck had previously been owned by Elizabeth Taylor, after Richard Burton had purchased it from Cartier to give to his then-wife. Before then, the diamond pendant – which is inscribed with the phrase ‘Love is everlasting’ in Parsi – was gifted to Nur Jahan in 1627 by her husband, the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahangir.

And while many eyes may be on Robbie’s jewellery and fashion choices, her co-collaborators are nipping at her heels in the style stakes too. Jacob Elordi channelled his stormy character in all black Bottega Veneta for the LA premiere and a grey Chanel womenswear blazer at the earlier event. Alison Oliver, who plays Isabella Linton, also wore a grey dress to the premiere, this one from Jonathan Anderson’s Dior, while Charli xcx, who’s recorded an entire new album for the film’s soundtrack, wore a vast Vivienne Westwood gown that was definitely shaped like a penis despite what people in our Instagram comments might think.

Scroll through the gallery at the top of the page to see all the press tour looks