Gemma Chan has only one style rule: never run in heels. “Especially if it’s raining!” she says, with a laugh. She’s talking to me from her hotel room in Paris, where she’s just attended the Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2024 show, and is recounting one of her most memorable fashion week moments, which involves a sprained ankle and multiple tequila shots (read on below for the full tale). “It was both the best night and the worst night.”

Aside from that, the actress doesn’t subscribe to any strict style mantras. “I think you can feel confident in almost anything,” she tells me. “I don’t feel that there are any hard and fast rules, to be honest. Just wear what you like.” She does, however, have a preference for comfort above all else – “it’s underrated” – and when it comes to beauty, her emphasis lies more in the ritual of self-care. “I have to say, my everyday style is quite low key, just because I have so many elaborate looks in my work,” she says. “It’s nice to nice to have time off and just have days where you’re just really comfortable: sweatpants, hair in a scrunchie, no make-up.”

Below, we go behind-the-scenes with the actress as she prepares to attend the Louis Vuitton show in Paris.

Talk us through your show look – what drew you to it?

“I was really drawn to this look; it’s quite bold. It’s a pleated dress that comes over the shoulders and has almost like a draped, cape situation going on. There’s a latex cream panel at the front and then the rest of it is green drapery. It’s hard to describe! It’s really unusual; I just knew that I really liked it. It’s not often you get to wear something like this and I think it’s appropriate for a fashion show to be quite bold.”
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