As a throng of taxis shuttled people through Mayfair ahead of the BAFTAs and London Fashion Week, another stylish and starry crowd was ducking into the Curzon cinema for Miu Miu’s 29th edition of Women’s Tales. Safe from the chill and the rush outside, guests toted pink boxes of popcorn, flutes of champagne, and Miu Miu Wander and Beau bags in pops of teal and sand.
The affair was anchored by an intimate screening of Autobiografia di una Borsetta, a short written and directed by British filmmaker Joanna Hogg, and commissioned by Miu Miu. Over some 30 years, Hogg has cultivated a distinct style, taking a precise, intensely personal approach to directing and writing: Among her most celebrated creations are her semi-autobiographical The Souvenir and The Souvenir Part II, starring Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke, and her 1986 debut (and film school project) Caprice, with her childhood friend Tilda Swinton. Indeed, Caprice—a prismatic tumble through the hierarchies of a fashion magazine—orbits the same universe as Autobiografia di una Borsetta, though this time, Hogg acts as director, producer, writer, and cinematographer (with an iPhone 16).
The arthouse cinema’s main room seated models of the moment with filmmakers, Bridgerton actors, Miu Miu Literary Club alumni, and other friends of the brand—all dressed in head-to-toe Miu Miu, of course. The Brits played with the Italian house’s feminine flair: Alexa Chung wore a Pretty Woman-esque cut-out bodysuit and sky blue patent leather skirt, while actor and brand ambassador Emma Corrin leaned into the sportier sensibilities of the current collection, in a strapless navy top with a white-piped matching bikini top underneath and those covetable sliders on their feet. Little Simz gave suiting some sauce, with a tailored blazer, red quarter-zip, and the band of her underwear pulled high above her suit trousers. The choices of other guests, from Kai-Isaiah Jamal to Charithra Chandran, Pixie Geldof, Arlo Parks, and Bel Powley, spanned Miu Miu’s special form of glam gaiety: sports jackets paired with prim pleated skirts, ladylike layering, off-beat accessories (a lot of low-slung belts), and color combos of seafoam and moss green, raspberry and turquoise.
