Vue lecture

Dressing the part: the TV characters who nailed small-screen style this year

Par :Jess Cartner-Morley · Jason Okundaye · Gwilym Mumford · Lauren Cochrane · Chloe Mac Donnell · Sundus Abdi · Morwenna Ferrier · Hannah Jane Parkinson and Ellie Violet Bramley

27 décembre 2025 à 09:00

From Jackson Lamb’s mac in Slow Horses to the queen-bee wardrobe of Wild Cherry, Guardian writers choose the outfits that shaped storylines and revealed personalities in 2025

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Never mind the catwalk shows, the viral glossy advertising campaigns and the endless red carpets. This year, TV was where the best fashion was at. Here, nine Guardian writers pick their favourite looks from the shows that had us hooked over the past 12 months.

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How ‘showgirl’ became the sparkling look of 2025

The Guardian

Par :Chloe Mac Donnell

19 décembre 2025 à 08:00

This year, the once-vanishing symbol of Las Vegas glamour was reborn in the wardrobes of Gen Z superstars

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After a 31-year stint on the Las Vegas strip, the showgirls from the revue Jubilee! took a final synchronised kick in 2016. The show, known for its elaborate costumes created by the American fashion designer Bob Mackie, came to an end due to falling audience numbers and unimpressed critics who described it as a spectacle “trapped in time”.

Now, almost a decade later, showgirls, or at least the showgirl aesthetic, is back.