Each week, we quiz a prominent person about their style and the inspiration behind it. Ahead, actor and director Alice Englert.
Englert regrets wearing a top hat when I was 13: “I’m just hoping the photos don’t surface; I can’t remember if I put them on Myspace or not.”Nearly fashionable, or fashion adjacent. I try to look handsome every day and have a bit of protagonist energy. I also try to look mysterious, but I don’t know if it’s necessarily working.A lucky pair of underwear with daisies on them from my first Sundance Film Festival in 2013.A pair of brown Yume Yume “Cloud Walker” shoes.
I love wearing Acne if I can get my hands on it. I like to conjure some drama and feel a bit of romance.I used to like 18th-century corsets. Then I spent time in them filming a show and realised that I am fine with the present day. We’ve got access to everything now. I like the modern nostalgia.Who are your favourite designers?
Acne, Miu Miu, Sandy Liang and I love Australian designer Alix Higgins. Alix’s collections have that modern nostalgia; it reminds me of what it felt like to be a teenager, when you’d get the bus, meet people and make out with someone at Clovelly graveyard. It’s also comfortable to wear, tactile and poetic.A Puss in Boots outfit I called the “Prince Fancy Pants” look when I was four.