At the Serpentine Summer Party in London, Alexa Chung wore a Dilara Findikoglu skirt suit with frayed texture and clear sandals.
The fraying is not decoration here. Alexa Chung attended the Serpentine Summer Party at Serpentine South in London on June 23, 2026, wearing a Dilara Findikoglu Spring 2026 skirt suit with a matching Hysteria Bag and clear slide sandals. It is a difficult look, but at least it knows exactly what kind of difficult it wants to be.
The Dilara Findikoglu skirt suit has the strongest read through the jacket. The padded shoulders are sharp, the sleeves are long and narrow, and the open front creates a cut through the center that makes the whole top feel slightly undone. The *frayed cream trim* along the edges is the key detail: rough enough to make the suit feel damaged, but placed carefully enough that it still reads as design.
That is the tension. The outfit is structured, but it is made to look partially broken down. The *mottled grey and cream textile* keeps the surface from looking clean or bridal, while the raw seams and torn-looking strips interrupt the formal suit shape. It is a smart match for Serpentine, where fashion can afford to lean more art-adjacent than standard premiere dressing.
The knee-length pencil skirt is less loud than the jacket, which helps. It keeps the lower half narrow, letting the shoulders and open-front top carry most of the drama. The vertical trim down the front gives the skirt a line to follow, but the hem still has enough roughness to stay connected to the jacket. If the skirt had been smoother, the top would have looked too separate.
The Dilara Findikoglu Hysteria Bag is a good scale choice. Small, pale, and structured, it repeats the distressed ivory tones without trying to compete with the suit’s surface. The visible padlock gives it one hard detail, which works against all the torn fabric edges. In Alexa Chung Dilara Findikoglu style terms, the bag keeps the look from becoming pure costume.
The clear sandals are the debatable part. They lighten the lower line, and in London heatwave conditions, that makes practical sense. But they also feel a little too quiet under such an assertive suit. A sharper shoe might have given the skirt more authority, while these transparent slides almost disappear. That can be useful, but here it leaves the bottom finish slightly underpowered.
The beauty direction is better controlled. Center-parted dark waves, minimal makeup, and no heavy jewelry let the jacket construction stay central. With this much texture around the shoulders and torso, extra sparkle would have crowded the look. The hair is loose but not messy, which matters because the clothes already carry enough deliberate disorder.
The event context supports the choice. The Serpentine Summer Party is an art-world fundraiser, not a conventional red carpet, and the setting allows a more experimental read. Within celebrity red carpet dressing, this works because the construction has a point: deconstructed suit, rough surface, pale bag, exposed center, soft shoe. Not every piece is equally strong, but the direction is clear.
8/10 feels fair – the jacket and bag make the concept convincing, even if the clear sandals leave the finish a little less forceful than the suit deserves.
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