Bella Maclean’s July 2026 L’Officiel USA editorial moves between an eclectic green-and-black look and fluid ivory draping, with the quieter second outfit proving more controlled.
Bella Maclean’s July 2026 feature for L’Officiel USA uses two different styling languages to move her beyond the period-drama associations of Rivals. Photographed by Emily Soto and styled by Calvy Click, the studio editorial combines selected Dior tops, shoes, and rings with sheer layering, embroidery, ribbons, and reflective draping. The first look pursues visual density; the second reduces the palette and lets silhouette take priority.
Olive Green and Sheer Black
The more experimental outfit begins with a lustrous olive green cropped top featuring narrow straps and a tightly gathered hem. Its compact shape leaves room for the sheer black trousers, which carry most of the design work through beaded floral side panels and open seams fastened with small red ribbon bows.
Those trousers are the strongest piece in this look. Transparency is treated as part of the construction rather than the headline: solid black sections establish the leg shape, while the open side treatment and beadwork create interruptions in the surface. The red ribbons clarify how the side seams are assembled and add sharp points of color against the black.
The styling becomes less controlled below the hem. Sheer black socks embroidered with small pink and white flowers introduce another pattern, while the black pointed shoes add bright purple laces. Green, red, pink, white, purple, and black can coexist in an editorial, but each accent asks for attention. The footwear and socks are interesting individually; together with the ribbons and beading, they push the lower half toward excess.
The cropped top is comparatively simple, and its gathered edge does not possess enough structure to compete with the trousers. That imbalance is useful for the fashion spread concept, but it also makes the outfit feel assembled from several strong styling ideas rather than resolved around one hierarchy.
Ivory Draping with Black Flats
The ivory look is more disciplined. A fluid halter-style gown falls from the neckline into long reflective folds, with an extended train spreading across the floor. The fabric shows controlled shine rather than a harsh flash response, and the seated pose allows the folds to remain visible without flattening the garment.
Sheer black tights introduce a firm tonal break beneath the pale draping. Their visible vertical seam extends the line of the legs, while pointed black leather flats finished with oversized gold circular ornaments give the gown a harder, less conventional ending. The shoes resist the expected evening heel without looking too casual for the garment.
This combination works because the number of visual ideas is smaller: ivory drape, black hosiery, black footwear, and one gold hardware detail. The gown supplies movement, while the tights and flats provide graphic definition. Even when the fabric pools around the chair, the folds remain broad enough to look deliberate rather than crushed.
Across Bella Maclean’s L’Officiel USA fashion editorial, the repeated beauty direction connects both outfits. Chad Maxwell and Rachel Polycarpe styled her long brown hair in loose waves with short rounded bangs, while makeup artists Misha and Mollie Gloss used defined eyes, visible blush, and a muted pink lip. The result supports the slightly retro studio portrait mood without competing with either wardrobe concept.
The feature adds an experimental fashion dimension to CelebMafia’s All Celebrities coverage, but the comparison also reveals the value of editing. The green-and-black look contains more details; the ivory gown produces the clearer final image because its contrasts have room to register.
Which direction is stronger: the color-rich sheer trouser look or the ivory gown with black flats?
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