Lily Cole Channels Edwardian Noir at Doctor Parnassus NYC Premiere • CelebMafia

In pinstripes and thigh-highs, Lily Cole gave the Crosby Street Hotel a dose of Edwardian noir—equal parts ingénue and dominatrix, with a surrealist wink.

It was December 7th, 2009, and the Crosby Street Hotel in New York had the air of a dreamscape—fitting, given the film it was hosting. For the premiere and after party of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Lily Cole arrived not as a model-turned-actress, but as a walking paradox: Victorian restraint meets cabaret provocation.

Her look? A sharply tailored pinstripe suit—double-breasted blazer and matching shorts—paired with a crisp white shirt that peeked out just enough to suggest formality. But the real twist came below the hem: sheer black thigh-high stockings and classic black stilettos, a styling choice that felt more Berlin nightclub than British boarding school.

The ensemble was a study in contrasts. Masculine tailoring softened by Cole’s porcelain features; a businesslike silhouette disrupted by leggy irreverence. It was as if she’d stepped out of a Terry Gilliam frame herself—half muse, half mischief.

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