Maisie Williams moves between severe black tailoring, sculptural feather pieces and an ivory plume gown in a richly theatrical PAPER Magazine editorial for October 2026.
Maisie Williams takes four sharply different fashion directions for PAPER Magazine October 2026, but feathers provide a clear connection across the editorial. The cover places her in a long black Gucci gown with a high neckline, long sleeves and a dramatic thigh-high slit, while a black-and-white feathered Lily Phat headpiece extends the silhouette well above her head.
The most extravagant shift comes with an ivory Alexander McQueen gown. The strapless dress is covered from bodice to train in dense, elongated feather-like layers, producing a soft but highly dimensional surface. Maisie Williams in her PAPER Magazine fashion editorial moves from the severe black geometry of the cover into a much fuller, almost weightless-looking column of cream and white texture.
Another Alexander McQueen look takes the theme into tailoring. Williams wears a reflective grey blazer and matching short bottoms with a sculptural white neckpiece and large feather forms rising around her head and shoulders. Black knee-high split-toe boots introduce a much heavier finish below the metallic suiting, while the seated pose emphasizes the contrast between compact tailoring and the expansive headpiece.
The darkest look is built around a sheer black Genny top decorated with scattered black feather appliqués, worn over a black Intimissimi bra and paired with wide-leg black trousers. Across these PAPER Magazine portraits, the styling repeatedly shifts featherwork between ornament, surface and silhouette rather than using it as a single repeated accessory.
The editorial succeeds because each outfit approaches the same visual idea from a different angle: a towering headpiece, an all-over ivory plume surface, architectural white feather forms and scattered black appliqué. Danielle Levitt’s raw studio settings and painted backdrops suit that range, allowing the clothes to remain theatrical without losing definition. Pasted text I would rate the fashion story 9/10 for its unusually coherent feather motif and the strong contrast between sculptural tailoring, sheer layering and full-volume eveningwear.
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