Jessie Buckley Proves a Black and White Wardrobe Is Far From Boring

(We’re still a long way off from the 2026 Oscars, but Jessie Buckley is already earning Best Actress buzz for Hamnet.) As awards season chatter begins to build around her performance, Buckley is just as captivating off-screen—especially when it comes to her style. Recently, the actress has been redefining what a monochrome palette can do, turning classic black-and-white looks into bold, modern statements that feel anything but predictable. Her wardrobe choices showcase a masterclass in contrast, sophistication, and quiet daring, proving that simplicity can be the most powerful fashion tool of all.

Buckley has declined to take the method dressing route—and who can blame her? After all, Hamnet retells the tragic death of Agnes and William Shakespeare’s young son and how it begot Hamlet. That’s not to say that she isn’t perhaps channelling the film’s somber tones in her style, though.

Recently, Buckley joined stylist Danielle Goldberg’s roster of cool girl clients (which also includes Zoë Kravitz, Solange, Greta Lee, and Ayo Edebiri), and began dressing in black and white. A limited color palette gets a bad rap as a recipe for drab style, but Buckley’s breadth proves otherwise.

Last night, Buckley continued Hamnet promotion in a sporty black number, with a high-collared Hodakova jacket with a low-slung belt that braced against the cold and a loose, long overcoat from Still Kelly. It confirmed, for me, that her best looks are the more casual affairs—a Danielle Goldberg specialty. More cases in point: last month’s 2025 Governor’s Awards, where she eschewed a red carpet-ready gown for a black turtleneck and voluminous black skirt from The Row; and at the Chanel Métiers d’art show in New York, she made a zebra-printed trench look understated instead of outré.

But not all of her looks have been as casual—at the 2025 Gotham Awards earlier this week, she opted for a draped black and eggshell jacquard dress from Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut; at the Hamnet premiere, she went a bit sexier in a floor-sweeping Valentino dress with an exaggerated off-white collar and a sheer black overlay.

A lesson we can learn from Buckley this winter: taking color out of the equation leaves plenty of room to play with print, texture, and silhouette. It allows us to take bigger swings within the bounds of a pared-back palette—and it makes the occasional pop of color all the more powerful.

Here, see some of Jessie Buckley’s best black and white looks.

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