Nathalie Emmanuel Puts an Edgy Twist on the Shirt Dress in Chanel

Nathalie Emmanuel winterized the shirt dress in an edgy take on the classic. The actress gave the shirt dress a leather makeover while at a screening of “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” at Soho Hotel in London.

For the occasion, Emmanuel wore a maxi shirt dress in buttery leather and accessorized with a layered chain belt by Chanel and a pair of silver hoop earrings. Emmanuel donned the leather shirt dress buttoned up all the way and completed her look with a pair of platform sole brogues. She also wore a manicure in last fall and this winter’s breakout color: burgundy.

Emmanuel was joined by the film’s star Renée Zellweger at the event. Zellweger, who suits up for the fourth time as Bridget Jones in the movie, also opted to wear a monochromatic look to the screening. The “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” star wore a silk trench coat dress from Dior‘s spring 2025 show, and paired it with pointed-toe pumps by Christian Louboutin and a vintage David Webb ring from Maison Mèrenor.

Emmanuel also opted to wear Chanel for her Cannes Film Festival debut last year, which she attended while promoting her starring role in Francis Ford Coppola’s film “Megalopolis.” Emmanuel arrived at the Cannes red carpet in a a custom Chanel Haute Couture gown sculptured from the fashion house’s signature tweed and featuring a skirt, flowing from a satin belt, that consisted of cascading petals.

The “Game of Thrones” star’s custom Chanel gown was inspired by a look from the label’s fall 2022 show, and created in collaboration with Emmanuel’s stylist Jason Bolden. Emmanuel finished her look with a silver bow choker and diamond earrings.

“It felt very classic, with the skirt being so floral and three-dimensional and a bit dainty, and then has a sort of boldness with the belt,” she told WWD at the time. “This kind of strength felt like a bit of duality, and I have a bit of a duality with a femininity and masculinity I like to play with.”