Dua Lipa Goes Maximalist With Her Prints at a Pop-Up Event in London
One look, multiple classes of the animal kingdom
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
Cannes may be closing its curtains, but Dua Lipa did not get that memo. Fresh off a run of high-octane French Riviera looks — think archival Jean Paul Gaultier, frilly Chloé separates, and a gold Roberto Cavalli bikini — the singer touched down in London and immediately proved the fashion moment doesn't end at the border.
The occasion was a Selfridges pop-up celebrating the launch of Dua by AB, her new skincare collaboration with Augustinus Bader. For it, she reached into the archives and pulled out a butterfly-printed lace qipao from Kim Shui's Spring/Summer 2020 collection — Mandarin collar, plunging chest cutout, swirling blues and greens. Maximalist, yes. Chaotic, no. There's a difference, and Lipa understands it instinctively.
The Styling Did The Most (On Purpose)
What makes the look genuinely interesting isn't the dress alone — it's the commitment to the bit. According to Harper's Bazaar, she layered in a white leopard-print feathered bag from Jacquemus Fall/Winter 2026 "Le Palmier", lace-up olive croc-skin boots from Dior Fall 2000, and Bulgari Serpenti drop earrings with coiling rose-gold bracelets and rings. Butterflies, jungle cat, reptile leather. Three species, one outfit, zero apologies.
It could have been a mess. Instead it reads as intentional maximalism — the kind that only works when someone actually knows what they're doing with vintage and archival pieces rather than just stacking them for effect. The Jacquemus bag cuts the heritage pieces with something current; the Bulgari jewelry keeps the whole thing from tipping into costume. Every element is pulling its weight.
The real takeaway: print-mixing is only intimidating until you stop treating it like a rule system and start treating it like a point of view.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
