Carey Mulligan Channels Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Neutral Colorblocking at 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Carey Mulligan nodded to ’90s style icon Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The actress promoted her new film “The Ballad Of Wallace Island” in two black and tan looks.

Mulligan first paired a cashmere knit with baggy jeans, changing into an oversized sweater and knit pencil skirt at the film’s premiere. Her second look also included a black overcoat and knee-high boots, evoking one of Bessette-Kennedy’s 1996 ensembles.

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James Griffiths, Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden, Tim Key at the Deadline 2025 Sundance Film Festival Studio presented by Casamigos held at the Deadline Studio on January 25, 2025 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Deadline/Deadline via Getty Images)

The late Calvin Klein publicist frequently colorblocked with neutrals. Following her honeymoon, she stepped out with John F. Kennedy Jr. in a tan skirt, a black v-neck jumper and brown leather boots, all by Prada.

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“I like very classic colors, black, navy, grey and white,” Bessette-Kennedy said in a 1992 interview. “If I want to add some impact, I’ll do it with texture.”

At Sundance, Mulligan wore her blond tresses in a wavy bob, while her makeup consisted of brown eyeshadow, black eyeliner and a mauve lip.

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 25: Carey Mulligan attends "The Ballad Of Wallace Island" Premiere during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 25, 2025 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Carey Mulligan attends the premiere of “The Ballad Of Wallace Island” at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25 in Park City, Utah.

The actress currently works with stylist Andrew Mukamal, who also counts Zoë Kravitz and Margot Robbie as clients.

Earlier this month, WWD exclusively revealed Mulligan as the face of Prada’s spring 2025 campaign. Photographed by Steven Meisel, it “explores the notion of plurality, simultaneously celebrating individuality and the ceaseless facets that comprise the complex identity of Prada — the multitudes that can be contained within a single whole,” read a statement from the company.

Backstage after the spring show in September, Miuccia Prada herself said that she and co-creative director Raf Simons “wanted to show there are many ways of being Prada.”

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 06:  John F. Kennedy Jr. and bride Carolyn Bessette Kennedy stand in front of their apartment in Tribecca.  (Photo by Jon Naso/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in 1996.

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