Severance star Britt Lower earned heaps of praise—the trophy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 2025 Emmys—for her role as Helly R., but the actor’s fashion sense is just as high-octane. The actor, whose stylist Rose Forde has described her look as a hybrid of Brooklyn cool and Audrey Hepburn sophistication, has embraced established brands and young designers alike, rocking everything from Loewe to Shushu/tong and Conner Ives.
When it came to the 2025 Emmys, Lower was looking for “something with elegance and edge that moves easily.” The actor turned to Calvin Klein Collection’s Veronica Leoni for her custom look. “My stylist and I worked really closely with Veronica, the creative director, to create a dress in which I could feel myself,” Lower says. “I feel so at ease when wearing it.”
While redheads are often advised against wearing hues too similar to their standout hair, Lower embraced the bold color. She chose a duchess silk copper bateau-neck dress with a deep open back—a silhouette similar to one that walked the runway just the day before. (The dress was complete with crushed pleats. She and makeup artist Zoe Taylor also doubled down on the look with a matching burnt orange eyeshadow.)
“It’s a custom dress from Calvin Klein Collection that has this super cool silk crushed effect that was created by them pinning irregular folds while it was on me, and then they compressed it in this giant steam crusher,” she explains. “I loved the effect so much, we crushed it twice. It’s like experiencing a masterpiece come to life.”
Below, Britt Lower takes Vogue behind the scenes of her Emmy-winning night.
Sela Shiloni1/8Chantz, from Rose Forde’s team (who wears a shoe size half bigger than mine) went above and beyond by wearing my custom Calvin Klein Collection heels with socks on all morning, in order to stretch them out for me. I’m forever grateful…
Sela Shiloni2/8I love the folding detail on the back of this dress.
Sela Shiloni3/8I have a crush on the deep crushes of this dress. Veronica crushed it!
Courtesy of Britt Lower4/8I always love the surrealist game, “exquisite corpse.” This triptych reminds me of that.
Sela Shiloni5/8In college, I always used to say, “Pockets are the new bag.” I guess if a dress has pockets, you don’t need a purse as much.
Courtesy of Britt Lower6/8Pockets are the new bag. In mine, I kept a few Bache Rescue Pastilles, lip gloss, and a handwritten note.
Sela Shiloni7/8Daydreaming about the dream dog we just rescued last week, whom we named Bow-Tie.
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Courtesy of Britt Lower8/8Here is my Calvin Klein Collection twin, who is a real-life twin and a wonderful, warm person named Cooper. We met at the Night Before Party and bonded over our shared fashion journey ahead. Here we are at the Chateau at the end of the night.
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