How Villanelle Got Dressed To Kill For Killing Eve Season 3

Killing Eve is finally back on our screens and, with it, more fantastical British fashion than you could hope for.

As ever, season 3’s Villanelle is dressed to kill, forgoing the ‘assassin classics’ (sunglasses, catsuits, et-boring-al) with bold 70s looks and power suits.

And, at a time when the industry really needs it, it seems costume designer Sam Perry has chosen to champion some of Europe’s best brands.

She succeeds the show’s original costume designer, Phoebe de Gaye, who set the tone for sartorial greatness in that super-pink, super-tulled Molly Goddard dress, and season two’s Charlotte Mitchell, who utilized McQueen to perfection.

Though we’re just one episode into season three, Villanelle’s already stealing the show. First, in her wedding suit; a Comme Des Garçons slim-fit tuxedo, Simone Rocha mesh bustier, and Loewe brooch.

If the promos are anything to go by, a feast of cross-European couture is definitely on the menu.

In future scenes, Villanelle is seen wearing a royal blue floral dress covered in roses (wild roses, natch) from The Vampire’s Wife.

While the dress boasts the brand’s signature puff sleeves, fitted bodice and gathered hem, it was actually made specifically for the show and is, thus, now available to pre-order.

In conversation with Vogue, Perry hinted at the importance of these collaborations, saying: “There’s pressure to keep her fashion kudos high enough so the audience doesn’t feel cheated.”

Particularly, when there are iconic outfits like that Molly Goddard dress-and-boot combo to compete with.

This year’s equivalent might be Charlotte Knowles’ exaggerated bomber, seen above—an upcycled racket of shearling and forest-green checks. Perry purchased the jacket at London’s Dover Street Market, crediting the BBC for paying for and supporting the pieces of independent designers.

In Killing Eve’s leaked season 3 stills, it appears she’s wearing the jacket with a pair of green Gucci trousers to play golf (or, more likely, use a golf club to batter someone to death).

In other promos, we’ve seen Villanelle in a swinging 70s print dress from La DoubleJ paired with cowboy boots from Golden Goose and a Dragon Diffusion tote bag; a cream Simone Rocha dress for a run-in with Konstantin; a retro Halpern suit and Simon Miller boots to ride the Underground; and a pair of Olivia Van Halle’s ‘Daria Cecil’ silk pyjamas—a continuity coup after she wore the brand’s ‘Queenie Rora’ robe in season two.

In a notably rough-and-tumbled shot (therefore, perhaps her inevitable rendezvous with Eve) we even see Villanelle in a Dice Kayek power-shoulded suit and Simone Rocha brogues.

Perry also told Vogue she’s been throwing thrifted pieces into the mix with designer items, so we

“She’s got style; she doesn’t have to have money,” she said (but we’re so glad she does, too).