Ahead of the BAFTAs, Rebecca Hall, writer and director of critical favorite Passing, was most looking forward to something simple: the “energy in the room. It’s going to be such a novelty to be at something all together again.” The Royal Albert Hall hosted the British Award show on Sunday in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago.
Makeup by Amanda Grossman. Hair by Dayaruci. Nails by Jenni Draper.
By Morgan Spector.To make the most of that pent-up feeling, Hall worked with her stylist Laura Jones to have two custom gowns made by Dior and Galvan. Their inspiration was as vibrant as the moment. “Sparkle!” Hall said of what guided them in their styling, which you can see everywhere in the photos that her husband Morgan Spector took while she got ready. “An evening like BAFTAS feels appropriate for some real glitz so it was jewels and sequins all the way!”
“I love the collar on the Dior,” she added of the dress she wore to the ceremony. “The sense of being buttoned up and sleeved but also incredibly sexy because it’s so sheer. I loved that about this dress. It’s all about the suggestion.”
But before the getting ready portion starts in earnest, Hall takes a moment to herself. “Before hair and makeup I try to have a bath, a face mask and pampering. I use a travel size LED device by Marmur medical in New York. It’s 20 minutes so it forces me to take a breather,” she said.
Hall believes in having a signature scent and special occasion scent, and it may go without saying, but with her film’s four nominations, the BAFTAs was deemed a special occasion. “Then before leaving the door I always put on a little extra perfume. I’m a bit obsessed with scent. I’ve been wearing ‘Tam Dao’ by Diptyque Paris for over a decade now. But I recently got ‘Sellier’ by BYREDO which I think of as my red carpet ‘glamor’ scent.”