Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch, Zac Posen, and More Celebrate The Premiere of The Outfit 

Manhattan’s Whitby Hotel—and its whimsical, English-inflected decor—made for a fitting stage to debut The Outfit, which made its stateside premiere at a Cinema Society screening last night. On hand was Zoey Deutch, who steals the show as the female lead in the mobster drama that unfolds entirely within the cutting room of a Savile Row savant-turned-cunning Chicago kingpin played by Sir Mark Rylance. 

“Usually, you’re filming a dinner scene at 7 PM, and really it’s 4 AM, and everyone on set is delirious,” Deutch quipped. “With this movie, we only had one location, so we had the extreme luxury of getting to shoot the movie chronologically. There’s usually so much time devoted to trackings continuity, and remembering how you felt in the moment in the scene beforehand that you shot a month ago, but here we could just make the movie. Just be there and focus in a special way was a really cool experience. It felt very much like we were shooting a play.” 

While she opted for a blue leather mini skirt and matching jacket for the premiere, both from Oscar de la Renta, Deutch’s on-screen wardrobe was overseen by Zac Posen, marking the designer’s first foray into costume design. “Working with [director] Graham Moore and team on this project was truly an honor,” he told Vogue as moviegoers Edie Falco, Debbie Harry, and Jennifer Beals swanned through the post-screening celebration. “I loved being involved from the beginning of the project, before COVID, and was thrilled to be able to bring Huntsman into the project. They are the best of the best, truly a dream, and collaborating with the very talented costume designer Sophie O’Neal was instrumental to the film and its gorgeous, precise costuming.”

For a bit of added authenticity, guests were sent home with a pocket square from Huntsman, the storied Savile Row tailor known for outfitting well-heeled royalty and jet-setters. Head cutter Campbell Carey was tasked with creating several of the garments worn on-screen, as well as imparting the cast with his wisdom gained over his 24 years of experience. “Mark [Rylance] joined us at Huntsman for a week, and his true charm and wit was a breath of fresh air during the lockdown,” Carey recalled. “Watching someone at the top of their craft assume all the personality traits and nuances of their character was amazing to watch. By the third day, he was already striking and cutting his own cloth. I did lend my hands to a few of the close-up shots showing some cutting and sewing while I was on-set as an advisor to the film, but that’s top secret.” 

With all of the peripheral elements firmly in place, it was left to director Graham Moore to devise a plot full of delicate-yet-shocking turns, ending with a surprise twist. “I didn’t see it turning out the way that it did,” Deutch told us. “I reread the script immediately after finishing it. I had to.”