Style Crush: Mia Goth’s ‘Frankenstein’ Fashion Is A Fever Dream Of Beetles, Diamonds, And Gothic Romance
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If you’ve felt a sudden surge of gothic romance in the air—vampire couture on the runway, moody Medieval-modern interiors on your feed, and a horror renaissance in your streaming queue—you’re not imagining it. Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is arriving right on time. Hitting Netflix November 7, the adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 classic stars Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac in a world where historical drama meets steampunk fantasy, and everything—yes, everything—is saturated in dark, dreamy detail.
Nowhere is that clearer than in the film’s fashion.
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Costume designer Kate Hawley (of Crimson Peak fame) has created a wardrobe that looks like it survived a séance inside a Victorian library—layered, iridescent, deeply researched, and ever so unnerving. Mia Goth, who pulls double duty as both Elizabeth and Clare, gets the most sumptuous and symbolic looks in the film.
“As both Clare and Elizabeth, Mia mirrors fleeting images of women—mother, madonna, angel, woman, bride,” Hawley tells InStyle. For Clare, the silhouettes reference the Romantic Period—ethereal veils, gauzy layers, and a ghostlike softness designed to echo memory itself. For Elizabeth, Hawley drew from 1850s scientific illustrations, infusing the palette with aniline greens and electric magentas. Think anatomy drawings turned into couture: beetle-wing iridescence, X-ray motifs, and Victorian book endpapers reimagined in silk.
And yes, it’s as fabulous as it sounds.
A Fashion Laboratory Brought to Life
Nearly every costume seen on-screen—including background actors—was built from scratch. One standout? A shawl based on a 19th-century pelerine coat, embroidered with fractal patterns meant to resemble insect wings. It’s the kind of detail that may read as “pretty” at first glance, and then suddenly “deeply unsettling” the longer you stare at it—very del Toro.
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To match this world of eerie beauty, the production partnered with Tiffany & Co., where Christopher Young (VP and Creative Director, Tiffany Patrimony) essentially opened the brand’s archives after seeing Hawley’s sketches. From there, the jewelry became its own kind of storytelling.
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The first major piece viewers will clock: an iridescent favrile-glass beetle necklace designed in 1914 by Meta Overbeck. Its metallic greens and blues shimmer against Goth’s turquoise gown in her debut scene as Elizabeth, and the effect is pure, antique glamour—if antique glamour were haunted.
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Then there’s the showstopper: the Wade Family necklace, a dripping garland-style masterpiece featuring 40.45 carats of European-cut diamonds. Created in 1900 and never publicly worn until this film, the necklace was such a perfect fit on Goth that Young describes the moment as “a destiny fulfilled.” It’s the exact kind of detail that transforms a costume into a character.
The Bride, Reborn
For Elizabeth’s final “bride of Frankenstein” moment, Hawley mirrored the creature’s iconic design—bandage-like textures, an exposed ribcage motif, and sterling-silver brooches featuring fictional Frankenstein family crests custom-made by Tiffany. The red crucifix she wears—a hand-carved, enamel-and-garnet piece inspired by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s early crosses—ties her character to the film’s larger themes of religion, nature, and inheritance.
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But Hawley's most surprising reference comes in the form of a seafoam-green, completely sheer nightgown—part Rosemary’s Baby, part Sharon Tate. “Guillermo wanted her silhouette very simple, showing her form,” Hawley explains. “It was a nod to ‘60s horror tropes.” It instantly communicates vulnerability, foreshadowing the genre’s final-girl energy and solidifying Goth’s status as modern scream-queen royalty.
A Horror Film for Fashion People
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Between the beetle-wing shine, the diamond-dripping drama, and the luminous ‘60s nightgown, Frankenstein delivers fashion moments that are equal parts couture and creature feature. It’s a love letter to the beauty in the macabre—and a showcase for Goth’s ability to turn any look, no matter how eerie, into high art.
Whether you’re a horror purist, a jewelry obsessive, or simply here for the A24-core gloom, trust: Frankenstein is about to become your new fashion fixation.
You can catch Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on Netflix now!
