It’s secure to say that Julia Fox is pretty fearless in terms of her fashion and wonder selections; she’s never one to shrink back from a bleached brow, clown make-up or being straight up choked by her own dress. Last night was no different. The actress, muse and #1 hustler turned up on the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in a sheer dress that preserved her modesty only due to the long mermaid hair that curled across, down and round her body.

Evoking the Birth of Venus and Eve within the Garden of Eden, with a touch of Lady Godiva thrown in, the gauzy dress was created by Dilara Findikoglu for her SS23 collection. Fox paired it with long, loose hair that reached down her back by hairstylist John Novotny, while make-up artist Kennedy kept the face minimal with neutral tones on the eyes and lips. The general look was one among a siren who has emerged from the depths of the ocean to take a seat on a rock and lure sailors to their watery deaths.

The look brought several different trends together. There was the mermaidcore beauty trend that was popular towards the top of 2022 and saw make-up looks like siren eyes, wet dishevelled hair and shimmering iridescent skin. Hair as a fashion accessory has also been a Victorian-era trend that has emerged back into the highlight during the last yr due to items like Schiaparelli’s hair tie and Simone Rocha’s hair earrings. At Coachella last yr, Charlie Le Mindu created over 20 of his signature monstrous hair costumes for Doja Cat and her dancers, while at Maison Margiela’s SS24 Couture show merkins were created using human hair embroidered onto silk tulle. Findikoglu herself has used hair in lots of her collections, including probably the most recent one,`Venus from Chaos’, where it was braided into dresses, embellished corsets and covered the nipples of a couple of model.

While the hair that sweeps around Fox’s body likely is supposed to seem as whether it is stemming from her head, you possibly can’t help but feel that the look also plays right into a celebration of body hair gone wild, a trend which is slowly emerging into the zeitgeist due to some full bush moments on TikTok which have gone viral and exhibitions like Motherland which got creative with pubic hair. As a champion of unconventional beauty and a hater of the patriarchy, it seems secure to suggest that a full bush is perhaps territory that Fox could be unafraid to enterprise into and have fun.