Except for the fashion moments and grandiose settings, crimson carpets additionally provide one thing invaluable: extraordinarily random superstar pairings. Occasionally, we see figures at a high-profile and suppose “What are they doing collectively?” In a world of highly-curated visitor lists, it’s one thing that retains us on our toes.

Effectively on Tuesday, that very response was set off when Natasha Lyonne, Zadie Smith, and Katherine Waterston mingled at an occasion in London. The trio have been attending The Serpentine Gallery Summer season Celebration, which is an annual occasion that unites figures in style, movie, artwork, and tradition. It’s additionally the very spot the place Princess Diana wore her notorious revenge costume, so you understand the occasion has some historical past.

Within the case of Waterston, Lyonne, and Smith, every had their very own signature fashion on show. Waterston, who’s starring within the upcoming horror They Hear, wore a easy orange costume with a slit up the middle. Lyonne opted for black and white with a decidedly retro twist. She paired with daring sun shades and stocking-style boots. Her costume featured a satin hem and bodice and was designed by Christopher Kane.

Smith, alternatively, regarded extra buttoned-up than her actress counterparts. The author and creator, whose debut novel White Tooth was a right away best-seller, wore a deep crimson below-the-knee costume and silver heels.

Whereas we’re not sure how this interplay passed off, we’re fairly glad that it occurred. Waterston and Lyonne have recognized one another for fairly a while now, which is sensible given their careers. It appears additionally that Lyonne and Smith are pleasant, the latter having interviewed her again in 2018.

They weren’t the one attention-grabbing names to spherical out the forged of characters finally night time’s occasion, both. Diane Kruger (in a semi-sheer David Koma quantity), Andrew Garfield, Lori Harvey, Venus Williams, and London’s mayor Sadiq Khan additionally made appearances. Whew, what a crew.