Claudia Winkleman wears Emilia Wickstead for Bazaar’s Television Icon cover
The television presenter graces Harper's Bazaar's digital cover in a striking black and cream dress, as the magazine celebrates her as its 2026 Television Icon of the Year.
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The sharp geometry of black wool with cream silk detailing frames Claudia Winkleman on the digital cover of Harper’s Bazaar, where she is named Television Icon of the Year. Photographer Philip Sinden has caught her in a moment of unguarded delight, her dark fringe falling just so, hand raised to draw the silhouette closer. The dress, an Emilia Wickstead creation, moves with purpose: a sculptural piece that belongs to the designer’s language of modern constraint and unexpected grace.
Emilia Wickstead, the London based label founded by New Zealand designer Emilia Wickstead, has long orchestrated this particular alchemy. Established in 2008, the house combines refined tailoring with colour precision and the kind of exacting craftsmanship that transforms cloth into something that reads as quietly confident. The dress on Winkleman exemplifies this restraint: a high round neckline in black jersey sits above a cream front and back panel, with white cuffs at the wrists that catch and hold the light. The skirt falls to the ankle in a perfect A line, the proportions exact, the effect both contemporary and touched with a grace that recalls the cinema of a different era.
The shoot, styled by Grace Julia Clarke and directed creatively by Zoya Kaye, frames Wickstead’s ability to dress the discerning woman. Hair by James Rowe and makeup by Lucy Burt complete the image: minimal, deliberate, allowing the architecture of the garment to speak. The December/January issue lands on newsstands from 6 November.
Imagery courtesy of Emilia Wickstead (@emiliawickstead).
