@article{ce1663f7aecb4f5390413a5381309625,
title = "Fashion forward killer: Villanelle, costuming and queer style in Killing Eve",
abstract = "Costuming within the BBC television drama series 'Killing Eve' (2018–) functions as a spectacular dressing-up box to support the representation of Villanelle (Jodie Comer) as the glamorous globe-trotting assassin. This article will argue that Villanelle{\textquoteright}s fashion-forward wardrobe offers a multifarious representation of contemporary queer styling. Her costuming is characterized by gender fluidity and a play with the dominant codes and signifiers of lesbian style and identity. Villanelle{\textquoteright}s looks move beyond the stereotyped constraints of the butch-femme binary to construct a polymorphous representation of femininity with broad cross-over appeal. In offering a striking silhouette that draws attention away from the material body onto costuming, Villanelle{\textquoteright}s representation highlights the fluidity of gendered and sexual identities. Her costuming may appear to reduce Villanelle to a series of surface appearances, yet these iterations result in a significant queer representation on mainstream contemporary television.",
keywords = "Killing Eve Villanelle costuming fashion queer style lesbian style butch-femme television drama",
author = "Sarah Gilligan and Jacky Collins",
note = "Funding information: Research funded by British Academy (Rising Star Engagement Award). EN\170029. An earlier version of this article was presented as a conference paper at Critical Costume (August 2020).",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1386/ffc_00030_1",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
pages = "353--376",
journal = "Film, Fashion & Consumption",
issn = "2044-2823",
publisher = "Intellect",
number = "2",
}