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Kristen Stewart pulled out all the stops for the Love Lies Bleeding Red Carpet premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival with a decidedly risqué outfit. The Twilight star donned a bodysuit by BETTTER with nude tights and an off-the-shoulder blazer to tie the ensemble together. Except she went pants-less to show off her figure, even the most revealing parts of it.
All credit goes to Stewart’s stylist, Tara Swennen, for this incredible yet shocking attire.
And the internet went wild for Stewart’s bold fashion statement.
“Now that’s how you get people to notice your little indie movie. Well done, team,” one Instagram user wrote.
“She looks amazing,” another said. “Love the boldness of the outfit. Not trashy, just bold.”
Love Lies Bleeding Tells the Love Story of a Gym Manager and Bodybuilder
Love Lies Bleeding is a romantic thriller straight from the mind of Rose Glass, director of the psychological horror Saint Maud. It stars Stewart and Katy O’Brian as Lou and Jackie, a gym manager and bodybuilder navigating complicated romantic feelings in the 1980s. Lou falls for Jackie, who is pursuing big dreams in Las Vegas, but the history of crime in her family begins to weave a web of lies, deceit, and violence.
The film is a co-production between A24, the studio behind Hereditary, Midsommar, and X, and Film4, the company responsible for 12 Years a Slave, Carol, Shaun of the Dead, and many more blockbusters.
Love Lies Bleeding isn’t the first gay love story to ever be told and it certainly won’t be the last. Call Me By Your Name, Love, Simon, and Pride are just a few examples of revolutionary LGBTQ+ movies in the last decade.
Stewart Speaks Out About LGBTQ+ Media
Kristen, who identifies as bisexual, told The Hollywood Reporter, “We can’t keep doing that thing where we tell everyone how to feel, and where we sort of pat each other on the back and receive brownie points for providing space for marginalized voices and only in the capacity that they are allowed to speak about that alone.”
“The era of queer films, being so pointedly only that, is over,” she said. “It’s done. Maybe they’ll happen, but I think things develop and move on. It’s just so inherent to how we’re all moving forward.”
“It’s not making [movies] about the reasons that they’re sidelined, but peoples’ actual experiences, what they love, what their desires are, where they come from, where they want to go and, yeah, not feeling like you always have to stand on a fucking soapbox and be everyone’s spokesperson.”
Stewart also identifies as a feminist. In 2019, she stated that she had been advised not to be affectionate with her girlfriend (at the time) in public, in order to land mainstream roles. She said: “I don’t want to work with people like that.”