Some SNL hosts keep it really low-key during the production week. They slip in and out of 30 Rock undetected when they’re there for rehearsals or meetings or shoots and they’re not seen too often around town. Others don’t bother hiding and make the most of the opportunity, they’re as visible as possible. Sydney Sweeney falls into this category – and she’s turned it into a fashion show, serving look after look before her Saturday Night Live debut.
I posted photos of Sydney earlier this week in a brown leather jacket and shorts combo and it turns out that was just the beginning, and there have been so many more outfits since then. Here she is out in a cream sweater with furry sleeves over leather shorts after dinner one night:
Then it was white on white on white – crop top, trousers, coat, and bag:
On Wednesday she wore beige, a long dress under a cute high collar capelet.
And then yesterday, a fitted black leather playsuit, clearly feeling herself.
But the serves aren’t just happening on the sidewalk, she’s bringing it for the promos, too. Check out this look in the promo they posted yesterday – this is Balmain, and it’s a LOT for the standard Thursday promo, so it’s clear she and her stylist, Molly Dickson, had a plan.
And she wore another Balmain for The Tonight Show:
But we’re not done! She shot another promo in Givenchy denim:
And last night stepped out in this cute Alaia:
WTF is the monologue look going to be?!
Can we go back to those promos though? In the one with Michael Longfellow they’re leaning into her new status as rom-com queen. What’s different about her fresh reign as a rom-com leading lady is that she’s also the boss, having produced Anyone But You, and looking for her next project. Now keep that in mind when you watch the other promo, with Kacey Musgraves and Heidi Gardner, the one where she’s just casually rocking full couture. “Weirdly a lot of my fans are men.” It’s a nod to her other title, in addition to rom-com queen: object of male lust. There was a time when that would have been limiting, but she’s coming off a movie that she produced that made upwards of $250 million against a $25 million budget. And she received critical acclaim for Reality, an independent film she was in that showcased her dramatic range, so the objectification has not been a barrier to success. Which is why the joke isn’t on her.
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