How Josh O’Connor turned Disclosure Day into a Dior moment
In black-tie by Jonathan Anderson, the star delivered a look defined by polish and precision on the red carpet.
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster summer, and the latest offering from Steven Spielberg arrives with both cinematic ambition and red-carpet spectacle. Disclosure Day premiered in London this week, where its star, Josh O’Connor, proved his style is as compelling as his screen presence.
While the film centres on extraterrestrial activity, O’Connor’s appearance in Leicester Square was anything but alien. A Dior ambassador and longtime friend of creative director Jonathan Anderson, he stepped onto the red carpet in a look that felt quintessentially aligned with today’s Dior menswear era.
A study in modern tailoring, O’Connor wore a black wool and velvet notch-lapel suit by Dior, paired with a crisp white wing-collar shirt. He punctuated the look with a green brass clover brooch and finished it with black leather Dior Medaillon loafers, striking a balance between classic black-tie and contemporary edge – an echo, perhaps, of the film’s own tension between tradition and disruption.
At the premiere, O’Connor joined co-stars Emily Blunt and Colman Domingo as the trio posed in front of A New Perspective, an art installation inspired by the film. The piece, unveiled as part of the event, draws directly from Disclosure Day’s central themes.
Within the film, two mysterious creatures recur as symbolic motifs tied to perception, functioning as “messengers” between worlds. That same idea is translated into A New Perspective, designed as both artwork and perceptual experiment. The installation challenges viewers to question the reliability of what they see, exploring the fragile boundary between certainty and interpretation.
“The idea was to create something people couldn’t fully understand from a single viewpoint,” explains Phil Savage, the creative lead of the project. “The sculpture only reveals itself through movement, which felt closely connected to the themes of Disclosure Day. The installation suggests that perception is incomplete and certainty can change in an instant.”
Disclosure Day hits cinemas on 10 June, while A New Perspective remains open to the public at Victoria Embankment Gardens until 8 June.