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Nicola Coughlan's stylist needs to step it up!

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Eieiom · 22/05/2024 18:02

This woman is a talented goddess and I'm so disappointed by how she has been styled for the Brigerton promos.
I feel like a lot of stylists cannot cope with a petite curvy woman, it's so annoying.
This woman deserves all the beautiful clothes!!

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CapaciousHag · 22/05/2024 21:50

I don’t give a fig for anyone’s dress size.

And I’d say it’s a good deal more interesting and human to experiment with clothing and styling throughout one’s life than to pick one safe style and stick with it. That must be quite scary if you know you’re going to be constantly photographed.

But it would be remarkably precious for anyone who puts themselves in the public eye to imagine they could ban the public from discussing their appearance.

TheFunHasGone · 22/05/2024 21:52

StaunchMomma · 22/05/2024 21:45

She clearly looks good enough for the guy who plays Colin (don't know his name, sorry) to constantly look at her as if he wants to eat her!

Have you seen how close he stands to her! The CHEMISTRY!!

I never ship famous people but those two need to bone,. It's palpable!

It's a pity that didn't come across on screen then!

I doubt it, he's rumored to be dating Antonia Roumelioti, I think they all seem really close in interviews

She's pretty out spoken, I can't imagine her just going along with her stylists outfits if she didn't like them

vixsta2001 · 22/05/2024 22:01

Oh gosh! I actually know her stylist!!!!

PotatoPudding · 22/05/2024 22:07

vixsta2001 · 22/05/2024 22:01

Oh gosh! I actually know her stylist!!!!

Can her stylist confirm she’s just a really busty size 10?

MiniCooperLover · 22/05/2024 22:07

There's just no chance she's a size 10. 16 minimum and more I would say, especially as she's very short in height. I know many petite short people and she is not it. I fully understand her wanting to say that, she's standing next to waifs and very slim people. She's beautiful regardless but it makes her sound daft saying she's a size 10.

vixsta2001 · 22/05/2024 22:14

@PotatoPudding I'm trying to post a photo of her with her stylist, but I don't seem to be able to on my phone! But her stylist is a tall slim size 8-10 and Nicola looks around a size up from her so I would say she's definitely just very busty and curvy.

Like others have said, we should refrain from discussing her size and concentrate on the styles we admire or not. I would say at Nicola's hight and curves, that it's tricky to find clothing that typically suits the dimensions, I think she's being brave and daring and doesn't want to just sink into the background and I admire her confidence to wear what the hell she wants and what she likes!

Pieceofpurplesky · 22/05/2024 22:16

LuluBlakey1 · 22/05/2024 21:35

I've never seen her or heard of her before but looking at the photos that have been posted here, I think she is very badly styled and don't think she looks good at all. I wouldn't describe her as pretty based on what I've seen here.

This is bitchy. You claim not to know her yet are happy to slag her off on a thread about her.

Pash??? 🤣🤣 Who's 12?

Never had a crush on a boy band member sorry. I mean, no shit I am not going to meet her and she doesn't care about me. Reverse it though - imagine she read your words. They would be hurtful. Perhaps think about that before you comment on someone you claim to have never heard of.

MiniCooperLover · 22/05/2024 22:19

Now in this she looks amazing! Tighter for less frills and stuff to distract

Nicola Coughlan's stylist needs to step it up!
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therealcookiemonster · 22/05/2024 22:26

CormorantStrikesBack · 22/05/2024 19:11

This dress from a shape point of view is much more flattering than what she is often wearing/styled in and makes her look slimmer. The colour washes her out and merges into her skin. But shows how much better she looks in a flattering dress.

this looks lovely on her.

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 22/05/2024 22:31

I'm only a little bit older than her and her skin, all over is incredible, really plump (I don't mean fat) and youthful, like when you pinch the skin on the back of your hand as you get older and it doesn't spring right back, vs when you do it when you're young and can't work out what your older colleagues are talking about because of course it bounces right back ... Her skin has youthfulness to it , like she's very well hydrated. I'm just rambling at this point but hopefully someone will understand what I mean

Pieceofpurplesky · 22/05/2024 22:36

. @LuluBlakey1 you are on a thread about her. I have only responded to you so 'attacking everyone' is a lie. I responded to you as what you said was nasty and a little cruel.

I have posted once that I think she's gorgeous and sexy. I have a woman crush - i imagine most women have someone they 'pash' on ... they never expect to meet them. I think you are mixing me and all the posters who say she's great in to one ball of dislike.

I stand by what you said in your first post (which is what made me post) is pretty mean spirited for style and beauty

You appear to be over the top - are you Cressida in disguise?

SabreIsMyFave · 22/05/2024 22:41

xsquared · 22/05/2024 18:24

Nicola is a size 10, so not plus size.
Yes, she deserves more flattering outfits.

On what planet is she a size 10?! Come off it. 😆 A size 14-16 is the slimmest I have ever seen her. (She usually looks size 16 to 18.) She is very cute, but it's laughable to say she's a size 10.

Oh and yeah, she IS 'plus-size.'

SabreIsMyFave · 22/05/2024 22:45

RoachFish · 22/05/2024 22:18

Did you see her in Stylist Magazine recently?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C68n_s_MVV3/?img_index=1

and this one I love https://www.instagram.com/p/C68yTnzNNHB/

Apart from the photo where she has got a telephone receiver in her hand, those photos are not good.

The one with the bright pink frilly top and the shiny light pink trousers is awful.

As I said, I think she is very cute, but those pics are not very good. They don't do her any favours at all.

GreenGherkin · 22/05/2024 22:53

Yeah that quote from her is about season 1 of Derry Girls, not Bridgerton. She was definitely a lot slimmer then than she currently is - not a good or bad thing, just clear to see. I think she looks incredible and I like how she wears things that are not traditionally “flattering”. It’s bold and I always look forward to seeing her outfits even I don’t particularly like them!

SabreIsMyFave · 22/05/2024 22:54

Moretti76 · 22/05/2024 21:30

FFS! Nicola has famously asked for people not to comment on her body (positive or negative) as she finds it difficult for her mental health. She’s been open about her size to get everyone to STFU that she is a role model for plus size women. She doesn’t feel defined by her size and is sick of people focusing on it.

What is wrong with you people debating what dress size she is, when she is on public record saying she is a UK 10.

Leave her alone!!

If Nicola - and her publicists, are going to 'state for the public record' - that she's a size 10, then people ARE going to comment, because it's clear she is NOT a size 10. She is a clearly 14-16. Why say any different? People have got eyes, and the gift of sight, and can see she is not a size 10. Does she and her agent etc expect people to believe this?

As I said, she is a cute girl, but a size 10 she is not, and it's cringeworthy and embarrassing that anyone would expect anyone else to believe that! And if Nicola DIDN'T want people to comment, then why did she even mention her dress size?

Also, what the F is WRONG with being a size 14-16? Confused It's nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about!

StaunchMomma · 22/05/2024 22:58

TheFunHasGone · 22/05/2024 21:52

It's a pity that didn't come across on screen then!

I doubt it, he's rumored to be dating Antonia Roumelioti, I think they all seem really close in interviews

She's pretty out spoken, I can't imagine her just going along with her stylists outfits if she didn't like them

They definitely seem more in tune as themselves, for sure.

I watched a vid earlier where he was standing behind her in a field and he was pretty much running up against her!

KateMiskin · 22/05/2024 23:01

SabreIsMyFave · 22/05/2024 22:45

Apart from the photo where she has got a telephone receiver in her hand, those photos are not good.

The one with the bright pink frilly top and the shiny light pink trousers is awful.

As I said, I think she is very cute, but those pics are not very good. They don't do her any favours at all.

Edited

All her clothes are just too frilly and girly for my taste. But most modern fashion seems to be that way.

limelover · 22/05/2024 23:02

Moretti76 · 22/05/2024 21:30

FFS! Nicola has famously asked for people not to comment on her body (positive or negative) as she finds it difficult for her mental health. She’s been open about her size to get everyone to STFU that she is a role model for plus size women. She doesn’t feel defined by her size and is sick of people focusing on it.

What is wrong with you people debating what dress size she is, when she is on public record saying she is a UK 10.

Leave her alone!!

She spends plenty of time posting very negative and regressive things about other women (especially those older than her).

She didn't worry about their mental health when she did it.

I am plus sized - she is not my role model and dresses like a frump.

She is the epitome of a bullied-child/woman turning the tables on others so that she can avoid negative attention and then cries foul when the tables turn.

And ... if she's a size 10 I am the Pope.

InheritedClock · 22/05/2024 23:03

SabreIsMyFave · 22/05/2024 22:54

If Nicola - and her publicists, are going to 'state for the public record' - that she's a size 10, then people ARE going to comment, because it's clear she is NOT a size 10. She is a clearly 14-16. Why say any different? People have got eyes, and the gift of sight, and can see she is not a size 10. Does she and her agent etc expect people to believe this?

As I said, she is a cute girl, but a size 10 she is not, and it's cringeworthy and embarrassing that anyone would expect anyone else to believe that! And if Nicola DIDN'T want people to comment, then why did she even mention her dress size?

Also, what the F is WRONG with being a size 14-16? Confused It's nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about!

Edited

Because her body was being reviewed instead of her performances.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/29/critics-actors-talent-not-bodies-prime-miss-jean-brodie

Critics, judge me for my work in Derry Girls and on the stage, not on my body | Nicola Coughlan

After weeks preparing for my role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie a reviewer called me an ‘overweight little girl’. What about my performance, asks Derry Girls actor Nicola Coughlan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/29/critics-actors-talent-not-bodies-prime-miss-jean-brodie

Eieiom · 22/05/2024 23:04

Some actresses always get their bodies dissected, too big, too small etc. It must feel horrible.

I kind of hoped this thread would be a "wake up stylist"/look at these nice dresses and Nicola/Bridgerton appreciation thread but instead it's people obsessing about her saying she's a size 10 (absent of context or timing of that comment).

Why would she ever need to tell anyone what size she is? What size is Judy Dench fgs?
I don't give a hoot but I love to see actresses I admire with beautiful gowns.
For future reference if anyone asks me what size I am, I'm just going to say I'm the size of a small planet!

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JosiePosey · 22/05/2024 23:07

Saschka · 22/05/2024 19:19

If you are short, you can be a size 10 and fat. My BMI is 30, I am sitting wearing a pair of size 10 trousers currently. I’m definitely fat, I’m just also short.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen posted on here.

And no way on earth this woman in the pics is a size 10. She looks more like an 18 or even 20.