Jodie Turner-Smith Wants Us All To Shop Like Her – And Now There’s A Way We Can

The fashion gods were in a good mood when they gave the world Jodie Turner-Smith. One of the most exciting, joyful fixtures on the A-list, she consistently wows, whether in a glorious daffodil Gucci gown on the BAFTAs red carpet (she is the queen of unapologetic maternity dressing) or blooming floral puffer on the pavement (also Gucci, from the much-hyped The North Face collaboration). And who could forget those excellent snakeskin Brother Vellies boots she made instantly iconic inQueen & Slim?

Now, the fashion gods are dishing out more good fortune, and are now allowing us to shop like Turner-Smith too. Today, she has joined forces with Matchesfashion for the latest instalment of their Curated By series. Her five-look edit is as bold, brilliant and mood-boosting as you’d expect, featuring everything from rainbow Gucci co-ords to a ruffled Molly Goddard dress, a pearl-embellished Simone Rocha coat to a chunky By Alona chain (the accompanying shoot – photographed by Frankie Mark and styled by Petra Flannery needs to be on your re-entry moodboard).

‘Fashion is a costume and, like any costume, gives you an opportunity to play, and how can play not enhance your mood?’ says Turner-Smith in an interview accompanying the edit. ‘There’s literally no colour that I don't love on my skin’. Subscribing to a more-is-more aesthetic that feels particularly liberating now, she adds: ‘Going out, I have this thing where if you're not doing the most, you're not doing enough – it depends on the occasion.’

Part of what makes Turner-Smith so captivating to watch is that, despite the fun she clearly has with fashion, she is always so much more than a clothes horse. In the Matchesfashion interview she also discuss motherhood and how giving birth has brought issues surrounding maternal heath, which affect Black and indigenous women of colour disproportionately, to the forefront, saying: ‘Seeing how little society actually supports women after they have gone through this incredibly huge endeavour, it’s just clear to me that it’s a place in which we need to figure out how to do better for women. We need to do better in terms of the support that working mothers are given, the support around breastfeeding. There’s just so much: access to abortion, contraceptives, all of these things that should just be basic human rights. Every human being should describe themselves as a feminist if they care anything about women.’

If she sets her mind to something, Turner-Smith seems likely to make it happen. Take how she manifested her next role, playing Anne Boleyn in a forthcoming Channel 5 mini series. ‘I was like, “I want to be in a corset for my next job” […] It was really fun to be in those gowns – you feel quite glamorous, you’ve got this massive gown on that swings through the room and has a life of its own. And your waist is snatched,’ she tells Matchesfashion. ‘I'm so interested in getting to portray female characters that are really well thought out, fully developed, dynamic and interesting as a dark-skinned Black woman.’ A 2021 prediction: expect Turner-Smith to do for 'Tudorcore' what she did for snakeskin boots.

SHOP: Curated By Jodie Turner-Smith at Matchesfashion.com now: