The world of Outlander is formally again on Starz within the 2025 TV schedule, with the Blood of My Blood prequel spinoff taking viewers just a few centuries again in time. The brand new present follows the separate however related tales of Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie as star-crossed 18th century lovers, and the married Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp from the twentieth century. Harriet Slater and Jamie Roy painting Ellen and Brian as the principle 18th century Scots of the collection, and Slater wore a really particular tartan skirt for the premiere that I instantly fell in love with even earlier than she instructed me the importance.
The forged of Outlander: Blood of My Blood was already engaged on Season 2 by the point they walked the carpet for the premiere of Season 1, and two stars weren’t solely dressed to the nines, however wearing ways in which had been fairly good for his or her characters. Jamie Roy, who performs Brian Fraser, wore a black kilt. Harriet Slater, who performs Ellen MacKenzie, wore a voluminous tartan skirt with a contemporary high. And in contrast to when paparazzi nearly spoiled a serious twist, the celebs had been prepared for the cameras on premiere night time! Check out Slater’s standout skirt:
Anyone who tuned in to the primary two episodes of Blood of My Blood (full with a brand new theme tune) already know why it’s notably significant for the actress enjoying Ellen to put on that plaid, however you don’t should know all of the spoilers for the brand new prequel to see why her alternative of tartan is acceptable for the world of Outlander. I spoke with Harriet Slater and Jamie Roy forward of the Blood of My Blood premiere (because the wait is nonetheless on for Outlander Season 8), and the actress shed some gentle on the skirt:
I used to be obsessive about that design. It is a Scottish designer, Siobhan Mackenzie, and we each really wore items of hers. Mine was a Mackenzie tartan skirt, which was sensible as a result of she’s a Mackenzie designer. It was a Mackenzie tartan and I play a MacKenzie within the present. In order that felt actually particular.
The English actress honored her Scottish character and a clearly expert Scottish designer for the Outlander: Blood of My Blood premiere, and I’m keen to wager that I’m not the one one to fall in love with it. Jamie Roy, whose kilt was additionally considered one of Siobhan Mackenzie’s designs, shared his personal response when he first noticed the skirt:
We had been at considered one of our occasions, really, collectively, after which we noticed it on the factor. I noticed it first, and I used to be like, ‘She has to put on that.’ And then you definitely already had the thought.
Based on Siabhan Mackenzie’s Instagram account, Harriet Slater was carrying a “assertion silk skirt crafted from Mackenzie tartan silk – a deliberate nod to her character – pleated from over ten metres of silk for easy fluid motion.” For these of us on the American aspect of the pond, that’s greater than thirty toes of silk! Slater went on:
My jaw was on the ground when it was up on a model, up on a platform, and I used to be simply staring up at it, like, ‘That is the one.’ I did not know if she’d let me put on it, after which she was like, very happy, and she or he designed you [to Jamie Roy] a kilt.
Whereas Jamie Roy’s kilt definitely wasn’t as voluminous as Slater’s skirt, a number of thought went into it. The designer’s Instagram account sheds extra gentle on how the customized look was “crafted in couture metallic houndstooth” that was “tailor-made into a contemporary kilt and mirrored in flashes on kilt pins adorning a glossy black jacket and waistcoat.”
His wasn’t conventional tartan, nonetheless, and for a great purpose that ties to what his costars stated about carrying a kilt day-after-day on set to movie. Roy shared:
She acquired me an actual good kilt. I needed to put on a kilt, however I didn’t need to do something too conventional, as a result of I put on a kilt day-after-day at work. [laughs] So one thing a bit of bit extra fashionable. Being Black Brian, I feel the entire black outfit appeared very applicable.
His character is named “Black Brian” within the Outlander world for the colour of his hair moderately than the colour of his tartan, so the premiere look was a pleasant nod to Brian Fraser with out the actor donning the identical type of plaid that he wears for work.
Outlander: Blood of My Blood kicked off on Friday, August 8 with two back-to-back episodes, and the primary season will proceed airing new episodes on Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on Starz. It’s in all probability honest to foretell that no one can be wanting glamorous on Blood of My Blood for so long as motion is about in 18th century Scotland, however solely time will inform.