Yerin Ha Survived Fashion Month Thanks To One Tip From Luke Newton

From the outside, fashion month looks like a blur of hotel parties, Michelin-star dinners and free clothes, when the reality is closer to spending weeks in a perpetual state of remembering – too late – that you meant to buy Compeed blister patches. Bridgerton breakout Yerin Ha, however, is here to keep the fantasy alive. Zooming in ahead of Miu Miu’s autumn/winter 2026 show in Paris – the final pitstop of the season – she says that when the invitation came through, she had no choice but to “seize the moment.”

Today, the Aussie actress is swapping Regency gowns for something a little more rock‘n’roll: a leather jacket with a matching miniskirt and heels. “Very chic, street-style vibes,” she says. “I just love the look so much, because it’s something I probably would wear in my everyday life, which I think is what’s so nice about Miu Miu – it’s so effortless, and it can transform into your everyday attire.”

Working with her stylist Holly White while promoting season four of the Netflix series, Ha has balanced a colourful rotation of Balenciaga minis, Prada gowns and feathered Roksanda moments with a packing-friendly roster of basics. “My wardrobe is very minimal, simple. You could swap pieces easily in and out together,” she explains. “I’m always thinking, how can I carry 32 kilos of clothes in a very strategic way?” When it comes to getting in front of the cameras, however, she allows herself more freedom. “When I can, I tend to go a bit more experimental – more colour, texture, layers. My personal life is simple, but my event life is a little more playful.”

In terms of desert-island essentials, Ha is a firm believer in a fully stocked emergency medicine kit (“I’m a bit fragile”) and an extensive skincare routine, regardless of airline luggage allowances. “I love trying products,” she says. “Right now, I have my PDRN serum, two cleansers – an oil cleanser and a rice cleanser – sunscreen, moisturiser, eye cream. Whatever the situation, I’ll do all the steps. It’s muscle memory.” Her latest discovery is a scalp massager. “It has little grooves; it naturally lifts your face because the muscles are released,” she says, mimicking the severe-looking tool’s motions through the screen.

Serums and contraptions aside, Ha also relies on a journal to keep a grasp on reality. “These things do tend to make me a bit anxious naturally,” she tells me. “I just try to remind myself that I deserve to be in these spaces. That I got invited for a reason.” Advice from her Bridgerton family is also top of mind. “Luke Newton has checked in a lot because he’s also been through it last season. He said, ‘As intense as it is, really try to enjoy it and savour this moment. These opportunities don’t happen very often.’”

A chance encounter with Margot Robbie also left a lasting impression. “I saw her in the elevator and I was like, wow, you’re so beautiful. She’s an actor, a producer, a mother – she’s doing so many things and she just carries herself so elegantly.”

With a packed schedule (Netflix press circuits are not for the faint-hearted), an off-duty day is long overdue for Ha. When she does get one, the actor is content with a slow morning spent wandering the streets with a coffee in hand – “a cortado in London; they can’t get flat whites right in the UK” – while, post–fashion month, she’s already earmarked tickets for Cynthia Erivo’s one-woman Dracula show. “Just art and quiet,” she says. “That’s all I need.”

This article was originally published on British Vogue.