In season three of The Crown, Helena Bonham Carter will have her turn to play Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister, Princess Margaret.
Before Princess Margaret famously became the first royal to divorce in 400 years, she was known for her fashion. Her style even earned its own nickname in the 1950s as “The Margaret Look”. She was a fan of Dior’s New Look and opted to find inspiration in the trends rather than replicate her sister’s prim and proper royal sense of style.
Here’s a look back at her iconic style over the decades.
![Princess Margaret](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64002/princess-margaret-fashion-4.jpg)
A Royal group portrait with Princess Elizabeth with her husband Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI and Princess Margaret, January 1, 1947
![Princess Margaret boards a train at Southampton station, August 22, 1953](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64016/princess-margaret-fashion-19.jpg)
Princess Margaret boards a train at Southampton station, August 22, 1953
![Princess Margaret at Great Windsor Park, 1955](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/63999/princess-margaret-fashion-1.jpg)
Princess Margaret at Great Windsor Park, 1955
![Princess Margaret with Lord Hastings Ismay after the wedding of his daughter, Mary Finnis, to Major Raymond Seymour, in St James', London, September 9, 1957.](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64004/princess-margaret-fashion-6.jpg)
Princess Margaret with Lord Hastings Ismay after the wedding of his daughter, Mary Finnis, to Major Raymond Seymour, in St James’, London, September 9, 1957
![Princess Margaret with her husband, photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones at London's Westminster Abbey on their wedding day, May 6, 1960](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/princess-margaret-fashion-15.jpg)
Princess Margaret with her husband, photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones at London’s Westminster Abbey on their wedding day, May 6, 1960
![Princess Margaret on holiday in Costa Smeralda, Italy, August 1967](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64000/princess-margaret-fashion-2.jpg)
Princess Margaret (right) on holiday in Costa Smeralda, Italy, August 1967
![Princess Margaret with her husband Earl of Snowdon on a pontoon in the Bahamas, March 14, 1967](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64015/princess-margaret-fashion-18.jpg)
Princess Margaret with her husband Earl of Snowdon on a pontoon in the Bahamas, March 14, 1967
![Princess Margaret with her husband Antony Armstrong-Jones at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, May 17, 1968](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64001/princess-margaret-fashion-3.jpg)
Princess Margaret at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, May 17, 1968
![Princess Margaret with her husband Lord Snowdon, August 13, 1969](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64007/princess-margaret-fashion-9.jpg)
Princess Margaret with her husband Lord Snowdon, August 13, 1969
![Princess Margaret with her husband Lord Snowdon at the Badminton Horse Trials in Badminton, England, April 18, 1970](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64006/princess-margaret-fashion-8.jpg)
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon at the Badminton Horse Trials in Badminton, England, April 18, 1970
![Princess Margaret at the Royal Festival Hall after a Frank Sinatra concert in aid of the NSPCC, May 7, 1970](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/princess-margaret-fashion-16.jpg)
Princess Margaret at the Royal Festival Hall after a Frank Sinatra concert in aid of the NSPCC, May 7, 1970
![Princess Margaret with Prince William, Prince Harry, and Princess Diana on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, June 11, 1988](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64010/princess-margaret-fashion-12.jpg)
Princess Margaret with Prince William, Prince Harry, and Princess Diana on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, June 11, 1988
![Princess Margaret during an official visit by Nelson Mandela in London, July 4, 1990](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64011/princess-margaret-fashion-13.jpg)
Princess Margaret during an official visit by Nelson Mandela in London, July 4, 1990
![Princess Margaret in London, circa 1990](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/princess-margaret-fashion-14.jpg)
Princess Margaret in London, circa 1990
![The Queen Mother with her family outside Clarence House on her 94th birthday, London, August 4, 1994.](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64014/princess-margaret-fashion-17.jpg)
The Queen Mother with her family outside Clarence House on her 94th birthday, London, August 4, 1994.
![Princess Margaret leaves the Portland Hospital after visiting her daughter, Lady Sarah Chatto, who gave birth to a son in London, 29 July 1996](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64003/princess-margaret-fashion-5.jpg)
Princess Margaret leaves the Portland Hospital after visiting her daughter, Lady Sarah Chatto, who gave birth to a son in London, July 29, 1996
![Princess Margaret at St James' Palace at an event to mark the Queen Mother's 99th birthday, London, September 4, 1999](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/media/64005/princess-margaret-fashion-7-scaled.jpg)
Princess Margaret at St James’ Palace at an event to mark the Queen Mother’s 99th birthday, London, September 4, 1999