Bo Bragason is feeling “blessed”. Yes, her flight out to Milan was delayed and yes, she only has 48 hours in the city before she has to get back to work (“I’m a busy girl”), but none of that is dampening her mood. The actor is about to attend her first fashion week – kicking off her front row career with the Prada spring/summer 2027 show, no less. “It’s so insane,” she says, laughing. “I really can’t believe it.”
Bragason – who stole hearts as the carefree Oona in the hit teen drama this summer – is particularly excited about being a Prada attendee. So much so that she confesses she couldn’t sleep last night. “Prada? Yeah it’s sick,” she calls to tell me from her hotel the day before. “It’s literally the best introduction [to fashion].” For the occasion, a relaxed charcoal grey suit worn over a crisp shirt in powder blue. “It’s a power suit type of moment,” Bragason confirms. “It’s very androgynous, which I love.”
With its distinct Julia-Roberts-at-the-1990-Golden-Globes vibe, Bragason knew the mannish suit was the one the second she saw it. “I didn’t even try anything else on,” she says. “If I feel cool, I feel good,” the 22-year-old says simply. And in this Prada suit, “I feel cool. I feel good. I feel confident!”
That’s not to say her style has always been so understated. Growing up in Manchester, Bragason went to indie gigs with her sister, and had a “big neon phase” as a teen. At one point, she owned around 20 fluorescent bucket hats, she reveals. “I would wear them religiously,” she remembers. “It was a time in my life… I’m glad I went through it. Never again, though.” These days, she’s more drawn to all things oversized, partially inspired by one of her favourite artists, Billie Eilish. Though she’d be just as comfortable in a miniskirt and a tight top, too. Because, as she said before: “If I feel cool, I feel good.”
Her approach to her hair has changed over the years, too. Though Oona’s cool-girl curls in won her an army of admirers – including on the fashion desk at British – Bragason wasn’t always on board with her waves. After years of straightening her hair, she finally decided in 2025 to embrace her natural curls, encouraged in part by her sister and her mother, who also have curly hair. “I really wanted to be myself and not hide parts of myself,” she says. “I remember I used to be so self-conscious of my curly hair for some reason. Now I don’t feel like myself if I don’t have it.”
As for how her rebellious character would navigate fashion week? “She’d probably try and sneak into all of the high-end after parties,” she says. “And I also think that Oona would just very much try her best to talk to every beautiful model in the room.” Bragason’s own Milan plans are more straightforward – shopping, good food, an Aperol spritz on a balcony, and crucially, before she flies home – and she doesn’t intend on letting first-fashion-week jitters get in the way. “It’d be a waste to go through an experience like that and be scared of what anyone thinks of me,” she says. Whenever nerves threaten, she tells herself the same thing: “We all live on a floating rock, so, girl, you’re going to be fine.”
It’s good to know she has a strategy when the cameras are on her, because the burgeoning star has more big things on the horizon. The Legend of Zelda, which Bragason filmed in New Zealand, is due out next April. She had been dimly aware of the fantasy adventure game before being cast in the movie, but has since done considerably more research. “Trust me, I have done many hours,” she says. “Oh girl, I Zelda.”
