Style shrinks: Our experts analyse Uma Thurman's serene new look

Ruddy gorgeous: Uma Thurman (Rex Features)

The hair/ make-up

Rebecca Gonsalves: A healthy flush, berry-bitten lips, sparkling eyes and loosely pinned-back hair – even with low-key primping she is ruddy gorgeous.

Hugh Montgomery: Given that she has recently completed work on a Lars von Trier movie, we can only assume her apparent serenity is a trick.

The top

Rebecca: Uma darling, champagne is for drinking, not for deflated pussy-bow blouses. A prim cardigan takes the fizz out even further.

Hugh: A statement look – the statement being that she's dying for a role in a Joanna Trollope adaptation.

The shoes

Rebecca: This get-up is perfect parents' evening fodder, and a demure yet sultry pair of kitten-heeled slingbacks are the finishing touch.

Hugh: Almost as stumped by trying to say something about these as we are trying to think of Uma's last decent movie.

The skirt

Rebecca: It's a bit Victorian to come over all aflutter over an ankle, but when it's as well-turned as this…

Hugh: The most sensible thing since soya-and-linseed bread.