Florence Pugh's May Queen movie costume from Midsommar on display...

In Writer/Director Ari Aster's 2019 folk horror, Midsommar, a young couple travel to Northern Europe to enjoy a friend's hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What starts as an idyllic rural retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly bizarre and violent competition at the hands of a pagan cult. Florence Pugh plays 'Dani', an American student recently traumatized by the death of her family and already in a strained relationship with her distant, toxic boyfriend, 'Christian' (Jack Reynor). When Dani wins a maypole dancing contest she is crowned the 'May Queen', and when she sees her boyfriend participating in a sex ritual (after consuming hallucinogenic tea) she must choose to kill him or a commune member as part of the festival's final sacrifice.

May Queen movie costume worn by Florence Pugh

as Dani in Midsommar

This spectacular screen-used costume, which is more like a floral art installation, was photographed on display as part of The Horror Show exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 4, 2026.

Andrea Flesch is Costume Designer on this folk horror movie and Dani's costumes in the film become more elaborate as the story progresses, culminating in this ritual piece adorned with 10,000 silk flowers.

You can see more of her work with these screen-worn Colette movie costumes.

Meanwhile fans of Florence Pugh can also check out her Yelena Belova movie costume from Thunderbolts, one of her Don't Worry Darling film costumes, her Outlaw King movie costume and her Amy March costume from Little Women on display. 

Midsommar movie poster