Millie Bobby Brown Channels Marie Antoinette for Intimate 22nd Birthday Fête in SoHo
Millie Bobby Brown marked her 22nd birthday with a marie antoinette–inspired party in New York City, leaning into 18th-century styling and a tightly curated guest list that kept the celebration intimate. The themed evening, held at a SoHo French restaurant, mattered because it showcased how the actress’s personal brand and fashion choices drove both a stylized public moment and a sharp social-media response.
Development details
Brown, who turned 22 on Feb. 19, celebrated with a fête at Maison Close in SoHo on Feb. 20. She arrived in multiple period-referencing looks: one outfit described as a pale pink jacquard corset with puffed cap sleeves, ruffled trim and teardrop pearls; a detachable, pearl-studded belt with exaggerated side panniers; ruffled white bloomers; and sheer thigh-high stockings, finished with a multi-layered pearl choker and matching drop earrings. In additional photos and videos shared by her beauty and fashion brand, Florence by Mills, Brown wore a towering white wig embellished with pearls, purple ribbons and pink feathers and was captioned “in her ✨22✨ era. ”
Other images captured a different, regency-tinged ensemble: a white halterneck little white dress encrusted with sequins and trimmed with eyelash lace, paired with a diaphanous blush-pink floor-length coat trimmed with feathers and a coronet braid. Those present included her husband, Jake Bongiovi, who is 23 and wore a dark jacquard jacket with a white frilled-collar shirt to match the evening’s period dress code.
Marie Antoinette theme and context
The party’s Marie Antoinette theme prompted both admiration and pushback. Some attendees embraced the 18th-century flourishes—friends and cast members posed in period costumes around a multi-tiered birthday cake topped with sparklers—while some social-media users questioned invoking the French queen, whose historical reputation includes extravagant spending and a fatal end during the Revolution. Supporters countered that the event was a playful costume theme for a celebrity milestone rather than a political statement.
The guest list blended industry figures and family: director Shawn Levy; castmate Jamie Campbell Bower; David Harbour; reality personalities Whitney and Conner Leavitt; content creator Elena Taber; and Brown’s mother and grandparents. Brown and Bongiovi, who married in May 2024 and held a second ceremony in Tuscany in September 2024, posed together during the evening as friends in period dress gathered around them.
Immediate impact
The theme and the images shared by Florence by Mills generated immediate social-media traction. Brown posted a photo dump on Instagram with the caption “I don’t know about u, ” nodding to Taylor Swift’s birthday anthem “22, ” and had previously marked her birthday on Feb. 19 with a family post that included a glimpse of her daughter, whom she and Bongiovi adopted last August. The combination of striking costumes, branded content and celebrity attendees amplified attention: the choice of historical styling led directly to debate online, while the brand’s posts ensured the visual record of the evening spread beyond the room.
Practical effects were also visible at the event: a multi-tiered cake with sparklers became a focal prop for photos, and partygoers largely adhered to an 18th-century dress code—an outcome of the theme that shaped how guests presented themselves and how images were produced for social channels.
Forward outlook
In the short term, the materials already released by Florence by Mills and Brown’s own social posts constitute the confirmed public record of the celebration. Brown’s recent online activity—a family birthday post on Feb. 19 and the photo dump in the days after the party—indicates her preference to document personal milestones through curated imagery. What makes this notable is how a single themed evening combined personal celebration, brand content and fashion storytelling into one widely circulated cultural moment.
There are no confirmed public events tied to the birthday beyond the SoHo celebration, but the photographs and videos published by the brand and Brown will remain the principal artifacts shaping public reaction and commentary in the days following the fête.
