Celebrity Style
The Red Carpet Moments of 2025 No One Saw Coming
If previous red-carpet seasons thrived on predictability, 2025 broke from it decisively. This was the year celebrities approached dressing with intent. From Met Gala appearances anchored in cultural references to awards-season looks that questioned inherited ideas of glamour, the red carpet shifted into a space defined by risk and clarity of vision.
Whether through sculptural shapes, confrontational styling, or unexpected material choices, stars like Teyana Taylor, LISA, Bad Bunny, and Jenna Ortega rewrote the rules, often in ways no one anticipated.
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LISA — Lever Couture
The BLACKPINK star and ‘The White Lotus’ actress arrived at the Emmys in a pink optic-illusion tulle gown by Lever Couture. The design had a structured peplum waist and an asymmetrical thigh-high slit that extended into a trailing arrangement of ribbon loops.
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Rosalía — Balenciaga
At the Los40 Music Awards in Valencia, Spain, Rosalía delivered one of the year’s most arresting appearances. She wore a black crop top richly embroidered with organza feathers, paired with voluminous taffeta buttoned trousers. The look’s defining piece was an alien-inspired mask encrusted with strass crystals, making the outfit look surreal.
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Alexander Skarsgard— Ludovic de Saint Sernin
At the London Film Festival, Skarsgård embraced confrontational approach to red-carpet dressing in Ludovic de Saint Sernin. He wore a halter-style white button-down, styled with a black leather tie and fitted lace-up leather trousers. The look mirrored the S&M theme of his film ‘Pillion.’
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Doechii — Thom Browne
For the 2025 Grammy Awards, Doechii arrived in Thom Browne, continuing her exploration of unconventional form. She wore an off-the-shoulder corset dress with exaggerated hips in dark grey, detailed with the brand’s red, white, and blue lacing. Layered over a white Oxford shirt and finished with a matching tie.
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Ariana Grande — Schiaparelli
Ariana Grande appeared at the Oscars in a custom Schiaparelli pink satin gown that centred craftsmanship. The design featured a wave-shaped peplum waist and a skirt heavily adorned with more than 190,000 crystals, sequins, rhinestones, and beads an exacting display of couture.
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Bad Bunny — Prada
At the 2025 Met Gala, Bad Bunny leaned into controlled tailoring. He wore a brown Prada mohair suit paired with a tobacco-toned poplin shirt.The restraint of the shape allowed his accessories to do the talking, adding contrast and personality.
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Jenna Ortega — Givenchy
At the Emmys, Jenna Ortega appeared in Givenchy by Sarah Burton. She wore a chandelier-style top constructed entirely from jewels and pearls, paired with a black skirt cut with a thigh-high slit.
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Teyana Taylor — Ruth E. Carter
One of the Met Gala’s most culturally rooted moments came from Teyana Taylor, dressed by Ruth E. Carter. She wore a three-piece pinstripe outfit completed with a feathered top hat and a sweeping cape. The words “Harlem Rose.”
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Anna Sawai — Giorgio Armani Privé
Anna Sawai’s SAG Awards appearance stood out for its composure and detail. Dressed in custom Giorgio Armani Privé, she wore a strapless gown embroidered from neckline to hem with ruby-red crystals. A black silk velvet back panel added contrast and depth.
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Halle Berry — Christian Siriano
For the Oscars, Halle Berry wore a fitted silver Christian Siriano gown featuring over 7,000 mirrored crystals. The corseted bodice extended into a mermaid-style skirt, combining structure with fluid movement.
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She appeared at the ceremony in an archival black Atelier Versace gown from Donatella Versace’s Fall 2015 collection. The dress was described as sheer and constructed from shredded lace with web-like cutout detailing throughout the fabric. It featured a halter neckline, a fitted bodice, and floor-length construction with lace panels and metallic threading integrated across the design. The gown had previously been worn by Heidi Klum at the amfAR Gala in Milan in 2015.
Cyrus styled the look with minimal accessories, including bracelets and a ring, and wore her hair blonde and straight with full bangs. The hairstyle referenced her “Hannah Montana” era, which multiple outlets noted in relation to the visual styling for the ceremony. Her makeup included a smoky eye and neutral lip tones, consistent across reported descriptions.
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The ceremony was attended by her mother Tish Cyrus, sister Brandi Cyrus, and fiancé Maxx Morando, Donatella Versace and Anya Taylor-Joy were also present, both delivering speeches in her honour during the event.
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During her acceptance speech, Cyrus became emotional while thanking her family and close circle of support. She referenced her connection to Los Angeles and Hollywood Boulevard and reflected on her career journey leading to the moment of recognition.
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The Walk of Fame star placed her among the latest artists formally recognised by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, marking her contribution to recorded music and entertainment over the course of her career.
Zendaya attended the Louis Vuitton Resort 2027 show in New York, where Nicolas Ghesquière presented his latest cruise collection for the house. She appeared among the front-row guests, wearing a silver long-sleeved mini dress from the brand.
The look featured an asymmetrical neckline with one shoulder placed slightly higher than the other, and a satin finish with soft folds across the fabric. She paired it with matching pointy Louis Vuitton pumps.
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Her hair was styled in a short pixie cut with a side part, while the makeup was soft with brows as the defining feature, finished with glossy lips. She accessorized with white gold and pavé diamond earrings from Tiffany & Co.
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After the show, Zendaya had a change of outfit for the afterparty. Styled by her longtime stylist Law Roach, the look was taken from the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2027 runway, where it appeared as look 14 just minutes before she wore it.
The outfit consisted of a black cropped moto jacket with striped detailing coiling across the fabric, worn with shiny yellow shorts, featuring a white base peeking out at the waist, and a two-tone belt. She completed the look with the same heels from earlier and large silver earrings.
Look 14 from the Louis Vuitton runway
Similar dress styles have been seen on other celebrities, including Hailey Bieber and Charli XCX during Saint Laurent Spring 2026 show at Paris Fashion Week.
Other guests at the Louis Vuitton show included Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Anne Hathaway, and Chase Infiniti.
Even with Cannes Film Festival organizers tightening red carpet rules around nudity and revealing dressing this year, celebrities have continued to challenge the updated dress code. Bella Hadid joined that conversation during the premiere of La Bataille De Gaulle: L’Âge De Fer, arriving in a custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown designed by Daniel Roseberry that combined sheer lace detailing with a sculpted silhouette.
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The ivory gown was constructed with Schiaparelli’s signature trompe l’oeil lace embroidery and featured a deep plunging neckline that extended toward the waist through a sharply cut central opening. A black embellishment positioned across the torso connected the front of the dress and referenced the brooch detail worn by Jane Birkin during her 1969 appearance, which served as inspiration for the design. Roseberry reworked the archival reference into a more sculpted version tailored specifically for Hadid.
The fitted gown followed a body-contouring shape before opening into a tiered mermaid-style train at the hem. The sleeves extended fully to the wrists with slight flare detailing at the cuffs, while the back incorporated corset-style lacing.
According to details released by Schiaparelli, the gown required 22,160 hours of embroidery work and involved 130 artisans. The couture house also confirmed that the look was custom made for the model by Daniel Roseberry.
Hadid paired the gown with Chopard diamond jewelry, including drop earrings and a large geometric ring. Her hair was styled into an updo allowing the neckline and structure of the gown to remain the focus. The look was styled by Mimi Cuttrell, who has overseen several of Hadid’s appearances throughout the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
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Earlier in the day, Hadid wore a pale blue silk Louis Vuitton minidress from Marc Jacobs’ Spring 2003 collection, paired with a sandy beige canvas shoulder bag and tortoiseshell Gucci sunglasses.
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