The 2024 red carpet looks featured personal style while dressing.
The best dressed celebrities aren't just about dressing up. They presented carefully curated looks that combined Capital-F fashion with pure fun – from custom creations to archival gems to thematic collections tied to blockbuster films.
Stars and fashion designers increasingly used carpets to tell stories and craft fashion narratives that sparked conversations beyond just “Who are you wearing?”
Red carpet gossip is at an all-time high, thanks in large part to the release of The Red Carpet evil. The crew embarked on a press tour around the world in which the film's leading ladies participated. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivoembracing the glamor of dressing at every stop, from New York to London to Australia.
To build evil Fashion imagination (and fan base), designers — including Louis Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood and Thom Browne — created looks that captured the essence of Grande and Evivo's on-screen characters, Glinda and Elphaba.
Archival appearances with meaning behind them were another way celebrities made headlines. Case in point: Sidney Sweeney, who hit the Oscars yet legendary Mark Boyer dress Angelina Jolie Worn to the Academy Awards in 2004.
The tribute swept social media. Boyer, 65, celebrated the 20th anniversary on Instagram, sharing photos of Sweeney, 27, next to a photo of Jolie, 49. “Thank you,” Sweeney responded with a shout out confirming the appeal of the rare archival dress. @markpower For pulling this iconic dress out of the vault for me. “It was an honor to wear a piece of history.”
To this end, we have collected for you 10 looks from the past year that will go down in red carpet history.
