For years, thered carpethas been a stage of its own, wherecelebrities and artistsflaunt their eccentricity and indulge in some self-expression.Over the years, stars have created some pop culture history-making moments with just their wardrobe choices.Some dresses “smelled” and some dresses squeaked. Some made bold statements, and others were called fashion disasters.Here’s a roundup of some of thewildest celebrity fashion outfitsthat have left audiences blown away.This post may includeaffiliate links.
For years, thered carpethas been a stage of its own, wherecelebrities and artistsflaunt their eccentricity and indulge in some self-expression.
Over the years, stars have created some pop culture history-making moments with just their wardrobe choices.
Some dresses “smelled” and some dresses squeaked. Some made bold statements, and others were called fashion disasters.
Here’s a roundup of some of thewildest celebrity fashion outfitsthat have left audiences blown away.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
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Long before Bianca Censori made ‘wearing almost nothing’ her entire fashion aesthetic, Rose McGowan was the first woman to take the “naked” dressing trend from the runway to the red carpet.Holding the arm of her then-boyfriend Marilyn Manson, McGowan appeared at the VMAs in 1998 in a beaded dress that she hand-picked herself.“They slt-shamed me like crazy. It was kind of hard. I hadn’t really ever dealt with global media shaming,” she toldYahoo! Entertainmentin 2023.TheCharmedstar said “most of the women” want to make a “calculated, sexy move to turn people on” when they dress that way on the red carpet. But she said it was different for her.“If you look at me, I did it withpower. I didn’t do it with my hand on my hip to be sexy,” she told the outlet.“…Mine was like, ‘I’m gonna f** with your brain. I’m going to blow your brain up.’ And nobody had done it,” she added.Maja Hanson, the designer behind the Hollywood fashion history-making look, said looks like these were “happening on the runway at the time, but I think she was the person who took it from the runway to the red carpet.”“I don’t remember anyone doing it before her,” Hanson toldPage Sixin 2020. Other people have worn similar things since then, but she was the first to really have that ‘wow’ moment.”
Bianca Censori had the internet begging her to cover up after she put her entire body on display on the 2025 Grammys red carpet.In a moment that deserves its own chapter in the book of wild red carpet moments, the Australian-born model initially showed up at the awards show in an enormous black coat with her husband Kanye West.After therap mogul seemingly asked his wife to “make a scene,”Censori dropped the coat and posed in a see-through outfit.Fashion and optics aside, the viral moment hadexperts decoding how theHeartlessrapper might be controlling his wife.
Zendaya hit the red carpet for the world premiere of Dune: Part Two wearing a chrome bodysuit.The piece was from Thierry Mugler’s fall/winter 1995-96 couture collection, and it featured metal plates and see-through plexiglass panels on the stomach, bust, thighs, and butt.The archival Mugler look had first graced the runway at Paris Fashion Week in 1995.The clear cutout panels on her derrièrehad the internet’s imaginative minds wondering the same thing.“Imagine her farting in that and the cheeks getting all steamed up,” one said.“You read my mind,” another person chimed in. “All I can think about now, cheers.”“Imagine her farting in that and the cheeks getting all steamed up,” quipped another.
When Cher sat down with her longtime collaborator and designer Bob Mackie to discuss ideas for her 1986 Oscars outfit, she resolutelytoldhim she didn’t want to look like a housewife in an evening gown.Mackie said in the documentaryBob Mackie: Naked Illusionthat Cher was “pissed” with the Academy for not nominating for her role inMask,for which she won Best Actress at Cannes.So, for her revenge dress, she wore a massive feathered headpiece with an ab-baring, jewel-encrusted outfit.It was “my ‘f*** you’ moment to the Academy because, you know, all you have to judge me on is my work, not my life,” the icon said in the documentary.
“How did she sit down in that thing?” Time Magazine asked after Australian costume designer Lizzy Gardiner left jaws on the floor with a dress made from 254 American Express Gold cards to the Oscars.Back in 1995, when Gardiner wasn’t too well-known in Hollywood, the costume designer was nominated for Best Costume Design for her work onThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.She later revealed that she wanted to incorporate a symbol of American culture into her outfit. So she and LA designer Salvador Perez spent about 12 hours putting together a dress with American Express Gold cards.American Express had sent her more than 300 cards, each with Gardiner’s name but invalid because they lacked one digit, according toCNN.
Jennifer Lopez not only broke the internetwith her green Versace dress, she led to the creation of the now famous Google Images function.TheJenny from the Blocksinger revealed that her then-stylist Andrea Lieberman begged her not to wear the dress because others had worn it before her.“My stylist was like, ‘Please don’t wear it. Somebody else has worn it,’” she recalled in an interview withVogue.“‘Well, you bought it, and it looks the best, so I’m going to wear it,’” she recalled telling her stylist. “And so I did. And it caused quite a stir.”A “stir” was caused, indeed.The look not only sealed her repertoire as a fashionista but also became the most popular search query Google had seen at the time. The sheer number of internet searches led to the birth of Google Images.
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For the camp-themed Met Gala in 2019, Jared Leto walked on the red carpet sweetly carrying around his plus one—a lifelike decapitated head…of himself.The actor looked dapper in a silky red gown with long sleeves and a high neck, complete with shoulder pads and a jewel-encrusted bodychain.TheSuicide Squadactor later said he lost the Gucci human head.“I think someone may have stolen it,” he toldGQa few months after the glamorous event.“If anyone out there finds it, bring it into your nearest Gucci store in exchange for a pair of dirty sneakers,” he added.
Julia Fox made a strong case for cutout fashion with a New York Fashion Week look in 2024.The actress wore a spider web-like black cutout dress with a white fur coat to the Laquan Smith show.The look was completed with bleached brows and hair colored in hues of lavender and gray.
Kylie Jennerwore a vintage Mugler gown from 1998 as she attended the 2024 Annual Academy Museum Gala with her sister Kendall.“Best glam of the night,” a fan commented on the figure-hugging dress, which featured sheer fabric and sparkling sequins.Others joked about the black fabric being stuck at her hips.“I feel like this looks like you didn’t pull your dress up all the way,” one said, while another quipped, “looks like your wearing a little dress around your hips.”“I’m still trying to work out this dress,” wrote another. “It to me looks like the arm holes are on your hips.”
Amber Heard truly dove into her character of sea queen Mera in the blockbuster movieAquaman. And she kept up with the theme even during the film’s premiere in London in 2017.Channeling her inner mermaid, the actress wore a green Valentino Haute Couture gown for the event. But the pièce de résistance was the matching swim cap on her head.“Cute!” one fan called it at the time, while another joked: “Or she didn’t wash her hair.”
“A fashion disaster” is how critics described Gwyneth Paltrow’s 2002 outfit.The Goop founder sparked massive outrage for wearing a gothic Alexander McQueen dress to the Academy Awards that year.People “really hated” the dress as it may have been “too goth” and “too hard,” the actress toldVoguein 2021.While theShakespeare in Lovestar asserted that she loved the dress, she felt there were few “issues” with her look.“I should have worn a bra and I should have just had simple beachy hair and less makeup,” shesaidin a 2013 Q&A shared on the Goop website.
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