It’s a fact: how Nicole Kidman changed her red carpet style forever with the help of a monochromatic dress.

On air – our column “It’s a fact”, where we share various facts and historical information from the world of fashion, is worthy of targeted coverage on Internet pages. In the latest episode of our Robinsonade, we took a look under a magnifying glass at the first appearances of supermodels on the runway, from Cindy Crawford to Kate Moss. This time around, we decided to go back to the good old basics, which sadly no longer sounds that loud in 2023. I mean, the red carpet.

March 24, 1997. Los Angeles, Oscars. The stars proudly walk the red carpet in soft hues from soft pink to white. After all, there is a special dress code. And everything will be fine, but Nicole Kidman shows up. The bright ocher color and Chinese motifs of the Christian Dior dress are immediately drowned out by the flashes of paparazzi cameras. The prize ends, but the job of journalists – by no means. After all, the latter must quickly find out which robber is wearing such a (no, SUCH) dress in the elite ward. Meet John Galliano and his first red carpet debut. Yet who would doubt?

Conclusion? Dressing up Nicole Kidman is becoming a real revolution and an independent fashion phenomenon. It’s all about the provocative color of the dress, which doesn’t fit the dress code of official events of the late 20th century. Those who are not indifferent are strictly divided into two camps. The former clapped her hands enthusiastically while looking at the photo of Nicole, while the latter had frankly had bouts of nausea. “This color makes you want to vomit,” finished comedian Joan Rivers live from E! Second result? John Galliano got what he wanted. As usual.

The designer didn’t set out to make another pink lace dress to be worn by every first wife of an Upper East Side millionaire. The master of fashion, on the contrary, always found a fifth corner in the processing of a simple piece of fabric, quickly experimented with colors, staged performances at shows before it went mainstream – it was not in vain that he was called the precursor of Galliano. 2000’s charm. John, who took over the creative directorship of Christian Dior just a few months before the award, managed to make himself known to the whole world thanks to a monochromatic dress. So much so that after the event, the Smithsonian Institution recognized Nicole Kidman’s dress as one of the most influential in the history of such events. And John Galliano took the title of king of the red carpet. And this is a fact.