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One step from love to hate: 5 iconic celebrity looks that were only recognized decades later

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You know what combines Marilyn Monroe’s “naked” dress at John F. Kennedy’s birthday celebration, Angelina Jolie’s legendary Versace look at the Oscars in 2012, and Rihanna’s sparkly outfit at the CDFA awards in 2014? All of them with lightning speed entered the best-dressed ratings and unconditionally entered the history of fashion. Not a single discerning critic, a single scrutiny expert, and a devoted fan can resist them.

But the red carpet now recalls other stories when the iconic images are met not by a storm of applause from the public, but by a flurry of well-founded hatred. Among such underrated outfits for so long was the joint appearance of Justin Timberlake and today’s birthday girl Britney Spears at the AMA awards in 2001.

On the red carpet, the main power couple of that era appeared in a paired denim total look. Now the industry unanimously insists that stylists Kurt and Bart’s work is almost the best thing that has ever happened to Britney. But 20 years ago, a patchwork dress was called a complete failure and was immediately sent to the worst-dressed rating.

Today, December 2, to mark the 41st anniversary of the main pop princess of the 2000s, we decided to recall five more famous looks that became known only decades later.


Cher (1986) as Bob Mackie

Cher, 1986 (Photo: Getty Images)

Cher has always loved experiments, but unfortunately not everyone was immediately accepted. For example, in 1986, Cher shockingly shocked the Oscar guests from designer Bob Mackie (more than once a student of Edith Head, the author of dresses for Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn). She designed a stone-embroidered black skirt and top for the singer, as well as a hood made of 800 rooster feathers, she. By the way, Cher said in an interview that this image is one of her favorites. However, there was a different opinion in the public for a long time.

According to many critics, the outfit looked ridiculous and even ridiculous, so it was immediately sent to the list of failures. According to Cher, she wanted extremes in everything, and she had her reasons. “I decided on this because the academy didn’t really like me. They hated the way I dress, they underestimated me because of the young suitors. So I went out and said, “You see, I have a guide on how a serious actress should dress.” But after a while, when Cher won the love and respect of the industry, the hairy image began to appear in the media more often with the honorary mark “cult”.


Nicole Kidman at Christian Dior (1997)

Nicole Kidman, 1997 (Photo: Getty Images)

“This color makes me want to vomit.” Yes, that’s exactly what comedian Joan Rivers had to say about Nicole Kidman’s legendary look at the 1997 Oscars. Created by John Galliano, the Christian Dior dress made a huge splash and then completely changed the red carpet tradition. Some said it was a real victory, while others flatly refused to accept such a controversial outfit. The actress was one of the first to move away from the basic color palette and decided on an atypical mustard color for red carpets.

Meanwhile, Kidman had doubts about the dress that evening and was afraid they might not understand it. However, after Kidman’s appearance at the ceremony, Galliano received his first recognition on the world fashion scene and became the unspoken king of the red carpet.

Celine Dion in Christian Dior (1999)

Celine Dion, 1999 (Photo: Getty Images)

This debut of Celine Dion reaffirms the aforementioned John Galliano title and also confirms the unspoken rule that there is literally one step from failure to victory. In 1999, for the Oscar film award, the singer chose a white trouser suit from the main rebel of the fashion industry (read – Galliano) and wore it inside out (this decision was suggested to her by the designer herself).

However, there was no storm of applause. On the contrary, fashion critics immediately called the image a failure. At least as the dress code doesn’t allow trouser suits, especially if one is worn the other way around. However, 20 years later, this exit was talked about again, but in a completely different way. The Loewe SS21 and The Row Pre-Fall 2021 shows featured “false” glances backwards. At the same time, all authoritative glossy publications began to offer to stylize their output in this way.


Björk in swan dress (2001)

Björk, 2001 (Photo: Getty Images)

Another of the most obscure images in Oscar film award history is of singer Björk, who appeared on the red carpet in 2001 in a swan gown and even laid a few eggs (performing, not otherwise). Björk explained her choice herself this way: “I thought this would be my first and last appearance at the Oscars. I decided that this time I had to make an important contribution.”

The singer found the swan dress in the collection of Macedonian-born British designer Marjan Pejoski. Björk’s debut had a huge impact in society: some were quick to add an unusual dress to their worst-case roster, while others described Björk’s image as a canonical phenomenon in fashion. And so every year the last one is becoming more and more. For example, we saw references to the singer’s legendary dress in the couture collections of Valentino and Dior.


J. Lo at Versace (2000)

Jennifer Lopez (Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

It’s impossible to believe now, but J. Lo’s iconic image at the 2000 Grammy Awards didn’t always hold such status. This, of course, is about the blue-green Versace dress with an over-the-neckline. Then critics and fashion experts thought it was utterly unsuccessful and rushed to include the worst dressed in all possible ratings. But in vain! 20 years later, Jennifer Lopez repeated the legendary image featured on the Versace show and punctuated all the i dots.

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