Vintage red carpet looks 2022: the 10 best of the year

What happened to Marilyn Monroe’s dress after the Met Gala? This was the question that echoed insistently after that Kim Kardashian he had chosen the iconic naked dress Of Happy Birthday Mr President to pay homage to American fashion on the red carpet of the Metropolitan Museum. Affair “how many crystals has the dress lost” aside, the dress is/was a splendid vintage creation by the costume designer Jean Louis who, under a sketch by Bob Mackie, created in 1962 one of the first nude look of history. Iconic.

When “hot” pieces of fashion history are bothered. At the 2022 Grammy Awards, Dua Lipa chooses a bondage dress from the “Miss S&M” collection; the then scandal conceived by an irreverent and ingenious Gianni Versace for the fall winter of ’92. Bold accessories with the effigy of the Medusa and golden buckles to embellish a bustier that is pure BDSM eroticism. Once of Cindy Crawfordthe dress maintains today (even with Dua Lipa) that scandalous matrix that decreed its success in the nineties.

And maybe Taylor Russelll the new, modern fashion icon? We will see, in fact, the new Loewe ambassador knows how to tread a red carpet. Even in vintage, as done during the closing night of Venice Film Festivalwhich saw her triumph as an emerging actress in a very elegant archive dress by Ralph Lauren. Tight bodice and maxi bow to counteract the bare back, made her look like a black mermaid in all respects. Beautiful and very good.

Another Met Gala, another archive dress. Adut Akech it presents itself with a sumptuous green and blue Lacroix that is part of the couture collection for autumn winter 2003. A very sumptuous creation which, originally, was worn backwards with the train to embellish the back of the dress. Wanting it like this, perhaps more scenographic and contemporary, the editor of Vogue Gabriella Karefa-Johnson who, before proceeding, asks for authorization from Christian Lacroix himself. Adjustments approved and red carpet off.

Blair Waldorf also likes vintage. The former Gossip Girl Leighton Meester, at the premiere of the new series that will see her as the protagonist, she walks the red carpet of Prada (vintage) dressed. This little black dress is part of the brand’s autumn-winter 2000 collection, entirely embroidered with 3D-effect flowers. Simple and sophisticated.

The very young (but already twice Emmy nominated) Sydney Sweeney is an ode to eighties sexyness in the vintage by dress Thierry Mugler. Worn on the red carpet of the Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards, the dark green velvet minidress dates back to 1981 and is the emblem of the avant-garde and sculptural fashion of the late French designer.

Vintage on the red carpet doesn’t just mean grande soirée dresses. Natalie Portmanhere in Rome at the premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder, teaches that a suit is enough to be impeccable always and in any case. Sure, the fact that the suit in question is a Claude Montana from ’91, it helps a lot. King of padded shoulders and colors boldthe French designer was one of the forerunners of prêt-à-porter in the 1980s and his fashion still seems more relevant today than ever.