I was just a little girl when I watched "Back to the Future" for the first time, it impressed me so deeply I was sure men would find a way of truly create a time travel machine someday. Well, many years have passed by and since we still can't go back to the past or forward to the future* (or we haven't evolve to mutantes powerful enough to endure such trip - as Wolverine in superhero's 2014 "Days of Future Past" movie), we're constantly finding ways to revive the glorious old days.
The fashion world always knew how to do that in great style, as tributes to late designers or revisiting great past collections (PFW AW23 collections are all about that), and in the last couple of years, vintage fashion is also having a serious moment on the red carpet, as celebrities show up in pre-loved iconic looks.
Hollywood A-listers such as Zendaya and Bella Hadid are making archival fashion a trend and a statement - with so many other and new clothing to wear, when they wear these very rare and exclusive archive looks, besides the importance of sustainable and second hand fashion, they are proving that a well-cut design can stand the test of time and look modern no matter the year we're in.
Talking about Zendaya's red carpet choices is old news here, we're big fans and are always waiting to see what she's wearing next. After a short break from the spotlight she just got back to the 2023 awards season with a fresh new hair style and the same impeccable looks. See below, some of our favorite past and present fashion moments.
in custom Prada inspired by a look from its spring/summer 1993 collection at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles last week
The original look from the Prada SS 1993 catwalk
Zendaya at the NAACP Image Awards, wearing a green and black Versace couture gown from spring/summer 2002
Karolina Kurkova for Versace's Spring 2002 show that opened the Paris couture collections that year
Dua Lipa in an iconic Versace bondage dress on the Grammy's 2022 red carpet
Christy Turlington for Gianni Versace’s Fall 1992 ready-to-wear collection
Cindy Crawford also wore the leather look in 1992 at the MTV Video Music Awards
Iris Law attended a London Fashion Week party in 2022 wearing a olive green corseted dress from Versace’s fall 2003 collection
Beyoncé wore the look to the 2003 MTV Movie Awards
Christina Aguilera modeled it in Versace’s fall 2003 ad campaign
Also last year, Bella Hadid attended the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival in a Tom Ford-era Gucci gown
Carolyn Murphy walks the runway of Tom Ford’s fall 1996 collection for Gucci
One more Bella Hadid's stand out red carpet moment, wearing a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier column gown featuring a black chiffon halter-neck, structured white bodice and a sweeping train hemmed with black tassels to attend the “Annette” screening and opening ceremony during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2021
The stunning gown was pulled from the Spring / Summer 2002 Haute Couture collection which was originally modeled by Naomi Campbell
*At least now, on Mach 2023. If you're reading this from the future or past,
let me know in the comments :))
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