FORGET stepping on to the red carpet in something brand new – these days it is all about the art of the re-wear.
In the past few days alone there have been multiple archived designer dresses coming back out.
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Lili Reinhart was one of the latest when she wore a yellow dress like the one Kate Hudson had on for the 2003 film How to Lose A Guy In Ten Days.
Lili, promoting her movie The Love Hypothesis, posted this picture on Instagram and captioned the image “paying homage to Kate Hudson”.
Kate’s dress was a Carolina Herrera one-off, but Lili’s is still from the archives – made by Cache in the early 2000.
Here, Fashion Editor Abby McHale takes a look at some of the most famous fashion re-wears.
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SYDNEY SWEENEY – 2024
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ANGELINA JOLIE – 2004
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SYDNEY SWEENEY had her eye on the Marc Bouwer gown Angelina Jolie wore to the Oscars in 2004 for quite some time, having wanted to wear it on two other occasions.
Finally she donned the very same white halterneck gown for the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty.
After being kept for two decades, Sydney was not allowed to make any alterations to it.
GIGI HADID – 2026
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ELIZABETH HURLEY – 1994
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WORN first by Elizabeth Hurley in 1994 when she attended the Four Weddings And A Funeral premiere with then boyfriend Hugh Grant, the paperclip Versace dress became iconic and put her name on everyone’s lips.
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This month, Gigi Hadid brought back the look for EE72 magazine’s Made In The 90s issue and nailed the brief.
ZENDAYA – 2026
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SARAH JESSICA PARKER – 2008
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ACCORDING to Zendaya’s stylist Law Roach this Cache dress is “one of the most iconic dresses in movie history” having been worn by Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex In The City in 2008.
While it also has links to Whitney Houston after being inspired by a Eugene Alexander dress she wore in 1987.
Zendaya wore it in March for an Essence Black Women event.
IRINA SHAYK – 2026
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GISELLE – 2002
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NAOMI CAMPBELL – 2003
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SUPERMODEL Irina Shayk always looks sensational on a red carpet.
And she proved it once again at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday.
Wearing a black bodycon Dolce & Gabbana dress featuring a lace side strap detail, she looked striking.
But this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this outfit.
Coming straight from the D&G archive, this little black dress was first seen modelled on the runway by Gisele Bundchen in 2002.
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And then, in the same year, Naomi Campbell also wore it for the GQ Men Of The Year awards in New York.
With three supermodels wearing one dress, it shows how picture perfect this look really is.