10 Celebs Whose Red Carpet Style Is Hiding a Meaningful Tribute

Celebs are expected to walk the red carpet looking flawless. With details or entire ensembles inspired by their movie personalities, they quite often steal the show when they arrive. Actors and stylists collaborate to blend tribute and fashion when paying respect to a film. And this is what we’re about to see now.

1. Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga’s 2018 A Star Is Born premiere dress, a Givenchy gown, seemed to be a tribute to the 1976 Barbra Streisand version of the movie.

2. Zendaya

Zendaya looked stunning in a blazer jacket that looks like it was worn by a ringleader. This is a nod to her movie, The Greatest Showman.

3. Jason Momoa

Jason Momoa greeted his fans at an Aquaman event in a pale-mauve suit with a black T-shirt underneath and lilac boat shoes. He gave a nod to his heritage with a lei, which is a traditional Hawaiian flower garland.

4. Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish wore an Eritrean princess gown to honor her father’s heritage at the 2018 Academy Awards.

5. Quannah Chasinghorse

Quannah Chasinghorse wore a Prabal Gurung upcycled tulle gown in aqua with hand-embroidered strass hemming on the bodice. She also dressed in silver, red, and white jewelry with a big feather hairpiece to celebrate Native communities.

6. Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss’ custom Oscar de la Renta gown paid respect to the iconic Matrix digital rain computer code.

7. Blake Lively

Blake Lively’s A Simple Favor tour was probably the most dedicated attempt to bring a character to the red carpet. She wore a pantsuit for every single appearance, just like her character in the movie.

8. Brie Larson’s

Brie Larson’s 2019 Avengers Endgame world premiere dress was made by Irene Neuwirth and was based on a gauntlet, with a large bracelet used as the center stone referencing The Avengers movie.

9. Lily James

At each screening on her film tour, British actress Lily James dressed like the Disney princess she portrayed on screen. She wore a sparkling, embellished gown in shades of blue, reminiscent of Cinderella’s dress, and wore a pair of Jimmy Choo real glass shoes.

10. Lupita Nyong’o

A lot of parallels from Jordan Peele’s terrifying thriller Us can be observed in Lupita Nyong’o’s red carpet attire. The actress clearly took cues from her role, from the bright red contacts she wore to the subtle allusions to scissors and this highly spiky Balmain short dress.

What do you think about these hidden tributes? Who are your favorite fashion icons?