Margot Robbie has been proudly owning the pink carpet these days. Whereas out and about selling her newest tasks, the Australian actor is trying positively effervescent. There was the moss inexperienced Bottega Veneta cut-out gown she wore to the Governor’s Awards in November, a flirty buttercup Gucci mini-dress chosen for the The Hollywood Reporter’s Ladies In Leisure Gala on December 7, and most not too long ago, a moody black hooded, halter-neck robe from Alaïa’s spring/summer season 2023 assortment chosen for the Los Angeles premiere of her upcoming movie Babylon.
The star of the forthcoming Barbie film complemented her hooded gown with pure make-up, a pair face-framing tendrils of hair, a silver cuff bracelet and black sheer pantyhose.
Whereas it takes a sure confidence degree and elegance prowess to drag off a a fashion-forward contact like a hooded robe, the avant-garde type is in no way new. In actual fact, Grace Jones famously wore a shimmery magenta hooded robe to stroll in Alaïa’s 1986 spring-summer high fashion present in Paris. Worn with dramatic tonal make-up, together with a daring darkish lip, and no equipment, styling cues that really feel contemporary right now. The hood itself is an announcement, so one doesn’t must overdo it within the magnificence and equipment departments, and Robbie’s personal ensemble displays this “much less is extra” strategy.
The resurgence of hooded clothes has been seen in latest months on each the pink carpets and the runways. Versace’s spring/summer season 2023 present featured a black hooded robe with a facet cut-out, paired with exaggerated cat-eye make-up and vertiginous platform heels. Saint Laurent’s spring/summer season 2023 assortment (pictured above) included a number of slinky hooded clothes in wealthy jewel tones, worn with black sunnies and outsized, bold-shoulder toppers. The look right here is obvious: glamorous, cool, and a little bit dramatic.
And celebrities like Ashley Graham, above carrying a crystal-embellished mesh robe by Inside to the TIME Individual of the 12 months reception earlier this month, have understood the project.
Bridgerton star Simone Ashley opted for a contemporary, glittery blue tackle the hooded gown development for the Governor’s Awards in November, carrying the high-neck 16Arlington robe with moist look hair and mega-sparkly Chopard jewels.
TikTok creator Addison Rae turned heads, and cemented herself as a rising type star, in early November when she wore a futuristic gray hooded robe from the Lily et Cie classic archives to the CFDA Awards in NYC.
And months earlier than sparking a brand-new debate concerning the return of Y2K’s much-maligned dress-over-pants development, Katie Holmes lower an edgy determine in a formfitting black hooded robe worn to attend Tom Ford’s spring 2023 ready-to-wear present in September.
Wouldn’t a hooded mini-dress be so enjoyable for a New 12 months’s Eve bash? (Worn with glitter basis and little else, in fact.) If it’s too late to trace one down, let 2023 be the yr we put on hooded robes and heck, anything that may have as soon as felt risqué or arduous to drag off. And that features clothes over pants.