It can evoke danger, lust, and even love, depending on how it’s deployed.
FromNicole KidmaninMoulin Rouge!toEmma StoneinCruella, here are 20 of pop culture’s most showstopping red dresses.
Moulin Rouge!
Nicole Kidman in ‘Moulin Rouge!'; Emma Stone in ‘Cruella’; Marilyn Monroe in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’’ Ruth Negga on the red carpet.Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp; Laurie Sparham; 20th Century Fox Film Corp.; Lester Cohen/WireImage
(2001)
Did someone say “smoldering temptress”?
Spectacular, spectacular indeed.
Hey, at least her hair respected the dress code.
Nicole Kidman in ‘Moulin Rouge!'.20th Century Fox
Who could blame Romeo (Leonard Whiting) for falling so fast?
is her true Cinderella moment.
The look’s most talked-about feature, however?
Emma Stone in ‘Cruella’.Laurie Sparham
That would be her bangs.
Who doesn’t love a FLOTUS fringe?
that makes “Diamonds” sparkle so brilliantly at the film’s climax.
Olivia Hussey in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.Courtesy Everett Collection
She accessorized the bias-cut, asymmetrical dress with matching lipstick and a dyed faux fur stole.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)
Jessica Rabbit is the ultimate animated sex symbol.
She’s gotKathleen Turner’s voice!
Julia Roberts in ‘Pretty Woman’.Everett Collection
Ofcourseshe’s wearing a sparkling, gravity-defying, absolutely bonkers red dress.
But hey, he’s not the first person to fall victim to the glamour of a red dress.
That’s exactly how they work!
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama at the Inaugural Ball.Michael Kovac/WireImage
Aren’t you being distracted from something by looking through photos of red dresses at this very moment?
BONUS!!!
Britney Spears’ “Oops!…
Judy Garland in ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’.MGM
I Did It Again” music video (2000)
Oops!
That is just so typically her!
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in ‘In the Mood for Love’.Miramax
Alicia Silverstone in ‘Clueless’.Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at the Mountbatten Festival of Music at Royal Albert Hall.Karwai Tang/WireImage
Audrey Hepburn in ‘Funny Face’.Archive Photos/Getty Images
Ruth Negga attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards.Lester Cohen/WireImage
Vivien Leigh in ‘Gone With the Wind’.Courtesy Everett Collection
Minnie Driver at the 1998 Vanity Fair Oscar party.Mirek Towski/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images
Drew Barrymore in ‘Ever After’.20th Century Fox
Jennifer Lawrence at the 83rd Academy Awards.WireImage
Jessica Rabbit in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’.Buena Vista/courtesy Everett Collection
Rihanna at the European premiere of ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage
Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.FilmMagic
Fiona Johnson in ‘The Matrix’.Warner Bros. Pictures
Britney Spears in the “Oops!… I Did it Again” music video.Jive
