ETI has the most memorable Red Carpet looks from the past decade

“I remember sitting on the couch with my family watching the Oscars red carpet. I audibly gasping when I saw Angelina—she completely stole the show, This look has everything you want from a red carpet moment: sophistication, sexiness, timelessness, and total Hollywood glamour. Her dramatic pose showing off her leg caused it to be inspiration for many, many memes. I still see them today.”— Andrew Gelwicks, stylist

“This look got a ton of flack in the press which annoyed me because I felt at the time that if someone like Cate Blanchett wore it it would have been beloved. Five years later, the all-white color, the long sleeves, the fit, and the dramatic ruffle feels very right now. I loved it then, and I still do.”—Perrie Samotin, digital director at Glamour

“Lupita Nyong’o’s Prada dress stood out to me in part because it was this really interesting, memorable use of fashion to essentially create a public personality. It was definitely a culmination of what had been building and building and building. Her role in 12 Years a Slave was a really powerful one, but I think it’s debatable which people remembered her most from at the end of that year—was it the actual role that she played or was it the way that she appeared on red carpet after red carpet?”—Robin Givhan, fashion critic at the Washington Post

“As much as I appreciate a timeless, understated look, my favorite red-carpet aesthetic is ‘more is more is more.’ Rihanna—she of Crop Over queendom and Met Gala realness—always delivers on this front. Case in point: that time she wore enough pink tulle to get lost in to the Grammys, just days after this confection-like gown debuted on Giambattista Vali’s Paris runway. I Stan, always and forever.”—Leah Faye Cooper, editorial director at Coveteur

“So often, the red-carpet moments that stick with me are those that send a message, whether that was the intention or not. The saga of Tiffany Haddish’s famed Alexander McQueen gown—which she first wore to the Girls Trip premiere in 2017, then to a handful of other high-profile events after that—did just that. Yes, she looked great. But it also got people talking about the shelf life of red-carpet dresses. If something feels amazing and you paid good money for it, why should it only be photographed once?”—Ana Colón, style editor at Glamour

“Rihanna is someone we’ve come to regard as completely fearless, she sets the trends, never follows them. Case in point: wearing a completely sheer gown to the CFDA Awards to accept her Style Icon award. Yes, being covered in tens of thousands of Swarovski crystals is major—but the matching du-rag, elbow-length gloves and fur stole really made the look. As the kid’s say, we have to stan!”—Chrissy Rutherford, special projects director, Talent and Social at HarpersBAZAAR.com

“A salute to the days before Lady Gaga was a high-fashion movie star, when she was more of a high-fashion provocateur. This look was the very best of the period we like to call ‘Art School Student Gaga,’ when she dressed to produce dramatically unusual, highly staged moments in largely unworkable garments provided by some of the biggest names in the fashion world. A cosplay aesthetic rendered with high-fashion polish.”—Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, founders of Tom + Lorenzo

“It’s hard to pinpoint just one iconic Jennifer Lopez red carpet moment, even if you limit the scope to the past decade (The woman literally took home a Style Icon award this year.) A personal favorite is the confection of a Giambattista Valli gown she wore to the premiere of Second Act, which required her to travel in her own sprinter van to accommodate the long, dramatic tulle train.”—Ana Colón, style editor at Glamour

“The entire Black Panther cast wisely used the film’s promotional tour to sport eye-popping high-fashion inspired by the Afro-futuristic costumes of the film’s Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter, but no one came out stronger or in anything more jaw-dropping than Lupita sporting this insanely distinct and powerfully beautiful creation. With the stunning hair and styling choices, the effect was not only regal and fantastical, but had an almost warrior-like air about it. A perfectly on-brand and on point example of fashion as a promotional tool.”—Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, founders of Tom + Lorenzo