32 Red Carpet Outfits Celebs Bought Or Made

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At her first Cannes Movie Competition in 2005, Eva Mendes wore a costume from a division retailer. She advised Individuals, “I used to be like, I am going to simply put on this one, this knit gold, that feels proper. No person would’ve identified it was a $40 costume.”

She mentioned that, when the then-president of L’Oreal requested her “who” she was carrying, she was confused. She continued, “I used to be like, ‘What do you imply? It is mine.’ Everyone simply cherished the costume, and I used to be like, it is simply from Melrose!”

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On the 2024 NYC premiere of It Ends With Us, Blake Energetic wore the very same classic 2002 Versace costume that Britney Spears wore to the designer’s runway present. On Instagram, the boutique Tab Classic reported that Blake purchased the costume.

This is what the costume appeared like on Britney.

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In keeping with Vogue, when Demi Moore made her Oscars pink carpet debut in 1989, she wore a glance she DIYed herself out of a corset, bike shorts, and floral material.

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Discussing her costume on the 2022 SAG Awards, Jada Pinkett Smith advised E!, “It is classic. It is one thing that I purchased some time in the past. [I] had it within the closet and I used to be like, ‘You understand what? I believe lady is prepared for the SAG Awards!’ So, pulled it out.”

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In 2018, Michaela Coel made her personal costume for the Black Panther premiere. In a since-deleted tweet, she mentioned, “Final minute invite to WAKANDA, had 2hrs to prepared myself. I had purchased two of the identical skirt from auntie who has the stall exterior the pharmacy in Accra mall. I minimize one skirt to make it right into a high and stitch da ting collectively right into a costume. Resourceful b*tch.”

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Sharon Stone advised the podcast Desk for Two with Bruce Bozzi, “After I first received invited to the Oscars [in 1992], proper earlier than Primary Intuition had come out. Film hadn’t come out, so nobody would lend me a costume. After which it got here out, like, just a few days, proper earlier than the Oscars or one thing, and I used to be gonna current, however nobody would give me a costume. It was unbelievable as a result of I did not have any cash to purchase something. And I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, all these individuals of their $40,000, $50,000 attire.’ And I went and acquired a Betsy Johnson jumpsuit as a result of that was it, a polyester jumpsuit. That was the most effective I may do. And I am doing my very own hair and make-up.”

“And I used to be similar to, ‘Wow, like that is terrible. Like, how am I going to do that?’ However then I received there. and I used to be, like, within the fourth or fifth row again, which was actually good. And I used to be on the aisle, and I used to be seated proper behind Anthony Hopkins. And after I walked by, he put his fingers collectively and put them over his head like [a] champion and held them as much as me after I handed him, and I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, he noticed my film, and he is giving me that factor.’ And I advised my dad, and my dad was like, ‘Child, you would look good in a burlap sack.’ And I used to be like, ‘Oh, proper.’ And so after that, I believed, you realize, it does not matter. I may put on a t-shirt to the Oscars, and so I did,” she mentioned.

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Sharon pulled her 1996 Oscars look from her personal closet after catastrophe struck her authentic costume. On No Filter with Naomi, she mentioned, “Vera [Wang] was making me two attire, and we had been making an attempt to make one from this Fortuny material, and it stored stretching and altering and transferring, so we weren’t fairly positive it might come collectively, however we had been experimenting. We had been making this different nice costume, this pink costume, and it got here, and the FedEx man dropped it out of the again of his truck and backed up over it. The field broke open, and the costume had a black tire monitor throughout the entire of the entrance of [it]. The day earlier than the Oscars.”

She continued, “I used to be simply so freaked out as a result of I used to be nominated, and that is the largest factor to ever occur whenever you’re just a little actress, and also you get to work with Bob [De Niro] and Marty [Scorsese], and I simply could not consider it. I lastly made it to this massive second in my profession, and the man ruined my costume. There is a massive tire monitor down my costume.”

So, she known as Primary Intuition costume designer Ellen Mirojnick for assist. Sharon mentioned, “She simply appeared on the costume and checked out me, and he or she was like [sigh]. She’’s like, ‘Go get your favourite garments out of the closet.’ I mentioned, ‘My favourite garments? I haven’t got any!’ She mentioned, ‘Get something; it does not matter what it’s.’ I simply stored throwing them on the bed room flooring, and he or she simply stored sitting there taking a look at them prefer it was a science downside. She ultimately began placing issues collectively, so we ended up placing collectively this Hole shirt and a ready-to-wear Valentino skirt. Then I had this Armani tuxedo costume that I wore as a jacket, and I picked a gardenia out of the backyard. And that was it!”

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On the 2016 Golden Globes, Jamie Lee Curtis advised The Hollywood Reporter, “I had seen this costume, so I known as the shop and advised them that I would like this costume in a dimension eight. They advised me that it was on sale at 50 % off. I am most likely the one individual nominated who purchased their very own freakin’ costume! However I am proud to put on my very own costume.”

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Gabourey Sidibe advised Teen Vogue that no designers provided to decorate her for the 2009 Cannes Movie Competition — her first main pink carpet — as a result of she was “too fats.” So, she bought a costume from Torrid. She mentioned, “Despite the fact that we’re transferring in the direction of extra visibility for plus-size individuals, there’s a lot [of] pushback. So it’s necessary to maintain combating [and] to maintain being seen till the dialog adjustments and [it] is not about our our bodies as a result of I am not my physique. I am an entire individual.”

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For the 2025 Elton John AIDS Basis Academy awards viewing celebration, movie star chef Sandra Lee purchased a $99 robe from Instagram. She advised Individuals, “I used to be initially hesitant to order as a result of they by no means are pretty much as good as they appear on the web site, however this costume was the exception. It was simply as lovely!”

Nevertheless, when the costume arrived, the roses “weren’t as beautiful because the costume itself.” So, she added her personal gildings, together with a ruffled tulle backside and “silk blooms and valuable vintage trims that [she] found in New Orleans.” She mentioned, “The costume took about six hours to reimagine, after which I grabbed an vintage purse that I would bought at a classic retailer after which I embellished it to match the costume.”

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Hayden Panettiere bought her personal Tom Ford robe off the rack for the 2014 Golden Globes. She advised Individuals, “I’m obsessive about it! I freaked out that I’m even carrying it. Something he makes is simply gorgeous…I purchased this one. I truly get to maintain it, which is de facto bizarre to me, that I haven’t got to fret about anyone displaying up on my doorstep going, ‘The place’s the costume? Give it again!’ It is like shopping for a bit of artwork. You’ll be able to hopefully preserve it perpetually.”

And on the pink carpet, she advised E!, “It is the primary time I’ve ever worn him, as a result of I have been begging ever since. I really feel attractive in it, I really feel snug in it, and I am in Tom Ford. I’d put on a plastic bag if it was designed by him.”

Tom Ford famously solely attire one lady per pink carpet. On the time, Hayden was criticized for buying her personal robe, however the designer squashed any drama. The morning after the awards present, Hayden tweeted an image of flowers he despatched her together with a notice that mentioned, “Expensive Hayden, You appeared lovely final evening. Thanks for the type phrases. A lot love, Tom.”

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However Hayden wasn’t the one actor who bought her personal pink carpet robe for the 2014 Golden Globes! Edie Falco purchased her Lanvin costume for the occasion. She advised The Hollywood Reporter, “I went into Jeffrey on West 14th Avenue, talked to my private shopper there, and acquired it. Why not? It is the least I can do.”

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On the 1958 Academy Awards, Joanne Woodward gained Finest Actress in a robe she made herself. In keeping with Self-importance Honest, she was very excited for the world to see her handiwork.

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When Tiffany Haddish was looking for a costume for her Ladies Journey premiere in 2017, she purchased a $4,000 Alexander McQueen costume, which she’s famously reworn to a number of occasions. In 2021, she advised Individuals, “I [was] like, ‘Oh, hell no. That is my mortgage. I am unable to put on this costume…I used to be simply devastated [I couldn’t return it]. I used to be very upset that I spent that a lot cash on a costume, interval. Then I used to be like, ‘Nicely, I’ll put on this costume all over the place I am going. I’ll get my cash’s value.’ …The costume has made me the cash that it price, plus, at this level.’”

She wore the costume to the 2018 MTV Film & TV Awards. She’s additionally worn it on Saturday Night time Reside, My Subsequent Visitor Wants No Introduction, and Individuals’s Most Lovely Challenge.

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On the 2014 Academy Awards, Kelly Ripa wore a costume she’d ordered on-line. On Reside with Kelly and Michael, she mentioned, “So whenever you do these award exhibits, designers will mortgage you attire, and also you attempt them on, and it is, like, very dramatic on a regular basis. It is simply fraught with all types of, ‘This must be tailor-made,’ ‘We won’t tailor this as a result of we do not personal it’…blah blah blah.’ And I used to be on what I name ‘the mall,’ which is Internet-a-Porter.com on-line, and I used to be flipping by, simply taking a look at what’s new, and I see this robe. And I click on on it, and it is Roland Mouret, which is a designer I put on on a regular basis. And I used to be like, ‘Can I actually order an Academy Awards costume on-line? I imply, is that loopy?’”

“And I clicked on it, and I purchased it. I purchased it. I bought it. So it is mine. So I can alter it. I haven’t got to ask for permission and all these things, so guess what? We altered it. It was probably the most snug — all people else you see, they’re corseted, they usually’re freaking out. Can they eat? Can they swallow? My costume: zipped it in, put it on, walked it on the market. We had pizza backstage. I used to be like, ‘Have a look at me! Have a look at me go, like an actual individual strolling the pink carpet,’” she mentioned.

She paired it with a coat she purchased on sale in 2019, which she mentioned can be the “final article of clothes [she] will ever purchase.” The coat turned an emblem of her environmental activism when she wore it to local weather protests in 2019, which she known as Fireplace Drill Fridays. In keeping with W Journal, at one of many protests, she advised the gang, “After I discuss to individuals about, ‘We do not really want to maintain buying. We should not look to buying our id. We do not want extra stuff,’ then I’ve to stroll the stroll too.”

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When Megan Mullally hosted the 2019 SAG Awards, she could not discover a designer to decorate her, so she ordered her personal Alexander McQueen robe on-line. In an Instagram submit, she mentioned, “sure, i shall be internet hosting!! thanks [SAG Awards]! will i be dressed as a spanish senorita? we do not know. appears to be like like i shall be shopping for my costume on-line although, as per my typical, regardless that there may be actually a 100% likelihood that i shall be on digital camera, as a result of I’M HOSTING IT. designers don’t ship me attire. i am on-line scrolling by the robes sections of varied websites- which i understand how to do fairly nicely at this point- after which i attempted to order one thing from saks fifth avenue they usually cancelled my order oh, the glamor of all of it. in different information, internet hosting this nice present honoring wonderful actors goes to be cool, and i’ll get to fulfill olivia colman. please ship jokes.”

On the pink carpet, she advised Entry Hollywood, “I at all times select garments on-line and purchase my very own stuff as a result of, to begin with, I prefer it as a result of I can simply put on what I wish to put on, but additionally, the foremost designers will not be all in favour of sending me any attire. In no way. Alexander McQueen did ship two attire, however they did not work out, however that is an Alexander McQueen costume that I purchased on-line…I mentioned, ‘I am actually internet hosting. like, there’s a 100% likelihood that I shall be on digital camera.’ However individuals had been like, ‘No, no thanks.’ However that is okay. I believe it is humorous, however I believe it is fascinating for individuals to know that as a result of I believe that everyone in most people simply thinks, ‘Nicely, all people is getting attire thrown at them left and proper,’ however that is not truly the case.”

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Melissa McCarthy designed her personal costume for the 2016 Golden Globes in collaboration with inventive director Judy Swartz and match specialist Daniela Kurrle. She advised Vogue, “I had simply completed designing the spring assortment for my line, which was impressed by Studio 54 and all issues Bowie. I’ve at all times been obsessive about the drape and intercourse attraction of sure Seventies attire. The second we noticed that metallic panne velvet, all of us thought kimono costume.”

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Style influencer Nancy Tyagi attended the 2024 Cannes Movie Competition in a robe she made herself. On Instagram, she mentioned, “Radiating magnificence at Cannes in a self-stitched creation that took me 30 days to make Gracing the pink carpet in a show-stopping robe, and styling it with CaratLane diamonds to finish the look! Able to shine and encourage with each step.”

In one other Instagram submit, she mentioned, “Stepping onto the pink carpet on the 77th Cannes Movie Competition as a debutant feels surreal. I poured my coronary heart and soul into creating this pink robe, which took 30 days, 1000 meters of cloth, and weighs over 20kg. The journey has been intense, however each second was value it. I am overwhelmed with pleasure and gratitude for the love and help from all of you. It is a dream come true, and I hope my creation dazzles you as a lot as your help has impressed me. Thanks from the underside of my coronary heart!”

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Amanda Seyfried purchased her personal attire for the NYC and LA premieres of Imply Ladies in 2004. She advised Jimmy Kimmel Reside, “I didn’t have a stylist. I used the one cash I had to purchase a costume — however there have been two premieres, and so I had to purchase two attire since you put on completely different attire.”

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Describing her NYC premiere costume, Amanda continued, “I did not know any of the foundations, so I used to be carrying a white bra and black underwear and no slip. And I paid $600 for that costume. I could not even afford a trip residence, no, I am kidding. I did not have a publicist. I did not have a stylist. I did my make-up.”

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On the 2021 ESPYs, skilled wrestler Bianca Belair wore a costume she made herself. She confirmed the method of making her robe in a YouTube video. Within the caption, she mentioned, “This weekend was surreal! I went to the ESPY’s as SmackDown Girls’s Champion!, WON an EPSY with Sasha Banks, and I made the costume I wore!!!! Let me inform you this story: I couldn’t discover a costume to get to me in time as soon as I discovered I used to be attending the ESPY’S. So, I discovered some inspiration from just a few a attire I discovered on-line and advised my Husband… ‘Overlook it, I’ll make my costume’… I used to be terrified and I am fairly positive folks that I advised thought I used to be loopy for taking a threat like this presently!!. Think about the FIRST time you attempt to make a proper robe is for an occasion just like the ESPY’s… however one thing in me simply advised me to TRY!!!”

She continued, “It took me two FULL days. No sleep and a whole lot of simply sitting and staring on the material and considering. It actually felt like placing collectively a puzzle with out a image to information me. I nonetheless can’t consider I made it however now I’m very curious to [see] what extra I can do! Y’al!… by no means underestimate your self! God created us to do wonderful issues. Push your self and do not be afraid to TRY and FAIL as a result of ultimately you’ll succeed! I am tooting my very own horn on this one.”

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On the 2017 Emmys pink carpet, Rachel Bloom advised E!, “I purchased this costume, ‘trigger Gucci’s not lending me a costume. I did purchase this costume, certainly. Yeah, I adore it, and I can resell it. I imply, this is the factor, can also be, I can, I am now on the place the place I can afford it. So, you realize, I’ve mentioned in an interview earlier than, ‘Oh, typically it is onerous to get locations to lend me attire as a result of I am not, like, a dimension 0,’ but additionally, I can afford it, so it is okay. And once more, I can at all times resell it on The Actual Actual.”

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In a since-deleted Instagram submit, Eva Mendes mentioned, “The debut of my newest @nyandcompany assortment has me throwing again to my first pink carpet [The Others premiere in 2001]. I did my very own hair and make-up, and that is a $6 costume from Goodwill. I’ve at all times cherished an affordable discover. Viva thrift retailers! #tbt.”

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On the 2018 ACM Honors, nation singer Kassi Ashton wore an outfit she made herself. She advised The Boot, “Nicely, my mother did not have a lot cash. She would have garments donated to her, and so she discovered find out how to take ’em in drastically, and that is the place I picked it up from. I’ve at all times been the type to, if it does not exist, create it. That is just about the place the garments factor got here from. I get an thought in my head, and if I am unable to discover it, I am pressured to stitch it. I do not suppose I am an excellent sewer; I simply have good concepts. And it isn’t falling aside, so we’re all good.”

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Zendaya advised InStyle, “After I was 14 and at my first film premiere, my outfit was a bunch of stuff that I had from Goal. And I believed I used to be fly. I felt cool. To this present day, I believe that is actually all that issues. Then you realize you are doing the appropriate factor.”

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In 2011, Insurgent Wilson purchased her personal robe for the Bridesmaids premiere, which took a big chunk out of her wage. She advised the podcast Diary of a CEO, “It was my first job in America. I imply, it was very fortunate to get it… However to be paid that little. Mainly, that $3,500 I then needed to pay to the union to affix the union. So, I mainly made no cash. I misplaced cash, as a result of I needed to pay to go to the premiere, like to purchase my costume and all the pieces. So, I misplaced cash doing Bridesmaids.”

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On the 2020 Grammys, Lana Del Rey advised Leisure Tonight, “I had one other costume, after which my boyfriend and I had been getting a belt for him on the mall. And I noticed this, and I cherished it, so it is a last-minute costume. However I adore it!” Her Aidan Mattox reportedly price $600, and he or she had it tailor-made across the waist.

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On the 2016 Golden Globes, Bryce Dallas Howard advised Individuals, “I am carrying Jenny Packham — I simply picked it up at Neiman’s [Marcus] this week. I like having a number of choices for a dimension six versus possibly one choice, so I at all times go to malls for this type of stuff.”

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Earlier than the 2016 Critics’ Selection Awards, Bryce went on-line buying and picked out a Pierre Balmain costume from Ahead by Elyse Walker, which price $1,300. She advised Individuals, “If you’re not ‘pattern’ dimension, or when you do not have a direct relationship with a designer, or should you don’t have a whole lot of discover, these sorts of dimension six attire simply aren’t that obtainable that a lot. … So, what I discovered is that if one thing is type of last-minute, or I haven’t got a great relationship with a spot, then I am going to Neiman’s, or I get one thing on-line.”

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Whereas selling Rocketman in 2019, Bryce wore solely secondhand or consignment attire to advertise sustainability. On Instagram, she mentioned, “Hey on-line household, I am in Cannes! You understand what which means… massive time fancy schmancy dressing up! I at all times really feel conflicted when looking for a press tour, as a result of usually these are garments I’ll solely put on as soon as. Up to now, since I’ve bought quite than borrowed I noticed in the end this wasn’t a wholly sustainable follow. For a number of years now, I’ve relied on [The Real Real] religiously to each purchase and consign my very own garments. So for this @rocketmanmovie press tour, I challenged myself to solely costume in consigned and beforehand owned items. That is my first look: the [Ralph Lauren] costume, [Manolo Blahnik] sneakers, and [Smoke x Mirrors] sun shades are all from [The Real Real].”

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And eventually, Bryce’s 2021 Golden Globes costume additionally got here from The Actual Actual. On Instagram, she mentioned, “As lots of you realize, I really like the sustainability of consignment style and infrequently discover secondhand items for press After I discovered I used to be presenting on the #GoldenGlobes, I instantly went again to my tried and true buddy, [The Real Real]! ⁣Tonight’s ‘match is a [Temperley London] sequin ombré costume (which matches my hair!) with magenta [Alexander McQueen] pumps from a press tour just a few years in the past.”