Celebrities don’t just wear fashion; they create a moment with it. Yup, even if it’s an accidental wardrobe malfunction or something that they wanted to wear for a while now. Their style has inspired pop culture and made it a global phenomenon. We’ve scoured celebrities’ closets to reveal the 10 fashion trends that some of them have started.
10. Athleisure – Madonna
Madonna was credited with being the first person to sport athleisure when it first came out in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She would mix gym clothes with everyday clothes that are always seen in public. Yup, she used to wear tights, a crop top, and a track jacket. This has become popular in the last few years, and today, we’ve seen a shift of women wearing yoga pants as pants, sneakers with dresses, and hoodies as outerwear.
9. Newsboy Caps – Britney Spears
You can’t talk about 2000s style trends without Britney Spears in the conversation. One of the fads she popularized was the newsboy cap. They used to be inseparable, and teens and 20-somethings followed. It tops off ensembles with leather, wool, suede, corduroy, denim, and patchwork. However, this accessory can be traced back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
8. The Slip Dress – Kate Moss
In the 1990s, Kate Moss popularized the slip dress, which changed the way people dressed. It shows a carefree style that differed from the structured ones that were popular at the time. People still wear them to this day, as they look classy and effortless. Moss is known to have a minimalist approach in fashion, so it’s no wonder that people followed through with this slip dress.
7. Miami Vice Style – Don Johnson
Don Johnson played the role of James Sonny Crockett in Miami, which revolutionized menswear in the ’80s. The style features sock-free loafers with t-shirts under Armani blazers and Ray-Ban sunglasses to complete the look. Macy’s even opened a “Miami Vice” section in their young men’s department, and Kenneth Cole created a line of Crockett and Tubbs shoes. In 1984, the Ray-Ban Wayfarers that Crockett wore were sold at 720,000 units!
6. Oversized Sunglasses – Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Oasis or Jackie O as she’s known, was rarely seen without her big sunglasses. The accessory became a symbol of wealth and mystery, which is still popular among women. This “Jackie O” style continues to be used by designers today, as they release different styles season after season.
5. The Biker Leather Jacket – Marlon Brando
The famous leather jacket was actually popularized by Marlon Brando in The Wild One. He used the biker jacket with his motobike as a sign of rebellious cool. The entire look goes as a white t-shirt, raw denim jeans, a leather jacket, and combat boots, which is considered laidback and rugged. This style has been adopted by different subcultures and fashion groups.
4. Contouring Makeup – Kim Kardashian
While contouring is present long before Kim Kardashian, it was she who made the trend widespread. A selfie from 2017 changed the idea of makeup as it brought niche theatrical techniques into the mainstream. Kardashian has a heavy contoured face with highlighting and sculpting that urged women to learn to reshape their faces with just makeup. Today, there are contouring kits available and makeup tutorials to teach women this technique.
3. Off-the-Shoulder Tops – Brigitte Bardot
The modern off-shoulder tops you wear today were popularized by Brigitte Bardot. The actress wore this iconic off-shoulder gingham dress designed by Jacques Esterel in And God Created Woman. The French actress popularized the look in the 1950s, and through the years, it has evolved into many different styles.
2. “The Rachel” Haircut – Jennifer Aniston
After a Friends episode titled “The One With the Evil Orthodontist” aired in April 1995, the hair of Jennifer Aniston’s character, Rachel Green, became popular among women in the mid-1990s. During the show’s second and third seasons, stories appeared in newspapers and magazines about salons in Los Angeles and New York of women who requested Aniston’s haircut. The Rachel featured a voluminous shoulder-length haircut with layers that frame and turn outwards of the face. However, Aniston hated the haircut since it’s a high-maintenance style, which she calls “the ugliest haircut I’ve ever seen.”
1. The Little Black Dress – Audrey Hepburn
The film Breakfast at Tiffany’s made Hubert de Givenchy’s little black dress iconic. Audrey Hepburn wore the dress as she played the role of Holly Golightly in the movie. She paired this Givenchy dress with a pearl necklace, sunglasses, and gloves in the opening scene of the movie. Today, it’s a must for women to at least have one little black dress in their closet. While Coco Chanel introduced the concept in 1920, it was Hepburn who cemented the dress as a classic.