On the historic Paramount lot, Vogue World: Hollywood brought fashion and film into cinematic conversation, uniting legendary costume designers, major fashion houses, and star power in a dazzling celebration of storytelling, style, and spectacle
On the historical Paramount lot Vogue World: Hollywood celebrated the ongoing dialogue between two dream factories: fashion and cinema. The event was organised into seven chapters representing different genres of film (Afrofuturism, historical, sci-fi) and aesthetics (Gothic, Western, etc.). To each chapter a world-acclaimed and award-winning costume designer was assigned and their work for film was displayed alongside pieces inspired by those costumes and made in collaboration with one of seven major fashion houses.
Costumes, couture, custom looks, archival, and current runway clothing was worn by models and stars. Mingling among them were some familiar iconic movie characters – from Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp to Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
One hundred percent of ticket proceeds—as well as Vogue’s proceeds from an exclusive eight-piece Vogue World: Hollywood capsule designed by Fear of God’s Jerry Lorenzo – will go to the Entertainment Community Fund, a charity that supports actors, workers, and other creatives in the film industry. There will be a special focus on helping costume professionals – especially those impacted by the LA wildfires. Paramount Pictures has also pledged a donation to the E.C.F.
A surprise musical number opening by Nicole Kidman as Gilda singing “Put the Blame on Mame” turned magical when the actress emerged onto the Paramount studios, walking down the street wearing custom Chanel and Chanel Fine Jewellery. Baz Luhrmann appeared, directing Kidman and then, the crowd gathered at large, asking for more energy from those on the front row; including a cheeky “will the featured actor playing Anna Wintour please give me more?” Then, he yelled “Action KJ!,” at which moment Kendall Jenner walked on the runway wearing an original costume from Moulin Rouge! Designed by Catherine Martin, and opulent earrings from Tiffany & Co to the sound of Chris Isaak’s “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing.” This is why we come to Vogue World: Hollywood!
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Nicole Kidman wears Chanel
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Rita Hayworth in Gilda, 1946
Act 1: Hollywood Glamour
Catherine Martin, Costume Designer,
Miuccia Prada, Prada, Creative Director
The period fondly known as the Golden Age of Hollywood was one of transformation, innovation, and discovery; stretching from the late 1920s—the dawn of the “talkie”—through the 1960s, when silvery black and white gave way to full-tilt colour. Original costumes from Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby capture the era’s raucous, romantic spirit, while looks inspired by flappers, showgirls, and songbirds round out the scene.
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Mona Tougaard as a broody Daisy Buchanan, in custom Miu Miu inspired by the costumes Catherine Martin made in collaboration with Miuccia Prada for The Great Gatsby (2013)
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The Great Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan in a costume designed by Catherine Martin in collaboration with Prada, with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby
I usually try not to literally reference periods in my work, because that’s not the way I think. But when I worked on the costumes, I realised how many pieces could become very 1920s with a little intervention and another point of view
Miuccia Prada, speaking of Gatsby in a 2012 Vogue interview
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Adut Akech in a Great Gatsby costume by Catherine Martin/Prada
Baz wanted the Gatsby costumes to be rooted in the silhouettes, fabrics, and details of the 1920s, but infused with an energy that would resonate with modern viewers, this led me to favour the idealised forms over strict historical accuracy
Catherine Martin tells Vogue
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Act 2: The Renegades
Colleen Atwood, Costume Designer
Seán McGirr, McQueen, Creative Director
A moment for the rebels and the rabble-rousers! Costumes from Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderlandmake a case for the gleefully gothic and keenly off-kilter—while allusions to seismic talents like Charlie Chaplin and Marlon Brando, action films like The Matrix, Shaft, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, and quirky dramas like The Royal Tenenbaums and Desperately Seeking Susan let filmdom’s freak flag fly.
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Anok Yai wears a gothy, strappy look from McQueen by Seán McGirr in collaboration with Colleen Atwood.
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Louisa Jacobson
Edward Scissorhands—he was born of the street .... we really had the idea of this patched-together person strapped into a costume that was sort of bondage-meets-practicality, and slightly Victorian
Colleen Atwood
Act 3: Historical Heroines
Milena Canonero, Costume Designer
Nicholas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton Women’s Artistic Director
History has served as a source of cinematic inspiration since time immemorial, and here, costumes from two especially beloved period dramas—Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, and Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette—hold court. All around them, new approaches to corsetry and panniers touch antique styles of dress with a thoroughly modern sense of movement—and more than a little magic.
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Lila Moss in a pretty panniered dress from Louis Vuitton by Nicolas Ghesquière
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Marie Antoinette (2006) Kirsten Dunst as the ill-fated queen in a romantic costume by Milena Canonero.
I get inspiration from many sources, mainly artwork and photographs from different periods, [but] it is more about attitudes, period movies have more style.”
Milena Canonero
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Act 4: Summer of Love
Arianne Phillips, Costume Designer
Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs, Creative Director
The heady sociopolitical climate of the 1960s and ’70s ushered in a new Hollywood aesthetic, defined by greater formal experimentation and a sharper focus on the issues of the day. One major influence in the vibe shift was the free love movement, represented here by characters from some of the most memorable romances ever made—among them Breathless, West Side Story, and Annie Hall. Original costumes from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Walk the Line set an additional groovy-but-grounded-tone.
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Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood in a costume by Arianne Phillips.
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A coat, bag, and matching platform shoes by Marc Jacobs pay faithful homage to Arianne Phillips’s costuming for Margot Robbie, who starred as Sharon Tate.
The faux-python coat Margot Robbie’s Sharon Tate wears to the Playboy Mansion in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood was modelled on the real-life Ossie Clark piece that Tate wore to the London premiere of Rosemary’s Baby in 1968.
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Gracie Abrams carried those Summer of Love vibes, singing a cover of Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move,” while wearing a Chanel look from Matthieu Blazy’s debut for the maison.
Act 5: Avant-Garde
Sandy Powell, Costume Designer
Alessandro Michele, Valentino, Creative Director
Costumes from Sandy Powell’s period-hopping, gender-bending art-film masterpiece Orlando and Todd Hayne’s evocative musical drama Velvet Goldmine artfully reconcile the contemporary and the archaic, resulting in ensembles that still feel ahead of the curve. New and recent looks from Valentino, Gucci, Dior, Balmain, and Louis Vuitton, meanwhile, make their own strong claims on the future of fashion.
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A jaunty look from Valentino Haute Couture evokes Orlando’s nimble leaps through time—from the Elizabethan era to the 1990s—and fluid approach to gender.
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The Valentino look come to life at Vogue World: Hollywood.
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Tilda Swinton stars as Orlando, in a costume by Sandy Powell
I’ve done a lot of films, but there are very few where I was given the amount of artistic license and freedom I had on Orlando
Sandy Powell
In a recent interview with Vogue, Sandy Powell shared that Tilda Swinton herself was at the heart of the costume. “I can’t design without knowing who’s wearing it—that’s the number one most important thing,” says Powell. “I know the general feeling; I know the kind of thing it could be. It’s not just about physicality and the colouring—it’s about how they present themselves, how they hold themselves. And their opinions really count, because we are building a character. I’m not just putting dresses on people or making somebody look good to go out for the night. It’s making somebody believe in a character.”
Act 6: Afrofuturism
Ruth E. Carter, Costume Designer
Olivier Rousteing, Balmain, Creative Director
From Spike Lee’s Malcolm X to Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, stirring visions of Blackness abound in this section—one that features not only major stars and models, but also a fleet of Balmain-clad dancers. Elsewhere on the runway, richly-worked fabrics in striking colorways and ingenious silhouettes speak volumes about power, presence, and permanence.
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Awar Odhiang in a reworked Balmain design inspired by Ruth E. Carter’s designs for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther by Balmain.
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Agel Akol in Balmain, Vogue World: Hollywood.
When the late Chadwick Boseman tried on his Black Panther costume for the first time, Ruth E. Carter recently recalled, “it was majestic. It had the power of whatever it is that lives inside people when they see a superhero. I just jumped up and down. The Black Panther was in my office!” To make the costume actually fit for a superhero, Carter collaborated with someone from the Boston Ballet, adding gussets for ease of movement. She went on to win Academy Awards for Black Panther and its sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. “Costume designing is about world-building.”
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Dancers in custom Balmain costumes by Olivier Rousteing
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Act 7: New World
Jacqueline West, Costume Designer
Pieter Mulier, Maison Alaïa, Creative Director
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Model Gigi Hadid tries on a stillsuit designed by Jacqueline West for Chani, the sylphlike (yet fearsome!) character played by Zendaya in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films.
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Dune: Part II costume by Jacqueline West.
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Loli Bahia in an original Fremen costume from Dune
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A finely worked Alaïa top and skirt nods to the long, dark robes of Dune’s formidable Bene Gesserit.
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How the Alaïa came to life at Vogue World: Hollywood
When Denis Villeneuve approached Jacqueline West to do the costumes for Dune, her initial response was, “But I don’t do sci-fi!” In fact, that was precisely why Villeneuve was interested. “He said, ‘I want it to be grounded in the past even though it’s the future.’ I think one of the reasons he asked me to do it,” West recently told Vogue, “was because he liked my work in The Revenant, because I’m grounded in realism.”
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Doja Cat wears a custom Aunty Entity costume by Michael Schmidt based on the one worn by Tina Turner in Mad Max: Thunderdome, as she performed her latest hit “Gorgeous.”
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Tina Turner in Mad Max: Thunderdome.
ICONIC CHARACTERS
Throughout the show, some of film history's most iconic and beloved characters strolled through the Paramount lot, a quick glimpse of their instantly recognisable visage sending guests through nostalgia-fuelled trips down memory lane. The costume designer Shirley Kurata, who was most recently nominated for an Academy Award for her work in Everything Everywhere All at Once, dressed all 53 of these legendary characters in a mix of vintage costumes and runway looks. Which one was your favourite?
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Balmain, AW25 ready-to-wear.
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Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963).
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Marimar Cadenas wears a Balmain look, with a cape and headpiece from Western Costume, and jewellery by Bvlgari.
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Maggie Cheung as Mrs. Chan in In the Mood for Love (2000).
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Brittany Do wears a vintage costume inspired by Wong Kar-wai’s film.
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Ralph Lauren, SS05 ready-to-wear.
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Jean Harlow as Kitty Packard in Dinner at Eight (1933).
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Marlene Dietrich as Amy Jolly in Morocco (1930).
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Nina Ricci, AW24 ready-to-wear.
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Astral Appleby as Any Jolly in Nina Ricci and Sedona Legge as Kitty Packard in Ralph Lauren.
Sophie Oberrauch as Barbie in Carolina Herrera, and Evelyn Rain as a showgirl in a vintage costume.
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Margot Robbie in Barbie (2023).
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Stella McCartney, SS26 ready-to-wear.
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The inimitable Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988).
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Gabby Westbrook as Jessica Rabbit.
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Marlon Brando as Johnny Strabler in The Wild One (1953).
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Duke Maxwell in a vintage costume.
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Charlie Chaplin as the Lone Prospector in The Gold Rush (1925).
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Nolan Bartol is a charming Charlie Chaplin in John Galliano.
John Galliano, SS11 menswear.
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Madonna as Susan Thomas in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).
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Charlie Chaplin has found Susan.
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Stephanie Hsu as Jobu Tupaki in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).
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Simone Rocha, SS22 ready-to-wear.
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Christina Liu in Simone Rocha, collars from Bootzy Couture, gloves from Lillian Shalom, hairpiece by Anissa Salazar, and earrings by Nancy Newberg.
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The cast of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
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Gucci, AW15.
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Kat James as Margot Tennenbaum in Gucci with John Errol as Chas Tennenbaum in Adidas.
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Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues, 1972.
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Nia Mackenzie Scovel as Billie Holiday in a Sergio Hudson gown.
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Sarah Hands as Cher in Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood and Brianna Lanae as Dionne in Thom Browne and hat by Kokin.
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Stacey Dash and Alicia Silverstone as Dionne Davenport and Cher Horowitz in Clueless, (1995).
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Thom Browne, AW24 ready-to-wear.
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Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, AW25.
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Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and Richard Pryor in 1989’s Harlem Nights.
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Jihaari Terry as Richard Pryor in Dolce & Gabbana jacket and pants, and Ezekiel Ajeigbe as Eddie Murphy in an Ami coat.
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Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
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Olivia Colangelo as Bonnie in custom Gap Studio by Zac Posen and bag by Louis Vuitton, and Samuel Alfiler as Clyde in a Dunhill suit.
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Diane Keaton in Annie Hall (1977).
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Betsy Gahan does a lovely Annie Hall in Ralph Lauren with a vintage hat and tie from Warner Bros.
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Richard Roundtree as Shaft in Shaft (1971).
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Kevin Green Marshall in a turtleneck from eBay and pieces from Warner Bros.
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Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955).
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Marc Jacobs, AW24.
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Kenzie Stimack in Marc Jacobs.
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Keanu Reeves as Neo in The Matrix, (1999).
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Fear of God, AW23 menswear.
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Jackson Roodman is Neo in Fear of God.
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Patrick Fugit and Kate Hudson in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous (2000).
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Polina Spiegel as Almost Famous’ Penny Lane.
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Rita Moreno as Anita in West Side Story (1961).
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Richie Rogers as Anita from West Side Story in a custom dress by Don Hook at Warner Bros.
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Christian Flippo as West Side Story’s Bernardo in a vintage costume from Warner Bros.
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Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich as Madame de Tourvel and Valmont in Dangerous Liasions(1988).
Photo: Hunter Abrams
Synnove Ardal in a full look from Warner Bros.
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Jake Laney wearing pieces sourced from Western.
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Olivia Newton John and John Travolta as Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko in Grease (1978).
Photo: Hunter Abrams
Anne Lockhart wears Norma Kamali bodysuit, vintage American Apparel disco pants, and leather jacket from Rag & Bone.
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Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977).
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Sarah Lewis wears a custom dress made by Don Hook at Warner Bros.
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Grace Kelly as Lisa Carol Fremont in Rear Window (1954).
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Jean Seberg as Patricia in Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960).
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Veronica Sanchez wears a custom Carolina Herrera gown by Wes Gordon, shoes by Jimmy Choo, and gloves by Lillian Shalom. Elianah Sukoenig wears shirt from J.Crew and skirt sourced from Warner Bros.
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Keira Knightley as Cecilia Tallis in Atonement (2007).
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This custom look by Tory Burch brings in elements from the resort 2026 collection, including a hand-draping technique that features knots around the bodice, and offers the designer’s take on Atonement's thirties style, as first imagined for the film by the costume designer Jacqueline Durran.
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Ava Metzger in custom Tory Burch, hair clips from eBay, and jewellery from Chanel Fine Jewellery.
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Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as Rick Blaine and Ilse Lind in Casablanca (1942).
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Erik Rocca and Karolina Wallace in full looks sourced from Warner Bros.
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Clint Eastwood on the set of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
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A group of classic outlaws in costumes sourced from Warner Bros. Second from left is Jameson Reed as Clint Eastwood's “The man with no name.”
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Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels in The Birds (1963).
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Andrea Wittenberg does her best Tippi Hedren in Marc Jacobs.
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Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).
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Chas Tenenbaum walks Olivia Petersen as Holly Golightly in a custom Givenchy remake of the original Audrey Hepburn costume and a necklace, also by Givenchy.
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The people who make the magic happen: Ruth E. Carter, Arianne Phillips, Catherine Martin, Baz Luhrmann, Shirley Kurata, Jacqueline West, Colleen Atwood, and Sandy Powell.
Originally published by Vogue.com