Get able to buckle up as a result of Ariana Grande’s newest micro-mini costume is all concerning the energy of a press release belt. Throughout an occasion for her model r.e.m. magnificence in Paris yesterday, Grande introduced a retro edge to the celebrity-favorite belt costume—in a glance that occurred to be much like one Dua Lipa sported late final 12 months, no much less.
Working her very long time stylist Mimi Cuttrell, Grande slipped right into a white halter quantity from Tom Ford’s resort 2025 assortment. Her micro-mini kicked off with a excessive neckline that flowed right into a flare, virtually Area Age-inspired flare skirt. What actually gave this explicit piece its edge was the gold-trimmed belt that sat loosely throughout Grande’s hips. Whereas the element proved to be extra kind than precise operate (in truth, it didn’t seem like holding something up in any respect), it nonetheless gave the in any other case retro silhouette a contemporary end. Assertion belts, of practically each measurement, end, and material, have been making rounds among the many movie star crowd just lately each on and off the purple carpet.
Grande rounded out her look with further giant spherical shades, her signature slicked-back pony tail, and easy white pumps.
If Grande’s costume seems to be considerably acquainted, it’s probably as a result of one other main pop star wore its LBD sister to an occasion in December.
Throughout the Hollywood Reporter’s annual Girls in Leisure Gala, Dua Lipa sported a sultry black costume from Peter Hawkings’s spring 2024 Tom Ford assortment. Like Grande, Dua’s costume additionally featured a press release (and non-working) belt element. However as an alternative of grazing her hips, the belt was positioned alongside the highest of her strapless robe. The piece additionally featured a steep aspect slit that just about inched previous the singer’s waist.
These conversant in the designer Tom Ford’s most well-known clothes (from his time at Gucci and his eponymous label) would know that the assertion belt is considerably of a design signature. A lot of his slinky classic Gucci clothes—a handful of which have been worn by Bella Hadid on the purple carpet—are designed with avant-garde belt buckles. So, it’s solely pure that his predecessor Peter Hawkings (who has since departed the model after lower than a 12 months as inventive director) would proceed in that vein.
Traditional belts by no means left, however the belt costume is actually on the comeback path.
