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Overpaid as they’re, celebrities give us many issues (a few of which we didn’t ask for): films, music, extra skin-care strains than anybody is aware of what to do with, and the priceless reward of style price speaking about. Because the yr involves an in depth, it’s time to look again on the most glamorous, inspiring, over-the-top, and mystifying seems of 2022 — those that make you sit up and say, “Is that Heidi Klum dressed as a worm?”


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From left: Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty PhotosPhotograph: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Photos


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The yr began off sturdy. January blessed us with Rihanna’s note-perfect pregnancy-reveal photographs: a fragile flurry of snow within the air, A$AP Rocky on her arm, and her uncovered stomach framed by a hot-pink Chanel puffer jacket from fall/winter 1996. (A pair of light-wash denims, a Chanel belt, and a gilded archival Christian Lacroix cross necklace rounded out the look.) It was simply the primary of many excellent maternity outfits from Rihanna, from gauzy Dior lingerie to a glittering, shredded set from the Attico.


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This yr introduced us the reinvention of Julia Fox. She was already a star, however her roughly six-week relationship with Ye put her fashion on the map in a brand new manner. (You’ll recall the 2 attending Paris Trend Week in January carrying matching leather-on-leather and denim-on-denim outfits.) Although the connection ended, Fox went on to serve iconic and memorable seems all yr. For instance, a sophisticated and skin-baring latex costume held along with steel loops, a red-carpet robe that had her in a literal chokehold, underwear and denim equipment on the grocery retailer, a costume constituted of leaves and resin, a DIY look crafted from a seaside towel, and plenty of variations of her now-signature chunky black eyeliner. In case you love style that’s brave and considerably unhinged, it’s laborious to not stan.
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In February, we had been all watching Euphoria. The present, which got here again for its second season in January after a virtually three-year hiatus, rapidly reestablished itself as one of the crucial compelling style reveals on tv. Living proof: Maddy’s cutout New 12 months’s Eve costume, Lexi’s closet stuffed with Miu Miu, and, in fact, Cassie’s gingham minidress that made her seem like she was auditioning for Oklahoma!
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Talking of Prada’s little sister, no pattern had us in its thrall within the early months of 2022 fairly like Miu Miu’s microminiskirt did. Arguably essentially the most attention-grabbing use of the look was Nicole Kidman’s cowl of the Vainness Honest Hollywood subject, which had some onlookers clutching their pearls over the 55-year-old actress’s schoolgirl-esque outfit.
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Everybody has their favourite style second from the Oscars in March — mine is Rita Moreno’s hat — however we are able to most likely agree that Dune co-stars Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet stole the present that night time. Whereas Zendaya channeled Sharon Stone in a cropped silk button-down and an extended silver skirt, Chalamet opted for a glittering Louis Vuitton tuxedo jacket, sans shirt.
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The Grammys are just like the Oscars — however weirder and extra enjoyable. (Additionally, there was no slap.) This yr’s present, held in early April, delivered some nice seems: Doja Cat trying like a Y2K dream in Versace, Lil Nas X in Fabergé-egg-inspired Balmain, and Billie Eilish artfully swaddled in Rick Owens.
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On this planet of superstar style, there’s no better problem than developing with the outfit that will get everybody speaking on the Met Gala. This Might, Kim Kardashian landed that trick by carrying the identical glowing beige costume that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Pleased Birthday” to JFK in 1962. This transfer was immediately controversial, drawing criticism from style conservators who argued that it’s unethical to topic the historic garment to put on and tear — and from those that questioned Kardashian’s use of utmost weight-reduction plan to suit into the robe.
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In June, Megan Thee Stallion went full Mugler in her “Plan B” music video, which was co-directed by Mugler artistic director Casey Cadwallader. The model, which lately opened a retrospective of Thierry Mugler’s work on the Brooklyn Museum, provided her with customized seems for the video, together with a streamlined bodysuit and a crisp cutout blazer. “I’ve all the time felt like Mugler was such a clear home,” Megan instructed the Lower in her cowl story for New York’s fall style subject. “It’s not an excessive amount of, however it’s so daring, and that’s what I’m proper now.”
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Bear in mind these heady days in July when everybody and their mom was sexy for Carmy in The Bear? Including to the troubled chef’s attract was his closet of excellent white T-shirts, which the web’s menswear fanatics rapidly recognized as a mixture of Velva Sheen and Merz B. Schwanen. (Whereas we commend actor Jeremy Allen White for carrying the hell out of a primary tee, The Bear’s rising style star is definitely actor Ayo Edebiri, who has been turning out some elegantly playful Thom Browne and Loewe seems lately.)
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Because the Lower’s Danya Issawi put it so succinctly, “Beyoncé is in her capital-F style period.” Her seems surrounding the discharge of Renaissance in late July had been the stuff of style nerds’ desires, from a metallic Mugler bodice and a black-and-gold Schiaparelli bustier with pointed breasts to a disco-inspired Giannina Azar costume lined in crystals. (The place’s the visible album, although, B? We’re respectfully ready.)
If you will get again collectively together with your ex-fiancé after practically twenty years aside, you should go massive. And nobody is aware of methods to go massive like our fedora-loving queen Jennifer Lopez. For her nuptials to Ben Affleck, she chosen three totally different customized Ralph Lauren robes: one with an infinite ruffled practice, one dripping in pearls, and one with a Galadriel-esque hood.
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Essentially the most beautiful second of New York Trend Week in September happened within the entrance row of the Michael Kors present, the place Anne Hathaway was seated subsequent to Anna Wintour. Along with her shiny bangs and brown leather-based jacket, Hathaway seemed very very similar to her character in The Satan Wears Prada, the assistant to a Wintour-like style editor. (Wintour seemed, as ever, like herself.) Hathaway later mentioned the visible gag occurred “accidentally.” Certain.
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On the Venice Movie Competition in September, style added a sure pizzazz to the alleged feud between Don’t Fear Darling’s director, Olivia Wilde, and its star, Florence Pugh. I’m speaking, in fact, about Pugh skipping out on the film’s press convention and as a substitute having fun with an Aperol spritz whereas trying gloriously unbothered in a Valentino shorts-and-bandeau set.
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Coperni introduced the wow issue to Paris Trend Week in September. For the model’s finale, Bella Hadid was sprayed with a white liquid fiber that turns right into a suede-like cloth upon impression. In a matter of minutes, the supermodel went from carrying nothing greater than a G-string to strolling the runway in a clingy couture costume.
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Heidi Klum has all the time been deeply dedicated to dressing up for Halloween — she hosts a celebration yearly and sometimes reveals up in wild prosthetics — however her monumental worm costume this yr was a revelation. The memes! I extremely suggest saving this interview, during which Klum instructed a reporter that she’s “simply worming round” whereas mendacity flat on the purple carpet, for these moments when your existential dread begins getting out of hand.


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From left: Photograph: Raymond Corridor/GC PhotosPhotograph: Patricia Schlein/GC Photos
As we approached the top of the yr, the pop-culture gods gave us one remaining reward: Lindsay Lohan’s return to the display screen within the Netflix film Falling for Christmas. Whereas her over-the-top costumes are one thing to behold, the true story right here is that Lohan labored with Legislation Roach — Zendaya’s stylist and the recipient of the CFDA’s first-ever Stylist Award — to craft a collection of luxe, ladylike outfits for her press tour. That is precisely the type of power we need to carry into 2023.
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