5 Celebrities Who Recycled Their Dresses for the Red Carpet
Here are the five celebrities who choose to re-wear their old dresses and some who decided to go for sustainable options.
Sustainability is the New Sexy. In 2020 Oscars weekend – celebrities were dressed in designer gowns, tuxes, and more to attend one of the biggest nights in Hollywood. Glitz and glamour filled the red carpet like always.
Jane Fonda
The 82-year-old actress and activist have been getting arrested at the climate demonstrations in DC almost every week wearing her “signature” red coat. She is behind Fire Drill Fridays, weekly demonstrations on Capitol Hill to address the climate emergency. According to W Magazine, she has vowed to never buy a new piece of clothing again- and this meant reusing a dress at the Oscars too. Fonda decided to re-wear the same dress she wore back in the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. This year she decided to wear the dress with her “signature” red coat. She also wore jewelry by Pomellato, “… because it only uses responsible, ethically harvested gold and sustainable diamonds.” This wasn’t the first time Fonda was seen re-wearing one of her designer looks, she re-wore another outfit twice, once at Saint Laurent’s fall 2016 menswear collection show and again at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability celebration in March of 2016.
Elizabeth Banks
Another celebrity who was seen re-wearing their dress was Elizabeth Banks. While attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party back in 2004, Banks wore a red dress designed by Badgley Mischka which she decided to wear again this year at the same party. On her Instagram post, she wrote, “It’s gorgeous and it fits…so why not wear it again?! Proud to wear my @badgleymischka dress that I first wore to @vanityfair #oscars party in 2004, re-imagined with @wendiandnicole, to bring global awareness to the importance of sustainability in fashion and consumerism as it relates to climate change, production & consumption, ocean pollution, labor & women. And thrilled to partner again with @radvocacy in support of @nsifashion2030, which helps brands draw down their carbon use and achieve measurable sustainability targets.”
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett has been seen re-wearing her dresses a couple of times. At the 2018 Golden Globes, she re-wore her Armani Privé gown she first wore back in 2014 while attending the same award event. According to W Magazine, Blanchett said, “From couture to T-shirts, landfill is full of garments that have been unnecessarily discarded... particularly in today's climate, it seems willful and ridiculous that such garments are not cherished and re-worn for a lifetime." She also wore another dress twice, once at New York Film Festival in 2015 and the other time at the American Film Institute’s Award Gala in 2018.
Tiffany Haddish
Tiffany Haddish has made it pretty clear that she can re-wear her dress as many times as she wants. Haddish has made appearances in her white Alexander McQueen dress, worth $4000.00, many times including David Letterman’s Netflix Series- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, premier of Girls Trip, Saturday Night Live, and even when she hosted the Oscars and MTV Movie and TV Awards in 2018. According to Oprah Magazine, Haddish said, “I spent a lot of money on this dress! This dress cost way more than my mortgage… It’s an Alexander McQueen, it’s a $4,000 dress. I’m gonna wear this dress multiple times—you might see this dress in two sketches tonight."
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno wore the Pitoy gown while attending the Oscars back in 1976 and then again in 2018.
Other prominent public figures like Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton, and Meghan Markle have also re-wore their dresses. You can read this year’s Vogue’s cover of 8 stars whose Oscars outfit put the planet first HERE. If you are a cosmetic brand and looking to buy the most sustainable packaging options, please contact us at gallant@gallantintl.com
