Most of the time, celebs walk down the red carpet in head-to-toe designer clothes. Sometimes, however, they decide to forgo the hefty price tags in favor of more affordable brands.
Here are 23 red carpet looks that came from "regular people" stores:
1.For her very first red carpet — the 2001 premiere of The Others — Eva Mendes wore a $6 dress from Goodwill.
2.In the early 2000s, Blake Lively often wore Forever 21 on red carpets, but she lied and told people it was vintage.
3.The day before the 1996 Oscars, a delivery driver accidentally dropped Sharon Stone's Vera Wang dress then ran over it, so she paired a Gap shirt with a few designer pieces from her closet instead.
4.For the 2009 Cannes Film Festival — her first major red carpet event — Gabourey Sidibe purchased her own dress from Torrid because designers refused to dress her.
6.For her very first red carpet appearance in 2010, 14-year-old Zendaya put together an outfit using clothes she already had from Target.
7.Even though she already had another dress picked out, Lana Del Rey decided to buy her 2020 Grammys gown at the mall while she was shopping with her boyfriend.
8.At the 2021 Variety Hitmakers event, she wore an affordable dress that fans quickly identified as either a $38 purchase from Girl Fairy or an $18 copy from Shein.
9.Natalie Portman donned a $65 maternity dress from Topshop at the Oscars Nominees Luncheon in 2017.
10.Bryce Dallas Howard sported a $240 dress from Topshop to the 22nd Critics' Choice Awards in 2016.
11.Selena Gomez wore a Forever 21 dress to the Disney Fulfillment Gala in 2011.
12.In 2010, Drew Barrymore spent $25 on a vintage Janine dress from a thrift store in Texas and wore it to the Nylon + Express August Denim Issue Party.
13.Pharrell Williams attended the 2015 Grammys dressed fully in Adidas athleisure.
14.At the 2018 Emmys, Jenifer Lewis sported a Nike outfit in support of Colin Kaepernick, who appeared in the brand's campaign at the time.
15.Connie Britton wore a $71 ASOS dress to the 2013 premiere of All Is Lost.
17.Jennifer Lopez put on $25 pants from Forever 21 for a photocall for the Mawazine International Music Festival in 2015.
18.Nicole Richie wore a $40 turtleneck dress from H&M to the Baby2Baby Gala in 2014.
19.At a 2017 screening of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Aisha Tyler walked the red carpet in a $129 dress from Zara.
20.At the 2011 A&E Upfronts, Demi Moore arrived in red H&M pants.
21.Kerry Washington styled a J.Crew sweater for Sundance in 2020.
22.Miranda Kerr wore an $85 H&M dress at a promotional event for Wonderbra in 2017.
23.And finally, at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Kristen Stewart paired Converse shoes with her designer dress so that she could comfortably sign more autographs for fans.
