The celebs and stylists who collaborate to bring their visions to life on the red carpet take inspiration from all kinds of places. One popular source of inspiration is iconic red carpet and movie looks of the past.
Here are 21 celebs who paid homage to other celebs on the red carpet:
1.For the 2014 Video Music Awards, Katy Perry and Riff Raff wore Versace re-creations of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's famous matching all-denim ensembles.
Spears and Timberlake, of course, wore the outfit to the 2001 American Music Awards.
2.At the 2021 BRIT Awards, Dua Lipa paid homage to Amy Winehouse in a Vivienne Westwood dress.
It was similar to the Preen one Winehouse wore to the 2007 BRIT Awards.
3.Lipa's Atelier Versace look for the 2021 Grammys paid homage to Cher.
Lipa's butterfly bodysuit mimicked the outfit Cher wore to the 1974 Grammy Awards.
4.South Park co-creator Trey Parker wore his own version of Jennifer Lopez's iconic green Versace dress to the 2000 Academy Awards.
J.Lo debuted her most memorable look at the 2000 Grammy Awards.
5.The same night, his fellow co-creator, Matt Stone, wore a version of one of Gwyneth Paltrow's looks.
He chose her Ralph Lauren dress from the 1999 Oscars.
Stone told the Hollywood Reporter, "It takes a lot of energy to be that rebellious. It took so much energy to get those dresses made..."
6.For the 2021 Met Gala — which was a HUGE night for re-creating iconic looks of the past — model Kaia Gerber wore an Oscar de la Renta version of Bianca Jagger's Met Gala gown.
Jagger wore her Dior dress to the Met Gala in 1981.
7.Halle Bailey attended the same event in a Rodarte bodysuit inspired by Tina Turner's onstage style.
Turner often wore sparkly bodysuits to perform.
8.Halle Bailey's sister, Chloe Bailey, wore a Rodarte gown that evoked Marilyn Monroe's most iconic look.
Monroe's famous look is from The Seven Year Itch.
9.Elliot Page re-created the most famous picture of Oscar Wilde by pinning a green flower to the lapel of his Balenciaga suit.
The writer wore a carnation on his lapel in this famous portrait.
10.Gemma Chan paid homage to Anna May Wong in a dress designed by Prabal Gurung.
Wong was Hollywood's first Chinese American movie star.
11.Billie Eilish's Oscar de la Renta gown was partially inspired by Marilyn Monroe.
Specifically, the designer pulled inspiration from the dress that Monroe wore to the 1951 Oscars.
The designer also took inspiration from Grace Kelly's style and Holiday Barbie gowns.
12.Dressed in Balenciaga, Tracee Ellis Ross paid homage to her mom, Diana Ross.
She was inspired by the outfits her mom wore in the movie Mahogany.
13.The Givenchy creation that Kendall Jenner wore was inspired by the dress Audrey Hepburn wore in My Fair Lady.
Hepburn's was designed by Cecil Barton.
14.Yara Shahidi honored Josephine Baker with her look by Dior — one of Baker's favorite designers.
Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture.
15.Emily Blunt's Miu Miu look was a re-creation of Hedy Lamarr's iconic onscreen dress.
Lamarr wore her famous starry gown in Ziegfeld Girl.
16.At the 2019 Met Gala, Emily Ratajkowski took a page out of Cher's book with a Dundas dress.
It was reminiscent of Cher's signature "naked" dresses, which were mostly designed by Bob Mackie.
17.At the 2021 VMAs, Madison Beer sported the same Dolce & Gabbana dress that Beyoncé wore.
Beyoncé wore the dress during an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman in 2003.
18.At the 2016 Grammys, Zendaya — aka the queen of re-creating iconic looks of the past — found inspiration in David Bowie.
More specifically, she emulated his Thin White Duke persona.
19.She channeled Josephine Baker at the 2017 Chrysalis Butterfly Ball.
Baker became a huge star after moving from the US to France in the 1920s.
20.The Valentino gown that Zendaya wore to the 2021 Oscars was a nod to Cher.
It was inspired by the Bob Mackie jumpsuit that Cher wore to the 1973 Academy Awards.
21.And finally, at the 2021 BET Awards, Zendaya wore the same Versace dress that Beyoncé performed in at the 2003 BET Awards.
Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé's mom, cut the original dress short for her daughter's first solo BET Awards performance.
