{"id":537569,"date":"2026-03-15T07:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537569\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:43:18","slug":"ariana-grandes-tough-year-has-at-least-one-bright-spot-her-fashion-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537569\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande\u2019s tough year has at least one bright spot: her fashion evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until recently, all signs pointed to Ariana Grande\u2019s unstoppable ascent. She is beautiful, talented and even disarmingly funny. Grande leaped from Nickelodeon kid to cross-generational superstar, navigating the psychological toll of fame with relative success.<\/p>\n

She built a massive fan base, scored major hits, racked up millions of YouTube views, collected music awards and landed a leading role in the most talked-about Hollywood musical of recent years, Wicked. It seemed clear she had entered the big leagues. Then came the past year.<\/p>\n

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A difficult year proved to be a fashion win for Ariana Grande<\/p>\n

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Embracing a contemporary ultra slim interpretation of Audrey Hepburn, Ariana Grande<\/p>\n

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In Schiaparelli, with Cynthia Erivo at the New York premiere of Wicked: Part 2<\/p>\n

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In Atelier Versace, with Cynthia Erivo at the 2024 Mexico premiere of Wicked <\/p>\n

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The year brought mixed reviews for the Wicked sequel, a much-scrutinized and, to some observers, puzzlingly intense relationship with co-star Cynthia Erivo, public shaming over claims she is a \u201cserial cheater,\u201d and growing concern over her extremely thin appearance. Add the fact that she has not won a single award this season and did not secure an Oscar nomination, and it becomes clear this is likely not a year Grande will look back on fondly.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, professionally speaking, the downturn has been a fashion triumph.<\/p>\n

At 32, Grande has shed the sweet but sexy pop-princess aesthetic. The oversized sweaters, thigh-high boots, mini skirts and signature high ponytail have been replaced by a modern, even slimmer interpretation of Audrey Hepburn.<\/p>\n

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In Vivienne Westwood at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards<\/p>\n

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In Loewe at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards<\/p>\n

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In a 1952 design by Gilbert Adrian at the London premiere of Wicked: Part 2<\/p>\n

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Her wardrobe is classic, regal, delicate and intentionally fragile, with unmistakable nods to old Hollywood glamour. This nostalgic romanticism aligns with what has been dubbed the \u201cOzempic look,\u201d a combination of extreme thinness and pallor that echoes the \u201cheroin chic\u201d aesthetic of the 1990s, a look that never fully disappeared.<\/p>\n

The fashion nostalgia began with the costumes Oscar-winning designer Paul Tazewell created for her in Wicked, pieces that read as strikingly precise tributes to Christian Dior\u2019s 1950s designs. <\/p>\n

Off screen, particularly on red carpets, most of her appearances at the dozens of high-profile events she attended this year have felt like fabric-and-glitter voyages through a time tunnel back to that glamorous decade.<\/p>\n

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In Armani haute couture at the 2025 Santa Barbara International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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In Schiaparelli on the red carpet at the 2025 Academy Awards<\/p>\n

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In another Schiaparelli gown onstage at the 2025 Academy Awards<\/p>\n

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At last year\u2019s Oscars, where she was nominated but did not win, she arrived in not one but two Schiaparelli princess gowns, effectively launching a fashion victory lap in what otherwise became her most professionally disappointing year. <\/p>\n

The aesthetic carried into the March issue of Vogue Japan, with imagery evoking an era when \u201coversize\u201d referred only to the circumference of a skirt. At the Golden Globes, she wore a black Vivienne Westwood gown with bare shoulders, a cinched waist and a voluminous skirt. At the Critics Choice Awards, she leaned fully into her Glinda persona with a pink Alberta Ferretti fairy-tale dress adorned with Swarovski crystals. <\/p>\n

For the Wicked: Part 2 premiere, she chose a black-and-white corseted Schiaparelli design by Daniel Roseberry. At the film\u2019s Singapore premiere, she bared a startlingly thin back in a blush sequined Balenciaga gown that reached even further into the past, echoing the silhouettes of the 1920s.<\/p>\n

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In Alberta Ferretti at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards<\/p>\n

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In Loewe on the red carpet, 2025<\/p>\n

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In Dior at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards<\/p>\n

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At the Academy Museum Governors Awards, she wore a vintage John Galliano-era Dior gown in embroidered pink satin with an asymmetrical neckline and side train, looking more Audrey than Hepburn herself.<\/p>\n

Not every choice was flawless. A Louis Vuitton gown at the British Academy Film Awards drew comparisons to a tangled flamenco skirt, and a Dior crinoline at the Critics Choice Awards lacked refinement. <\/p>\n

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In a vintage Dior gown designed by John Galliano at the 2025 Governors Awards<\/p>\n

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In Louis Vuitton at the 2025 British Academy Film Awards<\/p>\n

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In vintage Yves Saint Laurent haute couture at the 2025 Oscar nominees luncheon<\/p>\n

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Still, she left these events without trophies but rich in fashion credibility, positioning herself as a star determined to revive Hollywood\u2019s lost glamor.<\/p>\n

For now, Grande is facing a wave of hostility on social media. Critics point to her rapid shifts between relationships, mock her hand-holding and tearful public moments with Cynthia Erivo, question her extreme thinness and cast doubt on her acting abilities.<\/p>\n

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In Vivienne Westwood on the red carpet, 2026<\/p>\n

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In vintage Givenchy haute couture at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards<\/p>\n

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In Louis Vuitton at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Hollywood\u2019s pendulum, however, swings quickly. One successful new album or a candid, \u201cI made mistakes, I learned, forgive me\u201d interview, the kind American audiences reliably embrace, could restore her status as a public favorite. She has already ditched the blonde hair for her natural brown, a symbolic first step back toward the mainstream.<\/p>\n

Grande\u2019s romantic, nostalgic fashion direction suggests a performer who belongs to another era yet remains strikingly relevant. At the same time, her dramatic physical transformation increasingly lends her a childlike appearance. The effect peaked in a recent Backstage cover shoot, where she wore a white lace dress and looked like a bride at an age when, in many parts of the world, marriage would still be legally off-limits.<\/p>\n

So cheers for the wardrobe choices, with a side of \u201cplease, eat something.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Until recently, all signs pointed to Ariana Grande\u2019s unstoppable ascent. She is beautiful, talented and even disarmingly funny.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-537569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}