The “revenge dress” marked an era. The term was coined in 1994: it is the name for the black cocktail dress with a generous neckline and a very tight design by Christina Stambolian, which Diana of Wales wore on June 29 of that year at an event at the Serpentine Gallery in London. On the same day, her husband, Prince Charles, confessed in a television interview that he had been unfaithful to Camilla Parker Bowles. Far from hiding, Lady Di showed her face in a sexy outfit dubbed a revenge dress, which has since been covered by various celebrities following their romantic breakups, from Aitana to Olivia Wilde to Shakira. Now actress Natalie Portman has worn her own “revenge dress”: She wore it this week for her interview on the television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where she discussed her new film “Secrets of a Scandal,” directed by Todd Haynes, in in which Portman stars alongside Julianne Moore.
Portman is focused on promoting this project – which will hit Spanish screens in February and then be seen on Netflix – and has been seen these days at the various awards season celebrations in Los Angeles, from the Globes Gold to the AFI Awards. For these two galas, she chose two long, romantic and floral dresses from her leading brand Christian Dior (since 2010 she has been the image of his Miss Dior perfume). But to go on the TV show, she opted for a more sensual image – which was compared on the networks to the outfits of Nina Sayers, her character in the Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan, for which she won an Oscar in 2010. with a tight mini dress with a lingerie touch at the neckline.
Natalie Portman paired her dress with high black stiletto sandals.ZZHollywood To You/Star Max (GC Images)
Since last August there has been talk that, after eleven years of marriage and three years of courtship, Portman (42 years old) and her husband, the French choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied (46 years old), have decided to separate after their separation an alleged infidelity of Millepied with a young French woman. Page Six reiterated this week that her most recent interview with the Wall Street Journal stated that the actress “lives in Paris with her two children” but that her partner was never mentioned, adding that she went to the Golden Show alone Globes arrived without wearing his wedding ring, “stoking divorce rumors,” according to the outlet.
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Although the “little black dress” that the actress chose for the Jimmy Kimmel show is part of the design of an elegant cocktail dress, it has attracted attention for the lingerie touch that it incorporated into its neckline. The idea of exposing underwear is a trend that has been gaining traction on the red carpet since last year. Because although “naked dresses” with their seductive transparencies have recently become the big bets of celebrities at award ceremonies and events, and in 2023 panties have also become a part of festive outfits, the trend is to show just a little of it The bra is another style option that celebrities play with during their appearances.
Scarlett Johansson, at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Marc Piasecki (FilmMagic)
The 2023 Cannes Film Festival was the perfect showcase for some prescribers to push the trend: Sydney Sweeney arrived at the festival in a Miu Miu slip that exposed the top of a light blue satin bra, and Scarlett Johansson showed off Wes Anderson presented Asteroid City also performed trompe l'oeil on the cutout at the festival. She did it with a strapless pink Prada dress, which revealed a white bra embroidered with rhinestones underneath.
Sydney Sweeney, at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023. Arnold Jerocki (GC Images)
They're not the only ones driving this trend: At Cannes, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wore a steamy Fendi haute couture dress that also mimicked a strapless bra with a bra underneath, and Olivia Wilde attended one of the after-parties one step further. Oscar 2023, with an open-top dress that shows off her black leather bra, by Uruguayan designer Gabriela Hearst. Now that the film awards ceremonies are taking place, it will be possible to see whether this trend will catch on.
Olivia Wilde, at the Vanity Fair post-Oscars party on March 12, 2023. MICHAEL TRAN (AFP via Getty Images)