LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 14: Lizzo attends the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )
While half of L.A.’s elite was busy preparing for the 2021 Oscars this weekend, Lizzo spent it celebrating her forthcoming 33rd birthday (the big day isn’t until Tuesday). Since Friday, the “Truth Hurts” singer’s Instagram feed has been full of highlights, which included gifts from Gucci and a ride on a private jet. But, the real fun didn’t start until she touched down in Las Vegas, where she debuted a chocolate brown, feathered look so good, it made us miss getting dressed up.
She knew it was on-point, too: “Hello… God has blessed me with another day… I’M ABOUT TO MAKE IT EVERYONE’S PROBLEM. VEGAS — CAN YOU HANDLE THIS?” she captioned a slideshow showing off the birthday ‘fit.
Since you only turn 33 once, naturally, Lizzo had to do so in style, which meant working with stylist Brett Alan Nelson to create a monochrome look for an evening in Sin City. The birthday girl’s outfit featured a brown, satin dress covered in Swarovski crystals, a feather shawl, and a matching pair of feather-covered sandals. The dress was further embellished with jewelry from Shine Like Me and House of Emmanuele.
Though we’d prefer it if Lizzo wore this look forever, a trip to Vegas calls for a bevy of party dresses, statement jewelry, and skimpy bikinis, which she also showcased on the social media platform. Also in her carry-on was an all-white ensemble featuring a strapless midi dress, sandals, and a purse only slightly larger than the Valentino one she brought to the American Music Awards in 2019, as well as a tie-dye string bikini that she wore with gold hoops and Versace sunglasses (nice).
Suffice to say, God didn’t only bless Lizzo with another day. They blessed us with this outfit (and then some), too.
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After spending the majority of Oscars night wearing a show-stopping Vera Wang Haute dress made entirely of metal and strappy gold heels, Andra Day ditched her uncomfortable footwear and slipped into something a little more comfortable for the after-party. In a delightful move, The United States vs. Billie Holiday star and Best Actress nominee appeared in a pair of UGG Fluffita Sandals at Spring Place in Beverly Hills following the awards show.
After spending the majority of 2020 and 2021 inside, where house slippers remain our shoe style of choice, her decision to prioritize comfort feels very relatable.
Shop the pair — to wear with a gown or sweatsuit — below.
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According to Law’s Instagram, the inspiration behind Zendaya’s Valentino gown was a cut-out dress worn by Cher on her eponymous variety television show, which aired from 1975 to 1976. Alongside a compilation of looks from the show’s first and only season, which was posted by @howtobeafuckinglady on Instagram, Law wrote “constant inspiration” on his stories.
Designed by Bob Mackie, who was responsible for all of Cher’s over-the-top and glamorous ensembles from the show, the yellow dress featured a wrap-around design that left a diamond-shaped view of the singer’s midriff. It wrapped around further to reveal a neck-tie that served as a necklace. Cher’s signature long locks stretched behind her back. Sound familiar?
Zendaya wasn’t the first red carpet regular to pay homage to the iconic performer this award season. Dua Lipa, in partnership with Donatella Versace and her stylist Lorenzo Posocco, also channeled the “Believe” singer at the 2021 Grammys red carpets. Dua Lipa’s gown was made entirely of Swarovski crystals — 55,000 of them, to be exact — and took 1,500 to make, according to Posocco. The front of the dress featured a butterfly motif, a Cher and Lipa go-to, which the latter also had embellished on her nails and on one of her teeth (dedication).
LOS ANGELES – MARCH 2: Entertainer Cher attends the Grammy awards wearing a large butterfly pin in her hair on March 2, 1974 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Lipa’s look was directly inspired by Cher’s Grammys look from nearly 50 years earlier. For the 1974 award show, the singer wore a white bandeau top (another trend at the Oscars red carpet!) fixed with a large blue-and-pink butterfly pin, a matching maxi skirt, and a sheer white shawl. Her hair was adorned with an even large butterfly clip. As it was her first public appearance with then-boyfriend David Geffen, following her divorce from Sonny Bono, many presumed the butterflies were a symbol of her freedom. They hold a meaning for Lipa, too: “There was a lot of symbolism for me this year with butterflies and it’s also very symbolic for Versace and Donatella, too,” she told E! News on the red carpet. (Butterflies are also currently trending in fashion.)
Between Zendaya’s Valentino gown at the Oscars and Lipa’s Versace number at the Grammys, Cher’s influence was strong on the 2021 red carpet circuit. It’s too bad award season is over, because, with looks this good, we would have loved to see more A-listers taking cues from one of fashion’s most iconic dressers.
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