Simone Ashley Is Bringing Back the Bodacious, Body-Con Spirit of the Early Aughts
glamour.comturned out for the house’s pre-Fall 2023 extravaganza in Cannes (a ) wearing a daring Versace minidress that evoked the spirit of that influential collection.The star sat front row in a thigh-grazing pink and purple dress with a cheeky cut-out detail and lime-green straps.
While Simone’s dress is from the pre-Fall collection (although not designed by Dua), the influence of the house’s colour-block spring/summer 2003 runway is clear to see.Victoria Beckham in the bandage dress that was wildly popular in the Noughties.Versace’s spring/summer 2003 runway.As well as shaking up women’s approach to party dressing, that Noughties Versace collection left its mark on pop culture.
Beyoncé wore an orange and pink dress from the collection in the video for her era-defining solo smash “Crazy in Love." “Donatella sent us the whole collection,” Tyler Hunter, who styled the video, Vogue on its 20th anniversary. “We wanted to create a whole fashion moment around it.” The star wore another dress from the collection to perform at the BET Awards in 2003, and in 2021 Zendaya at the ceremony in the same look.Jennifer Garner as Jenna Rink in 13 Going on 30.The collection also famously cropped up in rom-com 13 Going on 30 on Jennifer Garner, a moment referenced by another contemporary vintage-lover, Ariana Grande, who appeared on The Voice in 2021 wearing Jenna Rink’s tropical minidress.This article first appeared on .
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