3 Red Carpet Trends That 2024 Will Be Remembered By

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the "Wicked" film premiere in Los Angeles in November 2024
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the "Wicked" film premiere in Los Angeles in November 2024. Photo by Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock (14886081fu)

Hollywood’s biggest stars have been on top of their fashion game throughout 2024, giving us countless red carpet trends along the way. Some of them quickly faded away, while others stood the test of time, and that certainly happens to be the case with these three red carpet crazes that 2024 will be remembered by.

Archival Fashion

It’s no secret that fashion operates in a repetitive way, and trends tend to make a comeback after some time. Many stars embraced its cyclical nature in 2024 by wearing archival looks on the red carpet. They were going stronger than ever this year, and we’ve seen everyone from Blake Lively and Sabrina Carpenter to Taylor Russell and Kaia Garber pull iconic dresses straight from the archives.

Silver & Gold

It’s impossible to pinpoint a single color that dominated 2024, but metallic looks were definitely going strong, making their way to every major red carpet event. No award show or film premiere could go without silver and golden dresses, and Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Cynthia Erivo were only some of the countless stars who embraced this trend.

Method Dressing

Hollywood’s obsession with “method dressing” didn’t fade away in 2024. Promo tours for several hit movies saw their stars dressing up in characters, ranging from Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) to Zendaya (Challengers), Blake Lively (It Ends with Us), and Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice 2).