See 21 of Your Favorite Celebrities' Biggest Red Carpet Regrets
See 21 of Your Favorite Celebrities' Biggest Red Carpet Regrets
Tanisha Bhat, Emily KrauserTue, June 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC
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From left: Kim Kardashian attends the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 2, 2022; Miley Cyrus attends the premiere of 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2011; Ashley Tisdale arrives at the premiere of 'The Incredibles' in L.A. on Oct. 24, 2004Credit: Gotham/Getty; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Mark Sullivan/WireImage
Not every red carpet look can be a winner!
Celebrities often make jaws drop when they attend star-studded events, but that can be for both good and bad reasons. In fact, some stars have called out the looks they wish they could forget.
Take Ashley Tisdale French, for instance, who had some of the most memorable fun-with-fashion moments in the aughts. The High School Musicalalum loved a good layer, including the pink furry moment at the 2004 premiere of The Incrediblesthat even she has questions about these days.
Some of her former teen queens, like Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, also scratched their heads over some layered looks they wore around the same time, but can you blame them for being young and experimenting with their style?
Those three are far from alone in admitting that not all of their looks were showstoppers. The truth is, not every single outfit can be a winner. Whether they were just starting in their careers and didn't have access to the pro styling teams they'd later work with, or they tried to take a risk that didn't quite pay off, some of the most stylish celebrities on the planet — including Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Victoria Beckham — all have at least one ensemble they'd love to erase from fashion history.
Read on to see the beauty blunders, silly styling and overall head-to-toe outfits that these stars regret.
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Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian attends the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in N.Y.C. on May 2, 2022Credit: Chris Polk/WWD/Penske Media via Getty
Though the choice was controversial, the SKIMS founder had no qualms about slipping into Marilyn Monroe's iconic Jean Louis-designed "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress for the 2022 Met Gala. She does, however, wish she could take back one aspect of the overall look from that night — her hair choice.
In a post-credits scene from a November 2025 episode of The Kardashians, Kardashian revealed that she regretted going full-on Marilyn with a bleach blonde 'do, realizing after the fact that her dark locks would have been the better choice for the historical red carpet moment.
"I will bring this up 'til the end of time," she said on the episode. "I don't know why, but everyone told me, 'Don't do Marilyn hair. You're gonna look like a wax figure of Marilyn.' We just thought we wanted to be blonde."
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Rihanna
Rihanna attends the 69th annual Parsons Benefit at Pier 60 in N.Y.C. on May 22, 2017Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty
It turns out even Rihanna sometimes regrets her outfit choices.
The singer told British Vogue in April 2024 that she initially loved the oversized brown suit she wore to the 69th annual Parsons Benefit in May 2017, but quickly wished she had worn something else.
"It was a brown tan suit that we all loved so much, but the day we put it on, I was like, 'Mmm, it's giving UPS driver,' and that is not cute," she said. "Not for the red carpet anyways."
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Emma Watson
Emma Watson attends the world premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' in London in 2001Credit: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty
In 2001, Emma Watson attended her first movie premiere for her film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. For the occasion, the then-11-year-old English actress chose a long gray dress and a cute black boa.
Nearly two decades later, the actress had thoughts about the look during a 2017 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
"This was my first-ever movie premiere, and my mom and I planned this for weeks," Watson said. "It doesn't look like it, but there was a lot of thought going into this. I thought I looked amazing, by the way. Bless me."
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Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Cuoco attends the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. on Jan. 27, 2013Credit: Dan MacMedan/WireImage
Though Kaley Cuoco thought the clip-in bangs she wore to the 2013 SAG Awards (now the Actor Awards) "looked so cute at home," by the time she got to the red carpet, she was having second thoughts.
The Big Bang Theory alum told PEOPLE in December 2023 that after she saw the pictures, she classified the faux fringe as "the worst decision I have ever made. It just did not work. It looked so fake."
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Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria attends the 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' premiere at the Mann Village Theater in L.A. on June 11, 2001Credit: Barry King/WireImage
Eva Longoria attended the Lara Croft: Tomb Raiderpremiere in 2001 in a midriff-bearing brown leather patchwork ensemble.
She told Health in 2017 that it was her worst red carpet look.
"It was very appropriate for Tomb Raider, but it was almost like I was going to a theme party," she said (via Just Jared). "It's like a time capsule, and there is a decade of me just showing my stomach. Like, 'OK, Eva, can you stop wearing a crop top? Must you wear a crop top on every red carpet you go to?' "
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Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson attends the world premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' at Odeon Leicester Square in London on Nov. 6, 2005Credit: Dave M. Benett/Getty
If he could wave a magic wand and make one of his red carpet looks disappear, Robert Pattinson would choose his outfit for the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, no question.
"I was wearing leather trousers with these cowboy boots and a velvet jacket," Pattinson told BritishGQin February 2020of the 2005 look. "I mean, it literally looked like a kid had gone into a dressing-up box."
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Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez attends the world premiere of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., on May 19, 2007Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
Back in her early Disney days, Gomez often kept her red-carpet outfits casual, a choice she later said she would not be repeating.
"I remember going on my first red carpet with skinny jeans and sneakers like, awesome," she told Hollywood Lifein 2013. "This is not a look that I would do ever again … I feel like when I wore sneakers and a lot of jeans to red carpets, my stylist was really mortified."
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The Jonas Brothers
From left: Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas attend the 19th annual Kids' Choice Awards at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, Calif., on April 1, 2006Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty
Nick Jonas had to go through an awkward style phase before he could evolve into the fashion star he is now.
"I think we all had an Ed Hardy phase, where you had the hat, and the T-shirt, and the shoes — and the jeans, if you were lucky," he told Racked (via Vanity Fair). "Head to toe. Dark times."
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Ashley Tisdale French
Ashley Tisdale arrives at the premiere of 'The Incredibles' at El Capitan Theatre in L.A. on Oct. 24, 2004Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
Tisdale French quickly learned not to use her Disney show'swardrobe department as her own personal stylist.
"They will just style you how you're styled on your TV show, so I looked like my character at all times when I was going out," she told PEOPLE, referencing her time as Maddie Fitzpatrick on TheSuite Life of Zack and Cody.
At the 2004 premiere of The Incredibles, the New Jersey native wore an all-pink look consisting of a camo-print skirt, pastel jacket, calf-high bow-front boots and a sequined purse, all topped with a furry stole.
"This pink furry thing, I don't even know what it was, but I said, 'Ooh, put me in it!' And instead of wearing it like you would normally wear it, I was like, 'I am going to have one of my arms out and have it going across my body.' It was the weirdest thing," Tisdale French said. "At that point, you just have to laugh at yourself!"
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Victoria and David Beckham
Victoria Beckham and David Beckham attend the Versace Club Gala party on New Bond Street in London on June 11, 1999Credit: Justin GoffUK Press/Getty
While Victoria and David Beckham's matching all-leather outfit from 1999 is widely considered one of the pair's most iconic looks, both have said they regret their twinning moment.
"It haunts me, it does haunt me, but I love it," the former Spice Girls member said on an episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenin October 2022. "We were wearing Gucci [and] it was a Versace dinner, which is inappropriate in itself."
The silver lining?
"We really thought about it, and there was a naïveté to it that was just so sweet," she told host Andy Cohen.
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David also spoke out about the outfit choice, telling H&M Life in 2013 (per the BBC), "That's one where I look back, like, 'What were we thinking?' We laugh about that one."
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Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks attends the 72nd annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. on March 26, 2000Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
The lavender look Tyra Banks wore to the 2000 Academy Awards stands out to the supermodel as a highlight on her "long" list of fashion regrets.
"I went to Vera Wang for her to dress me, and she suggested this really beautiful deep blue dress," Banks told Harper's Bazaarin October 2024. "I was like, Vera Wang, I don't want to blend in, I want to stand out! So I chose purple! Lavender! And ... I saw her face, but she was like, 'Okay, you're the supermodel.' "
The verdict? "Hot mess. Vera Wang, you were right," the supermodel continued. "That 'Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep' dress that I wore to the Academy Awards was a hot mess, and to this day, I apologize and bow down to you. It should have been navy."
In March 2025, Banks revealed more thoughts on the outfit, writing on Instagram, "The year was 2000. Hi @verawanggang. People had some OPINIONS about this dress back then. It kinda feels like [Ariana Grande] would wear it in pink today."
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Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts attends the 'Blow' premiere at Mann's Chinese Theatre in L.A. on March 29, 2001Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage
Emma Roberts began acting at a young age and said she regrets some of her early red carpet looks.
Barely a tween at the time, the American Horror Storyactress wore cropped camo-print pants, a black tank top and a purse made out of tires to the 2001 red carpet for her film Blow.
"I styled myself for the premiere of the first movie I did," she told PEOPLE in July 2024. "My mom allowed me to pick out my outfit: camouflage capri flare pants and clogs with leopard fur inside. I thought I was the coolest 10-year-old in the world."
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Diane Kruger
Diane Kruger attends the 'Glamour'/Miramax Post-Golden Globe Awards Party at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 16, 2005Credit: J. Merritt/FilmMagic
Diane Kruger is known for taking risks on the red carpet, and for the most part, she's immune to fashion criticism.
However, as she told Stylist in 2011 (per HuffPost), there is one dress she can admit might not have been the right vibe for the moment.
"My very first Golden Globe Awards dress by Marchesa [in 2005]," she said. "They'd just started out and were really good friends of mine. I loved the dress they made, but it was so wrong for that occasion. You could see my belly button, and everybody else was in long, flowy gowns."
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Thomas Ian Nicholas
Thomas Ian Nicolas attends the West Coast premiere of 'American Pie' at the Cineplex Odeon Universal Studios Cinema in Universal City, Calif., on July 7, 1999Credit: Ron Galella/getty
Who didn't have a '90s style moment they cringe at now? Thomas Ian Nicholas celebrated the 25th anniversary of his 1999 film American Piewith a look back at his outfit, writing on X (formerly Twitter): "I also for some reason decided to wear this shirt to the premiere…"
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Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried attends the premiere of 'Mean Girls' at Loews Lincoln Square Theatre in N.Y.C. on April 23, 2004Credit: Lawrence Lucier/FilmMagic
Amanda Seyfried has help now, but when she starred in Mean Girls, one of her first major roles, she did not have a stylist — and she doesn't look back at some of her early looks fondly.
During a February 2022 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Testament of Ann Lee stars referenced her look from the 2004 film's New York premiere as a sore spot: a sheer black-and-white polka-dot turtleneck dress.
"I used the only money I had to buy a dress, but there were two premieres, and so I had to buy two dresses, cause you wear different dresses," she said as host Jimmy Kimmel showed off the two ensembles. "I didn't know any of the rules, so I was wearing a white bra and black underwear and no slip. And I paid $600 for that dress."
She added, "Nobody did my makeup," which prompted the late-night host to tease, "You're practically a cave person."
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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick attend the 54th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 19, 1997Credit: Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty
Husband-and-wife duoKevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick tested out trends at the 1997 Golden Globes, and Sedgwick joked to PEOPLE in January 2021 that they've regretted it ever since.
"I had on this turquoise blue suit, and he wore a crushed-velvet suit. We just kind of went wrong," The Best You Can actress said. "I know that I made the worst dressed [list] that evening. I know it, and I think Kevin did too."
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 74th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in L.A. on March 24, 2002Credit: SGranitz/WireImage
Gwyneth Paltrow admitted in a Goop newsletter that she regretted how she styled her Alexander McQueen gown at the 2002 Oscars.
"There were a few issues; I still love the dress itself but I should have worn a bra and I should have just had simple beachy hair and less makeup," she wrote, per Fashionista. "Then, it would have worked as I wanted it to — a little bit of punk at the Oscars."
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus attends the premiere of 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' at Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Feb. 8, 2011Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
The "Flowers" singer has been a superstar since she was little, but even lifelong A-listers can have some awkward teen outfits.
"I had some shady wardrobe choices when I was about 16 to 18. I wore this hippie outfit to Justin Bieber's Never Say Never premiere that I'm like, Girl, who told you — it was not Woodstock, it was a premiere," Cyrus told Marie Claire in January 2015.
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Kate Hudson
Kate Hudson attends the 73rd Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on March 25, 2001Credit: SGranitz/WireImage
Kate Hudson told PEOPLE in February 2024 that she doesn't truly regret anything she's worn on the red carpet.
"You know why? Because I love fashion, and anything that I've ever worn is always coming from a creative place for me," the Running Pointstar said. "I never look back and regret those decisions."
She continued, "I think there are things that other people might have thought weren't their favorite, but for me, I've always worn and choose to wear what makes me feel good and how I love to express myself."
One of those outfits folks called into question was the Stella McCartney gown she wore to the 2001 Oscars.
A decade later, while presenting her designer friend with an award in 2011, Hudson said the frock was a lot of look.
"I woke up the next morning ... [and] turned on the television to find out I was on every Worst Dressed list possible. So I called Stella, and we just laughed our a--es off, and she said to me, 'Look, babe, it was the hair, wasn't it?' " she recalled, per BritishVogue. "To this day, that now vintage dress hangs in my wardrobe, but I swear one day I'll wear it again. But Stella, I promise I'll do the hair differently."
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Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes attends the 'Ghost Rider' premiere in N.Y.C. on Feb. 15, 2007Credit: Jim Spellman/WireImage
Eva Mendes wore a pretty purple chiffon dress to the 2007 premiere of Ghost Rider, but admitted that the styling threw off the look.
"I had my dress on, but I had to finish my hair and makeup in the back of an SUV," she told Gulf News in September 2018. "It was a beautiful dress, but the way I put everything together, it was a Princess Jasmine gone wrong. The strapless purple dress with necklaces and hair in a really high braid. It's not a good look."
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Olivia Holt
Olivia Holt attends the MetroPCS launch of the Huawei M835 celebration at the Tokidoki flagship store in L.A. on Nov. 3, 2011Credit: Michael Tran/FilmMagic
For a 2011 event in L.A., Olivia Holt paired a white lace dress with black leggings and knee-high lace-up boots.
She later called the outfit quite "scary."
"I'm so sad that I did that to myself," she told PEOPLE.
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