Yahoo Autos The most memorable red carpet look from the year you were born
Throughout Hollywood history, there has been no shortage of iconic red carpet looks.
Ahead of Sunday's Golden Globes, we've picked the most memorable outfit from every year since 1960.
Many will never forget Cher's ab-baring black outfit and headpiece at the 1986 Oscars.
Celebrities have been making fashion history on red carpets for decades.
Whether it be Jennifer Lopez's revealing Versace dress or Madonna's "Like a Virgin" wedding gown, each year celebrities show up to award shows, movie premieres, and film festivals in their best looks. While some dresses are so great that they become iconic, other looks are known for their questionable taste.
Keep reading to learn about the most memorable look from the red carpet the year you were born.
In 1960, Ava Gardner wore a dress that really dazzled at the Academy Awards.
Gardner attended the Academy Awards in 1960 dressed in a sequined halter dress that she famously paired with a tiara, white fur, and white gloves.
Elizabeth Taylor wore a gown with floral details to the 1961 Academy Awards.
The Christian Dior dress paired a yellow top with a white skirt and a belt that had a single flower attached. Harper's Bazaar calls this one of the star's "most iconic fashion moments."
Natalie Wood turned heads in 1962 when she showed up to the Academy Awards wearing a white evening gown.
Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood went to the Academy Awards together, and the actress arrived wearing a white halter dress and fur stole. Her up-do hairstyle was a signature of the '60s.
In 1963, Sophia Loren's layered neckline wowed at the Academy Awards.
Sophia Loren presented Gregory Peck with his Academy Award while wearing a knee-length, white dress with a neckline of feathers shaped like a boa. PopSugar called the outfit a red carpet moment that made fashion history.
Anne Bancroft appeared on the 1964 Academy Awards stage wearing a pleated dress.
Bancroft's pleated dress had simple spaghetti straps and long, white gloves. Harper's Bazaar said this dress is one of the looks that "paved the way for the trendsetters of today."
In 1965, Julie Andrews wore a stunning yellow dress to accept her Academy Award.
The year after "Mary Poppins" debuted, Andrews took home her Oscar while wearing a simple yellow dress with a square neckline. She paired the dress with a statement necklace. It's the perfect example of the glitz and glamour of the '60s red carpet.
Elke Sommer's asymmetrical dress at the 1966 Academy Awards is still a showstopper.
Actress Elke Sommer wore a green dress with an asymmetrical neckline. The top half of the dress was beaded, while the bottom half was simple. She complemented the dress perfectly with a beehive hairstyle dotted with flowers.
In 1967, stars starting taking more dramatic fashion risks, like Rosemarie Stack at the Academy Awards.
According to Vanity Fair, 1967 marked the year women dared to take fashion risks, leading to hippie culture. Model Rosemarie Stack showed off a new style at the Academy Awards that year with a bold print on her head-to-toe outfit.
Audrey Hepburn's dress at the 1968 Academy Awards has been described as "enviable."
Hepburn attended the Academy Awards wearing a unique Givenchy dress. In 2016, The New York Times honored the dress, writing that the actress "was ahead of her time in this sequin-and-flower-encrusted, Empire-waist, bow-bedecked dress with a cutout over the solar plexus."
Barbra Streisand's look at the 1969 Academy Awards is nothing short of iconic.
In 1969, Streisand accepted her Academy Award for "Funny Girl" in an Arnold Scaasi black pantsuit with flared pant legs, plastic sequins, and white tuxedo cuffs. The actress admitted in 2016 that she didn't realize the outfit was see-through.
"I had no idea that when the lights hit that outfit, it would become transparent," she told Vanity Fair.
At the 1970 Academy Awards, Elizabeth Taylor accompanied her husband, Richard Burton, while wearing a blue gown that perfectly matched her eyes.
Taylor and Burton, one of Hollywood's most iconic couples, married and divorced twice. Taylor's appearance at the 1970 Academy Awards was during their first marriage.
The baby blue dress perfectly matched her eyes and eye shadow, and complemented her necklace, which would go on to be called the Taylor-Burton diamond, the 12th-largest diamond in the world at the time.
Goldie Hawn wore a flowery black gown and matching flowers in her hair at the 1971 Academy Awards.
Marie Claire called this dress one of the most iconic Oscar dresses of all time, shouting out the "'flower child'-style spaghetti strap dress." Her hair included a single rose in her up-do.
At the 1972 Grammys, Aretha Franklin looked spectacular in a head-to-toe orange ensemble.
This year, when Franklin took home her seventh and eighth Grammys, she did so in style. Harper's Bazaar named this one of the most iconic Grammys looks of all time, and called her red and gold gown and matching head scarf "stunning."
Cher's ab-baring yellow two-piece outfit would be daring now, let alone in 1973.
Cher's never been one to shy away from wearing bold looks on the red carpet, as evidenced by this Bob Mackie-designed outfit at the 1973 Academy Awards.
Cicely Tyson wore a beautiful floral gown at the 1974 Emmy Awards.
The living legend, who was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame this year, looked every inch a winner at the Emmys.
Lauren Hutton looked every bit the '70s goddess in her fur coat and pastel dress at the 1975 Academy Awards.
Both pastels and fur coats like this (though now, they're normally faux fur) have come back into style recently, making this a timeless look.
In 1976, Jacqueline Bisset wore an elegant silver gown to the Academy Awards.
The British actress shined bright like a diamond with her silver dress and striped shawl. Marie Claire wrote that this dress was "making a case for the one-shouldered trend to come."
Dolly Parton certainly brought cowboy chic to the 1977 Grammys.
Cowboys may have made a comeback in the last few years thanks to Lil Nas X, the yodeling Walmart boy, and Kacey Musgraves' love of yeehaws, but Parton's outfit here shows us that she's been the Yeehaw Queen longer than any of those people have been alive.
At the 1978 Academy Awards, Farrah Fawcett channeled a gold statue herself.
Fawcett sported her signature feathered hair and a metallic dress at the Oscars, making her look like a golden goddess. In fact, Good Housekeeping said that she was "looking more radiant and gilded than an actual Oscar statue" at her first-ever Academy Awards ceremony.
Meryl Streep introduced us to witchy glam at the 1979 Oscars.
Streep, who was nominated for her role in "The Deer Hunter," wore a simple black dress to the ceremony, proving that — sometimes — all you need to make a statement is your favorite black dress. Plus, her witchy, flowy, Stevie Nicks vibes would be perfectly on trend in 2020.
Goldie Hawn made headlines with a glittering pantsuit in 1980.
Hawn wore a tuxedo that was completely bedazzled to the Academy Awards in 1980 and paired it with big curls — a signature of the '80s. In fact, Elle wrote that this look is the perfect example of the actress' "amazing '80s style."
Diana Ross wowed in this layered look at the 1981 Met Gala.
Teen Vogue called this feathered outfit one of "the most iconic Met Gala looks of all time." In 2019, the publication wrote, "No one can pull off a dress completely made of feathers quite like this American icon."
Debbie Allen's dress from the 1982 Academy Awards is truly something to remember.
Allen performed at the Academy Awards that year, but people could only talk about her dripping-in-detail dress. In 2020, E! News wrote, "She stunned in an eye-catching lavender gown, which featured white-beaded fringe and a thigh-high slit." In fact, the publication called it one of the best Oscar dresses of all time.
A young Drew Barrymore's dress at the 1983 Academy Awards was a real crowd pleaser.
At just 8 years old, Barrymore arrived at her first Academy Awards ceremony wearing a pink dress, a matching bow, and a white stole. She told reporters that her "momma" designed the dress and "E.T." director Steven Spielberg gave her the necklace of pearls, according to Entertainment Tonight.
Madonna's wedding dress from the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards is now legendary.
Madonna showed up to the very first MTV VMAs wearing a white wedding dress that she paired with a belt that read, "Boy Toy." The dress became famous after her history-making performance of "Like a Virgin."
At the 1985 Met Gala, Cher showed up in a very memorable outfit.
In 1985, the Met Gala's theme was "Costumes of Royal India," and Cher wore a Bob Mackie dress that had a bedazzled, see-through top and a simple, black skirt. Red Book has called it one of the "most talked-about dresses ever worn at the Met Gala."
The following year, Cher outdid herself with the most memorable look of 1986.
In 1986, the musician wore yet another Bob Mackie look to the Academy Awards, but this time she paired it with a large, feathered headpiece.
"Remember when actor Don Ameche won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 'Cocoon?'" CNN wrote in 2020. "Of course not; we were too enchanted by the woman presenting him with a statuette: Cher, in a bat-crazy mash-up of witchy showgirl and Halloween Big Bird."
In 1987, Prince Diana graced the Cannes Film Festival in an elegant gown.
Princess Diana wore a blue Catherine Walker gown draped in chiffon. Grace Kelly inspired the gown, according to Good Housekeeping.
In 2017, the publication also wrote, "The Cannes red carpet never recovered from this all-star moment."
Jennifer Grey wore a simple black dress to the 1988 Academy Awards.
Coming off the success of their hit film "Dirty Dancing," Grey and Patrick Swayze showed up to the 1988 Academy Awards wearing matching black attire.
"Nobody put baby in the corner at the 1988 Oscars; Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze danced to their own tune and both wore black on the red carpet," the BBC wrote in 2018.
At the 1989 Academy Awards, Demi Moore wore an experimental, DIY look.
Moore wore the most iconic outfit of 1989 ... but not for the best reasons.
"In 1989, Demi Moore took that road less traveled on Hollywood's biggest night," Vogue wrote in 2018. "With then-husband Bruce Willis on her arm, she stepped out in a hybrid dress/bodysuit that she actually fashioned herself out of spandex bike shorts, a corset, and a metallic floral-print fabric. Naturally, the press reamed out Moore for wearing her own cut-and-sew creation."
However wild they seemed in the '80s though, bike shorts are one of the trendiest pieces of clothing in 2020, Moore was just ahead of her time.
Julia Roberts wore a menswear-inspired ensemble at the 1990 Golden Globes, proving that dresses are sometimes just simply overrated.
