Margot Robbie’s Hooded Dress and More Celebrities on Trend

From the runway to the red carpet, a dress with a hood is the coolest thing you can wear, just look at Margot Robbie for proof.

Margot Robbie has been hitting the red carpet lately. While out and about promoting his latest project, the Australian actor looks really excited. There was a moss green Bottega Veneta dress that she was wearing at that time Governor Award in November, flirty Gucci buttercup mini dress selected for Hollywood Reporters Women In Entertainment Gala on December 7, and most recently, a moody black halter-neck hooded gown from Alaa’s spring/summer 2023 collection was selected for the premiere of her upcoming film in Los Angeles. Babylon.

Up and coming star Barbie film complemented her hooded gown with natural makeup, a pair of face-framing tendrils, a silver cuff bracelet, and black sheer pantyhose.

While it takes a certain level of confidence and style prowess to pull off a fashion-forward touch like a hooded dress, avant-garde style is by no means new. In fact, Grace Jones famously wore a shimmering magenta hooded gown to walk in Alaa’s 1986 spring-summer haute couture show in Paris. Worn with dramatic tonal make-up, including a bold dark lip, and no accessories, it’s a style cue that feels fresh today. The veil itself is a statement, so one doesn’t need to go overboard in the beauty and accessories department, and Robbie’s own ensemble reflects this “less is more” approach.

A revival of the hooded dress has been seen in recent months on the red carpet and runways. Versace’s spring/summer 2023 show featured a side-cut black hooded dress, paired with exaggerated cat eyes and dizzying platform heels. Saint Laurent’s spring/summer 2023 collection (pictured above) includes several subtle hooded gowns in rich jewel hues, worn with black sunnies and oversized, bold-shoulder toppers. The look here is clear: glamorous, cool and a bit dramatic.

And celebrities like Ashley Graham, on top of wearing crystal-embellished fishnet dresses Outback to the TIME Person of the Year reception earlier this month, got the hang of the job.

Bridgerton star Simone Ashley opted for a fresh, sparkly blue on trending hooded dresses for the Governors Awards in November, wearing a high neck 16Arlington gown with damp hair and super sparkly Chopard jewelry.

TikTok creator Addison Rae turned heads, and cemented herself as a rising style star, in early November when she wore a futuristic gray hooded gown from the vintage Lily et Cie archives to CFDA Awards in NYC.

And the months before that sparked a new debate about Y2K’s much-maligned comeback the dress-over-pants trendKatie Holmes cut an edgy figure in a form-fitting black hooded gown to attend the Tom Ford spring 2023 ready-to-wear event in September.

Wouldn’t a mini hooded dress be super fun for a New Year’s Eve party? (Used with glitter foundation and a little more, of course.) If it’s too late to track down, let 2023 be the year we put on the hooded gown and heck, whatever that might once have felt a little raunchy or hard to pull off. And that includes dresses over pants.