Great Outfits in Fashion History: Drew Barrymore's 1998 Fairy Tale Renaissance Gown
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There are perfectly good celebrity style moments, and then there are the looks that really stick with you, the ones you try desperately to recreate at home. In 'Great Outfits in Fashion History,' Fashionista editors are revisiting their all-time favorite lewks.
For the press tour of her 1998 film "Ever After," Drew Barrymore partook in some of the earliest examples of red-carpet method-dressing — the project-aligned styling we see stars like Zendaya and Elle Fanning master today.
While promoting the Cinderella-inspired story that took place in the French Renaissance, the then-23-year-old actor embraced painterly, princess-like gowns. After attending a red-carpet premiere in Florence, Italy in a scarf-print slip dress, she made her way to the after party (regarded as the "Ever After" Gala) at the Palazzo Corsini, a landmark Baroque-style palace, in another Renaissance-inspired look: a showstopping corseted dress with a ballgown skirt.
Featuring romantically-tied scarves, blooming pink florals and a sparkling baby blue tulle underlay, it outshined all of Barrymore's previous fashion moments. The dress's provenance is unclear: Some believe it to be a John Galliano for Dior design, which tracks aesthetically, while others have traced the dress to Ferragamo, the Florentine house that did in fact provide the "glass slipper" used in the "Ever After" film. Barrymore completed her enchanting look with a perfectly messy updo and a vampy red lip.
Below, we've curated modern painting-inspired pieces that can help turn an everyday outfit into a romantic ensemble.
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