Charli XCX Ushers In A New Style Era At The Golden Globes 2026
Horan, who praises Vaccarello’s team (“they want ideas, so we gave them our dream wishlist”), blended two YSL references to create the ultimate red-carpet look for Charli xcx, the actor. The first: an exquisite little black feathered top from look 60 in spring/summer 2019’s collection, inspired, in part, by Yves Saint Laurent’s 1972 costumes for pop idol and girl-about-town Sylvie Vartan (see the parallels?) The second: an autumn/winter 1982 black and white classic column gown The New York Times said at the time was “nothing revolutionary”, but nonetheless cheerful in the face of a drab economic outlook (again, parallels!) “The look is very classic actress, but has a little bit of a twist,” shares Horan, touching upon their desire to feel more “polished, streamlined” for Charli’s next step. “It feels like the same girl, it marries both her worlds.”
With Sundance Festival – which will host the world premiere of The Moment, Charli xcx’s mockumentary – on the horizon, Horan promises real divadom on the red carpet is in sight. But for now, they are leaning into their genuine fandom for YSL – the label that was once a moodboard fixation for a young Essex music fan who only recently, she admits, got to grips with Fashion with a capital F. It works for this chapter. Charli – who is also mapping out the press tour for Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell’s much-anticipated period piece for which she provided the soundtrack – is honing a different type of creativity (we’re yet to see a glimpse of her on screen in The Gallerist, Faces of Death and I Want Your Sex). Her Golden Globes dress, as critic Bernadine Morris said back in The New York Times in the early ’80s, is not “revolutionary”. Nor is her path from singer to screen star, but none of that matters. It is still Charli xcx’s world, and Chris Horan is dressing her for it.