The futuristic hood was, for some time, a high fashion girl’s red carpet reachable. While we can trace it back to A View To Kill era Grace Jones and the ’80s runways of Saint Laurent and Mugler, it had something of a revival from Rihanna in multiple custom Alaïa looks to the wardrobes of Zendaya, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Florence Pugh on the Dune 2 press tour.
Monica Barbaro looked striking—and every bit a Schiapar-alien—in a hooded black [Schiaparelli spring 2024 Haute Couture](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2024-couture/schiaparelli){: target="_blank"} gown. Practical too, to weather London’s freezing temperatures last night (January 14), as she walked the red carpet at the BFI Southbank for the British premiere of A Complete Unknown. The silky gown also features a subtle mermaid tail, which has become a resounding silhouette on this season’s red carpets so far, and plunged to her décolleté. Styled by Jeanann Williams, Barbaro was sans jewelry too, except for silver earrings and the dress’s ornate stoned buckle at the hood, fastened with Schiaparelli’s signature keyhole motif. The look stayed true to the airs of Daniel Roseberry’s [sleek and chic, retro extraterrestrial collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2024-couture/schiaparelli){: target="_blank"}.
Another thing to note? Barbaro knows how to pose. Sleek long lines, lithe limbs, hood buckled all the way to the top: every bit an extraterrestrial monarch.
Castmate Elle Fanning has been exploring the ultra-feminine aesthetics of ’60s a la the film’s era, with a brief turn into menswear. And Timothée Chalamet, meanwhile, has been doubling down on the Bob Dylan cosplay, taking a brief break last night to go full London boy, wearing custom Martine Rose and scooting in on a Lime Bike. Barbaro has kept her red carpet looks in a simple, classic glamor step—rooted in timeless staples and more adroit, in-fashion details.
For the 2025 Golden Globes she wore a custom Dior bustier dress , layered in tulle, micro-beads and embroidery that took over 1,100 hours to make. Her style range shows an allegiance to the simple yet ornate, where craft is key: a killer red carpet formula.
Barbaro portrays Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic, for which she was most recently nominated for the forthcoming SAG awards.