With fame, especially the kind that Emma Stone has accumulated across nearly two decades in Hollywood, comes great expectations. By expectations, I mean those of the sartorial kind. As a decorated actor – she nabbed two Best Actress Oscars in the span of seven years – Stone has attended her fair share of red carpets, screenings and promotional tours. With a little help from Louis Vuitton and her longtime stylist Petra Flannery, the Arizona-born actor has ensured that each of these public appearances is one to remember.
Who could forget the sea foam green gown she accepted her second gold statuette in? Even if only for the fact that when Stone made her way onstage, breathless and surprised, her first words were: "My dress is broken – I think it happened during ‘I’m just Ken". Later backstage, Stone was sewn back into the gown by the Louis Vuitton team. Anyone who missed her acceptance speech would be none the wiser.
After years of playing students, as seen in Easy A and The House Bunny, Stone transitioned from jewel-toned strapless mini dresses and began dressing the part of the sexy-smart leading lady. No doubt due to her parts alongside Ryan Gosling in Crazy Stupid Love and La La Land, as well as couple of turns in the Spider-verse with Andrew Garfield – her former boyfriend. In a 2013 cover interview with Glamour, Stone, then 24 years old, cited her favourite designers as Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana and Lanvin.
Things have invariably changed in the years since. Showings of CHANEL, Giambattista Vali, Elie Saab, Dior and Valentino have become less common. But it was during this time that Stone delivered two of her most indelible look. The first, an elegant, nude Prada gown with a square neckline and thin, studded straps at the New York premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The second, a soft pink star-spangled Valentino gown to celebrate her Golden Globes win for La La Land.
In October 2017, a decade after her debut as the husky-voiced love interest Jules in Superbad, Stone was announced as an ambassador for Louis Vuitton. In March the following year, she made her first appearance for the House in a campaign cradling Louis Vuitton's Capucines bags. So began a new era for Stone. One inextricably tied to the French Maison, and responsible for carrying her through promo trips for Battle of the Sexes, The Favourite and later, Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness.
It's these last few roles, including her part alongside Nathan Fielder in A24's uncomfortable dark comedy The Curse, that have really established Emma – or Emily Stone (her government name) as a heavyweight. This status means she doesn't have to throw her back into getting dressed, not that she doesn't try. But you never get the sense that she's trying too hard. Fashion is fun for Stone, but ultimately a practicality of the job. Something she can outsource to Flannery while she focuses on Doing The Work.
Even in her early days, Stone has always angled for a more restrained, demure brand of elegance, initially opting for block colours, modest necklines and mod hemlines. Eventually, she'd make concessions for a floral print or intricate beading. But you're more likely to find her taking her biggest chances with her hair. Sweeping side-parts, shaggy fringes, blunt-edged bobs and no colour is off limits. Many of us know Stone as a redhead, but she's a natural blonde and, after watching her as Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, I'd argue even more ravishing as a bushy-browed brunette.
But let's not delay. Below, find our favourite red carpet and style moments from Emma Stone throughout her career so far.
Wearing Bottega Veneta at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards After Party.
Wearing Tom Ford to the Crazy Stupid Love premiere in New York City in 2011.
Wearing an Alber Elbaz for Lanvin mini dress to the 2012 Met Gala Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.
Wearing Giambattista Valli to the 2012 Oscars.
Wearing Atelier Versace to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 London premiere in 2014.
Wearing Lanvin to the 2014 premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in Paris.
Wearing Prada at the 2014 premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in New York City.
Wearing Prada to the 2016 Met Gala Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology.
Wearing Versace to the 2016 Venice Film Festival.
Wearing CHANEL Resort to the 2016 premiere of La La Land at Toronto International Film Festival.
Wearing Rodarte to the Los Angeles premiere of La La Land in 2016.
Wearing The Row to the UK premiere of La La Land in 2016.
Wearing Valentino to the 2017 Golden Globes.
Wearing CHANEL to the 2017 BAFTAS.
Wearing Alexander McQueen at the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Wearing Givenchy Haute Couture for her win at the 2017 Oscars.
Wearing Tom Ford at The Battle of the Sexes premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Wearing Louis Vuitton at the Governors Awards in 2017.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2018 Met Gala Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
Wearing Celine to the LA premiere of The Favourite.
Wearing Louis Vuitton at the London premiere of The Favourite in 2018.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2019 Met Gala Camp: Notes on Fashion.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2022 Met Gala In America: An Anthology of Fashion.
Wearing custom Louis Vuitton to the New York City premiere of Poor Things in December 2023.
Wearing custom Louis Vuitton at the 2024 Golden Globes.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the London premiere of Poor Things in January 2024.
Wearing Givenchy Spring 2003 Couture to the Directors Guild of America Awards in 2024.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2024 Governors Ball Awards.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2024 BAFTAS.
Wearing Givenchy Spring 2024 to the finale premiere of The Curse in Los Angeles.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2024 Oscars.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscars After Party.
Wearing Louis Vuitton at Cannes in 2024.
Wearing Brandon Maxwell on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in 2024.
Wearing Louis Vuitton to the 2024 Kinds of Kindness premiere in New York City.
