There is one outfit I would pick to sum up the spirit of Kristen Stewart's style, and it's a look that anyone who was sentient in the early 2000s will recognise – and very likely cringe at. I'm talking about a big tutu skirt and a busted-up pair of Converse All-Stars. (Why were we so obsessed?) Think Hilary Duff in The Perfect Man or perhaps more fittingly, Bella Swan attending her prom in Twilight.
The look, if you can call it that, captures the high-low of Stewart's personal style. On one hand, she's an ambassador for CHANEL, with a fashion repertoire that includes soft pink tweed skirt suits. Then again, Stewart plays by her own rules. In the past, she's cut her hair into mullets, cropped pixies and dyed it every colour imaginable. You're just as likely to catch her in CHANEL hotpants as you are a band tee, backwards cap, and skinny jeans. There's no formula, only what she feels like, and there's always a sense that the clothes are there to serve her, not the other way around.
It's an offhand approach we could all use a little more of. And together with the help of her longtime stylist Tara Swennen, the pair have found pinned down a formula that works. Every red carpet Kristen Stewart appears on provides something unexpected. As the actor and director begins promoting her latest film Love Lies Bleeding, we're reminded of her individual approach to dressing. And if there's a lesson in this, it's that when we get dressed we don't owe anyone consistency.
Below, find the best of Kristen Stewart's style over the years, including her standout red carpet moments.
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Wearing CHANEL to the 2023 Met Gala.
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Wearing Dickies at Sundance 2023.
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Wearing CHANEL, Mother Denim and vintage trousers to the Love Lies Bleeding premiere at Sundance 2024.
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In a vintage suit to the premiere of May December.
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Wearing CHANEL to the French Maison's 2023 Metier's d'Art show in Manchester.
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Wearing CHANEL, vintage, and Garrett Leight glasses while promoting Living for the Dead in New York City, October 2023.
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Wearing CHANEL to the French Maison's Metier's d'Art show in Tokyo.
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Wearing CHANEL to the Berlinale Film Festival 2023.
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Wearing CHANEL at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.
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Wearing CHANEL to the Pre-Oscar dinner in 2023.
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Wearing CHANEL to the premiere of Crimes of the Future at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
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Dressed in CHANEL on the 2022 Oscars Red Carpet.
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While attending the 37th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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At the UK premiere of Spencer.
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Wearing CHANEL to Venice Film Festival at the world premiere of Spencer in 2021.
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Wearing CHANEL at the 2019 Met Gala.
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Wearing CHANEL to attend Cannes in 2016.
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Wearing CHANEL while attending the Personal Shopper premiere in New York in 2016.
Images: @taraswennen
