The Most Iconic Celebrity Revenge Dresses of All-Time

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See Ariana Madix's RED HOT Vanderpump Rules Reunion Revenge Dress

Lately she's been dressing for revenge. 

Vanderpump Rules' Ariana Madix has intelligibly been listening to Taylor Swift's "Vigilante Shit" pursuing her shocking divided from her co-star Tom Sandoval, because, in the aftermath of "Scandoval," the SURver came acceptable to, well, service erstwhile she arrived astatine the play 10 reunion show. After her look was archetypal teased by Andy Cohen, Ariana delivered connected her off-camera committedness to marque Tom's "eyes bleed" erstwhile Bravo released the archetypal representation of Ariana connected Apr. 3, which proved vengeance was decidedly connected the paper and it was red-hot

Ariana is hardly the archetypal personage to marque headlines for the outfit they chose to deterioration for a large nationalist outing pursuing a high-profile breakup, the Bravo prima joining an elite sartorial nine that includes Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon and Mariah Carey. And, of course, the archetypal look that started it all: Princess Diana's iconic small achromatic formal that proved sometimes an outfit tin accidental a 1000 words. 

Let's look backmost connected each of these reddish carpet moments that beryllium revenge is simply a crockery champion served cold bold...

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Princess Diana

A look truthful iconic it created an full caller genre successful fashion: the revenge dress.

The word was coined erstwhile Princess Diana allowed her formal to bash the talking for her aft her bitter divorcement from Prince Charles. The precocious Princess of Wales infamously wore an off-the-shoulder LBD designed by Christian Stambolin astatine the Serpentine Gallery Party successful 1994, an lawsuit that took place connected the nighttime ITV aired a documentary successful which her then-estranged hubby Prince Charles admitted to having an matter with now-wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, during his matrimony to Diana. 

According to Tina Brown's 2007 biographical publication The Diana Chronicles, Christian told a manner commentator that Diana "chose not to play the country similar Odette [from Swan Lake], guiltless successful white. She was intelligibly angry. She played it similar Odile, successful black. She wore agleam reddish nail enamel, which we had ne'er seen her bash before. She was saying, 'Let's beryllium wicked tonight!'"

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Ariana Madix

Tom Sandoval apt needed a pumptini oregon 2 erstwhile helium saw his ex-girlfriend astatine the taping for the Vanderpump Rules play 10 reunion show, which came aft the shocking quality that their nine-year romance had travel to an end. Oh, and it was due to the fact that helium had a months-long affair with their co-star and person Raquel Leviss

While big Andy Cohen had antecedently teased Ariana's revenge dress" connected societal media, fans yet got to spot her red-hot look and it proved to beryllium good worthy the wait. For the Apr. 3 taping, the Bravolebrity sported a crimson cutout Mônot dress, which near her torso astir exposed isolated from immoderate well-placed bands crossed the thorax and waist. She's smarter than us, prettier than america and we'll happily get the f--k implicit it. 

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Bella Hadid

What does 1 deterioration erstwhile they are attending an lawsuit they cognize that their ex-boyfriend and his caller woman volition beryllium at? If you are a supermodel, you don a see-through Alexander Wang catsuit that is truthful choky you person to beryllium sewn into it. And that is precisely what Bella did erstwhile she attended the 2017 Met Gala, which besides served as The Weeknd and Selena Gomez's reddish carpet debut arsenic a couple

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Olivia Wilde

Oh, don't interest astir her, darling. Following her high-profile breakup with Harry Styles past November, the Booksmart manager made rather the entranceway backmost into azygous beingness erstwhile she attended the 2022 People's Choice Awards in a wholly see-through Christian Dior gown. The icing connected the cake? Olivia's film Don't Worry Darling took location the grant for Drama Movie of the year.

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Miranda Lambert

Pink hair, don't care. Three months aft announcing their divorcement successful July 2015, Miranda and ex-husband Blake Shelton made their archetypal associated nationalist quality astatine the CMA Awards. For the occasion, the "Little Red Wagon" vocalist chose a small achromatic number, implicit with caller rose-colored streaks successful her hair. 

Miranda went connected to win Female Vocalist of the Year, admitting successful her acceptance speech, "I truly needed a agleam spot this year."

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Vanessa Hudgens

Baby V was soarin', flyin' solo erstwhile she attended the Bad Boys For Life premiere successful January 2020 conscionable hours aft quality broke that she and Austin Butler had split after 9 years together. But the High School Musical alum was acceptable for the commencement of thing new, exuding Old Hollywood glamour successful a chic achromatic gown featuring a agelong bid with feathers and rhinestones

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Jennifer Lopez

While she whitethorn beryllium Jennifer Affleck now, J.Lo was a glowing solo goddess erstwhile she walked the reddish carpet astatine the 2004 Golden Globes aft the extremity of her first engagement to now-husband Ben Affleck. For the event, the "Shotgun Wedding" prima stunned successful a orange chiffon Grecian gown by Michael Kors that had our jaws connected the floor.

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Reese Witherspoon

Forget backmost successful black, Reese was acceptable to accidental hullo successful yellow. The Big Little Liars prima wasn't hiding aft divorcement from her archetypal husband Ryan Phillippe, infamously wearing a canary colored Olivier Theyskens for Nina Ricci cocktail formal to the 2007 Golden Globes. Along with a bold reddish articulator and matching heels, Reese besides debuted a sleek caller hairstyle, showing disconnected sideswept bangs for 1 of Hollywood's eventual "break-overs." What, similar it's hard? 

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Gisele Bündchen

The Brazilian supermodel was looking bully arsenic golden erstwhile she made her instrumentality to the reddish carpet pursuing her divorcement from Tom Brady in October 2022. Gisele celebrated the 60th day of jewelry institution Vivara successful Sao Paulo, Brazil by wearing a shimmering gown and pulling backmost her signature beachy waves into a chic precocious ponytail. 

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Madelyn Cline

This Poque went rogue and looked fierce portion doing so. For her archetypal reddish carpet quality aft her divided from her Outer Banks co-star Chase Stokes, Madelyn served up a Gen-Z instrumentality connected the revenge dress. The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery actress sizzled successful a achromatic Mônot design with extreme midriff cut-outs that she paired with long-sleeve gloves and achromatic pumps. 

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Mariah Carey

The songstress was yet capable to unrecorded retired her sweet, saccharine phantasy erstwhile she wore a risque two-piece to the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. While the achromatic bandeau apical and thigh-hit slit skirt whitethorn look tame by today's standards, the look symbolized Mariah's adjacent section aft her separation from her ex-husband Tommy Mottola, the CEO of her then-label Sony. 

In her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah, the Grammy victor described their matrimony as "intense and all-encompassing," and alleged that Tommy had "crippling control" implicit her earlier their divorce. No wonderment the archetypal medium she recorded aft their divided was titled Butterfly.

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Elizabeth Hurley

The Bedazzled actress was conscionable a girl, lasting successful beforehand of a boy, asking him to devour his bosom retired erstwhile she wore a plunging Valentino gown astatine her archetypal large lawsuit pursuing her 2000 divided from Hugh Grant aft 13 years together. Sometimes, revenge truly is simply a crockery champion served gold. 

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Emily Ratajkowski

For her archetypal nationalist outing aft announcing her divided from her hubby of four-and-a-half years, Sebastian Bear-McClard, the My Body writer rocked a astir bare fishnet formal for W Magazine's 50th day enactment successful October 2022. 

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Cameron Diaz

Just days aft the Charlie's Angels prima and Justin Timberlake announced they had breached up aft 4 years of dating, Diaz was acold from crying a stream erstwhile she went full-on haute couture successful a ruffled Valentino gown astatine the 2007 Golden Globes. 

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Camila Morrone

Camila was ready to fto spell of her relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio erstwhile she attended her archetypal nationalist lawsuit pursuing the extremity of their four-year romance. The Daisy Jones and the Six prima wore a skintight LBD to attend the Burberry spring/summer 2023 after-party successful London successful September 2022, adding borderline to her look with diamond-patterned pantyhose and a achromatic mesh coat—which she cooly wore off-shoulder. Makes it easier to brushwood that ungraded off...

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Jenna Dewan

The histrion and vocalist much than stepped up erstwhile she walked the reddish carpet astatine the 2018 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's Hope and Heritage gala, her archetypal large lawsuit aft announcing her separation from Channing Tatum. Jenna opted for a blase beaded Zuhair Murad gown, implicit with a matching cape and feathered hem. 

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