If you look back on what you wore a few years ago, or sometimes even only months ago, chances are you might cringe. Possibly it’s a fleeting trend you jumped on that haunts you in your darkest hour. Maybe you’re questioning why you once favourited garments that you wouldn’t dare be seen in ever again. Perhaps you’re still confused as to how your style could change so drastically. And this is a phenomena that effects our favourite celebrities, too.

As the stars have evolved both in their personal and professional lives, so too have their senses of style. Take former Spice Girl turned fashion titan and successful business woman, Victoria Beckham. The mini skirts she donned in her pop star days took a backseat to relaxed tailoring, and now, Beckham is lauded as one of the fashion industry’s heaviest hitters, with her personal style influencing the wardrobes of women everywhere. 

Then, of course, there’s those celebrities whose style transformations were more subtle and contemporary, yet equally as important. Labelled the style “glow up”, whether these celebrities changed up their wardrobe tack on their own or with the help of a stylist, celebs like Margot Robbie and Jennifer Lawrence have proven that sometimes it’s just about finding the exact kind of colours, shapes and textures that truly suit you.

Ahead, we round up some of the greatest style transformations celebrities have undergone over the years. 

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Margot Robbie

Of course, Margot Robbie has never not been clued in when it comes to fashion, but the evolution of her personal style over the years has certainly matured. Having leant away from unflattering colours and shapes and embracing more browns, neutrals and relaxed tailoring, Robbie’s wardrobe has become more chic and elevated than ever before. With her recent slew of Barbie press tour and post-film event looks, as well, we’ve seen her formal looks reach new modish heights—and we’re not mad about it.

Jennifer Lawrence

When it comes to notable celebrity style glow ups of 2023, no one stands out more than Jennifer Lawrence. The transformation the actor underwent earlier this year with the help of stylist Jamie Mizrahi is the exact definition of a well-tailored, personalised glow up, and Lawrence has never looked more chic. Championing (and completely nailing) one of the biggest style trends of recent years, quiet luxury, Lawrence has gone for a much more modern, off-duty contemporary look lately that we’ve been coveting, hard.

Dua Lipa

Another celeb who is a great example of when you grow up, so too does your wardrobe, Dua Lipa’s personal style has only gotten better with age—and with the different eras of her music, too. Having worked with stylist Lorenzo Posocco since 2015, Lipa and Posocco have worked together to mature her style from her Future Nostalgia days to her new Houdini era. Along with a number of dramatic hairstyle changes, the singer has slowly but surely been perfecting her style over the years, and it’s working hard for her.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Perhaps the most fashion-forward twins the world over, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been setting the fashion agenda for years via their minimalist label The Row. Departing from their boho aesthetic, the Olsen twins played a major role in redefining how people dress, championing a relaxed, tailored approach to dressing year-round.

Anne Hathaway

Undergoing a style transformation not dissimilar to the one her character, Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries experiences, Anne Hathaway continues to kick goal after goal when it comes to her fashion choices. Her early style statements, from the early aughties to even as recently as 2019, have seamlessly and swiftly evolved into some of the most elegant red carpet and street-style ensembles we’ve seen in more recent years, all of which feel effortlessly contemporary and on-trend.

Julia Fox

Julia Fox is now synonymous with her wild, contemporary and female-gaze led personal style, but this wasn’t always the case. Not too long ago, Fox dressed in much more typically feminine and pared-back fashion—but in recent years, the model and personality has completely turned her personal style on its head, coming into her own in a bold, super Y2K modish way. Working with close friends Peri Rosenzweig and Briana Andalore as her stylists, Fox’s glow up from her Uncut Gems days to now has been everything from extreme to empowering, and a delight to be a part of. 

Victoria Beckham

Another pop star to find fame in her youth, Victoria Beckham’s style transformation is one for the books. From mini skirts and mid-drifts—very ‘90’s indeed—to the tailoring and pared-back ensembles we see her in today, Beckham gives us a lesson in dressing for work and life on the daily. Plus, there’s hardly been a more sophisticated mother-of-the-groom in history.

Greta Lee

Now considered one of the industry’s most fashion-forward style icons, Greta Lee underwent a style glow up for the books. Transitioning from a, certainly not unstylish, but not as elevated, look in the earlier 2000s to her current avant-garde, effortlessly cool wardrobe, Lee demonstrated that it’s never too late to take fashion risks and have them pay off in a big way. Embracing modern trends as much as she dresses authentically and uniquely, Lee’s glow up is a lesson in how to become a modern style legend.

Kylie Minogue

If you need evidence that aging doesn’t preclude continuous style glow ups, you only have to look at the incomparable Kylie Minogue, whose wardrobe has only gotten cooler and more sophisticated over the years. Always perfectly rolling with the times fashion wise, Minogue has effortlessly moved through each style era, from the Y2K to the “skinny jeans and tight blazer” combo of 2015 (an era we all want to forget), and has never failed to evolve with and nail the modern street style and formal looks of today. 

Taylor Russell

One of fashion’s current, and coolest, fashion icons, Taylor Russell has honed her personal style over the years to make it what it is today, swiftly catapulting her into her It girl status. Currently working with stylist Ryan Hastings, who has also worked with Anya Taylor-Joy and Mia Goth, Russell has leant into a more refined and minimalist style, with a touch of the avant-garde here and there, redefining her expression of feminine fashion along the way to great effect. Opting for cleaner lines and monochromatic palettes, both her street style and formal looks have become dramatically more avant-garde over recent years.

Rihanna 

Finding herself in the limelight at the tender age of 16 meant Rihanna was to hone her personal style in the public eye. And hone, she did. Arguably one of the most sartorially daring celebrities out there, Rihanna has the ability to catalyse new trends at the drop of a hat (or whatever she decides to wear on her head). Whether it be her Savage x Fenty lingerie line or collaborations with major fashion houses, Rihanna really can't put a foot wrong.

Troye Sivan

As his career has blossomed and matured, so too has Troye Sivan’s sense of style. Going from loveable teen singer to high-end fashion industry icon, Sivan has embraced a much more elevated and contemporary wardrobe, opting for some impeccably styled designer pieces and very on-trend off-duty looks. Having previously worked with stylists Mel Ottenberg and Paul Cavaco, and now currently working with Marc Forne, Sivan has gone from Youtuber to runway model in a matter of years, a transition well reflected in his style choices, and we’re obsessed with the trajectory. 

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson has and will always be one of the world’s most stylish bombshells—but the way in which she’s gone about expressing this sartorially has undergone a major change in recent years. From the days of bodycon dresses and strappy aughties-coded stilettos, Anderson has completely switched things up, adopting a much sleeker, modern quiet luxury wardrobe, opting for high-quality knits, relaxed suits and pared-back beauty looks. Currently working with stylist Rebecca Ramsey, and having worked with other notable stylists in the past, Anderson is only ever glowing up with every passing day.

Kim Kardashian 

Despite being one of the most prolific celebrities the world over, who could forget the billionaire multi-hyphenate’s humble beginnings from her array of early aughties ensembles and 2010s? In her nascent days of fame, Kim Kardashian’s fashion choices ranged from bandage dresses to velour tracksuits—a far cry from anything she’d be found in these days, which has evolved into much more elevated, street-style looks with touches of the fashion-forward avant-garde.

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