Twice as nice: 7 times Cate Blanchett recycled red carpet outfits – from Alexander McQueen at Tár awards nights to her Armani and Versace mash-up, the Oscar winner walks the talk on sustainability

Mar 11 , 2023

Cate Blanchett’s best red carpet rewears include looks from Givenchy and Alexander McQueen, both worn twice as the Oscar-winning actress walks the talk on sustainability. Photos: AP, AFP, Getty

Blanchett shows her fashion chops by reworking looks from Givenchy, Maison Margiela and Esteban Cortazar, cleverly accessorising with jewellery from the likes of Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co.

The Ocean’s Eight and Lord of the Rings star is among the favourites to win a best actress gong at the 2023 Oscars for Tár, and auctioned off all the year’s red carpet dresses for charity in 2020

Cate Blanchett is known as the queen of sustainable fashion thanks to multiple glamorous red carpet re-wears throughout her two-decade film career. Her recent win at the 2023 SAG Awards for her latest film Tár ensured she made headlines once again as she took the stage wearing a look made from not one but two old gowns.

Australian actor Cate Blanchett has won rave reviews and awards for her performance in her latest film Tár. Photo: EPA-EFE

The 53-year old Oscar winner never disappoints in her gorgeous outfits, rewearing in rare style. On reusing her dresses, Blanchett told The Hollywood Reporter that her decision to recycle her outfits was to promote sustainability and that throwing away glam dresses was “wilful and ridiculous” considering today’s environmental challenges.

Here are seven of her best moments breathing new life into old clothes while never failing to stun, every single time.

1. 2016 Costume Designers Guild Awards and 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards

Cate Blanchett attended the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles in a dress reworked from Versace and Giorgio Armani looks she had previously worn. Photo: Reuters

For the latest 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Blanchett showed up in a reworked dress that was a mix of two of her former gowns: a sequinned Versace that she previously wore at the 2016 Costumer Designers Guild Awards and a lace Giorgio Armani dress she wore twice before, in 2014 and 2018.

Cate Blanchett in Versace at the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, in 2016. Photo: Getty Images

During the 2023 award show, it was the lace work that stood out. The sequinned black Versace number was refitted around the neck with lace from her Armani, giving the slinky black sequinned dress a completely new look.