Renée Zellweger Wore Vintage Couture on the Red Carpet, Just Like She Did at the 2001 Oscars

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was wearing vintage dresses on the red carpet well before it became fashionable to do so. It’s a strategy that makes sense for the Bridget Jones star, who, like , generally reaches for the same type of silhouette for big occasions: a fitted, mermaid cut with a strapless neckline (sometimes straight, sometimes sweetheart, occasionally asymmetrical).

The actor used to frequent the archives of major couture houses in search of historical treasures long before the Kardashians came up with the same idea.Renée Zellwegger at the 2001 Oscars in a Jean Dessès gown from 1959How can we forget the daffodil yellow Jean Dessès dress dating back to 1959 that she wore to the 2001 Oscars?

Back then, the first Bridget Jones film, based on the best-selling novel by Helen Fielding, was being shown in cinemas for the first time.

Now, 24 years later, the eagerly awaited fourth installment has just been released. will hit theaters on Valentine’s Day.Against this backdrop, it makes sense that for the London premiere of Bridget Jones 4, the leading lady and her stylist Petra Flannery chose a completely on-brand and on-theme look: a vintage strapless gown.Zellweger at the 2025 premiere or Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy in a Balmgain gown from 2000(A fun fact: The pink Balmain couture dress is older than the Bridget Jones franchise; it was paraded in Paris in July 2000, while Bridget Jones did not reach our screens until April 2001.)On the Balmain haute couture 2000-2001 runway in Paris on July 10, 2000As current as it may seem, the fuchsia pink satin dress that Renée Zellweger wore on January 29 to the Bridget Jones premiere in London belongs to the Balmain haute couture collection of 2000.