BEST DRESSED

Charlize Theron, Dior Darling, Is All About Edgy Glamour on the Red Carpet

by Katherine Cusumano

amfAR Hong Kong Gala 2017 - Red Carpet
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Ever since Charlize Theron singlehandedly saved action movies with Mad Max: Fury Road, she’s been similarly unstoppable on the red carpet. As the longtime face of Dior’s fragrance J’adore Dior, she has regularly called on the label to outfit her for some of her more glamorous outings, relying on designs from the Raf Simons days through to Maria Grazia Chiuri’s current tenure. An apparent fan of old-school silhouettes with an edgy, contemporary upgrade, Theron commanded Cannes in a canary-yellow gown for the 2015 premiere of Mad Max, while at the 2016 festival, she opted instead for a daring tuxedo for the premiere of The Last Face. More recently, with the premieres of The Huntsman: Winter’s War and Fast and Furious 8, Theron has mixed up her Dior looks with ensembles by Gucci, Saint Laurent, and Altuzarra, capably traversing between casual tops and skirts and statement formalwear. (Theron seems to love a deep plunging neckline, too.) See the Oscar-winner and action star in her sequined, silk, and tuxedo finest, here.

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HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 28: Actress Charlize Theron arrives at the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

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Charlize Theron in Givenchy at the 24th annual American Cinematheque awards in Beverly Hills, California, March 2010.

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Charlize Theron in a Balenciaga blazer with Alexander McQueen clutch and Stella McCartney heels at the launch party for Rage in Los Angeles, California, September 2011.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the world premiere of Prometheus in London, England, May 2012.

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Charlize Theron in Stella McCartney at the 5th annual Variety Power of Women party in Beverly Hills, California, October 2013.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the Christian Dior Fall 2014 couture presentation in Paris, France, July 2014.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the 86th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, March 2014.

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Charlize Theron in Givenchy at the Help Haiti Home gala in Beverly Hills, California, January 2014.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the premiere of Mad Max: Fury Road at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 2015.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the premier of Mad Max: Fury Road in Los Angeles, California, May 2015.

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Charlize Theron in Alexander McQueen at W magazine’s Golden Globes party in Los Angeles, California, January 2012.

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Charlize Theron in Valentino at a photocall for Mad Max: Fury Road at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 2015.

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Charlize Theron in Givenchy at Life Ball 2015 in Vienna, Austria, May 2015.

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Charlize Theron in Tom Ford in Hong Kong, China, October 2015.

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Charlize Theron in Cushnie et Ochs at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills, California, May 2015.

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Charlize Theron in Altuzarra in Milan, March 2016.

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Charlize Theron in a Stella McCartney blouse and The Reformation skirt at a photocall for The Huntsman: Winter’s War in Hamburg, Germany, March 2016.

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Charlize Theron in a Saint Laurent blouse, Chloé skirt, and Alexandre Vauthier heels at a photocall for The Huntsman: Winter’s War in Milan, Italy, March 2016.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the Asia premiere of The Huntsman: Winter’s War in Singapore, April 2016.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the premiere of The Huntsman: Winter’s War in Westwood, California, April 2016.

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Charlize Theron in Christian Dior Couture at the premiere of The Last Face at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 2016.

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Charlize Theron in Givenchy at a photocall for The Last Face at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 2017.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the 89th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 2017.

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Charlize Theron in Saint Laurent at the amfAR Hong Kong gala in Hong Kong, March 2017.

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Charlize Theron in Dior at the premiere of Fast and Furious 8 in Paris, France, April 2017.

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Charlize Theron in Gucci at a photocall for Fast and Furious 8 in Madrid, Spain, April 2017.

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Charlize Theron in Christian Dior Couture at the premiere of Fast and Furious 8 in Berlin, Germany, April 2017.