Billie Eilish might have left empty-handed after last night's Grammy Awards, but her outfit was a typically directional take on red carpet dressing that, in this writer's eyes at least, blew her competition out of the water.
Side-stepping an obvious kind of glamour, Eilish turned to Prada, wearing black-and-white separates to put a fresh spin on tailoring. Crowning the look with the brand's sailor's cap, micro sunglasses and a chunky silver chain that decorated the waistband of her trousers, it certainly turned heads on the internet.
'She looks like she runs a poetry workshop at the library,' said one user on Instagram. 'This is actually giving a ‘90s red carpet vibe. I’m here for it,' said another, referring to an era when a premiere or indeed an awards ceremony didn't automatically mean gowns. Instead, A-listers wore things like jeans and even carried handbags (imagine!), showing off their personal style with a more relaxed approach to step-and-repeat dressing that you rarely see today.
Despite being born in 2001, Eilish is distinctly '90s, not so much in aesthetic but in the way she always prioritises her personal style in preference to outfits that break the internet. Long may it continue.
Natalie Hammond is senior fashion news editor at Grazia. She previously worked at The Times - and has written for publications including The Telegraph, The Financial Times and gal-dem. She loves a ludicrously capacious bag (sorry, Tom!) and has never met a pair of clogs she wouldn’t wear. Find her on Instagram.