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From Bodycon Mini Skirts to Custom Louis Vuitton Gowns, This is Emma Stone's Life in Looks
Vogue cover star Emma Stone's instalment of Life in Looks begins with a gasp—shock, horror! It's the 2007 premiere of Superbad, Stone's first serious red carpet appearance. Her long copper red hair sits in an of-the-era, half-up-half-down style with a deep side part, and she's wearing a cornflower blue mini dress with a puffed top and bodycon skirt, paired with black stilettos. So far, so very '07. For Stone, the image represents a transformative time—her breakout debut, her first major public appearances, and a press run with some of her best friends.
'I don't think there's going to be a moment in here where I'm full of regret,' Stone says. 'What's the point? Every time period of your life is different.'
That sentiment holds true for all of five seconds. 'Oh my…I told you before I wasn't going to say I regret anything...I immediately am going against that,' she says when she turns to an image from the Critics Choice Awards in 2011, where she's wearing a shimmering silver Balenciaga halter-neck gown. It's not the dress though, it's the glowing spray tan. Dressing up and looking glamorous, to Scottsdale, Arizona-born Stone, required a deep spray tan.
Next up that same year was the Golden Globe Awards, wearing a peach Calvin Klein dress. Again, same issue: beautiful gown, unfortunate skin tint. 'I really thought the tan was the move,' she says. But it was a brilliant night, where she brought her mom and sat next to Angelina Jolie.
Then comes the 2012 Academy Awards—where Stone hosted alongside Ben Stiller and wore a raspberry red, bow-necked Giambattista Valli gown—and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 premiere in London, where she opted for a canary yellow, nipped in waist Versace gown with her hair set in old school Hollywood waves. It was this film where she first met Andrew Garfield, Sally Field, and Mark Webb. 'The recurring theme is the people more than the film itself,' she says. The press tour, though, was another story: 'I remember it being nine countries in two weeks…you're functioning at a state of jet lag never previously known to you. I felt truly psychotic at this time. I'm half dead in this photo, but I love the look.' It's through these years that we see Stone find bolder, confident silhouettes and a striking, playful color palette.
