ALBAWABA - Sydney Sweeney keeps putting out looks that are influenced by old Hollywood movies.
The 28-year-old actress has consistently graced the red carpet, from press junkets to award shows. One style that has been making an appearance in her outfit is vintage glamour. She certainly delivered a stunning display of retro chic at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
The Euphoria star went to the event on February 8 as one of the 2026 Virtuosos Award recipients. She wore a beautiful Ceil Chapman dress that was almost exactly the same as the one Marilyn Monroe wore on the cover of LIFE magazine in April 1952.
Sweeney's outfit, which she got from Timeless Vixen, looked a lot like the one that was worn by the late star 73 years ago. It had an off-the-shoulder shape and a round brooch in the middle. It also had over-the-top ruching that made it look like it tightened the waist even more. Nude shoes went well with the cream color.
Many famous people liked the designer Ceil Chapman. Marilyn Monroe wore one of her clothes on the 1952 LIFE cover, along with Elizabeth Taylor, Jayne Mansfield, Deborah Kerr, and Eva Gabor. LA's ADSU FISM Museum says that Chapman started her own business in 1940, a year after launching Her Ladyship Gowns with Gloria Vanderbilt and Thelma Vanderbilt, her twin sister. On July 13, 1979, she passed away.
It wasn't long ago that Sweeney had another Monroe-inspired moment at the Dec. 15 opening of The Housemaid in Los Angeles. In a deep-V-necked white Galia Lahav wedding dress with a feathered circle skirt, she looked just like that famous scene from The Seven Year Itch (1955). A reporter from The Hollywood Reporter says that Monroe's outfit from the movie sold at auction for $4.6 million in 2011. It was part of Debbie Reynolds's collection of memorabilia.
There was also the time when Sweeney caught Monroe's beauty while she was naked. She wore nothing but a statement Chopard Haute Joaillerie jewelry and her blonde hair curled in a way that reminded people of Marilyn Monroe's signature glam for the cover of W Magazine's Annual Best Performances Issue in January.
