Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down18 Celebrity Optical Illusion Dresses That'll Make You Do A Double TakeI can't stop staring.by Mychal ThompsonBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Over the years, Iris van Herpen, Thom Browne, and other designers have mystified red carpets with their hypnotic dresses on the biggest celebrities. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images Here are 18 optical illusion outfits worn by celebrities that you must see: 1. Cynthia Erivo wore a Thom Browne black gown to the Mexico City premiere for Wicked that created the optical illusion that she had two extra shadowy hands. Cristopher Rogel Blanquet / Getty Images 2. Elsa Hosk wore a Viktor & Rolf gown at the red carpet for La Passion De Dodin Bouffant at the Cannes Film Festival that was designed to look like she was wearing two different dresses at the same time Stephane Cardinale - Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images 3. Salma Hayek wore a bodycon dress with blue and green flowers printed on the front and black fabric on the sides that made it look like she had a tiny, cinched Jessica Rabbit-like waistline. @salmahayek / Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/salmahayek/p/C9nd3ymIRT3/?img_index=6 4. Jada Pinkett Smith wore a sheer, floor-length Iris van Herpen dress with the "hypnosis" technique to the Los Angeles premiere of Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic 5. Hunter Schafer wore a Daniel Roseberry design from the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023/2024 show at the Hunger Games: Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes premiere that looks like an oil-painted body based on Daniel's original artwork. Gerald Matzka / Getty Images 6. Demi Moore wore a pinstriped Thom Browne dress that was actually a giant tie at the 2025 Met Gala. John Shearer / WireImage 7. Kendall Jenner wore a David Koma minidress that looked like it was missing a top on a boat in 2023. @davidkoma / instagram.com 8. Jenna Ortega wore a red dress from the Oscar de la Renta Fall 2025 collection on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that appeared to be made of real glass but was actually hand-painted and embroidered polyamide. CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images 9. Tracee Ellis Ross wore a bright red 3D top from Sportmax's Spring-Summer 2025 collection to W magazine's Best Performances Party that looked like a censor to cover of seemingly bare chest. Charley Gallay / Getty Images for W Magazine 10. Janelle Monáe wore a mind-blowing minidress designed by Tony Ward at the 2024 NFL Honors. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic 11. Emma Watson wore a light blue Loewe dress with a wired bodice that created the illusion that the elements of the dress were floating in the air. @emmawatson / instagram.com 12. Emma Corrin wore a JW Anderson minidress that resembled a goldfish floating in a plastic bag at the European premiere for My Policeman at the 66th BFI London Film Festival. Jeff Spicer / Getty Images for BFI 13. Céline Dion wore an Iris van Herpen collab with artist Anthony Howe that looked like it was vibrating during a Paris Fashion Week show at Élysée Montmartre. NurPhoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images 14. Bella Hadid closed out the Coperni SS23 show for Paris Fashion Week in this dress made entirely out of spray-on fabric called Fabrican, applied by Dr. Manel Torres live on stage. Estrop / Getty Images 15. Lady Gaga wore a silver metallic Rabanne dress and flying saucer hat from Philip Treacy that made her body look split when she performed and accepted the award for Best Female at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards. Ian Gavan / Getty Images 16. Storm Reid wore a multi-colored blue Iris van Herpen dress with textures that looked like cascading water to the 2019 People's Choice Awards. Rodin Eckenroth / WireImage 17. Gwendoline Christie wore a "Suminagashi" ink dress from Iris van Herpen at the premiere of The Personal History of David Copperfield during the 2019 BFI London Film Festival. Mike Marsland / Mike Marsland/WireImage 18. Lastly, Kim Kardashian wore a Thierry Mugler dress to the 2019 Met Gala that was designed to look like it was dripping wet, and was homage to Sophia Loren's wet look in the 1957 film, Boy On A Dolphin. Karwai Tang / Getty Images Do you have a favorite? Share in the comments.
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18 Celebrity Optical Illusion Dresses That'll Make You Do A Double Take
August 17, 2025
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