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Who loves short-shorts? Kristen Stewart counts herself a fan

There is one outfit I would pick to sum up the spirit of Kristen Stewart's style, and it's a look that anyone who was sentient in the early 2000s will recognise – and very likely cringe at. I'm talking about a big tutu skirt and a busted-up pair of Converse All-Stars. (Why were we so obsessed?) Think Hilary Duff in The Perfect Man or perhaps more fittingly, Bella Swan attending her prom in Twilight.

The look, if you can call it that, captures the high-low of Stewart's personal style. On one hand, she's an ambassador for CHANEL, with a fashion repertoire that includes soft pink tweed skirt suits. Then again, Stewart plays by her own rules. In the past, she's cut her hair into mullets, cropped pixies and dyed it every colour imaginable. You're just as likely to catch her in CHANEL hot pants as you are a band tee, backwards cap, and skinny jeans. There's no formula, only what she feels like, and there's always a sense that the clothes are there to serve her, not the other way around.

It's an offhand approach we could all use a little more of. And together with the help of her longtime stylist Tara Swennen, the pair have pinned down a formula that works. Every red carpet Kristen Stewart appears on provides something unexpected. As the actor and director begins promoting her latest film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, we're reminded of her individual approach to dressing. And if there's a lesson in this, it's that when we get dressed we don't owe anyone consistency.

Below, find the best of Kristen Stewart's style over the years, including her standout red carpet moments.

 

 

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At the Los Angeles premiere of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.

 

 

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Out and about in Los Angeles, wearing a black T-shirt, denim shorts and an orange beanie.

 

 

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In a Brunello Cucinelli look promo work in New York City for Love Lies Bleeding.

 

At Emma Roberts' wedding.

 

 

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A Thom Browne ensemble for the Los Angeles Special Screening of Sacramento.

 

 

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In NYC for The Chronology of Water promo.

 

 

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Wearing Chanel AW26 at the screening of Full Phil during the Cannes Film Festival 2026.

 

 

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In a sheer CHANEL two-piece.

 

 

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Another Thom Browne moment, promoting Love Me.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL to the 2023 Met Gala.

 

 

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Wearing Dickies at Sundance 2023.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL, Mother Denim and vintage trousers to the Love Lies Bleeding premiere at Sundance 2024.

 

 

 

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In a vintage suit to the premiere of May December.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL to the French Maison's 2023 Metier's d'Art show in Manchester.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL, vintage, and Garrett Leight glasses while promoting Living for the Dead in New York City, October 2023.

 

Wearing CHANEL to the Berlinale Film Festival 2023.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL to the Pre-Oscar dinner in 2023.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL to the premiere of Crimes of the Future at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

 

 

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Dressed in CHANEL on the 2022 Oscars Red Carpet.

 

 

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Wearing CHANEL to Venice Film Festival at the world premiere of Spencer in 2021.

 

Wearing CHANEL while attending the Personal Shopper premiere in New York in 2016.

 

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