And her beloved late mother would be the first to let her know.
As Kidman toldWmagazine in 2025, “My mama thought I had many bad red carpet looks.
I remember wearing a headdress once to the Golden Globes.
I didn’t know what I was doing.
Got to have a few train wrecks!”
Hey, you’re free to’t always get it right.
To paraphrase her aforementioned AMC advert, her style has not just entertained, but she has baffled.
Yes, even someone as fashion-forward as her has made a few passe sartorial moves.
However, Nicole Kidman took that phrase more literally.
It was sadly more of a miss than a hit.
His designs were often seen as so out there that they looked like vintage garments.
It isn’t the best look for someone who spends most of their life in a costume anyway.
“The Northman” star’s look wasn’t timeless it was about a hundred years off-trend.
They were the Hollywood power couple du jour after all.
Her hair, which was done in a single loose plait, was adorned with a coral ribbon.
But she was about ten years late to the boho trend.
Boho, a term connoting free-spirited and unrestricted tailoring, was a trend that first emerged in the ’70s.
In the early 2000s, the aesthetic came back with a vengeance.
“The early ’00s were pre-social media, and it was right at the boom of the paparazzi blogs.
By all accounts, ’70s style may never go away for good.
But hey, timing is everything.
With this ‘fit, Kidman was trying to be extravagant in a time that was all about minimalism.
The overall result gives the sense that this is just another bold Kidman experiment that failed.
We’ve got to give her props for trying though she certainly never dresses down.
Alas, this dress was both too much and too late.
“I’m also partial to a tie and a suit.
“My first purchase when I’d saved all my per diem money was an Alaia suit.
I wish I kept it.
It cost a fortune.”
A suit, of course, can be fashion-forward and edgy.
It looked like something an elected official would wear when moonlighting as a lab tech.
That’s exactly what Nicole Kidman did at the 1988 Logie Awards in her native Australia.
Her ensemble was entirely blue, from the dress to the accessories.
The bang out of dress that Kidman wore has, thankfully, been consigned to the dustbin of history.
We’re not sure it’s one even she’d want to see again let alone wear.
But this time, she looked like she was trying to revive the novelty tuxedo t-shirt trend.
Not the best look in the 21st century at the ACM Awards.
The ironic T-shirt look, in general, has been in and out of the fashion zeitgeist.
Kidman was not quite wearing an ironic T-shirt but it bore a striking resemblance.
If a look cannot be dated, it is perpetually out of date.
She finished off the look with some metallic silver shoes, which offered a festive pop of holiday cheer.
So what makes this look feel outdated?
Frankly, the color choice.
This might’ve landed better had she gone with a blazer that actually matched the olive pants.
But this 2003 look was a little too costume-y.
That’s exactly what the “Big Little Lies” star did.
The “Eyes Wide Shut” actor ticks all of those boxes here.
These ingredients took their toll, often leaving skin grey and shriveled.
