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Lana Del Rey channels Julia Roberts’s red dress from ‘Pretty Woman’

By Soraya Roberts | The Juice – Wed, 22 Feb, 2012 11:21 AM EST

Fred Duval/FilmMagic, Touchstone Pictures

Lana Del Rey looked like a pretty woman at the BRIT Awards on Tuesday night.

The "Video Games" singer wore a poppy red, floor-length Vivienne Westwood gown that recalled Julia Roberts's famous red dress from "Pretty Woman."

The two dresses share not only the same colour palette, they also boast a plunging dart neckline, off-shoulder sleeves, and a gathered waist.

In the 1990 film, Roberts sports the number (created by costume designer Marilyn Vance) for a visit to the opera, pairing it with long, white gloves.

But one of the most famous frocks in history almost wasn't.

"Did you know that it almost wasn't red?" Vance told Elle magazine two years ago. "The studio really wanted black, but I knew it needed to be red."

Vance created three different versions and shot Roberts in each one, but with the "right shade" of poppy, she eventually managed to "convince everyone to go my direction."

Thankfully for Del Rey, it seems as though her version of the red gown brought her some luck: The singer won the International Breakthrough Award last night, her first BRIT.

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31 comments

missy1972 • Markham, Ontario • 2 months ago
no swag at the front, different shade of red. sleeves are different, different neckline (one is not a dart), no ruching. one dress just hangs, the other is beautiful
spunkygirl • Winnipeg, Manitoba • 2 months ago
So not the same dress. Yahoo must be pretty desperate for celebrity news.
L • Kamloops, British Columbia • 2 months ago
2 long red dresses off the shoulder, but they don't look the same to me. There are only some many ways to design a dress.
Quint • Montreal, Quebec • 2 months ago
Channels Pretty Woman Dress??? Listen dear - it's time to change the channel
Mike • 2 months ago
They're both red dresses....big deal?
Neon • Toronto, Ontario • 2 months ago
Well Yahoo... you get another gold medal for the most stupid and useless story of 2012!
mogpinair • Thetford Mines, Quebec • 2 months ago
So, if you wear a red dress that is off the shoulders, you're copying Julia Roberts? Different shade, no gloves, different front, no arm "poofy" things...oh yeah, almost identical. NOT.
Lumeena • Toronto, Ontario • 2 months ago
similar but not same
choosey • Collingwood, Ontario • 2 months ago
There is no story here. They are very different. The only thing they have in common is that they are red!
Lily • 2 months ago
just because they're both red it doesn't make them the same. they are nothing alike. i personally would wear Julia's dress, its sexier.
CUTHBERTSON • Greater Sudbury, Ontario • 2 months ago
Lana Del Rey is actually a pretty woman, and looks great in the red dress, or anything she might put on. The movie "Pretty Woman" used sarcasm in the title, and started out with street smart pro, not pretty in any sense of the word.As the movie progresses the audience is treated to Julia becoming "pretty" as her inner beauty is allowed to show through as love changes her, hence pretty woman ( on the inside). Lana Del Rey would never work in a movie like that.She is REALLY PRETTY and the movie would lose impact.Cinderella (Lana)is always Cinderella, and doesn't "become" Cinderella because of a red dress.
Cal • Adelaide Metcalfe, Ontario • 2 months ago
What am I suppose to compare? They are two totally different dresses!
Rosey • Oshawa, Ontario • 2 months ago
Nothing the same..........not even the colour. Off the shoulder does not make it the same dress or even close.....duh..........where do they get these writers????
Bravo 007 • 2 months ago
two different personalities and dresses
markleaman50 • 2 months ago
Who cares!, She's gorgeous!!!
me • 2 months ago
i'm glad I'm not the only one that didnt see the same dress...AND I guarantee you a dress she wore the night of, when the award winners are already selected, had NOTHING to do with her winning...stupid writers...
♥Bettsy♥ • 2 months ago
Yawn.
cjf • Kitchener, Ontario • 2 months ago
Looks more like Jessica Rabbit.
2B1 ACE • Edmonton, Alberta • 2 months ago
Close but nope! Not the same dress.
bee-09 • 2 months ago
Lol when I read the title I was expecting to see her dressed up as a hooker