Ariana Grande on the Wicked way to dress for the evening

Ariana Grande on the Wicked way to dress for the evening

Ariana Grande on the Wicked way

Opera gloves made a marked return, following a pique in interest in the old-world accessory over the last few years. Just see Carey Mulligan in long velvet gloves and an archival ’50s Balenciaga gown at last year’s Oscars, and updated versions on runways from Vaquera to JW Anderson. For the Globes, Kerry Washington and Ali Wong—both in Balenciaga—wore black, bicep-skimming formal gloves, creating a striking contrast with their hot pink and cherry red dresses, respectively. (Washington’s diamond ring slipped over her glove? Okay, Miss Lauren Bacall!) And Pamela Anderson, who was up for her lead performance in The Last Showgirl—a film in which the burlesque-inspired costumes lean more sensual—chose to return to the Golden Globes after a 19-year absence in a high-drama black glove set cinched with a diamond bracelet.

Elsewhere, Ariana Grande divested herself from the Wicked way of dressing for the evening—though her look wouldn’t look entirely out of place in Glinda’s wardrobe: She opted for white gloves, paired with a butter yellow beaded and petal-skirted Givenchy haute couture gown from 1966. It seemed a significant portion of attendees were gunning for the main role in that long-rumored Audrey Hepburn biopic with their looks which is, allegedly, in development and set to star Rooney Mara—but who’s going to get in Grande’s way right now.

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