Are you there, Reputation? It’s Rachel McAdams. The OG Regina George has fully entered her Rep era (dark feminine, highbrow-edgy, mostly black) with her latest red-carpet look.
Attending the Gotham Awards in New York City on November 27, the Oscar deserver wore a sheer black Givenchy gown with an opening at her sternum and ruching below the navel. With long sleeves and a high collar, the dress is definitely of the “less is more” school of sexiness, and it totally works. Add to that dark nails, two green rings, and a snakelike necklace from Bulgari, and suddenly the old Rachel can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Because she’s DEAD.
But she didn’t totally abandon her Canada’s Sweetheart status. No smoky eye or bold lip here, just simple makeup and face-framing money-piece highlights in her hair that make us wonder what a Gloria Steinem biopic starring Rachel McAdams would look like.
McAdams hasn’t been hitting too many red carpets lately, so it’s nice to see her getting the attention she deserves! Last time we checked in with her, she was posing for a “minimally retouched” photo shoot that left in her (perfectly normal) armpit hair, a decision we so support. Of the naturally gorgeous pics, she said at the time, “I’ve had two children. This is my body, and I think that’s so important to reflect back out to the world. It’s okay to look your best and work at it and be healthy, but that’s different for everyone.”
She also opened up about following her intuition, which told her it was time to take a mental health break right when she was being offered the lead role in The Devil Wears Prada and other future hits. “I felt guilty for not capitalizing on the opportunity that I was being given, because I knew I was in such a lucky spot,” she reflected. “But I also knew it wasn’t quite jiving with my personality and what I needed to stay sane.” Guess you could say she got smarter, she got harder in the nick of time…
