From the start of her career, Anne Hathaway has been known for portraying onscreen characters with some seriously aspirational style transformations. Her breakout role in The Princess Diaries centered around her makeover from ordinary teen to princess of Genovia, and a few years later, Hathaway famously went from average college graduate to Chanel-clad fashion assistant Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada. But on the red carpet, Hathaway’s personal style transformation didn’t occur until much later.

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After working with several stylists over the first two decades of her career, the Oscar-winning actress had a fashion renaissance of her own when she began working with stylist Erin Walsh. Initially teaming up in 2019 during the press tour for the television series Modern Love, the duo would completely redefine Hathaway’s sartorial presence by 2022, earning the actress an ambassadorial role with Bulgari and a Versace campaign in the process.

“Erin sees my idiosyncrasies as a strength,” Hathaway told The Hollywood Reporter of why her collaboration with Walsh works. “Maybe there was an initial confusion with me because I was introduced to the world as a teenaged princess, but I never actually connected to things that are ‘sweet’ and ‘pretty’—no shade at all for those wonderful options. I love the right risk, as does she.”

From her earliest red carpet days in Disney’s The Princess Diaries to the 2022 style transformation that put her at the front of the fashion pack, these are some of Hathaway’s most memorable red carpet moments.

To celebrate her breakout role in The Princess Diaries, Hathaway wore a simple strapless mauve dress to the Los Angeles premiere, which she accessorized with a matching clutch.

Hathaway opted for a more elaborate gown to attend her first Golden Globe Awards, wearing a bright pink Elie Saab design that included sequin and beaded embroidery at the bust, floral appliqués and a floral watercolor train with a side slit.

Blame it on the trends of the early 2000s or, as Hathaway put it, the “stylist who shall not be named” that helped her with this Ella Enchanted premiere look; but this embroidered pink dress over jeans combo shows just how dramatically Hathaway’s red carpet style has changed in the years since.

Taking a more sophisticated direction with her styling, Hathaway wore a black, one-shoulder silhouette gown with ruffle details and satin trim along the bodice and skirt for the premiere of her film Brokeback Mountain.

For the New York City premiere of The Devil Wears Prada, the actress chose a bold red gown with cape sleeves and a scoop neckline.

Wearing a strapless tiered gown, Hathaway took to the stage at the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards to help honor Julie Andrews—whom she worked with on The Princess Diaries—as she received the Life Achievement Award.

Hathaway turned to the Marchesa fall 2008 collection for this one-shoulder red gown, trimmed with rosettes and accessorized simply with diamond drop........

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