Here’s A Side-By-Side Of Sabrina Carpenter At The Grammys And Shirley MacLaine’s 1964 Backless Dress She Seemingly Referenced

Sabrina Carpenter’s Grammys look recalled a dress made famous 60 years ago, and only she could pull it off so well.
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The Short n’ Sweet singer received two awards from her four nominations.

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Her mega-hit song “Espresso” was named Best Pop Solo Performance.

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And the album on which the song appears, Short n’ Sweet, won Best Pop Vocal Album.
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In typical fashion, Sabrina walked the red carpet in a sexy mid-century-inspired dress that recalled other legendary stars’s looks of the past.
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Sabrina once again appeared to reference a celeb that came before her on the red carpet Sunday night in her JW Anderson gown.
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Sabrina’s backless baby blue dress with a sparkling pendant draped across her back recalled Shirley MacLaine’s memorable look in the 1964 film What a Way to Go!
Here’s a side-by-side:
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While neither Sabrina nor JW Anderson has directly said Shirley in What a Way to Go! was a reference, she nailed the interpretation…intentionally or not.
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