Sabrina Carpenter's Red Carpet Style: From Child Star to Pop Princess

Carpenter has never shied away from a referential red carpet look and this butter yellow Prada dress only continued that pattern. Her blinged-out gown took cues from a similar piece Kate Hudson made famous in the 2003 movie, How to Lose a Guy In Ten Days.

The Short n’ Sweet singer put her twist on C.E.O. suiting for Pharrell Williams’s Louis Vuitton Men’s show in Paris. She stepped out in a strong-shouldered power blazer, worn sans pants, that she accessorized with a white speedy bag, black tie, and heels.

In a dramatic princess dress, Carpenter certainly channeled the “Sleeping Beauties” aspect of the 2024 Met Gala dress code with her custom Oscar de La Renta look.

Carpenter sizzled in black during the Vanity Fair Oscar after party in this croc-embossed and sequined Tory Burch number.

For a pre-Grammy Gala, Carpenter went simple in a ruched LBD that featured a steep side slit and floral embroidery at the waist.

A princess twist on the sheer red carpet trend, courtesy of Vera Wang, for the 2023 MTV VMAs.

For the 2023 Billboard Women In Music event, the singer flashed her abs in a Cong Tri confection.

Carpenter indulged in a disco diva moment with this fringe matching set at the 2022 American Music Awards.

Carpenter pulled out one of her edgier red carpet moments for the 2022 Fashion Awards in London. She slipped into a mustard yellow Alberta Ferretti gown that was designed with a plunging neckline and a matching hood.

In an ab-baring Moschino number, Carpenter went all in on retro florals at the 2022 MTV VMAs.

When she’s not in some sort of statement color or pattern, the hitmaker tends to prefer plenty of skin-baring details for her red carpet moments. Here, she sported a Mônot gown to the 2022 amfAR Gala.

Carpenter made a splash for her debut Met Gala appearance in 2022. She sparkled in a Paco Rabanne set composed of a bra top and a high-impact skirt.

The star wrapped up her cut-out David Koma dress with an exposed bra top at the 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards.

For the 2021 ACE Awards, Carpenter looked like red carpet royalty with this floral Carolina Herrera number.

Carpenter has dabbled in the exposed underwear trend at multiple points throughout her red carpet career, but her rhinestoned look for the 2020 MTV Movie & TV Awards proved to be her most on-the-nose adaptation yet.

Carpenter suited up for the premiere of Tall Girl in a plunging ivory set.

The singer looked chic in pinstripe Tom Ford at the 2018 Peoples’ Choice Awards.

Carpenter reinvented the bandage dress at the 2018 MTV VMAs in a va-va-voom Versace look that she paired with nude heels.

Well before Margot Robbie graced theater screens as Barbie, Carpenter presented a full-on Mattel pink moment at a 2017 Billboard event.

With a copy of Alice In Wonderland doubling as a clutch, Carpenter slipped into black and white lace for the 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards.

At the 2015 AMAs, Carpenter went with a patterned tea-length look that she paired with a blush pink clutch and strappy heels.

The actress sported high-waisted floral pants and an off-the-shoulder top to the opening night of Wicked in 2014.

Alongside fellow Disney actress Rowan Blanchard, Carpenter looked adorable at a 2013 festival.

Then 12, Carpenter attended one of her first red carpets for the premiere party of Disney’s Once Upon A Princess.