Tyla’s F/W 2000 Cavalli gown is made from blue satin chiffon, its hem embellished with fox fur petals. The look is an ode to R&B legend Aaliyah’s VMA dress from 2000, though Tyla isn’t the first to pay tribute – Kim Kardashian and Paloma Elsesser have also worn versions in the past.
Yesterday evening (November 10), the MTV Europe Music Awards took place at the Co-op Live arena, welcoming a host of music’s most famous faces to Manchester. Among them, former Dazed cover star and South African sensation Tyla made her EMA debut, scooping up three awards and making history as the first African artist to win three times in one night.
Of course, being Tyla, she made history in style – paying tribute to not one, but two legends: the late, great Roberto Cavalli, and Aaliyah, who wore an almost identical gown to the VMAs in 2000. For her EMA debut, Tyla turned to the Cavalli archives to pull a blue version of Aaliyah’s iconic zebra-print look.
It’s not the first time the amapiano pop star has pulled from the archives. In fact, since rocketing into the public eye with the success of her viral single “Water” in 2023, she’s become a regular contender for best dressed on most carpets. In the gallery above, we take a look back at some of her best red carpet moments from the past two years.
