Angelina Jolie Makes Her Triumphant Return to the Golden Globes in a Crystallized Sheer Naked Gown

Her McQueen dress looks like thousands of diamond chain necklaces strung together.

Angelina Jolie attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Angelina Jolie's style is known to be classic. Her minimal, timeless, and trend-proof aesthetic is mostly comprised of black and luxurious fabrics that boast an "if you, you know" appeal. With her 2025 Golden Globes red carpet look, Jolie adds a few other adjectives to her personal fashion lexicon: dramatic, subtly sheer, and loud luxury.

The actress arrived at the 82nd annual Golden Globes in a McQueen gown embellished entirely with a silver fringe gown that looked like thousands of diamond and chain necklaces strung together. The base of her gown was sheer, with nude mesh peeking out beneath her look's draped hardware. It was naked dressing done the Jolie way—refined and undeniably glamorous.

For jewelry, Jolie chose dangling diamond earrings, sculptural hoops, and a red gemstone ring.

Angelina Jolie in McQueen at the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet.

Another look at Jolie's dress.

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Jolie is nominated in the Best Actress in a Drama category for her portrayal of opera legend Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Maria (Netflix). Though the actress's Golden Globes red carpet dress was different in aesthetic to what the late singer wore, it carried the same tune of full-on drama that Callas was known for.

Zahara Jolie and Angelina Jolie attend the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

Jolie with her daughter Zahara on the red carpet.

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Jolie's look undeniably tops the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet best-dressed list. Bonus points, too, considering the gown is "more comfortable than you think," as Jolie told Variety on the red carpet. The actress also shared that her daughter, Zahara, signed off for approval before leaving the house, making the fashion moment a family decision.

Angelina Jolie attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

Angelina Jolie in McQueen at the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet.

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During her Maria press tour, Jolie has been hinting that her style is evolving into a more theatrical and expressive direction. At the film's premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, the two-time Academy Award winner wore a champagne-colored fluted gown with cascading chiffon ruffles and strategic draping along the waist. A tan fur stole draped across her chest and cinched with a golden brooch completed the look.

Angelina Jolie attends a red carpet for the movie "Maria" during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at on August 29, 2024 in Venice, Italy.

Angelina Jolie at the "Maria" premiere during the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

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The 2025 Golden Globes mark Jolie's first return to the TV and film ceremony since 2018. At the Golden Globes seven years ago, Jolie chose a black strapless column gown with a sheer top layer lined with dark feather trim.

Actor/director Angelina Jolie arrives to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018

Angelina Jolie at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2018.

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Welcome back to the Golden Globes—we've missed you and your red carpet style, Angelina.

Emma Childs
Fashion Features Editor

Emma is the fashion features editor at Marie Claire, where she explores the intersection of style and human interest storytelling. She covers viral styling tips—like TikTok's "Olsen Tuck" and Substack's "Shirt Sandwiches"—and has written dozens of runway-researched trend reports about the ready-to-wear silhouettes, shoes, bags, and colors to shop for each season. Above all, Emma enjoys connecting with real people to discuss all facets of fashion, from picking a designer's brain to speaking with stylists, entertainers, artists, and C-suite executives about how to find a personal style as you age and reconnect with your clothes postpartum.

Emma also wrote for The Zoe Report, Editorialist, Elite Daily, Bustle, and Mission Magazine. She studied Fashion Studies and New Media at Fordham University Lincoln Center and launched her own magazine, Childs Play Magazine, in 2015 as a creative pastime. When Emma isn't waxing poetic about niche fashion discourse on the internet, you'll find her stalking eBay for designer vintage, reading literary fiction on her Kindle, doing hot yoga, and "psspsspssp-ing" at bodega cats.