All five feet of Sabrina Carpenter arrived at the VMAs 2024, and she came armed with the top album in the country, a juicy love triangle to play with, and an…Old Hollywood-inspired long bob? I guess both Carpenter’s album and her hair are Short n’ Sweet! (Sorry.)
The “Please Please Please” singer’s hyper-feminine aesthetic has drawn comparisons to Marilyn Monroe and Madonna since “Espresso” went viral, but now that the 25-year-old is rocking this Old Hollywood-inspired haircut—which appears to be several inches shorter than the lengthy blonde ‘do for which she’s known—she’s identical to both.
Apparently, that was intentional: According to Vogue, Carpenter and her stylist Jared Ellner reached out to Tab Vintage “with an incredible mood board” for the look, eventually opting for a silver beaded Bob Mackie dress from 1991 which was originally designed for Madonna to wear to perform at the Academy Awards. But that’s not all—the design was also inspired by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Sabrina Carpenter at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards held at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images)Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
Clearly, Carpenter and her glam squad aced the assignment.
Sabrina Carpenter’s VMAs 2024 nominations include: artist of the year, song of the year (“Espresso”), best pop, best direction (“Please Please Please,” directed by Bardia Zeinali), best editing (“Espresso,” edited by Jai Shukla), and best art direction (“Please Please Please,” art direction by Nicholas des Jardins). She’s working late, ‘cuz she’s a singer…
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ELMONT, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 11: Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Catherine Powell/Getty Images for MTV)Catherine Powell/Getty Images
Last year, Sabrina Carpenter performed a mashup of “Nonsense” and “Feather,” her two biggest songs at the time. Now, she’s got multiple major hits, including “Please, Please, Please,” the possibly gossipy “Taste,” and the song of the summer, “Espresso.”
ELMONT, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 11: Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV)Mike Coppola/Getty Images
