As she releases her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey we look back at 30 years of Mariah’s style from the classic 90s/00s jeans and nice top to becoming the Queen of Christmas
Baby Mariah with Will Smith at Kiis FM Endless Summer Jam September 1988, wearing a yellow scrunchie and a tank dress borrowed from her friend Josefin.
At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards with Whitney Houston, performing a skit in matching Vera Wang slip dresses that almost didn’t happen. Mariah’s dress didn’t arrive at the venue and had to be bought to the theatre via police escort.
Performing with Ms Ross, wearing Versace at the VH1 Divas 2000: Tribute to Diana Ross. The dresses were Mariah’s own and a last minute swap for the intended “hideous green sequinned gowns”.
On set for the Obsessed video. It was reported the hoody wearing character played by Mariah was based on Eminem, with whom she had been romantically linked in the past and has a long running feud.
Following a dislocated shoulder on a video shoot, Mariah sported a series of bling slings on the red carpet and at a charity performance, including a black feather one.
Performing at her All I Want For Christmas Is You tour at Madison Square Garden, New York, wearing a dress inspired by the one worn by her childhood idol Marilyn Monroe, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Wearing Balmain to the A Fall From Grace premiere in New York, January 2020. The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis is published by Macmillan.
