Cara Delevingne puts a shirtless spin on Gwyneth Paltrow’s iconic Tom Ford pantsuit

Cara Delevingne sported a purple velvet suit styled sans shirt at Tom Ford’s spring 2027 Paris Fashion Week show. Getty Images for TOM FORD

She’s following suit.

Cara Delevingne took her front-row seat at Tom Ford’s Paris Fashion Week show Wednesday night in a bare-chested reboot of a red carpet classic.

Her purple velvet pantsuit (worn sans shirt) called to mind Gwyneth Paltrow’s 1996 MTV VMAs look, a crimson velvet two-piece Ford designed during his Gucci days.

The model’s look had echoes of Gwyneth Paltrow’s 1996 MTV VMAs suit. Getty Images for TOM FORD
The red velvet blazer and matching trousers were designed by Tom Ford for Gucci. WireImage

Delevingne, 34, accented the plunging ensemble with pops of red — a burgundy clutch and pointed-toe pumps, plus a cherry red belt and manicure. She wore her hair swept into an updo with curtain bangs and finished with green-tinted glasses.

Paltrow, now 54, styled the original suit with a pale blue satin shirt left open at the collar and coordinating scarlet platform heels.

Alessandro Michele resurrected the design 25 years later for Gucci’s 100th anniversary collection, sharpening the lapels and widening the leg.

In 2021, Alessandro Michele reissued the suit for Gucci’s centennial. FilmMagic, Inc
“Beautiful tailoring never goes out of style,” the Goop founder wrote after wearing the updated version. Getty Images for Gucci
Delevingne added pops of red throughout, from her nails to her pointed pumps. Fannyrlphotography / BACKGRID

The Goop founder slipped into Michele’s take for the brand’s Love Parade show on Hollywood Boulevard in November 2021, styled with a near-identical blue button-down.

“Beautiful tailoring never goes out of style,” she wrote on Instagram at the time, crediting “the master” Ford with the original she “borrowed in 1996.”

Delevingne’s rock-n-roll rework — hers designed by Haider Ackermann, who took the reins at Tom Ford in 2024 — is fitting given her path as a burgeoning musician.

The multihyphenate star released her debut album, “Not Normal,” on Sept. 25, and last week made her late-night performance debut on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

She also cameos in Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” music video, which premiered during Sunday’s MTV VMAs — 30 years after Paltrow’s velvet moment at the same awards show.

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