Paloma Elsesser is taking us back to 2000 with her vintage animal-print Roberto Cavalli gown. If you were an Aaliyah [1] fan, you would've quickly noticed that the dress Paloma was wearing was actually what the singer famously wore to the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards [2]! If you need a little reminding, the Cavalli number featured super thin straps and had an asymmetrical hemline. Most importantly, it came in a yellow and black tiger print and even had a fuzzy trim along the hem of the gown. It looks like Paloma wore the dress to a wedding because she captioned the photo, "thee dress for thee wedding <3 love u 5ever more."
Clearly, we're not the only ones who fell in love with Paloma re-creating Aaliyah [3]'s look because some of her famous model friends chimed in in the comment section. Her pal Gigi Hadid wrote "PERFECT!" on the photo, while Emily Ratajkowski commented, "Wow 😍" TBH, they're not wrong at all because Paloma looked incredible in the archival piece. Keep reading to see how Paloma styled the look in 2021. Then, take a look back at the late singer Aaliyah rocking the look back in 2000.