1992
These two children were there for Far and Away, and WHAT genius stuck them here for a photo op, when Tom Cruise clearly can't keep his eyes open? This is your job! Figure it out! Don't make him go all Squinty McGee up there if he doesn't have to! I say this as someone who is Squinty McGee all the TIME in photos. Even when it's not bright. I am hugely unphotogenic. Anyway, Nicole's vest and billowy pants are exactly right for 1992 and would make Brenda Walsh pass out from envy.
1992
This is not her most transportive look.
1995
I wish I could go back and tell 1996 Nicole Kidman to hold this dress for her 2001 Moulin Rouge premiere. (Here, it's for To Die For, I think? In which she is TREMENDOUS.)
1995
This is so dramatic. It's like when she's not with Tom, she is FREE. ... Am I projecting? Probably.
2001
The shoes are silly with this, but damn, she looks EXCELLENT in the dress.
2001 in Yves Saint Laurent
I find this dress a bit sad, and fussy in uninspiring ways.
2001
I assume these hotels just keep one or two totally empty rooms for interviews, and the occasional photo shoot that makes it look like said celeb is staying there. Which she might be, but I highly doubt you get photographers coming to your ACTUAL suite. It does look like she is wearing the actual trench she throws on during her regular life to run errands.
2003
That is AWFULLY cocktail, and also, those shoes are awfully... awful. Or wrong, at least. They don't belong here.
2003
Neither does the butt buckle.
2003 in Pucci
That's fun and loud and PERFECT for a South of France party. I assume.
2012 in Antonio Berardi
And now we vault all the way to 2012. Nine years of Kidmanless Cannes! Cannes it be true? Anyway, she's here with Matty Mac for The Paperboy, the Lee Daniels flick in which I believe she seduces Zac Efron. And she looks fantastic in this. Her calves are great.
2012 in Lanvin
This rose hue is fabulous on her.
2012 in Dior
I also appreciate the practicality of wearing the same pair of shoes to both daytime photocalls. You don't need to pack a dozen. Although I probably would; I am a notoriously terrible packer. I find this hairdo has aged her ten years from two slides ago.
2012
But this hairdo is a HILARIOUS MESS. She looks like a five-year old who messed up her Sunday School hair by rolling around on the lawn first.
2012 in Ralph Lauren
Which is a shame, because the gown is a glittering deco delight.
2013 in McQueen
She began her jury stint in fantastic towering pink heels and a beautiful black dress. It's JUST interesting enough that she clearly didn't phone it in, but it's also very I'm Here For Business.
2013 in Dior
That is dreamy as hell.
2013
This is also super. Her lipstick is perfection.
2013 in L'Wren Scott
Aw. I love this gown. L'Wren Scott's death by suicide was so tragic.
2013 in CK
I wonder if all that leather is heavy.
2013 in Chanel
She really should have ripped off the skirt and turned it into a shawl, to cover how badly the top fits.
2013 in Valentino
Stunning. SO GOOD. Which, coming from me -- someone who typically bewails beige gowns -- is saying something. Her makeup is perfect with it.
2013 in Armani
That is also awesome.
2014 in Altuzarra
This is great, and also for a hot second I really thought she looked like Tall Kylie Minogue.
2014 in Armani
That is garish and intense for me.
2017
To look at my house, you would not guess that I am fussy about things, but I keep wanting to yank those traps back over her shoulders and then remembering they're not the actual straps. Gaaah. The rest is fun?
2017 in Calvin Klein by Appointment
Nicole Kidman in a tutu was unexpected, to be sure, but also rather appealing.
2017 in Chanel
Why black shoes, Nicole?!? I like that she validated the pink belt with the lipstick, but the slick hair reads a bit chilly. I wonder how this would have looked without the bolero and with her hair loose.
2017 in Versace
Like, this hair is soft and sexy perfection; it's so much better.
2017 in Kors
We only had a good group shot of this dress, but that's okay. Hello, friends! I am admittedly torn on Nicole's dress. I will look at it one minute and love it, and then another, the fringe seems too random. But then I look back again and it seems fab, and then... around and around we go.
2017 in McQueen
I don't really like this, but she's doing Rooney Mara better than Rooney does.
2017 in Rodarte
GAH. I sincerely thought this was Gucci, and then MAYBE Chanel, but no, it's Rodarte. It's fussy as a baby with colic.
2017 in Armani
I am not sure why this has a slight dropped waist; I think it would look cleaner on her if it hit her true waist. But it's SO FUN. I love the pattern. Two thumbs up. Can't wait to see you back, Nicole.