PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 06: Eva Herzigova  walks the runway during the Thierry Mugler Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 1995-1996 fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on March 6, 1995 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Cover Eva Herzigova at the Thierry Mugler fall/winter 1995 couture show (Photo: Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 06: Eva Herzigova  walks the runway during the Thierry Mugler Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 1995-1996 fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on March 6, 1995 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Wondering what to wear to the Tatler Ball? Be inspired by some of the most unforgettable red dresses to ever grace the runway, the red carpet and the silver screen

The cat is out of the bag: the theme of this year’s much-awaited Tatler Ball is legendary.

This November 11, we invite you to show up looking and feeling your most powerful—in red, for good measure. It is our ruby anniversary, after all.

Whether that means taking up red carpet real estate with voluminous ballgowns and sweeping trains, flaunting your figure with cinched corsets and dramatic silhouettes, or shining in sequins and satin, we welcome all sartorial extravagances for the evening. After all, it’s going to be a ball that nobody will forget. So how do you wish to be remembered?

Below, click through the gallery for some iconic style moments to inspire your own legendary look.

Read more: What Makes a Legend Most: Decoding the Tatler Ball 2022 Theme

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Photo 1 of 18 Gianfranco Ferré for Dior, 1992
Photo 2 of 18 Christian Lacroix haute couture fall/winter 1987 (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 3 of 18 Alexander McQueen fall/winter 2008 (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 4 of 18 Dior fall/winter 1997 (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 5 of 18 Deepika Padukone in ‘Padmavati’ (Photo: Paramount Pictures)
Photo 6 of 18 Guo Pei haute couture spring/summer 2017 (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 7 of 18 Keira Knightley in ‘Anna Karenina’ (Photo: Universal Pictures)
Photo 8 of 18 Blake Lively in Versace at the 2018 Met Gala (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 9 of 18 Zac Posen for The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection fall/winter 2011 (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 10 of 18 Paloma Elsesser in Zac Posen at the 2021 Met Gala (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 11 of 18 Marilyn Monroe in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Photo 12 of 18 Maggie Cheung in ‘In the Mood For Love’ (Photo: Block 2 Pictures)
Photo 13 of 18 Vivien Leigh in ‘Gone With the Wind’ (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 14 of 18 Thierry Mugler haute couture fall/winter 1995 (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 15 of 18 Cardi B in Thom Browne at the 2019 Met Gala (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 16 of 18 Monica Bellucci at the 2014 Met Gala (Photo: Getty Images)
Photo 17 of 18 Valentino haute couture fall/winter 2019
Photo 18 of 18 Balenciaga spring/summer 2022
Défilé automne-hiver 1987-1988, collection Christian Lacroix, 26 Juillet 1987, Hôtel Intercontinental, Paris, France. (Photo by Daniel SIMON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
PARIS - FEBRUARY 29:  (UK OUT) A model walks the runway wearing the Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2008/2009 collection during Paris Fashion Week on the 29th of February 2008 in Paris,France.  (Photo by Karl Prouse/Catwalking/Getty Images)
Model Yasmin Gharu poses in a Cheongsam dress designed by John Galliano for Christian Dior's fall 1997 collection. (Photo by Giovanni Giannoni/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 25:  Carmen Dell'Orefice walks the runway during the Guo Pei Spring Summer 2017 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 25, 2017 in Paris, France.  (Photo by Kay-Paris Fernandes/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07:  Blake Lively attends "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination", the 2018 Costume Institute Benefit at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.  (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09:  Actress Dita Von Teese walks the runway at the Heart Truth Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Theatre at Lincoln Center on February 9, 2011 in New York City.  (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
English actress Vivien Leigh (1913 - 1967) in costume on the set of the film 'Gone With the Wind', 1939.  (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 06: Eva Herzigova  walks the runway during the Thierry Mugler Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 1995-1996 fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on March 6, 1995 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Cardi B attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05:  Monica Bellucci attends the 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City.  (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

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Pameyla Cambe
Assistant Digital Editor, Tatler Singapore
Tatler Asia

Pameyla Cambe is the Assistant Digital Editor of Tatler Singapore. She handles the Fashion section of the website, where she reports on trends, the hottest fashion launches and what your favourite Asian celebrities are wearing.