Red Carpet Rewind: Mariah Carey: How to dress like a diva

By Elizabeth Snead, The Envelope

Fed up with not having men eagerly fling open car doors for you? So over constantly being asked to ‘go dutch?’

Then, girl, it’s high time you started acting like the goddess you really are. But before you bring out your Inner Diva, you must learn to dress the part.

From the moment Mariah Carey broke out in 1990, young Mimi searched for a lasting superstar style. It wasn’t long before she firmed up her eternal image that we still see today, an overtly sexual way of dress that’s all body-hugging mini-dresses, low-cut glitzy gowns, stiletto heels, lots of skin, big hair and a really big smile.

While Madonna tirelessly reinvents herself with every album, Mariah has kept her iconic image constant. And that’s, in part, why we love her. She’s our dependable, unfaltering, eternal goddess.

Click through our How To Dress Like a Diva gallery to see what’s worked on Mariah for almost two decades.

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Extended Play: The Mariah Carey blitz is on  (Daniel Deme / EPA)