Sabrina Carpenter was a Miley Cyrus fan growing up, and it showed when she performed at 2024 Coachella. For one stage appearance, she rocked a Roberto Cavalli ensemble consisting of a micro pleated miniskirt that was a Y2K throwback, a snakeskin-print jacket that looked as if it had been doused in bleach, and a crystal-coated top with a raw hem. She replaced her beloved white go-go boots with a pair in brown.
The “Hannah Montana” costume team could have put the singer’s outfit together, except the Disney Channel probably would have insisted on the skirt being much longer. Carpenter herself admitted that she thinks the skirts she wears on stage might be a tad too tiny but told Who What Wear, “There’s like this part of me right now that I’m like, ‘I’m gonna wear short skirts as long as I can,’ and this is the era that we’re in currently.” Well, she could actually wear short skirts until she’s 90 if she wants to, but it would make her outfits more successful if she styled them right.
The tweenage drama queen vibes just felt like a step backward for Carpenter style-wise, and at a huge music festival, no less. But perhaps for her, this is moving forward in fashion. “The things I feel really confident in now, maybe five years ago I probably would have never worn [them],” she told Who What Wear, “but that’s the beautiful thing about evolving with fashion.”
