At the 21st Rome Film Festival, celebrating season two of All's Fair, Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner delivered the red carpet's most talked-about exercise in archival dressing. Kardashian wore a leopard-print gown reported as an archival Saint Laurent piece from the 1980s, styled by Law Roach; Jenner revived a velvet hooded cape first worn by Elizabeth Taylor in 1969. Together, the two looks show exactly how a stylist mines a garment's history for contemporary impact — and where the adaptation begins and ends.
Kris Jenner's Homage: Elizabeth Taylor's Iconic Scorpio Cape
Jenner, 70, chose what Hello's fashion desk described as a famed archival ensemble for the occasion — a sumptuous velvet hooded cape bearing two scorpions emblazoned across the chest, designed by Tiziani Roma. The piece is no costume-house replica: the late Elizabeth Taylor, then married to Richard Burton, wore the same statement cloak in 1969 to Princess Grace of Monaco's 40th birthday party, an event known as the Scorpio Ball.
The personal resonance is hard to miss. As Hello's Laura Sutcliffe noted, Jenner turns 71 on 5 November, making her a Scorpio — so the cape's emblem doubles as a nod to her own star sign. The revival also carries a reported price tag of $74,000, according to the Hello headline, though the reporting says nothing about how the piece was acquired.
For the 2026 red carpet, Jenner kept the styling modern and restrained: long white gloves, with the cloak worn open over a white gown underneath. The effect lets the cape's history do the talking rather than dressing the look as a period recreation.
