Olivia Rodrigo has officially entered a new era—but that doesn’t mean her commitment to every girly pop Gen Z’s favorite dress style is going anywhere.
This week, the pop star released “drop dead,” the first single from her forthcoming album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love. Alongside it, a Petra Collins-directed video in the Palace of Versailles that riffed on shades of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. It was fashion-packed and reference-heavy, too. Rodrigo, styled by Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo, pranced around the palace in a baby blue chemise and bloomers via Chloé pre-fall 2026, and a pearl studded mini-dress worn by the late, great Jane Birkin onscreen.
Rodrigo popped into Feel Karaoke in Los Angeles to celebrate the launch. She wore a pale pink custom babydoll dress by designer Jane Doe: the mini-dress features a sweet rounded collar and pink tulle underskirt. On her feet, some white over-the-knee socks and patent silver, double-strap Miu Miu pumps. She also toted a Rixo x Dragon Diffusion collab spiky black shoulder bag, tempering the otherwise adorable look with some edge.
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The babydoll dress is an Olivia Rodrigo signature. The outfit formula, which consists of a babydoll-socks-pumps combo, is repeated on her new album cover art, where she wears a vintage Peter Pan collared version and Kurt Gieger Mary Jane heels. In another promo video, she also wore a powder pink cap sleeve mini dress from Ciao Lucia, styled similarly with pointelle socks and Gucci Mary Jane platform pumps. Repeating the same exact fit in slightly different fonts is an interesting—and quite bold—stylistic decision to take for a celebrity, so often expected to turn out different looks on every step of the promo tour. But so far, for Rodrigo, it’s a winner: the pop star is so very assured in her own sense of personal style, and it firmly establishes her new era without compromising that.
