Swan dress

Björk at the Academy Awards, March 2001 Marjan Pejoski's dress, with a swan's neck wrapped around Björk's own and its head resting on her chest, was widely mocked in 2001 and is now treated as one of the bravest red-carpet looks ever worn; it has since been shown in museum exhibitions. It earns its place as the counterweight to the era's logos and velour: proof that the early 2000s could be strange and artistic too. Nobody needs to wear one, but it explains why camp red-carpet dressing is taken seriously today.