Monica Lewinsky Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance in Sexy Plunging Dress at 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Mar. 15, 2025

Monica Lewinsky.Photo:Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Monica Lewinskymade a sexy statement at the2025Vanity FairOscars party.

On Sunday, March 2, the activist, 51, attended the star-studded event in a plunging black Stella McCartney design. The midi dress featured a column silhouette and sheer mesh panel at the neckline. On retailerCettire, the item is priced at $2,433.64.

Lewinsky’s long dark hair was in a side-parted style and she sported a soft glam makeup look.

The event marks a rare red carpet appearance for Lewinsky, who last attended theVanity FairOscars party in 2024.

In an Instagram post, she shared photos of her look and in the caption, wrote: “thank you@radhikajones+@vanityfairfor such a great night! always grateful to be included in the viewing dinner+ party! (and my feet made it through the party in heels).”

Monica Lewinsky.Neilson Barnard/Getty

Neilson Barnard/Getty

In February 2024, Lewinsky fronted Reformation’s"You’ve Got the Power" campaigntied to building voting registration awareness in the lead-up to the 2024 election.

“Voting is using our voice to be heard and it’s the most defining — and powerful — aspect of democracy,” Lewinsky said in a press release announcing the campaign. “Voting is always important, but the stakes are especially high this year with voter frustration and apathy threatening to meaningfully impact turnout.”

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She also added, “A Ref woman is an empowered woman – and an empowered woman uses her voice.”

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In 2021 she producedImpeachment: American Crime Story, theacclaimedFX series that portrayedher side of the famous scandal.

During a 2023Todayshow appearance, Lewinskyreflected on life at 50. “I’m incredibly grateful,” she said. “You know, turning 40 was horrible and turning 50 was very empowering."

She continued, “I did a lot of personal work, just seeing out the old decade [and] what I want for the new one. And [one day I] found myself in the car, waiting for something, and just started to go through mentally all of the things that had happened this last decade.”

source: people.com