Sabrina Carpenter’s Coachella Costumes
Sabrina Carpenter opened Weekend 1 of Coachella in Indio with a multi‑look performance built like a retro Hollywood showcase — complete with a Hollywood Hills backdrop and a “Walk of Fame” runway. (vogue.com) She changed through five custom Dior outfits during the set, a styling choice Marie Claire highlighted as shaping a modern‑Hollywood starlet image. (marieclaire.com) The festival appearance was reinforced online by live clips of her performance that are already circulating. (youtube.com)
Sabrina Carpenter treated her first Coachella headlining set like a costume show, changing through five custom Dior looks on Friday, April 10, in Indio, California. (vogue.com) The set opened Weekend 1 of Coachella 2026 at the Empire Polo Club, where Carpenter performed on a stage built around Hollywood imagery, including a hillside sign and a “Walk of Fame” runway. (coachella.com, vogue.com) Vogue reported that Dior made the five looks for the show, while Marie Claire counted the same total and described the wardrobe as part of a “modern-day Hollywood starlet” image shaped with stylist Jared Ellner. (vogue.com, marieclaire.com) That framing fit the timing of the performance: Carpenter headlined Coachella two years after her 2024 festival appearance, when Billboard noted she had teased a return as a future headliner. (billboard.com) Reviews of the show described the production as a Hollywood pastiche rather than a standard festival set, with Rolling Stone and Variety both noting film references, actor cameos, and interludes built into the performance. (rollingstone.com, variety.com) Setlist records from April 10 show Carpenter split the show into five acts and performed songs including “Please Please Please,” “Feather,” “Juno,” and “Espresso,” which matched the pace of the costume changes. (setlist.fm) The clothes were part of a larger branding push around the set. Marie Claire said the outfits included “Carpenter-core” details and spring 2026 color cues, while Vogue tied the wardrobe directly to the show’s retro studio-lot concept. (marieclaire.com, vogue.com) The performance also moved quickly online. Coachella’s official YouTube upload of “Espresso” said the song was recorded live on the Main Stage on Friday, April 10, and had already drawn hundreds of thousands of views by April 12. (youtube.com) Carpenter is scheduled to play the festival again during Weekend 2, which Coachella lists for April 17 to April 19, giving the five-look show a second run in the desert. (coachella.com, axs.com)
