A View to a Kill isn’t very good. Some would even say the 1985 film is the worst James Bond movie of all time. But it’s gone down in fashion history because of Grace Jones, the first Bond girl ever to help design her own wardrobe. Bella Hadid wearing a vintage asymmetrical navy knit from Alaïa’s winter 1986 collection at the Fashion Trust Arabia Awards in Qatar this past October. David M. Benett Bella Hadid wearing a red hooded gown from Schiaparelli’s spring 2023 collection on a recent trip to Qatar. David M. Benett In her book, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, Jones explains how she enlisted the help of Azzedine Alaïa to translate her aesthetic into the Bond cinematic universe. While the Bond girls who came before her tended to be defined by swimwear or pastel evening attire, May Day wound up with a closetful of clingy hooded gowns.

Alaïa and Yves Saint Laurent were also paying homage to the Middle East with their work. Both were raised in North Africa—Tunisia and Algeria, respectively—and it's clear they were influenced by the religious attire of the majority Muslim population around them. Their designs helped the hooded gown occupy an entirely different space, one Hadid stands at the intersection of as both a proud Palestinian woman and a supermodel making an appearance at an awards ceremony.