Nicola Peltz discovered a treasure buried in her closet.
The 31-year-old actress stepped out this week wearing the same off-the-shoulder Valentino crop top that Keira Knightley wore to the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl at Disneyland in 2003. One of the most memorable 2000 red carpet moments in Hollywood history.
Knightley was just 18 when she paired the abs-baring piece with low-slung bootcut jeans and a Tahitian pearl choker, a nod to the film’s setting, cementing her as one of the era’s defining style stars.
Before Knightley took it to Disneyland, Gisele Bundchen wore this top to the closing of Valentino’s Spring 2003 runway show. It was styled with a sash tied around the waist.
Peltz debuted the vintage top in a Valentine’s Day Instagram post in which she shared a kiss with husband Brooklyn Beckham, 26.
“I love you more every day!! I’m so lucky to call you my forever Valentine,” she wrote.
Two days later, she wore low-rise bootcut jeans again, this time replicating Knightley’s original style, for a dinner date at Vespertine in Culver City, California. Beckham wore a rose gold Patek Philippe watch worth about $300,000, and the pair left the store hand in hand, carrying two bottles of expensive vintage Bordeaux, one costing $3,000 and the other costing more than $1,000.
In a 2024 interview with The Times, Knightley, now 40, reflected on the resurgence of Y2K style.
“It was all about my belly button,” she said, recalling the moment she spotted a group of teenagers in London wearing old school uniforms. “It won’t come out because I don’t have a belly button anymore.”
This week’s dinner outing comes amid an ongoing and very public rift between Beckham and his famous parents, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham. In January, the aspiring chef posted a six-page statement on Instagram saying he had no intention of reconciling with his family, accusing his parents of trying to “ruin” his marriage and controlling press coverage.
In his claims, Beckham claims that his mother canceled the production of Peltz’s wedding dress at the “eleventh hour” as the couple’s wedding is scheduled for April 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida, but previously published interviews with the bride and her stylist appear to contradict that schedule.
In the end, Peltz walked down the aisle wearing a custom Valentino haute couture dress. It’s from the same Italian house that made the crop top she wore on date night, proof that the brand is a perennial favorite.
