Take a trip through time with the WWD archives, a treasure trove of the most fascinating moments in fashion, beauty, culture and beyond.
Trends may come, go and come back again, but the pages of WWD have never gone out of style as a trusted source to the fashion industry, covering some of the most compelling news stories for more than 100 years.
Fashion has the ability to inform, reshape and, perhaps most importantly, inspire. In the spirit of keeping inspiration alive, here is a nostalgic look back at the archives from On This Day in fashion history.
On This Day is a recurring column in WWD that spotlights fashion moments of the past from the WWD Archives.
-
January 8, 1998 – Angelina Jolie Steps Out of Her Father’s Shadow and Into the Spotlight
Angelina Jolie still felt like she was standing in the shadow of her famous father, Jon Voight, as she stepped into her breakthrough role in “Gia,” as seen in WWD on Jan. 8, 1998.