Nicole Kidman Says She Uses Clothes as 'Armor' and Explains Why Her Outfits Are a 'Screw You' at Times

Fashion is multifaceted for nan multihyphenated Nicole Kidman.

The Academy Award winner, 58, opened up astir her narration pinch beauty and style during her screen communicative question and reply pinch Vogue for nan November 2025 issue, published connected Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Kidman has a agelong history successful nan world of fashion, having been raised successful a family surrounded by accomplished seamstresses. Both her mother and grandma could sew and would make her apparel arsenic a kid, which influenced her passion for manner astatine a young age.

"They’d guidelines maine up connected nan table…doing nan hem and checking nan collar. And they could embroider," she told nan outlet.

Now, Kidman — who's go a manner icon successful her ain right, stepping retired successful designer ensembles astatine awards show reddish carpets to nan famed Met Gala steps — looks backmost connected her puerility memories erstwhile she gets fitted for dresses today, telling Vogue that it “makes maine consciousness for illustration I’m four."

She added, "I consciousness pretty, and I don’t ever consciousness pretty."

Later successful nan interview, nan Babygirl character was asked if manner was armor.

"Sometimes it’s armor," she replied. "Sometimes it’s playful, sometimes it’s sexy. It conscionable depends connected my mood. Sometimes it’s androgynous, sometimes it’s benignant of, screw you."

Kidman besides views manner arsenic art. In fact, she compares nan collaboration pinch designers to a moving narration she has pinch board connected a film.

"A parallel creator life" is really nan Big Little Lies prima described manner to Vogue, adding, "There is committedness to having that portion of creation portrayed properly."

Kidman memorably mixed a manner and movie endeavor erstwhile she teamed up pinch movie head Baz Luhrmann upon being named nan look of Chanel No. 5 perfume and starred successful its iconic advertisement successful 2003, and she past recreated nan look successful nan aforesaid dress astatine nan 2023 Met Gala 2 decades later.

On Oct. 6, Kidman — who filed for divorce from her husband, Keith Urban, 57, 1 week anterior — sat beforehand statement beside Luhrmann astatine Chanel's Spring-Summer 2026 show astatine Paris Fashion Week, nan aforesaid time she was named nan newest ambassador of nan luxury French brand.

The mother of 4 uploaded a station connected Instagram for nan first clip since her divided pinch Urban nan adjacent day, sharing highlights from her clip astatine nan manner show.

"Thank you @chanelofficial for having maine and my girls ❤️ So excited to beryllium a portion of it pinch you @matthieu_blazy," she captioned her Instagram carousel posted nan greeting aft nan sartorial event.

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News first collapsed connected Sept. 29 that nan acclaimed character and state euphony star separated successful early summertime aft 19 years of marriage. They joined successful 2006.

When Kidman revenge for divorcement connected Sept. 30, she cited irreconcilable differences and listed nan erstwhile couple's day of separation arsenic nan clip of filing.

On Sept. 29, an insider told PEOPLE that nan Aquaman character had been "fighting to prevention nan marriage," moreover amid nan pair's backstage separation successful caller months.