Jane Fonda's style evolution in 47 photos: from red carpets to protests

The actress and activist has been known to make a statement through her fashion choices

Jane Fonda, in a trench coat with a headscarf and straw hat, waits to board a TWA Jetliner from New York to Los Angeles on November 16, 1962.

Jane Fonda, in knee-high boots, a houndstooth coat and polka dot headscarf, gets out of her car at London Heathrow Airport on January 23, 1965.

Jane Fonda, in a box-shaped dress and baker-boy hat, in October 1966

Jane Fonda, in a denim mini-skirt and striped shirt, carrying her baby daughter on arrival at Le Havre, France, on June 5, 1969

Jane Fonda, in a T-shirt and buttoned skirt, in 1971

Jane Fonda, in a light blazer and white trousers, at the Era Benefit at activist Marlo Thomas's Home in 1978

Jane Fonda, in a black gown, on 'The Helen Reddy TV Special' in 1980

Jane Fonda, in a geometric-print shirt and jeans, in Cannes, France, on May 26, 1989

Jane Fonda, in red, with former US first lady Hillary Clinton, Hugh O'Brian and Barbara Walters in New York on May 10, 1993

Jane Fonda, in a grey turtleneck jumper and floral cardigan, meets Russian president Boris Yeltsin with Ted Turner in Moscow, Russia, on October 23, 1993

Jane Fonda, in a red blouse and black trousers, stands next to a Rolls-Royce at a dinner held in her honour at the automobile museum, Los Angeles, California, on November 10, 1996

Jane Fonda, in a black racer top and purple skirt, with Ted Turner on March 5, 1999

Jane Fonda, in a red suit and feather boa, after the 'V-Day 2001' live performance of Eve Ensler's 'The Vagina Monologues' at Madison Square Garden, New York City, on February 10, 2001

Jane Fonda, in a floral and animal-print shirt, promotes her autobiography 'My Life So Far' at Waterstone's Piccadilly, London, on June 2, 2005

Jane Fonda, in a tan jumper and jacket, and a mini-skirt and knee-high boots, stands on stage during an anti-war protest rally and march on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2007

Jane Fonda, in black, attends the 'Promise Me This' premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 60th Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 2007

Jane Fonda, in striped white, attends the 60th Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony on May 27, 2007

Jane Fonda, in a metallic shirt and light yellow trousers, attends the Ein Herz fuer Kinder (A Heart for Children) charity telethon gala in Berlin on December 15, 2007

Jane Fonda, wearing a silver, sequinned black gown, attends the Middle East International Film Festival at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on October 15, 2008

Jane Fonda, wearing a gold sequinned black dress coat, arrives at the German Sustainability Award 2009 prize-giving ceremony at Maritim Hotel in Duesseldorf, Germany, on November 6, 2009

Jane Fonda, in a white collared top and black skirt, at the Unesco Charity Gala 2009, at the Maritim Hotel in Dusseldorf, Germany, with host Ute Ohoven, on November 14, 2009

Jane Fonda, in sequinned light pink Emilio Pucci, arrives at the 'Sleeping Beauty' premiere during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 12, 2011

Jane Fonda, in a navy sequinned gown and Chopard jewellery, attends 'The Tree of Life' party during the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2011

Jane Fonda, in Roberto Cavalli, attends amfAR's Cinema Against Aids Gala at Hotel Du Cap, with Richard Perry, during the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2011

Jane Fonda, in a peach sequinned gown, attends the 'Les Bien-Aimes' premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2011

Jane Fonda, in Atelier Versace, attends the opening ceremony of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2012

Jane Fonda, in monochrome Stella McCartney, with Freida Pinto, attends the 'De Rouille et D'os' premiere during the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2012

Jane Fonda, in a red sequinned gown, attends the 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted' premiere during the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2012

Jane Fonda, in a sequinned gown with a fur coat, attends the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 7, 2013

Jane Fonda, in yellow Versace, arrives at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre, California on February 24, 2013

Jane Fonda, in a light-blue gown, attends the 'Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian' premiere during the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival at Grand Theatre Lumiere on May 18, 2013

Jane Fonda, in pink Badgley Mischka, attends the 'Inside Llewyn Davis' premiere during the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2013

Jane Fonda, in red beaded Elie Saab, attends the opening ceremony at the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2014

Jane Fonda, in a black and white gown, accepts the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Gala at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, on June 5, 2014

Jane Fonda, in a green Balmain jumpsuit, arrives for the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California, on February 8, 2015

Jane Fonda, in blue Atelier Versace, attends the 'The Sea of Trees' premiere during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2015

Jane Fonda, in a black and pink gown, attends the 'Youth' premiere during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2015

Jane Fonda, in white Yves Saint Laurent, arrives for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, California, on January 10, 2016

Jane Fonda, in a white blouse and trousers, arrives at the 'Our Souls at Night' photocall during the 74th Venice International Film Festival at Sala Casino in Venice, Italy, on September 1, 2017

Jane Fonda, in Marchesa, arrives for the 'Our Souls at Night' screening during the 74th Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande in Venice, Italy, on September 1, 2017

Jane Fonda, in pink Brandon Maxwell, arrives for the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on September 17, 2017

Jane Fonda, in white Balmain 44 Francois Premier, arrives for the 90th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 4, 2018

Jane Fonda, in beaded Valentino Couture, attends the screening of 'BlacKkKlansman' during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 14, 2018

Jane Fonda, in a tan sweater and trousers, attends the closing ceremony of the 10th Lumiere Film Festival in Lyon, France, on October 21, 2018

Jane Fonda, in a black sweater and green trousers, at the Kering Women In Motion Master Class With Jane Fonda, in Paris on October 22, 2018.

Jane Fonda, in a red coat, speaks during a climate change rally in Wilmington, California, on March 6, 2020

Jane Fonda, in Elie Saab, at the 92nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, on February 9, 2020

Click through the gallery to chart Jane Fonda's style journey since 1962

Jane Fonda is no stranger to a red carpet. Having been in the limelight since the early 1960s, her style has evolved from swinging mini-skirts to flowing sequinned gowns, with plenty of eye-catching jewels along the way.

A regular on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, the actress, 83, is known for her penchant for a floor-length, fitted gown, in a rainbow of colours, including pink, yellow, red, green and white. Although she has a handful of favourite designers, including Balmain, Versace and Valentino, she has also sported designs by the likes of Badgley Mischka, Marchesa, Elie Saab and Brandon Maxwell in the past.

Click through the gallery above to chart Jane Fonda's style journey since 1962.

More recently, Fonda is known for her star turn in sitcom series Grace and Frankie; the mid-noughties comedy, Monster-in-Law, in which she starred alongside Jennifer Lopez; and her earlier work, including Barbarella. She has also been in the news throughout her career for her activism, backing a number of causes, including human rights, environmental and gender rights causes.

Fonda has also made an environmental statement through fashion, vowing to never buy another garment of clothing.

True to her word, for the 2020 Academy Awards, she chose to repeat a rich red beaded gown by Lebanese designer Elie Saab, which she first wore six years earlier on the 2014 Cannes Film Festival red carpet. For the Oscars, she paired the look with a red coat, which she later wore to a climate change protest at the US Capitol.

“You see this coat? I needed something red and I went out and found this coat on sale. This is the last article of clothing that I will ever buy,” she told a crowd during the protest in March 2020. “When I talk to people about, ‘We don’t really need to keep shopping. We shouldn’t look to shopping for our identity. We don’t need more stuff,’ then I have to walk the walk too, so I’m not buying any more clothes.”