How the ‘copycat dress’ is 2022’s most stylish trend with celebs from Kim K to Kate Middleton dressing up as their idols

THEY say imitation is the best form of flattery – and these celebrities certainly bear it out.

From the current Princess of Wales’s homage to Diana, Princess of Wales, to Kim Kardashian squeezing herself into a Marilyn Monroe outfit for the Met Gala, 2022 has been the year of the Tribute Dress.

Just this week, Mel B’s daughter Phoenix continued the trend of the year

She dressed up in a leopard-print top like her mum in the iconic music video for Say You’ll Be There

Just this week, Mel B’s daughter Phoenix continued the trend, appearing in a leopard-print crop top, just like her mum in the Spice Girls’ 1996 music video for Say You’ll Be There.

Here, Hayley Minn looks at other fashionable celebs who paid stitch-perfect tributes to their famous role models.

Picture research: Amy Reading

KIM KARDASHIAN & MARILYN MONROE

Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s iconic ‘Happy Birthday’ dress at the Met GalaAlamy

It was later claimed that Kim had significantly damaged the dress Marilyn wore singing to President KennedyAP

KIM KARDASHIAN shed more than a stone in three weeks in the run-up to New York’s Met Gala in May, purely to fit into the dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in 1962 to sing Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy.

It was later claimed that she had significantly damaged it.

IRIS LAW & BEYONCE

Iris Law continued the Beyonce renaissance at a London Fashion Week partyGetty

Beyonce wore the corseted Versace dress to the 2003 MTV Movie AwardsReuters

MODEL Iris Law continued the Beyonce renaissance as she appeared at a London Fashion Week party in the pop superstar’s corseted Versace dress in September.

It came 19 years after 41-year-old Beyonce had worn it to the 2003 MTV Movie Awards in LA.

DUA LIPA & CINDY CRAWFORD

Dua Lipa wore the exact same bondage-inspired dress as catwalk legend Cindy CrawfordGetty

Cindy wore the dress to the 1992 MTV VMAs in Los AngelesGetty

SINGER Dua Lipa looked every bit the supermodel at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in April, when she wore the exact same bondage-inspired dress that catwalk legend Cindy Crawford had worn to the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.

PRINCESS KATE & PRINCESS DIANA

The Princess of Wales paid homage to her husband’s late motherGetty

Kate’s dress was a lot like the Victor Edelstein outfit Diana wore to Ascot in ’88Getty

THE Princess of Wales paid homage to her late mother-in-law Diana at Royal Ascot, wearing a black and white polka dot dress by Alessandra Rich, with matching hat and Diana’s diamond and pearl drop earrings.

It was very like the Victor Edelstein outfit Diana wore to Ascot in ’88.

MEGAN FOX & PAMELA ANDERSON

Megan Fox seems to be taking a page out of Pamela Anderson’s style guideGetty

She wore a pink feathered hat, just like the one Pam wore to the 1999 MTV VMAsGetty

MEGAN FOX’S love for rapper Machine Gun Kelly has been likened to Pamela Anderson’s for ex-hubby Tommy Lee.

And Megan’s style seems inspired by Pam too, as she wore a pink feathered hat to the Audacy Beach Festival in Florida just like one Pam wore to 1999’s MTV VMAs.

EMILY RATAJKOWSKI & YASMEEN GHAURI

Emily dazzled at this year’s Met Gala in a tribute to Yasmeen GhauriGetty

The actress wore her hair up just like catwalk star Yasmeen did for Versace on the runway in MilanREX

GONE Girl star Emily proved that Versace never goes out of fashion as she dazzled at this year’s Met Gala in New York.

The actress and model even wore her hair up, just like Canadian catwalk star Yasmeen did for Versace on the runway in Milan more than 30 years ago.