Eurovision 2024 – The Fashion Designers and Stylists Behind the Best Looks in Sweden at This Year’s Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision 2024 took place in Sweden this year and it’s one of the highlights of my year. I watch the Eurovision in front of the TV while doing my best to follow comments on Discord and social media, while also sending text messages to my bestie in the Netherlands who is as big a fan as I am. Needless to say, she was a bit upset this year following the disqualification of Joost Klein from the final. One of the other most followed parts of the Eurovision though is the fashion, and we are constantly texting each other comments about contestants’ styling choices. This year’s competition highlighted some key trends – Silia Kapsis from Cyprus wore chaps, there were exaggerated shoulders everywhere from the hosts to Luna from Poland to Joost Klein, and what better way to look back on the competition than to take a deep dive into the fashion designers, brands, and stylists that made it all happen?

I haven’t been able to find out every single contestant’s stylist and the designer they’re wearing, but below is all the information I could find, including the jewellery designer for Lithuania’s Silvester Belt just in case you’re interested in your own nose-bridge silverware. Let’s go in order of final ranking, so if you haven’t checked out the scores yet there are spoilers ahead!

Also, quick note – since I wanted to use photos that highlight the outfits, not all these images are from the final on Saturday – I’ve also used some images from the semis and rehearsals if those gave a better view of the outfit.

Switzerland

Nemo from Switzerland won the competition with their song The Code. They are wearing the Swedish brand Pampas, a woman-led brand by Linnea Samia Khalil, and a necklace by Vivienne Westwood. Nemo also wore a blue dress by Pampas on the Turquoise Carpet.

Image credits:
EBU/Corinne Cumming (above and featured image)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (inset)
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (below)

Croatia

Croatia were represented by Baby Lasagna with outfits by Valentina Pliško featuring plenty of crochet and traditional elements.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above)
EBU/Corinne Cumming (inset)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (below)

Ukraine

Ukraine had one of my favourite songs and also my favourite outfits – the dress and shoulder piece on Jerry Heil reminded me of Final Fantasy VII, one of my favourite video games. A lot of work went into both her and Alyona Alyona‘s outfits. The concept came from costume designer Margarita Shekel and was based on the archangel Michael, the protector of Kyiv. The metal parts for Heil’s shoulder were made by Odesa-based craftsman Andriy Chornohor, while Alyona Alyona’s outfit included a 3kg chain mail overlay created from over 10,000 metal rings, laid atop a kimono.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (all photos)

Ireland

Bambie Thug represented Ireland in an amazing performance where they wore a dress by Mariusz Malon and were styled by Beau Tiger Rae. Beneath the black dress was a second outfit created in the colours of the trans pride flag. Bambie Thug’s performance was my absolute favourite at the Eurovision this year.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above and inset)
EBU/Corinne Cumming (below)

Italy

Italy’s Angelina Mango and her dancers showcased two sets of outfits, both of them from Italian brand Etro (designed by Marco de Vincenzo) and styled by Nick Cerioni. Personally I much preferred the outfits from the final (shown in the inset and the image below) as I thought the ones in the semi were a little too busy, especially with the stage graphics also being so intricate.

Image credits:
EBU/Corinne Cumming (above)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (inset and below)

Side note: Can you correctly pick out the Etro logo in this quiz?

Armenia

LADANIVA from Armenia had the most feel-good song of the night (in my opinion) with costume design and styling from Mary Stepanyan and Astghik Samvelyan.

Image credits:
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (all photos)

Portugal

Portugal’s Iolanda wore an outfit by Tiago Bessa. For the Flag Walk at the opening of the final she wore a different dress which was by the Palestinian brand Trashy Clothing, made to resemble fisherman nets covered in oil.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above and inset)
EBU/Corinne Cumming (below)

Greece

Marina Satti from Greece wore an outfit by German brand Ottolinger, a modified version of a look from their Resort 2024 collection.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (inset)
EBU/Corinne Cumming (below)

Lithuania

Silvester Belt sang for Lithuania in a look styled by Vainotas Jakštas. His all-red outfit is by designer Marija Petraitytė while his jewellery is by Soda Futura, a brand founded by Gintarė Pečkytė.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above and below)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (inset)

Cyprus

Bringing the AW2024 chaps trend to the Eurovision is Silia Kapsis from Cyprus wearing an outfit by Greek fashion designer Stelios Koudounaris.

Image credits:
EBU/Corinne Cumming (above)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (inset)
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (below)

Latvia

Latvia’s Dons wore a blue outfit by designer Kasher Bloom.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (inset)
EBU/Corinne Cumming (below)

Serbia

Teya Dora wears Sanda Simona, a Paris/Belgrade-based label for Serbia, looking very elfen and ethereal.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above and inset)
EBU/Corinne Cumming (below)

Slovenia

Another outfit that I fell in love with – Raiven sang for Slovenia wearing a custom-made outfit by the Slovenian fashion brand Æmona which was founded by Anika Opara. Also is it just me or does the picture below make you think of The Birth of Venus with Raiven rising out from the dancers?

Image credits:
EBU/Corinne Cumming (above)
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (inset and below)

Austria

Austria’s Kaleen wears a very shiny bodysuit by Serbian designer Predrag Djuknic.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above and inset)
EBU/Corinne Cumming (below)

Netherlands

Although he was disqualified for the final, I wanted to mention Joost Klein for his outfit. His jacket was made by Eva Wegman – she also created the bird costume worn by Appie Mussa. The blue colour is International Klein Blue, a shade of blue first created by the French artist Yves Klein.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (above and below)
EBU/Alma Bengtsson (inset)

The Hosts and Poland

Honourable mention to the hosts Malin Åkerman and Petra Mede as well as Luna from Poland (and of course Joost Klein above) for bringing the big shoulder trend to Eurovision 2024 – find more AW2024 trends in the trend report shop.

Image credits:
EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett (all photos)