In an old clip from 2019, which pertains to an episode of an OTT show Styling Hollywood, Jason Bolden, an acclaimed stylist, can be seen talking to stylist Irene Albright, who can be seen showing off an outfit that she is wearing. It says ‘The Affair Dress’.
In the series’ seventh episode, Bolden goes looking for the first Grammy dress for his new client, Eve, and ends up at Irene Albright’s fashion library, where Irene shows her the outfit in question – of an ostrich feather by designer Giambattista Valli. The costume, which according to Irene “is what caused Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt’s break-up.”
He can be seen recalling a spread from W Magazine, which said that the outfit marked the beginning of an affair with the ‘Fight Club’ actor and Angelina Jolie, as the latter wore the outfit for a magazine photoshoot. According to reports, the much talked about 60-page edition of W magazine was published much earlier in 2005.
According to The Sun, “While it cannot be proven that this dress was partly responsible for the breakdown of the marriage, it appears to have come within a time of marital crisis.”