Brooks Nader just gave ’90s Hollywood fashion a fresh spin.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star stepped out at Fox’s Baywatch panel in Cannes, France, wearing a dramatic black leather ensemble that looked straight out of Pamela Anderson’s 1996 action movie Barb Wire. And with her blonde bombshell hair, oversized sunglasses, and head-to-toe black styling, Nader made the throwback feel right at home in 2026.
The 29-year-old actress swapped her recent streak of red-carpet red dresses for a black leather corset, fitted leggings, knee-high boots, and opera-length gloves. The result was a bold departure from the bright red lifeguard aesthetic she has been embracing while promoting the upcoming Baywatch reboot.
Anderson’s Barb Wire character was known for her edgy outfits, signature blonde hair, and fearless action-hero attitude. Nader’s look paid tribute to that unmistakable style while adding her own modern red-carpet twist. The one thing missing? Anderson’s famous barbed-wire bicep tattoo.
Nader’s fashion moment comes as she prepares to enter the Baywatch universe as Selene, a captain of the Zuma Beach lifeguards. She will star alongside Shay Mitchell, Livvy Dunne, and Noah Beck, with original cast member Kelly Packard also returning to the franchise.
The reboot is bringing a familiar piece of pop culture back into the spotlight, and Nader seems ready to embrace its legacy. Earlier this year, the cast was spotted filming scenes in the franchise’s iconic one-piece swimsuits, instantly recalling the beachside looks that helped make Baywatch a worldwide phenomenon.
But Nader’s Cannes appearance proved she can take the franchise’s fashion influence beyond the beach. While red has been a recurring color in her recent public appearances, her all-black ensemble delivered a completely different mood: sleek, dramatic, and unapologetically inspired by the ’90s.
Her new role has apparently influenced her personal swimwear preferences, too. In a June 2026 interview with Page Six Style, Nader said working on Baywatch had convinced her to move away from string bikinis, adding that she was now “100% into one-pieces.”
Pamela Anderson’s Barb Wire look remains one of the most recognizable fashion references from her action-movie era, and Nader’s latest appearance shows how the aesthetic can find a new audience decades later.
With the Baywatch reboot introducing a fresh cast to a beloved television franchise, Nader is already creating memorable fashion moments of her own. Whether she is wearing signature lifeguard red or channeling Anderson’s all-black action-hero style, she is making sure her arrival in the Baywatch world gets noticed.
