As Hollywood counts right down to the upcoming awards season with an array of starry cocktail parties celebrating one of the best within the movie enterprise, we are able to’t assist however flip our consideration to the long-lasting seems that beforehand graced the Oscars’ purple carpet. However why look again at Academy Award fashion history when Halle Berry is reliving it for you?
Certainly, the 58-year-old reprised the robe she wore to simply accept her historic Greatest Actress award on the 2002 ceremony a mere 22 years after the unique outing. In contrast to Victoria Beckham, who just lately re-wore her purple wedding dress for a photoshoot in celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of her and David’s marriage, Berry slipped again into the gorgeous drop-waist robe for an equally glamorous event: Elie Saab’s 1001 Seasons event.
The Lebanese-born designer toasted his forty fifth anniversary in Saudi Arabia with a blinding show of expertise and opulence. On condition that one among Saab’s creations armoured Berry for one of the vital important evenings of her profession, it was solely becoming that she return the favour by stepping again into the piece to stroll the runway. The robe itself contains a sheer burgundy bodice that includes delicate leaf and floral motifs embroidered by tons of of sequins earlier than cascading right into a satin prepare that gathered at her waist. The repeat might have come twenty years later, however the second was simply as important as when Berry turned the primary Black girl in historical past to ever take house the trade’s largest accolade for her efficiency in Monster’s Ball.
“There are some moments in life that simply occur and so they change our lives perpetually! Successful an Academy Award in my Elie Saab robe was a kind of moments for me,” Berry wrote on social media, referencing her Oscar win. “Thanks Mr. Saab for being part of the tapestry of my life as we’ve got been inextricably related for 22 years now,” she added. “It was my honour to have fun you and your 1001 Seasons. Right here’s wishing you a lot extra superb years of pleasure, creativity and glamour!
The lavish soirée additionally noticed legendary French-Canadian singer Céline Dion take to the stage once more after her emotional show on the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Jennifer Lopez additionally delivered a dramatic, cabaret-inspired efficiency. After all, Lopez herself isn’t any stranger to reprising memorable outfits. As you might recall, Lopez modelled a reimagined version of the Versace jungle gown that she wore to the 2000 Grammys for the Italian luxuriates Spring/Summer season 2020 present throughout Milan Vogue Week in September 2019.
On condition that donning classic or archival items on purple carpets has change into the pattern du jour, (see: Sydney Sweeney in Angelina Jolie’s Oscars gown for the 2024 Self-importance Truthful After Social gathering), we want to assume this isn’t the final time we see this robe in motion. To cite the singer, we’ve dreamed of this night time for therefore lengthy…
Watch Halle Berry’s breathtaking stroll, beneath.
