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Halle Berry Rocks Iconic Sheer Gown from the 2002 Oscars
Halle Berry is taking america backmost successful time.
More than 2 decades after winning the Best Actress Oscar for 2001's Monster's Ball, the Catwoman alum slipped into the now-iconic Elie Saab formal she wore to the 2002 grant amusement for the designer's 1001 Seasons of Elie Saab lawsuit successful Saudi Arabia connected Nov. 13. And she made it consciousness similar nary clip has passed.
"There are immoderate moments successful beingness that conscionable hap and they alteration our lives forever!" Halle posted on Instagram Nov. 13, alongside a video of her wearing the formal down the runway. "Winning an Academy Award successful my @eliesaabworld gown was 1 of those moments for me! Thank you Mr. Saab for being a portion of the tapestry of my beingness arsenic we person been inextricably connected for 22 years now!"
The 58-year-old added that it was her grant to observe the designer, writing, "Here's wishing you galore much glorious years of joy, creativity and glamour!"
As for the formal itself? As Kerry Washington pointed retired successful the Instagram comments, Halle looked "ICONIC" successful the berry gown, which featured a mesh apical covered with colorful floral appliqués, and a silk, asymmetrical bottom. She updated the look with immense diamond earrings and a sleek updo, reminiscent of the pixie chopped she had each those years ago.
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And obviously, fans were delighted to spot Halle backmost successful her Oscars gown.
"She virtually enactment that decorator connected the grant amusement country with that dress," 1 wrote successful the comments, "and it's my favourite of each time."
Another added, "A reminder that you CAN beryllium the baddest successful the crippled forever."
Halle—who is ma to daughter Nahla, 16 with ex Gabriel Aubry, and son Maceo, 11, with ex-husband Olivier Martinez—has antecedently talked astir however overmuch the formal meant to her, and however overmuch she inactive loves it.
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"I conscionable retrieve feeling truly large successful this dress," she told Vogue in a 2021 video. "The apical was precise unfastened and escaped and conscionable had these small flowers that benignant of covered each the close bits that it needed to cover. But the bottommost was precise regal, precise grand."
As she pointed out, astatine the time, Elie Saab "wasn't the Elie Saab we cognize now." And portion she could person gone with a bigger sanction designer, determination was thing astir the formal that called to her. According to Halle, it "made maine consciousness uniquely myself."
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Halle Berry
The actress' Oscar triumph was unforgettable for galore reasons. She was the archetypal Black pistillate to triumph the Best Actress Award, which she won successful 2002 for Monster's Ball. In summation to her humanities win, her formal became iconic and put designer Elie Saab on the map.
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Lupita Nyong'o
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Gwyneth Paltrow
The Goop laminitis unopen down the reddish carpet successful 2012, wearing a swoon-worthy cape dress. And it's harmless to accidental Tom Ford outdid himself with this look.
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Ava Gardner
The metallic surface siren of the Golden Age of Hollywood dazzled successful an ostentatious sequins gown. As if that weren't glamorous enough, she accessorized with a ample and lustrous tiara, achromatic fur and gloves.
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Timothée Chalamet
The Dune prima skipped the basal black-and-white tuxedo for this glitzy Louis Vuitton two-piece. He added other enactment entreaty by accessorizing his bare thorax with a metallic pendant.
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Glenn Close
Glimmering successful gold. The legendary histrion rivaled the aureate statue with this gilded caped dress.
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Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett did the happening erstwhile she stepped retired successful this royal purple confection astatine the 2023 ceremony.
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Gemma Chan
Perfectly pink! The Crazy Rich Asians prima made a expansive entranceway with her agleam and bold Valentino design.
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Zendaya
The Euphoria star always turns heads connected the reddish carpet but she pulled retired each of the stops for the 2022 ceremony.
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Hilary Swank
The actress, who took location the Best Actress grant for Million Dollar Baby, stunned successful a simple, yet striking Guy Laroche design that featured a plunging open-back.
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Elizabeth Taylor
One word: Glamourous. The legendary histrion ever knew however to driblet jaws, and this plan was nary different.
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Regina King
The Watchmen actress knows however to marque a connection with a elemental but blase look. Her 2019 gown is each the impervious you need.
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Janelle Monáe
Never 1 to instrumentality to the basics, the Moonlight actress dropped jaws successful an Elie Saab Haute Couture gown, which was adorned with intricate beading, lace acceptable with feathers and an over-the-top tulle train.
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Cara Delevingne
Lady successful red. The supermodel made definite each eyes were connected her, arsenic she stunned successful a one-shouldered ballgown by Elie Saab.
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Kate Hudson
Of her galore appearances astatine the Oscars, Kate Hudson's 2014 look stands retired from the rest, acknowledgment successful portion to this caped and beaded Atelier Versace gown.
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross sizzled astatine the 54th Annual Academy Awards successful a glittering reddish gown and lush achromatic fur shawl.
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Kacey Musgraves
The state vocalist turned heads successful her bubblegum pinkish Giambattista Valli fig astatine the 2019 event.
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Becky G
The "Mamiii" vocalist brought old-Hollywood glamour to the 2022 lawsuit with a shimmery roseate golden gown.
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Billy Porter
The Pose alum proved wherefore helium reigns ultimate connected the reddish carpet, wearing a larger-than-life Christian Siriano design.
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Viola Davis
The Oscar-winning histrion stunned successful this electrifying blistery pinkish gown by Michael Kors. In summation to her agleam dress, she accessorized with a matching flamingo pinkish clutch and connection jewelry pieces.
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Nicole Kidman
The histrion ever shuts down the reddish carpet, and this almighty reddish gown by Balenciaga was nary different. The high-neck and sleeveless plan made it an instant classic, but the melodramatic bow and striking colour took it to the adjacent level.
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Yalitza Aparicio
The Roma histrion brought a manner phantasy to the reddish carpet with her dreamy and whimsical Rodarte design.
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Eva Longoria
The Flamin' Hot manager proved each that glitters is gold, erm, silver. She dazzled successful a sparly Zuhair Murad couture gown astatine the 2023 ceremony.
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Chrissy Teigen
Chrissy Teigen channeled old-Hollywood glamour successful this periwinkle Zuhair Murad gown.
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Jennifer Lopez
For the 2015 affair, JLo made definite each eyes were connected her arsenic she stunned successful this glitzy Elie Saab dress.
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Julia Roberts
The Oscar-winning histrion whitethorn person taken location the grant successful 2001 for Erin Brockovich but her satin vintage Valentino gown stole the show. The achromatic and achromatic fig was from the brand's 1982 collection.
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Lady Gaga
The A Star is Born histrion looked effortlessly elegant successful a achromatic pantsuit formal by Brandon Maxwell.
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Zoe Saldana
Wearing a customized Atelier Versace design, the Guardians of the Galaxy histrion stunned in a blush-colored, body-hugging gown.
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Emilia Jones
To observe CODA's success, the histrion wore a stunning golden formal from Dolce and Gabbana.
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Salma Hayek
The Frida alum stunned connected the Oscars reddish carpet in a vibrant ocean-blue Atelier Versace gown.
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