Ariana Grande Takes Our Breaths Away in a Floral Appliqué-Covered Cage Dress at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards

Mar. 15, 2025

Ariana Grande.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/WireImage

Jon Kopaloff/WireImage

Ariana Grandeis bringing herwickedsense of style to the2025 Critics Choice Awardsred carpet!

On Friday, Feb. 7, the multi-hyphenate stepped out at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, where she’s nominated for best supporting actress, in a Dior Haute Couture dress.

The actress’s look consisted of a cage dress covered in floral appliqués and a fringe hem. She accessorized with dazzling diamond earrings, an ivory manicure and black pumps, and pulled her hair into a sleek bun.

The star’s boyfriendEthan Slaterwas also in attendance wearing a dark gray suit with black lapels.

Ariana Grande.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage

“It’s yellow because follow the yellow brick road,” Grande toldVarietyduring the preshow about her then-gown. “And it’s one of Glinda’s favorite colors. This is Givenchy 1966 archive. My stylist Mimi [Cuttrell] and I found it and we were so excited.”

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In January, Grande earned her first Oscar nomination, getting a nod for Best Supporting Actress forWicked. She is nominated alongside Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez).

Ariana Grande attends the 2025 Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, 2025.FilmMagic

FilmMagic

“Picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition. i cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise,” Grande wrote in a caption to anInstagram postshe shared shortly after the nomination announcement. TheWickedactress and singer shared a photo of herself as a toddler dressed similarly to Judy Garland’s iconicWizard of Ozcharacter Dorothy, as well as an undated video of her singing portions of “Defying Gravity” fromWickedand photos of her in costume as Glinda with her costar Cynthia Erivo.

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“I’m humbled and deeply honored to be in such brilliant company and sharing this with tiny ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow just before the big, beautiful bubble entered. i’m so proud of you, tiny,” she wrote in her post. “thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for this acknowledgement @theacademy.”

See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 30th annualCritics Choice Awardsas they’re broadcasting live on E! from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will also be available to stream the following day on Peacock.

source: people.com