Lupita Nyong'o Brings Ethereal Glam in Chanel Gown Decked Out with Over 22,000 Pearls at Oscars 2025

Mar. 15, 2025

Lupita Nyong’o.Photo:Frazer Harrison/WireImage

Frazer Harrison/WireImage

Lupita Nyong’ois bringing her signature elegance to theOscars red carpet 2025.

The gown required 660 hours of work and contains 22,410 embroidery elements.

Nyong’o also wore a smattering of Chanel jewelry: a Colibri bracelet worni n her hair, Signature de Perles earrings, Signature White Tie, Motif Russe ring and Tweed Icône ring.

Lupita Nyong’o at the 2025 Oscars.Mike Coppola/Getty

Mike Coppola/Getty

Nyong’o stars in the animated filmThe Wild Robot, which is up forthree nominations: Best Original Score, Best Sound and Best Animated Feature. The movie also starsPedro Pascal,Kit Connor,Mark Hamill,Bill NighyandStephanie Hsu.

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Ahead of the awards show, the Oscar winner shared aphoto carouselon Instagram of her time promoting the film. “My photos 🤳🏿 from a wild and wonderful time sharing @‌TheWildRobot with the world. Can’t wait to celebrate this special film one last time on Sunday at the Academy Awards 🤖🫶🏿🐣,” she wrote in the caption.

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Nyong’o, who took home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in12 Years a Slavein 2014, recently opened up about her 2015 Oscars dress being stolen on her podcast,Mind Your Own.

Lupita Nyong’o, Oscars 2015.Jason Merritt/Getty Images

In anInstagram post, the actress shared a video of herself in the pearl-embellished gown on the 2015 red carpet.

“Oscars Weekend Storytime: 10 years ago, my#Oscarsdress was stolen! 🥵🤦🏿‍♀️😭🫣😥🤬🫨🥴😵 ,” she wrote in the caption. “It was an ordeal full of outrageous, movie-worthy twists and turns. I decided to tell the story of what went down for the first time on the episode of my podcast, Mind Your Own, called, ‘Chain of Possession.’ Link in bio to hear how the case was closed! 🗂️🙏🏿”

PerABC, the actress' Calvin Klein Collection gown, which was worth $150,000, was found in a bathroom two days after it was stolen from her hotel room in West Hollywood.

source: people.com