Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty
Halle Berryis presenting quite the look on the2023 Oscarsred carpet.
Surely a statement in more ways than one, the actress' gown featured a cutout in the middle along with a thigh-high slit that showed off her gold platform heels. The design was garnished with Ralph’s signature appliquéd flowers that shimmered in metallic.
Mike Coppola/Getty
This year isn’t the first time Berry, who is presenting at the award show, served a fashion-forward Oscars look! The actress recently revealed that the iconic Elie Saab gown she donned at the award show over 20 years agohas found a new homeat theAcademy Museum of Motion Picturesin Los Angeles.
The design features a mesh bodice adorned with cascading floral appliqués as well as a silky asymmetrical skirt.
While the piece certainly depicts the runway trends of the time, it’s also a symbol of Hollywood history. That year, Berry took home the trophy for Best Actress for her performance inMonster’s Ball. Not only did it mark the star’s first Oscar win, the achievement made her thefirst Black actress to win an award in that category.
TheX-Menalum reflected on her historical Oscar win last year on the 20th anniversary. “20 years ago, this week,I walked through that door,” Berry wrote on Twitter last March. “I will never get over this moment!”
She previously said she’s “completely heartbroken” that she remains the only woman of color to prevail in the category as she appeared on ABC’sSoul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Risinglast February.
KMazur/WireImage, Halle Berry/instagram
“True, I thought, like everybody else, that night meant a lot of things would change, that there would be other women. I thought that I would have the script truck back up to my front door and I’d have an opportunity to play any role I wanted. That didn’t happen,” she explained. “But what I do know happened that night is that so many people of color got inspired.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Berry continued, “When I look around and I see my brothers and sisters working and thriving and telling their own stories from their point of view. I’m proud of that, and I see the movement forward. And I think that night inspired so many of those people to dream those dreams.”
The Oscarsare airing live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, at 8 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
