There have been quite a few unbelievable clothes worn to the 2025 Oscars, however none actually took my breath away fairly like Halle Berry’s did. The actress confirmed as much as the occasion to current a tribute to the James Bond franchise and, in a approach, paid tribute to her time as a Bond woman in Die One other Day, one in every of Berry’s greatest movies. She wore a mirrored Christian Siriano costume that match her like a glove, and she or he appeared completely unbelievable. Everybody was speaking concerning the beautiful look, nevertheless, now the designer is opening up about what made this specific costume so tough.
Siriano defined that the costume in query was fairly a tough piece, particularly due to the quantity of sequins and mirrored items that make up the complete costume. Apparently, the items didn’t maintain onto the costume very effectively, so the evening earlier than, Siriano and his group of dressmakers labored tirelessly to make sure nothing fell off the costume whereas the 2002 Greatest Actress Oscar winner wore it on Hollywood’s largest evening. He defined to InStyle:
It took three weeks to make, after which to repair it, we labored on it just about the evening earlier than till most likely midnight nearly, like simply fixing it. All of the beads, the mirror sequins are such a ache, and so they fall off very simply. And I used to be like, ‘Oh my god Halle is like gonna rise up and all of her issues are gonna be gone.’ So we like refixed each single piece. It was the primary costume Halle tried on, it was the costume she was gonna put on.
I imply, I’d argue that it was value it. Not solely was the distinctive costume an ideal selection for Berry, who has by no means been afraid to experiment with a trend look, nevertheless it was additionally styled superbly.
Other than becoming her completely, she additionally wore assorted diamond jewellery from Pomellato, which labored with the “mirrorball” aesthetic. The black sheer panels on the aspect make it even sexier, and I can’t think about how tough it should’ve been to stick these mirror sequins to such a skinny, delicate piece of cloth. Actually spectacular craftsmanship.
Even with such an undeniably beautiful costume on his palms, Christian Siriano ended up really slicing the costume from his runway present.
Whereas the garment was lovely, it was clearly very tough and delicate, making it seemingly onerous for a mannequin to showcase the piece. As well as, he defined that all the pieces else in his assortment for that season wasn’t very silver, and such a silver assertion piece would’ve been inconsistent.
The costume ended up being a second, however Siriano revealed that he nonetheless didn’t remorse the choice to carry it again from his present, saying:
It was [the right decision] as a result of it was the primary time anybody would see it I believe.
As a substitute of individuals seeing the costume on the runway earlier than the Oscars, everybody noticed it for the primary time on Berry, making it a person second only for this costume.
It’s clearly beautiful and doubtless would’ve been a talked-about runway piece. Nonetheless, it additionally could have gotten misplaced within the shuffle of all of Siriano’s beautiful items that have been additionally showcased. This was THE trend second of the Oscars, and I’m glad he waited for the massive occasion to indicate it off.
The mirrored costume second is behind her, however Berry herself isn’t slowing down. Netflix subscription holders can see her in The Union, which was a success on the streamer final yr, and she or he is ready to star in an upcoming movie with Chris Hemsworth. She’s clearly nonetheless in full icon mode, on and off the pink carpet. If this Oscar’s second was any indication, Berry’s subsequent period goes to shine simply as brightly.