Actress Lupita Nyong'o wore
the dress, whose value is
estimated at $150,000.
The $150,000 pearl-studded gown worn by actress Lupita
Nyong'o to Sunday's Academy Awards was stolen
Wednesday from her hotel room in West Hollywood,
California.
Detectives on Thursday were investigating the theft at the
London, a luxury hotel just off Sunset Boulevard, said Lt.
William Nash of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. The
theft was first reported by TMZ.
Nyong'o made an immediate fashion splash when she hit
the Oscars red carpet in the plunging custom Calvin Klein
gown encrusted with 6,000 white Akoya pearls. Fortune
estimated the value of the pearls alone at $150,000.
The gleaming ensemble landed Nyong'o on many Oscars
best-dressed lists. Gushed the Los Angeles Times, "How can
you not be impressed by the workmanship on this pearl-
palooza?"
Representatives for the actress had no immediate comment
on the theft.
After earning an MFA from Yale Drama School, Nyong'o won
a best supporting actress Oscar last year for her first major
film role in "12 Years a Slave." She is set to co-star in J.J.
Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens," due
in December.
Nyong'o told Yahoo! that she helped guide the design of the
gown.
"It was so much fun to create this dress," she said on the red
carpet. "We talked about it being fluid and liquid. I wanted it
to be an homage to the sea."
In a prepared statement, representatives for the London
hotel said, "This is a terribly unfortunate situation and we
are working with law enforcement on their investigation." .
Source: CNN
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