Janelle Monáeis the queen of taking fashion risks on the red carpet, and that includes ones that require a little help from her friends.
TheHarrietactress, 34, needed a team of four people to deliver herOscars 2020gown to her dressing room, proving that a major fashion moment doesn’t come without a little sweat.
On Sunday night, she arrived in a custom metallic tulle mesh A-line gown from Ralph Lauren Collection with a draped hood and open back. As the tulle mesh dress boasts over 168,000 hand-embroidered Swarovski crystals (which took 600 hours to make), it required a robust team to deliver the heavy gown to Monáe.
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StylistAlexandra Mandelkorn, who dressed Monáe, said that it took a team of four people to carry the skirt of the dress down the hallway to Monáe before she put it on, a source tells PEOPLE.
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Monáe teamed her Ralph Lauren dress with crystal-lacquered silk lamé platform sandals from the designer and Forevermark diamond jewelry, including a choker, studs and several rings, to complement her glitzy gown.
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TheHarrietstar is set to perform at Sunday night’s award show.
Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, Erivo (who is the only acting nominee of color at the 2020 Academy Awards this year)told PEOPLE that she became emotionalduring the tearjerking moment when Tubman is finally free in the movie.
“There was a moment where Harriet makes the step into freedom, and the day was just as gloomy as you can believe. The sky was grey, it was raining, and we had so much to do that day that it just felt like it was impossible,” Erivo, 33, recalls, but that didn’t stop director Kasi Lemmons from wanting to shoot the pivotal scene anyway.
She continued: “We start shooting, and just as I make the step over, the clouds break, the sun comes out,” Erivo says. “So the sun in my face [in the movie] is the real sun in my face. You look around and everyone’s in tears. It felt like one of those moments where we knew that we weren’t doing it on our own.”
source: people.com
