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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Julia Roberts Oscar Dress

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Roberts was dressed by Debbie Mason. This was known to Valentino who realized he had "struck gold" because his employee Cristina Viera had been an acquaintance of Mason in England in the 1980s when Mason has been an editor for British Elle and Viera had worked for fashion house Jasper Conran. This led to Viera contacting Mason to offer the dress. Roberts had previously tried on dresses sent by most of the other top designers but was not particularly impressed by any of them. Convinced they had the right dress for her, in the very week of the Oscars, Viera arranged for Roberts to come to a fitting at Valentino Beverly Hills. Viera remarked that Roberts looked "absolutely stunning" and Roberts was reported to have said "I just thought it was a pretty dress". The black column gown with white piping had been slightly too small for Roberts but a tailor made some last-minute adjustments.

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Valentino himself has cited the moment Roberts collect her Oscar for Best Actress wearing his gown as the high point of his 45-year career; "I have dressed so many people but I have to be sincere. The person that made me feel so very, very happy was Julia Roberts. When she got the Academy Award for Erin Brockovich I watched it on television and really I was so excited that she appeared in my dress." The dress was originally made for the 1992 Valentino couture collections, now in the company archives.

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The dress proved very popular with teenage girls and many copies were sold and worn as prom dresses throughout the United States. Other dresses were designed very similarly in the black and white style later in 2001, such as Thierry Mugler's design, valued at $600.