This has got to be the most dress I’ve seen on a single person this side of Princess Diana’s wedding. Halle Bailey, attending the premiere of The Colour Purple on December 6 in Los Angeles, walked the carpet in a scarlet gown with multiple tiers of pleated, heavily ruffled taffeta skirt and a crisscross halter neck on the bodice. This is just so much dress. Julie Andrews could fashion a new wardrobe for seven Von Trapp children using only the fabric from this dress.
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Bailey herself looked gorgeous, of course, accessorising with diamond statement earrings but no other jewellery. She went with a soft glam, matching her deep red lipstick to the colour of the dress.
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“Last night was a dream at The Colour Purple premiere,” Halle Bailey wrote on Instagram. “I am truly so grateful to be apart of such a moving film… can’t wait for you all to see it on Christmas day.” The actor also included a shoutout to the fashion brand Off White, which created the custom taffeta extravaganza. “✨Also thank you so much to @off____white for making this beautiful dress for me I truly felt like a princess!!” she wrote. And she would know.
This article originally appeared in GLAMOUR US.