An Ode to Barbie

The special Sunday night marked America Ferrera’s first Oscars ceremony as an Academy Award nominee. The actor has been steadily inspiring us onscreen for over two decades. If anything, Ferrera’s nomination for her critically acclaimed performance as Gloria in Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s billion-dollar blockbuster hit Barbie was the culmination of 20 years of portraying moving, memorable characters. To Welch, the gown served as the perfect “bye to Barbie,” especially after Ferrera opted for black and neutral tones for the majority of the film’s press tour and award season. “The best part of it all was the sweet ladies from Italy who made the dress—it was their favorite,” Welch tells Bazaar. “In Italian they told us, ‘It gave Italian movie star!’ To me, when the hands that made the dress also feel it—then my job is complete!”. Donatella Versace, of course, agreed.

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