Months before Lupita Nyong'o walked down the 2025 Oscars red carpet ... with the black-and-white Chanel Couture Nyong'o wore ...

Since winning her first Academy Award in 2014, Lupita Nyong ... Yet, look after look, Erlanger does not feel pressure to outdo herself when it comes to fashioning Nyong'o for the Academy Awards ...

However, centuries after the look first appeared ... at this year’s 97th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Lupita Nyong'o gave a nod to the rising trend in her ensemble.