First of all, how in the hell a dress can even cost $150,000 is beyond me, but that’s exactly how much the pearl gown the beautiful Lupita Nyong’o wore to Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony was worth. That’s a pretty damn valuable piece of clothing, so of course some thief decided to yank it from her hotel room, though what they plan to do with a famous celebrity’s reported stolen dress is beyond me!
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the dress was taken out of Lupita’s room at The London West Hollywood. The dress is made of pearls … 6,000 white Akoya pearls. It’s valued at $150,000.
Our sources say Lupita told cops it was taken from her room sometime between 8 AM and 9 PM Wednesday … while she was gone.
We’re told there is security footage that cops are looking at that could catch the culprit right in the act.
Yikes – you would think someone who goes through with an elaborate plan to break into a celebrity’s hotel room and steal their shit would probably be aware of things like security cameras, but then again, the show World’s Dumbest Criminals exists for a reason, so you never know. I doubt they’ll ever get the dress back, though.
My other question, however, is this: Don’t stars usually BORROW dresses for big awards shows and then return them right after? The ceremony was on Sunday night – theoretically this thing would have been sent back to the designer by Monday, especially with the price tag!
She probably did borrow it, and now has to pay for it since she can’t return it.