At the 2019 Academy Awards, who designed Regina King’s white column gown?

At the 2019 Academy Awards, Oscar de la Renta designed Regina King’s white column gown.

King wore a custom white Oscar de la Renta gown to the 91st Academy Awards, where she won Best Supporting Actress for If Beale Street Could Talk. The dress used a fitted column shape, an off-the-shoulder neckline, and a thigh-high split, creating a clean, statuesque red-carpet silhouette.

The award was King’s first Oscar win. Her styling became part of the ceremony’s major fashion coverage because the minimalist white dress balanced formal glamour with a sharply defined shape. Oscar de la Renta was the fashion house founded by the Dominican-American designer of the same name.

The dress is sometimes mistaken for a Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren design because those labels also frequently use streamlined white eveningwear. The specific 2019 Oscar gown, however, was Oscar de la Renta.