Ralph Lauren created Lupita Nyong’o’s red cape dress for the 2014 Golden Globe Awards.
Nyong’o wore the vivid red gown at the 71st Golden Globe Awards in January 2014, during the awards campaign for her breakthrough film 12 Years a Slave. The dress had a clean, fitted shape and a dramatic cape that fell behind her, creating a strong silhouette on the red carpet.
The look became one of Nyong’o’s early signature fashion moments. She was widely praised throughout that awards season for combining bold color with highly structured gowns, and she later won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave.
This outfit is sometimes mixed up with Nyong’o’s blue Prada gown at the 2014 Academy Awards or her red Calvin Klein gown at the 2015 Golden Globes. Those were different events and different fashion houses. The 2014 Golden Globes cape dress was by Ralph Lauren.