Here are some photos from last night’s LA premiere of 12 Years a Slave. Michael Fassbender was not in attendance, which is fine because I’m now starting to worry that my long time Irish-German Thunder-Crush is kind of an idiot. It will pass, I’m sure, so for now let’s spend some time with the other stars of 12 Years a Slave. Stars like Lupita Nyong’O and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
If you’ve been following the promotional tour for 12 Years, you’ve quickly come to the realization that Lupita is something of a style star. She’s a beautiful, petite Kenyan actress who seems to love fashion and making big style statements. In the past few months, she’s rocked the hell out of some gorgeous gowns by Rodarte, Roland Mouret and Prada. For this premiere, she wore a cartoonish Miu Miu dress which… um? I think it takes a special kind of woman to work this, and Lupita might be that woman. I would hate this on Anne Hathaway. I can’t imagine that Cate Blanchett or Tilda Swinton would even attempt this. But on Lupita… it’s interesting? I wish I didn’t have to defend it though. I hope she goes back to more traditional looks.
I’m also including pics of Chiwetel. I’ve never noticed it before, but he’s got some thunder on the red carpet too, right? Very handsome. Maybe I just like him better with some scruff? That’s totally possible. And he knows how to wear a three-piece suit too. Also: that’s his girlfriend Sari Mercer. She looks like Evan Rachel Wood, right?
Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.
The dress is cute in a way she can pull off, but I don’t even care either way because I’m transfixed by her gorgeous face.
I like the dress a lot, but her face! Gorgeous woman with an excellent makeup job.
Right? She is SO pretty.
I must say I envy her, she has the perfect face for short hair, looks gorgeous on her!
+1, she’s gorgeous
agreeing with you ladies
She’s Gorgeous!!I like the dress on her.
I agree too. I don’t care for the dress but it doesn’t matter. She’s beautiful!
Agreed, she is very beautiful and carries the dress really well.
Dress isn’t that great but with a face like that who cares! Makeup is lovely also.
She has a perfect face, perfect skin, perfect body… man, am I envious!
God damn that is an exquisite face. That skin tone. Wow. The dress is nice too. Though her complexion deserves a bright orange or a color that pops.
Gorgeous face is right.
Gorgeous, luminous face!
Chiwetel is looking damn fiiiiiiiiiiiiine!
I like the dress. She’s styled simply which makes the dress pop.
love Chiwetel.
It’s too white. Very, very overwhelming on her. I would have preferred it in a different colour. Maybe off-white to grey. That would have looked better on her. It would have been less of an assault on the senses.
I thought she was wearing a My Pretty Pony print until I looked a little more closely. Not a fan.
I thought it was My Little Pony too! 😆
Sigh
I love it on her. She is petite enough to pull it off well. Those shoes do not go with that dress though.
ITA.
Lupita’s face takes your breath away!She can dress like a clown and still be gorgeous!
Lupita is so pretty! she can definitely pull it off! She has that kind of cute face to be able to pull off something cartoonish like this.
the styling/makeup make this “OK” dress STUNNING. especially against her skin tone.
She’s friggin’ gorgeous! #envy. BUT that dress is fug.
mmm.. that face.
she’s GORGEOUS!
I’m not sure I’d like it on anyone else, but Lupita could wear the proverbial potato sack and still look incredible…so on her, I like it!
She can do no wrong with her beauty and charisma shining through.
But, every time I see articles about this movie I get choked up and I HOPE this movie is being presented with the utmost respect. I am a history teacher and have read and taught this true account of the absolute horrors of American slavery. If you read the book you will just sit and weep. I almost feel like it should not be made into a movie for profit, you know?
Then again it will bring this story to more people, which is good. I just hope it’s done right and with respect and humility. The author was a truly extraordinary, strong person.
So would you recommend the book???
Lupita is TOO gorgeous. I’d kill to look like her! Not a fan of the dress, but she could glue random trash on a dumpster to herself & would still be a knock out. #jealous
She’s so beautiful, it’s like a vison.
This woman is so perfect that she looks airbrushed in casual photos!
Her? Gorgeous, obviously.
Him? I would do anything. Absolutely anything.
Everything sixer said!
Her face is so beautiful.
The dress is not my taste but I like the cut. It also looks like a really comfortable dress to wear.
Alfre Woodard. Awesome.
Chiwetel: hot.
Huh?
She’s a very beautiful woman, and I like her dress.
Chiwetel is pretty hot himself.
I don’t care for the dress very much, and it might have worked a little better with softer make-up.
But that is just nitpicking because this girl is stone cold beautiful. She could probably even wear Marchesa and still look amazing.
No, don’t wish Marchesa on her. I hope she receives a fashion house contract like Jen Lawrence did last year so that she can not wear it even if she wanted to.
@LAK: This!.
LAK – I would never wish Marchesa on anyone, so you are right…. I should not even have put it out there.
It really was meant as the ultimate compliment to Lupita.
Mia Girl: I realised that later 🙂
I added my previous comment thinking 12yrs was a Harvey film, but luckily it is not, so pressure is off Lupita feeling the pressure to wear Marchesa.
…still, we must not jinx this one!
I agree about the makeup. I think her makeup was too heavy to wear with this dress. Softer makeup would have made this look perfect. Nevertheless, she is a very beautiful woman with glowing skin and great skin tone. Going forward, I hope she lessens up on the makeup, because she certainly doesn’t seem to need so much of it.
She’s gorgeous. It’s hard to get a real feel for the dress because the flash exposure is set up for her skin. It might look more colorful and fun in person.
Gorgeous woman
Hate the dress but she is so stunning she almost pulls it off.
Thanks Kaiser 🙂
Lupita is stunning. Cant wait to see her work. I am super interested in her because my boyfriend is half kenyan and i think she is the first kenyan actress i have heard of so its exciting that she is having something of a break through in hollywood.
Chiwetel is looking handsome as usual. This man is everything.
Many Kenyans and east africans have great bone structure and elegance. Lupito is a prime example of this so goregous. On top of this she is an IVY league graduate who apparently is a good actress. One for the future
Some parts of Africa seem to be populated entirely by supermodels! It’s impossible not to feel like a pale, blotchy sack of potatoes in comparison.
Why thank you Hannah and Kath. I speak for Harriet too.
Oooh, me like.
I love her hair, or lack thereof. I had my head shaved for about two years, and it grew on me towards the end.
I really hope we see more of her in the future. From what I’ve read of her, she seems to be angling more at directing, than acting.
On a superficial level, I could stare at her all day long. Man, she is effing beautiful.
I like the dress ok. Not with red shoes on the red carpet though. But she is beautiful!
Love her dress, but the shoes don’t quite live up to the fun-ness of the dress.
I actually love the dress but it looks a little too fun and cute for the red carpet. Maybe for a daytime event or a wedding or something. She’s beautiful though, man.
She is unbelievably gorgeous, I can’t take my eyes off her! WOW.
Lupita is so stunning! I wouldn’t normally like that dress, but it works on her.
I like the dress, but only on her. Truth is that she could make a paper bag look good.
Agreed. She is stunning. She’s actually wearing the dress so well, I am starting to like it!
She is SO beautiful; the dress is cute and looks great on her in particular.
I’m just echoing everyone else, but my goodness, she’s seriously beautiful! The dress is kind of cute, actually, but I didn’t even notice it because of her face.
Lupita is a strikingly pretty woman. Never took note of her before.
I see thunder in Chiwetel’s pants. *clutches pearls while grinning wickedly*
The dress is cute and fun! She can pull off any style.
I’m not even looking at her outfit pictured here…she is gorgeous; hope we see more of her!
On her it looks good
Chiming in to say that she pulls it off. I could stare at her face all day. My girl Alfre is looking good as well and Chiwetel is, as ever, his handsome, regal self.
Oh hello Chiwetel!
She’s a babe and so is he! They should date, although I expect Fassy is after her. He was talking about how amazing she is, he seems really taken with her.
Isnt Lupita gay or is she bi? I thought someone said something like this in a previous post about her?
This!
Has Lupita been cast in anything else? She must be flooded with offer, there is no one that looks like her in hollywood.
She’s simply stunning. And breathtaking. Not only that — her strength seems not to be dimmed by the camera. Astonishing.
I hope we see A LOT more of her. Period/Full Stop.
Lupita’s one of those women who can wear anything and look like she just descended from the heavens. She’s gorgeous, and yep–she works that difficult-to-work dress.
She has a beautiful face– that’s the face shape I wish I had, it suits any hairstyle…
I love Chiwetel so much! Is that his girlfriend, she is pretty, but she has the misfortune of having her photo next to Lupita who is simply a stunner.
LOVE her makeup – she looks so totally Bond girl! Wish I could pull that off. I could definintely pull off that body, I know that, so if she’d be nice enough to loan it to me…
I love everything except those shoes (ick)
Definitely a minority opinion here, but I don’t get what all the hype is about in regards to her looks?
Beautiful woman fire the stylist
Somebody slap that dress off of her…..she should opt for Tom Ford or Versace.
I like it. She looks gorgeous.