Lupita at the SAGs

2014, in Gucci

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock (3517191fc) Lupita Nyong'o 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, America - 18 Jan 2014

I was surprised to see this credited to Gucci, as it doesn't to me very much like the Gucci of today; goes to show how much a brand can change. Y'all voted her best-dressed for this, and you will hear no argument from me. (Here were the other contenders. I stand by... some of them. I'd evict Bowen, Mirren, Isla Fisher, Natalie Dormer, and regrettably Mindy, because I think the design looks messy.) Anyway! This color is gorgeous and the neckpiece is a cool alternative to borrowing seven figures' worth from Harry Winston.

2015 in Elie Saab

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock (4381625gv) Lupita Nyong'o 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, America - 25 Jan 2015

And I LOVE this. AND she won best-dressed again, in a field where I'd keep just about everyone except MAYBE Joanne Froggatt? Not that she looks bad, but it's not really remarkable either. Lupita's back-to-back wins hold up, though.

2018 in Ralph & Russo

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (9328440cf) Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, in Los Angeles 24th Annual SAG Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 21 Jan 2018

Do we think this is missing a necklace, even just a subtle one? I do enjoy the gown, though. She looks like she's rising triumphantly out of some metaphorical gloom.

2019 in Vera Wang

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (10074847q) Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, in Los Angeles 25th Annual SAG Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 27 Jan 2019

Reader, I screamed. The moral of so many stories lately is, "If Vera Wang offers to design something custom for you, say no." Unless you are a figure skater, and honestly, even then I'm not sure.

2020 in Louis Vuitton

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (10530469mr) Lupita Nyong'o arrives at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, in Los Angeles 26th Annual SAG Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 19 Jan 2020

This is ALSO custom, and it's so much better. My quibble is that I don't think it needs the tiny black belt. Then again, you have to squint to see it, so it's obviously not ruining anyone's experience.