A Closer Look at Lucy Boynton’s Chanel Oscars Dress

This year marked actress Lucy Boynton’s second night out at the Oscars, having attended the awards show last year for the very first time. For her latest go at it, the English star departed from the purple Rodarte gown that she wore in 2019, and worked with Chanel on a more classic-minded look—though it was still heavy on the whimsy factor. “I loved every second of wearing this dress,” Boynton said. “It felt like a perfect marriage of iconically classic Chanel and their modern playfulness.”

Ahead of hitting the red carpet, however, Boynton captured all the look’s details for Vogue. Snapping photos while she got ready yesterday amid “the English weather we brought to L.A.,” Boynton told Vogue—meaning “buckets of rain”—the star’s photo diary offers a closer look at the glitzy details you may have missed on the step and repeat.

Before slipping into her long, black-and-white organza dress from Chanel’s spring 2020 collectsion, Boynton’s glam team—makeup artist Jo Baker and hairstylist Jenny Cho—got to work on the beauty. They took inspiration from her puff-sleeved frock, basing her look—including her pearl-lined side part—around it. “I was really inspired by the Chanel dress Lucy was wearing this evening,” said Baker, who used Chanel Beauty products on her. “I wanted the makeup to be an homage to the gown: simple and modern, glamorous and bold.”

Once finished with the beauty, Boynton then piled on fine jewelry from the label, including the Voie Lactée and Ruban rings with 18-carat white gold and diamonds, and the Mini Gabrielle earrings in 18-carat white gold, diamonds, and cultured pearls. Meanwhile, accessories such as a quilted Chanel box bag with pearl embellishments and Roger Vivier slingbacks, further infused the look with an Oscars-ready finish. Consider her Oscars round two a success.

Below, Boynton’s getting-ready diary from the Oscars.