While most A-list actresses might choose Versace, Elie Saab or Louis Vuitton for a big red carpet appearance, Bryce Dallas Howard likes to buck with tradition. For last night’s Critics' Choice Awards, the Black Mirror star wore a dress straight off the high street. Yep, her olive hued empire-line maxi was from our favourite Topshop.
A purchase from New York department store, Nordstrom, the gown cost Howard a bargain $240 (approximately £189). ‘It's great. It's comfortable,’ the star told Entertainment Tonight. ‘It's flowy, which is good for this time of year—the holiday season.’
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While most actresses will borrow their dresses directly from the designer, Howard prefers to buy her own. For the 2016 Golden Globes she famously eschewed help from a stylist and bought her Jenny Packham gown from Neiman Marcus.
The reason for her unusual choice of attire? It’s a struggle for Howard to find designers that will dress her size 6 frame (that’s a UK size 10).
‘I like having lots of options for a size six, as opposed to maybe one option so I always go to department stores!’ Howard previously told Giuliana Rancic on the Golden Globes red carpet.
‘When you're not 'sample' size, or when you don't have a direct relationship with a designer, or if you don't have a lot of notice, those types of size 6 dresses just aren't that available that much,’ Howard explained. Subsequently she prefers to buy her own dresses.
‘So, what I found is that if something is sort of last-minute, or I don't have a good relationship with a place, then I go to Neiman's, or I get something online. I like having lots of options for a size six as opposed to maybe one option.’
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