America Ferrera Wraps Up Awards Season with Her MostBarbieDress of All at 2024 Oscars: 'Save the Pink for Last'

Mar. 15, 2025

America Ferrerais closing out her awards season with a bang.

For the2024 Academy Awards, theBarbieactress, 39, arrived in a perfectly Barbie pink Versace chainmail dress that took over 400 hours to make, the E! News hosts said on the red carpet preshow. Cohost Zanna Roberts Rassi shared that stylist Karla Welch wanted the perfect pink chainmail for this dress and it took the Versace team 10 tries to find the exact right one.

Her pink dress was also more special because it was the first time during awards season that she chose to wear the official color for Barbie.

America Ferrera at 2024 Oscars.Marleen Moise/Getty

Marleen Moise/Getty

Welch shared a video of Ferrera in the dress onInstagram, writing in the caption, “We thought we’d save the pink for last 💕 Versace pink that is!”

TheSuperstorestar is among10 first-time acting nomineesat this year’s ceremony. Ferrera is nominated in the best supporting actress category for her performance as Gloria inBarbiealongsideEmily Blunt,Danielle Brooks,Jodie FosterandDa’Vine Joy Randolph.

Ferrera has been on a glamorous style streak this awards season. She wore one of her most memorable looks — a custom Dior Haute Couture black wool and silk crepe dress with white organza sleeves — to the2024 SAG Awardsin February. She accessorized the gown with over 30 carats of diamonds from De Beers.

America Ferrera at 2024 Oscars.George Pimentel/Shutterstock

George Pimentel/Shutterstock

“It feels like a princess fairytale moment,” she said of the design during the E!’s Live from the Red Carpet. “Princess fairytale Barbie, that’s me.”

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One outfit stood out to Ferrera, though, as her absolute favorite: the leather look she rocked at aBarbiepress conference in Seoul, South Korea, on July 3.

“I just loved it so much,” Ferrera says of the Tanya Taylor top and Veronica Beard pants. “I mean, I’ve loved so many of the outfits, so it’s very hard to pick. But I remember putting this on and being like, ‘This is exactly how I feel.'”

America Ferrera in Seoul on July 3, 2023.Han Myung-Gu/WireImage

Han Myung-Gu/WireImage

Welch teamed the ensemble with a black belt and black platform heels. She topped it all off with gold Jennifer Meyer jewelry. Welch shared a carousel of photos onInstagramof the actress at the time, captioning it, “AMERICA the BEAUTIFUL.” Conveniently, the post was shared on July 4, and Ferrera left a gushing note: “I love you my Queen.”

Ferrera tells PEOPLE that the bold leather look — plus the slicked-back hair and bold pink lip color — made her feel like a “badass,” adding, “I felt strong.”

“I love wearing a dress, but there’s something about pants and heels that make me feel tall because I’m a whopping 5'2”, so I love being in high heels, but a great pant look just feels like that’s my true inner look," Ferrera says. “What’s so brilliant about [Karla] is she is never putting clothesonme. She’s always helping bring through the way I want to feel. Sometimes that’s soft and feminine, and sometimes that’s va va voom. And other times it’s, like, badass boss in a pantsuit. I would say that I probably feel the most like myself in a badass pantsuit.”

source: people.com