Jamie Lee Curtis Rocks Off-the-Rack Gown at L.A. Charity Gala: 'Mommy Buys Her Own Clothes' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Lee Curtis attends the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala 2024 on Oct. 5, 2024.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Jamie Lee Curtisis breaking down her latest look!

On Saturday, Oct. 5, theFreakier Fridaystar stepped out at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 2024 Gala in an off-the-rack gown that she tells PEOPLE was “waiting for the right occasion” in her closet for two years.

“You know, mommy buys her own clothes,” Curtis, 65, tells PEOPLE. “Yeah, mommy bought this dress, I think two years ago at Neiman’s.”

“It was pretty and they were like, ‘Well, what’s it for?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know.’ And then, you know, other things would come up, and I’d be, ‘What about that blue dress?’ And they were like, ‘No, maybe not for that,'” she adds. “And then I was like, ‘but I want to wear a princess dress and it has pockets.’”

Jamie Lee Curtis at the 2024 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Gala on Oct. 5, 2024.Tommaso Boddi/Getty

Tommaso Boddi/Getty

Luckily for Curtis, she got the chance to do just that this weekend. And she isn’t a “fast-fashion girl” when it comes to her wardrobe, either.

“I believe in recycling, but I do have a little rack of things that I will — I recycledsomething at the Emmyslast month that I had worn before at the BAFTAs,” she says.

It’s been a busy year for Curtis and a just-as-busy year for her show-stopping red carpet appearances, as she’s beenrocking all things redand even looking out for her fellowBorderlandscastmates amid wardrobe mishaps.

Back in August, the Academy Award winner assisted co-starCate Blanchettwhen sheneeded some help covering upduring an event tied to the film, according toEntertainment Tonight.“Nothing is going on! You know what is going on? I got her back,” Curtis reportedly said as she stood behind her co-star and seemingly held up her pants.

“On every single movie that Jamie makes, she is the den mother,” Blanchett said after the fact, complimenting Curtis for her quick thinking.

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Elsewhereduring this weekend’s gala, Curtis opened up to PEOPLE about seeing her friend andFreaky Fridayco-starLindsay Lohanin newfound “mom mode” — after she welcomedher first child, Luai, in 2023with her husband,Bader Shammas.

“The whole thing was fun, just from all areas of it,” Curtis said of their reunion forFreakier Friday. “She just loves it. It’s actually very hard to pull her away from mom mode.”

source: people.com