Meryl Streep's Oscar Dress

Meryl Streep was a 'green' queen from the beginning!

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Back before it became de rigeur to dress sustainably or wear archival fashion, Meryl Streep signed onto an eco-friendly red carpet challenge ahead of the 2012 Oscars, where she (surprise!) won Best Actress for The Iron Lady.

Livia Firth launched the Green Carpet Challenge to encourage stars and fashion houses to participate in a more eco-friendly fashion cycle. When Meryl arrived on the red carpet, she was wearing a golden draped gown with fabric that had been approved as ‘green’.

The custom-designed Lanvin gown was gold lamé and cinched at the waist with a woven gold belt. Meryl’s then-stylist, Zoe Buck, told The Hollywood Reporter that her Oscars gown was “a departure, but totally regal.”

Fashion bloggers, style experts, and Oscarologists Tom and Lorenzo often say that if you want the Oscar, you have to be the Oscar. Seriously, look up how many times a nominee shows up in a golden variant, it's uncanny! 

But when you look this good, why wouldn't you want to match your trophy?