Lupita Nyong’o’s $150,000 pearl Oscars dress stolen

Detectives on Thursday were investigating the theft at the London, a luxury hotel just off Sunset Boulevard, said Lt. William Nash of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. The theft was first reported by TMZ.

Nyong’o made an immediate fashion splash when she hit the Oscars red carpet in the plunging custom Calvin Klein gown encrusted with 6,000 white Akoya pearls. Fortune estimated the value of the pearls alone at $150,000.

CNN’s Stella Chan contributed to this story.

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