Fashion lover Kenyan very own Hollywood star Lupita Nyong’o once lost a sh 15 million that reportedly took 25 people,10 weeks to hand-sew 6,000 natural Akoya white pearls which she wore for the Oscars.
In February 2015, thieves managed to steal the dress made with pearls from The London hotel in West Hollywood between 8am and 9pm.
The thief reportedly found the door to the actress’s hotel room ajar and took off with the custom gown.
However, according to unidentified thief, the pearl-adorned Calvin Klein Collection dress by Francisco Costa was a fake.
This saw the burglar return Lupita’s dress and stash it in a bathroom at The London hotel.
Interestingly, the thief called TMZ (a tabloid news website) to say he had returned it after claiming the pearls it was made of were fake.
Experts indicated that the dress that Nyong’o wore to the Academy Awards could have fetched more on the black market than the $150,000 value that authorities placed on it.