Katie Holmes’s Artful Black Gown Looks Like It’s Dripping With Sequins

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Katie Holmes has nailed that posh New York City art philanthropist look we’re so used to seeing around Museum Mile.

On Tuesday evening, the actor and director debuted the most sophisticated, artful ensemble to attend the annual American Ballet Theatre Spring Gala. The highlight of the look was Holmes’s flowy black gown.

The floor-length piece featured breezy sleeves, and at the rounded neck, it was embellished with squiggly stripes of pastel-colored sequins—black, brown, tan, beige, white, and a pea-soup green. The cartoonish design made it seem like the shimmery sequins were dripping down the gown. And while there was a slight Nickelodeon-esque aspect to the dribbles, the dress itself looked like a piece of fine art.

Ever the minimalist, Holmes let the dress shine, pairing it only with classic staples: pointy black suede pumps and a mini black clutch. She did add to the artistic theme with her jewelry, opting for two large gold cocktail rings and sculptural gold earrings that looked like long teardrops, mimicking the design of her dress. She also wore her go-to nose hoop.

The Rare Objects star completed her look with shimmery silver eye shadow, bronzy makeup, and a messy low ponytail.

Holmes spoke to Harper’s Bazaar about her approach to dressing in a candid 2022 interview. “We live in a world where we have a premiere and you want to look nice, and it turns into being a fashion person, and I’m like, ‘Well, I just like to look nice, I’m not really a fashion person.’ We all just want to look good,” she said at the time. She added that her favorite thing to wear is her old T-shirts. “I love my vintage T-shirts. They're so yummy. They're a little dirty, a little stained or whatever, and that's me.”

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