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If Reese Witherspoon’s black and white Oscars dress looked familiar, that’s because she already wore a very similar version in 2011.
At the 2015 Oscars, the Best Actress nominee for “Wild” wore a white Tom Ford column dress with two black strips of fabric at the horizontal off-the-shoulder neckline and waist.
The effect was beautiful, if slightly on the safe side.
And we’re talking really safe.
So safe, that Witherspoon had already worn a near-exact replica of the dress to the Academy Awards four years ago.
Back then, Witherspoon wore a black Armani Prive column dress with a white strip of fabric at the neckline.
Naturally, Witherspoon made all of the Best Dressed lists that year, thanks to the excellent fit and bold black-and-white palette.
Which may be exactly why she went with such a similar gown this time around.
Hey, better safe than sorry!