INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Earlier than heading to the desert for the upcoming BNP Paribas Open, Coco Gauff acquired her glam on on the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
And whereas Gauff — the 2023 US Open champion — is used to arduous work and grueling preparation forward of tournaments, even she was shocked by simply how intense the method of preparing for the purple carpet for Hollywood’s greatest evening was.
The 20-year-old advised reporters at media day on Tuesday that she began getting her hair and make-up completed at 9:30 within the morning — the occasion began at 4 p.m. native time — earlier than lastly placing on her customized Miu Miu gown.
“It was an excellent lengthy day,” Gauff stated. “It was cool to simply be in a unique area and a unique world.”
Gauff stated she labored with Miu Miu to create two seems: one for the award ceremony and one other for the Self-importance Truthful afterparty.
“They picked out a bunch of sketches for me and colours for me to select from, and we settled on that one,” Gauff stated of the cascading yellow gown she wore to the ceremony. “Then for the Self-importance Truthful [party] similar state of affairs, a bunch of issues for me to select from.
“It was tremendous cool simply to play dress-up. I do not assume I’ve ever worn a robe fairly like that with an entire practice. It was form of arduous to stroll in with lots of people stepping on the again of the gown so I must form of carry the gown with me as I walked. The Self-importance Truthful was my favourite simply because it was slightly bit extra sensible.”
Vogue named Gauff to its record of “greatest dressed stars” from the Oscars.
Gauff, at the moment ranked No. 3 on this planet, stated she was “shocked” at how many individuals acknowledged her all through the night — however one stood out greater than the remaining.
“The individual I used to be most shocked about was positively Samuel L. Jackson,” she stated. “He got here as much as me, I took a photograph with him, he took one with me, after which launched me to Whoopi Goldberg, which was actually cool.”
Gauff added that she was excited to have met Halle Bailey, and that she bumped into Ben Stiller, who has been a courtside common at occasions just like the US Open and the BNP Paribas Open in recent times.
“I wasn’t so shocked at him as a result of I do know he is a tennis fan, however I advised him he has to come back to one in all my matches, as a result of I solely actually see him on the males’s matches so I advised him he has to come back,” Gauff stated.
Gauff, who reached the semifinals at Indian Wells final season, begins her 2025 run on the event on Friday. Having acquired a first-round bye, she is slated to tackle the winner of Wednesday’s match between 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu and Moyuka Uchijima on Friday.