Rita Moreno is re-wearing her Pitoy Moreno gown to the Oscars

Did you also wake up to the entire internet singing its praise and wonder for actor Rita Moreno? The 86-year-old actor is re-wearing the gown she wore 56 years ago, when she won  her 1962 Best Supporting Actress trophy for "West Side Story".

 

#RitaMoreno stuns in the *exact same* dress she wore to the 1962 #Oscars, where she won the Best Supporting Actress award for #WestSideStory! ???? |????: Getty

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The Puerto Rican actor herself confirmed it on Twitter

Yes, It’s true! See you all on the #RedCarpet soon! https://t.co/ijUJa9ZJVA

— Rita Moreno (@TheRitaMoreno) March 4, 2018

Wait till you see what I'm wearing!!! https://t.co/X9oem3aPdO

— Rita Moreno (@TheRitaMoreno) February 27, 2018

Fashion magazine Preview reports the immaculate gown was made by Pitoy Moreno. “The story goes that Rita received news of her 1962 Best Actress nomination while filming a movie called Cry of Bataan in the Philippines, and pitoy whipped the decadent black-and-gold creation up for her in record time,” writes Yanna Lopez on the Preview website.

 

Rita Moreno wearing the same dress she wore to the #Oscars 56 years ago = I ???? CON ???? IC. RG @nymag

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Vanity Fair meanwhile reports Rita told Ryan Seacrest during the E! broadcast that she “would think it would tarnish! I had no idea I was going to win, I was sure it was going to be Judy Garland for Judgment At Nuremberg. I flew in from Manila in the Philippines just in case, which is where this gown was made.”

Maya Salam writes on New York Times what Rita said of the dress: "the skirt was made from a single piece of obi fabric, which is traditionally used to construct kimonos."

How cool is that? — LA, GMA News