Rita Moreno Flashbacks With Same Dress She Wore to 1962 Oscars
"You would think it would tarnish"
By Diana Marti ••
Rita Moreno's gown has made a comeback at the Oscars 56 years later.
Her daughter, Fernanda Luisa Gordon, joined the "One Day at a Time" star as her date for the big night.
"The fabric is made out of Obi, which is the sash that Japanese women use in their kimonos. They're usually folded over and over, and this is one piece of fabric," she explains to E!
While Ryan Seacrest mentioned that he couldn't believe how well it has preserved after all these years, Moreno was just as surprised.
"I know, you would think it would tarnish," she says. "It's been hanging in my closet."
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Actor Rita Moreno speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Guillermo del Toro and the cast and crew of "The Shape of Water" accept the award for best picture at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Frances McDormand accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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British actor Gary Oldman delivers a speech after he won the Oscar for Best Actor in "Darkest Hour" during the 90th Annual Academy Awards show on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Director Guillermo del Toro accepts Best Director for 'The Shape of Water' onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Eddie Vedder performs during an In Memoriam tribute at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Actor/singer Keala Settle performs onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Actors Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra and Salma Hayek speak onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Common performs "Stand Up For Something" from the film "Marshall" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Via video feed, actors Margot Robbie and Lupita Nyong'o, host Jimmy Kimmel, and actor Gal Gadot exit the theatre during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center to surprise moviegoers across the street on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Filmmakers Kobe Bryant (L) and Glen Keane accept Best Animated Short Film for 'Dear Basketball' onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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BB-8, actors Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill and Kelly Marie Tran speak onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Actor Allison Janney accepts Best Supporting Actress for 'I, Tonya' onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Singers Miguel (L) and Natalia Lafourcade perform onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Actor/singer Mary J. Blige performs onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Actor Sam Rockwell accepts the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri during the 90th Annual Academy Awards show on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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Helen Mirren displays a jet ski as host Jimmy Kimmel looks on, left, at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Kimmel joked that the person who gave the shortest acceptance speech would win the jet ski.
When she first wore that dress in 1962 to the Oscars, she won Best Supporting Actress for her role in West Side Story. But unlike most winners, Moreno's acceptance speech was quite short.
And why so short, you may ask, well the 86-year-old actress says she didn't expect to take home the award.
"I had no idea I was going to win, I thought for sure it was going to be Judy Garland for Judgment at Nuremberg which was a big deal, she was doing a dramatic role," she explains. "I said, hey I flew in from the Philippines, just in case, which is where this gown was made."
