Ava DuVernay gives her custom red gown to health care worker she met on Twitter
Ava DuVernay can add one more title to her résumé: director, writer, maker, activist, Array originator — fairy godmother.
When DuVernay, 47, went to the Oct. 5 opening of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, she was shot wearing a custom hi-lo red gown from Toronto-based label Greta Constantine. Pictures of her in the dress — styled by long-lasting stylist Jason Bolden — ended up in the web-based life feed of one Ciara Hester, a 30-year-old health care worker in North Carolina, who happened to be scanning for a gown to wear to the Nov. 22 Marine Corps Ball in Myrtle Beach (her husband is a staff sergeant).
“OMG @ava I need this dress for the Marine Corp. Ball,” Hester tweeted with the hashtags #SheWoreItBest #ShowStopper. DuVernay was there to field Hester’s request. “Send me your address,” D...