Golden Globes 2014 dresses: Lupita Nyong'o's caped wonder wins the red carpet battle Gucci and Prada were said to be fighting to dress Lupita Nyong'o at the Golden Globes but the newcomer eschewed both in favour of spectacular caped Ralph Lauren There's something about Lupita - and the world's biggest fashion houses know it. The newcomer, who was nominated for her role in 12 Years a Slave at last night's Golden Globes, has already secured herself a Miu Miu campaign , despite only being in the public sphere for about six months. Pretty impressive. Not only that but she reportedly had two further major brands fighting to dress her for last night's awards; both Gucci and Miu Miu's big sister brand Prada were battling it out, according to Page Six . SEE: Golden Globes 2014: red carpet fashion hits and misses But Nyong'o went for neither, plumping instead for a spectacular scarlet caped gown by Ralph Lauren, and boy are we glad. Not that we expected anything less; Lupita has been firmly at the top of our red carpet radar ever since her star started to ascend. Elie Saab, Altuzarra, Mary Katrantzou, Peter Pilotto, Victoria Beckham, Caroline Herrera, Proenza Schouler, Lanvin, Prabal Gurung, Chanel couture - you name it, she's worn it (really well, we might add). Lupita showing off her caped Ralph Lauren gown at the Golden Globes. It would have been easy for her to fall back on her fashion house contractor (cough...Jennifer Lawrence...cough) or to go for a poofy all-out gown, especially as it was her first major awards show but instead she and her stylist Micaela Erlanger went for what genuinely worked best. It was brave, too - theoretically a cape shouldn't work but, as Gwyneth Paltrow also proved at the 2012 Oscars in Tom Ford , it's all a matter of scale and this was spot on. IN PICTURES: Best Golden Globes dresses of all time She may not have won an award last night but she won the red carpet and a place on every 'Best Golden Globe dresses' round-up for years to come.