Award shows are commonly a breeding ground for elaborate ensembles – but Scarlett Johansson brought it back to basics with an LBD.

The actress arrived at the Film Independent Film Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday wearing the simplest of dresses.

The wide-strapped, knee length dress had just a small overlapping fold in the front as its only embellishment.

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Keep it simple: Scarlett Johansson arrived at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday wearing the simplest of black dresses

 

When you are the only woman in the world to be voted Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive twice, you don’t need to add much to your outfit either: Scarlett’s only accessories were her light grey shoes, matching clutch purse and plain diamond stud earrings.

The outfit matched the Avengers star’s new Miley Cyrus hairdo, as she swept her remaining blonde tresses to one side to expose the buzz cut underneath.

 

 

It isn’t Scarlett’s first visit to the award show – way back in 1996 when she was just 12-years-old, Johansson received her only Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Lead Female for Manny & Lo.

Cropped: The 30-year-old is embracing her new cropped hairstyle

Hands free: The actress kept the accessories simple too, with just diamond stud earrings and a small clutch purse

In it she played an 11-year-old who runs away with her 16-year-old friend who then gets pregnant.

Just a day earlier the actress tried on a much louder dress when she attended Tom Ford’s Autumn/Winter 2015 Womenswear Collection Presentation at Milk Studios in LA.

The figure-hugging gold sequinned mini-dress with a boat neck and long sleeves was designed by Ford himself.

Black and gold: Within 24 hours Scarlett had gone from glistening gold to classic black, both of which showed off her impressive post baby body

Chic couple: Johansson and husband Romain Dauriac wore Tom Ford outfits to the designer’s Autumn/Winter 2015 Womenswear Collection Presentation at Milk Studios in Los Angeles on Friday

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS 2015 – FULL LIST OF WINNERS

BEST FEATURE

Birdman

BEST MALE LEAD

Michael Keaton, Birdman

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

BEST DIRECTOR

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Citizenfour

BEST SCREENPLAY

Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

H.

 

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Nightcrawler

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Land Ho!

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Ida (Poland)

20th ANNUAL LENSCRAFTERS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

The Kill Team

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Justin Simien, Dear White People

 

BEST EDITING

Tom Cross, Whiplash

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman