Ricki Lake Rocks Slinky LBD and Towering Heels for Rare Public Outing amid Weight Loss Journey

Ricki Lake is embracing her fig successful glitter style.

The erstwhile talk show big was spotted retired and astir successful New York City connected June 10 and wore a fashionable look for her time connected nan town.

The actress, 56, wore a stylish all-black look pinch a fewer funky pieces for added flair. Lake wore a slinky achromatic maxi dress pinch a V-neckline that allowed her to show disconnected a hint of cleavage.

Lake paired nan dress, which hugged her figure, pinch a achromatic leather bomber overgarment that she wore unfastened for a cool-girl touch. The nosy continued pinch Lake's footwear: She wore velvet peep-toe level heels that featured a dainty prima people successful shades of blue, yellow, reddish and orange.

The Hairspray character styled her metallic hairsbreadth successful loose waves towards nan beforehand of her look and pinned nan backmost of her hairsbreadth to complete nan style. Lake's oculus constitution matched nan achromatic tones successful her outfit, but she kept nan remainder of her constitution soft, opting for rosy tones connected her cheeks and lips.

Lake's time successful New York City marks nan first clip she's been photographed publically successful months amid her weight nonaccomplishment journey. She is, however, very progressive connected societal media and posts often connected Instagram.

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The past clip she was formally photographed was successful November 2024 during a speech for End Well 2024, a bid of events held by non-profit statement End Well, which seeks to person unfastened discussions astir death, caregiving, condolences and nonaccomplishment for individuals navigating those events.

Lake's past nationalist arena earlier End Well 2024 came successful June of that year, erstwhile she attended nan BirthFUND inaugural fundraiser luncheon, which aimed to raise costs for families successful request of nurse care.

The talk show big has been candid astir her weight nonaccomplishment travel and revealed successful 2024 that she, arsenic good arsenic her husband, Ross Burningham, each mislaid complete 30 pounds since October 2023.

“I really want to share, because we did this without relying connected a pharmaceutical. (Not that location is thing incorrect pinch that.) But neither of america were prediabetic and some of america felt for illustration we wanted to astatine slightest effort and do it connected our own,” she wrote connected Instagram successful February 2024.

Lake besides said exclusively pinch PEOPLE in May of 2024 astir her weight nonaccomplishment journey, and revealed that she's ne'er felt amended since focusing connected her fitness.

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“It's truthful funny that because erstwhile you're successful your 50s, you're expected to beryllium going benignant of down, it's each downhill from here,” she told PEOPLE from nan Community Access Gala successful New York City. “I consciousness nan opposite, I consciousness nan healthiest I've ever felt, nan fittest and I person a beautiful partner that I stock my life with. I pinch myself each day.”

She added, “I worked hard. I look backmost astatine my life and nan ups and nan downs and there's surely been a ripple. But I don't travel from a handout, I don't travel from money. I really person forged up and taken risks and it's each worked out."

More recently, Lake opened up astir losing her location to nan Los Angeles wildfires this year — she has since moved to New York City and has framed it arsenic "choosing my ain adventure."