Oscar dresses 2020
I care so little about the Oscars that I can’t even pay much attention to the fashions this year. But a quick perusal should tell you all you need to know.
Some were lovely. But some were – well, take a look at Kristen Wiig.
Saoirse Ronan (whoever she is) was my personal non-favorite. She looks as though she’s wearing a growth of wood ear fungus on her torso.
Ronan:
Wood ear fungus:
And someone named Blac Chyna was doing the sexier version of Ming the Merciless
But for the most part, even those stars who were wearing flattering gowns looked like they forgot to do their hair. There was a total disconnect between head and body. What’s up with that? (Yes, the punch lines write themselves.)
Good call on the wood ear fungus. The linked photos begin with Billy Porter dressed as something or other. And you’re right about the hair! There were a few nice gowns, but when Sigourney Weaver manages to look dowdy, something has gone wrong.
Neo, I have to agree however the tree trunk wears it better. I don’t watch any of the awards to ourselves shows and I don’t recognize many of the names of folks in strange people suits. I am seen various pictures of the movie-show folk on web sites today and read about some of the acceptance speeches by folks who don’t care for political opinions on the right so I guess that evens things up between me and Hollywood since I don’t care for them or their products either.
Neo, I join you in your disinterest. I use to take an interest in the fashions. Not so much anymore.
My favorite, from the slide show, Kristin Cavallari, in baby blue. Second, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. But then, I favor elegance and not freak-show attire.
On a nineties episode of “Fresh Air” Terry Gross once interviewed a fashion designer who exclaimed:
There’s got to be more to fashion than knowing what decade to recycle!
Maybe not.
Oscar fashion is just another example of the cultural stagnation affecting the West. I constantly struck when I watch movies that a film from 1969 looks different than a film from 1979 and both look different than a film from 1989, but a flick from 2019 often looks identical to one from 2009 and even 1999.
Mike
We watched “Death Wish” instead and I realized that part of it was set in Tucson, where we now live. I wonder it will be revived in New York City ?
Here’s a fun fashion article from a few years back:
Then [Valerie Steele, director and chief curator at the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology] poses the most relevant question: “What new looks are really possible? Silver futuristic jumpsuits aren’t that practical. We only have two legs and two arms. Our shapes are our shapes. Maybe there’s only so much you can do with them!”
–Why Fashion’s Stuck in the 20th Century
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-fashions-stuck-in-the-20th-century
I think Steele is on to something, but what the heck is the “Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology”?
Surprised you haven’t heard of Saoirse Ronan! She’s a lovely and talented Irish actress who has been nominated for the Academy Awards four times. She’s only 25 now but has a good track record. I would recommend the movie ‘Brooklyn’ she starred in in 2015. It’s a sweet and to some degree old fashioned movie set in the 1950’s and deals with an Irish woman immigrating to America. She was just nominated for this year’s awards for Little Women, an adaptation of a book I know you’ve heard of.
I would also recommend Brooklyn. I’ve heard Atonement is good, but have not seen it.
Wiig (I’m guessing you got an auto-correct) was just bizarre. I don’t think any of the dresses really stood out in a good way.
The best thing about the Oscars is that their viewership has fallen, again!
Got to admit I enjoy the pictures every year, and is my memory slipping, or is this the first time the digital rotogravure included the men-folk?
Some of them had interesting outfits.
My personal favorite was Janelle Monae in the silver hooded garb that looked like it would be at home in the Ice part of Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire milieu.
Maybe Neo should send the ladies the contact info for that guy who does make-overs. It’s hard to believe they don’t have any personal stylists, considering they all spend hours getting gussied up for their screen shots.
Is it just me, or does Ming look like James Carville in Oscar togs?
Hayek and Zwelleger look good, but they’re wearing a classic style. i also like Monae’s outfit. Rebel Wilson’s is pretty good, too.
interesting.. though now we have porn hub actresses on fashion week runways… and here i am not taking pics on fashion week anymore… that would have been fun eye candy… even more so that victoria secret is no more (at least as they were)
Lasagna dress?
I had 2 thoughts…
1. vagina
2. cuttlefish of the Australian red variety
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/squid-snails-and-shellfish/australian-giant-cuttlefish/
Huxley:
what the heck is the “Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology”?
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The Fashion Institute of Technology is a trade school in NYC for the fashion industry. It offers courses in business, marketing, and manufacturing as well as design. I assume this is some kind of archive they run.
Wait! The Oscars were on?
I was hoping for a few more pictures. It’s not worth me watching, and I’m glad to miss the hypocrite speeches.
Not much to say about the movies that came out, either – tho Joker is highly recommended.
I really like that mushroom dress. (Perfect for Hallowe’en…unless someone—at Yale U., for example—sorely objects to humans dressing up as fungi…)
Very organic. Very back-to-nature. The wearer just sprouts right out of it. Beautiful!
And it’s practical! (You don’t need a napkin when you go to, say, one of those buffet restaurant places. That thing’ll catch everything. Just search the folds to find what you dropped and pop it back into yer mouth. No food wasted!! No forests cut down to make paper napkins!!)
And protective! (That is, if it’s made of some harder material, say jute or fiberglass or something. Because who knows when you’ll need to keep presumptuous movie producers at bay? At least it’ll give you enough time to whip out the pepper spray, that is, if you want to).
True, the color scheme is a bit wonky, but you can’t have everything.
Yep, one great dress.
Neo: I believe her name is Wiig, not Whig. (Although in our overly-politicized era, “Whig” may be coming back…)
I skipped the Oscars, as usual, but I like looking at the dresses the next day. Apparently not that many actresses know how to dress themselves, despite considerable advantages of beauty and fortune. Only rarely do they look as good as they obviously can when a competent wardrobe specialist takes the job on. Zellweger was an exception, showing off some serious gym work, too.
Saoirse Ronan is not only a very good actress; based on her performance on various talk shows she’s also a pretty smart one, with a slightly wicked sense of humor.
So maybe her dress was intended to look funny.
Daniel Schwartz:
Thanks, will fix.
I also recommend, “Brooklyn.” The film doesn’t dwell on it, but it shows how many institutions were available to folks then, and how common it was for people to assist one another. The ethnic club dances, the Parrish priests on both sides of the Atlantic, her co-workers and boss, her landlady (and the very concept of a boarding house). Both her and her paramours sense of duty to their families, and theirs to them…
We have so much less community now.
Rufus T. Firefly on February 11, 2020 at 1:47 pm said:
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We have so much less community now.
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You do know this is by design, and Hollywood has not been a by-stander.
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Art Deco – ugly shoes, but nice hat.