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My Connections Magazine Winter 2018 January, February, and March So there was no one left who would cheerfully ask the stars who made their dress or who tailored their tuxedo. It was left to design houses to tweet and Instagram and send out news alerts. Giorgio Armani snagged Allison Williams, Denzel Washington, Sally Hawkins and Nicole Kidman. Calvin Klein got Jordan Peele, Laura Dern and Saoirse Ronan. Burberry? Martin McDonagh. Michael Kors dressed Viola Davis in fuchsia. Gucci outfitted Salma Hayek in lavender and crystals. Tiffany Haddish On the red carpet, people were shying away from conversations about designers, but not necessarily clothes. ABC’s Michael Strahan was happy to chat with Tiffany Haddish about her embroidered ballgown because it was inspired by her Eritrean heritage. Rita Moreno, one of the few women on the red carpet who spoke to Seacrest, shared that her gown was from 1962, the 5
My Connections Magazine Winter 2018 January, February, and March year she’d won the best supporting actress Oscar for “West Side Story.” The dress, she said, was made from a Japanese obi and quite frankly she was amazed that it hadn’t “tarnished” in all these years. But despite the lack of conversation about the designers and their frocks, it would be a leap to argue that the interviews on the red carpet had taken an enormous leap in substance. They didn’t. Not really. And that’s no one’s fault. The red carpet simply is not an environment conducive to rich and thoughtful conversations. It’s a place for sound bites and quips. If a person can manage to utter a few well-considered sentences, as did Michael Stuhlbarg about his moving monologue in “Call Me By Your Name,” well then, you’ve accomplished something. The red carpet is a place for leaving a lasting visual impression, a place to take pleasure in the creativity of the fashion industry. It’s a chance to dress up and revel in one’s success. It’s also an opportunity to make a small statement about oneself. And there was silent commentary about aging, about independence and beauty ideals. Both Helen Mirren and Jane Fonda looked sexy and strong on the red carpet. They are women well into their senior years but there was nothing about their style that suggested there is a particular age at which one must opt out of fashion, when one should step into the shadow — even a bit. Mirren wore a sensually draped blue-gray gown by Reem Acra that flowed seductively down her slender frame. Fonda was in tailored white Balmain with shoulders that could cut through glass. Dee Rees, the director of “Mudbound,” looked exquisite in black trousers and white tails. Emma Stone also eschewed the typical ballgown and wore black satin trousers with a geranium blazer and pink sash that was custom-made for her by Louis Vuitton. Mary J. Blige, whose gritty portrayal of a tough and soulful woman in “Mudbound” made clear she has not left glamour behind with a glittering, corseted white gown by Atelier Versace.The men stood out as well. Peele looked dapper in his white Calvin Klein dinner jacket and the young Timothée Chalamet was elegant in all white Berluti. And Chadwick Boseman channeled Black Panther in a bedazzled long black jacket. 6
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