It seems a majority of the women at the Academy Awards were wearing black dresses. Why? Was this a political statement? A fashion trend? A bizzare coincidence?
I think the idea is that you just can’t go wrong with the little black dress.
I noticed that, too. And if they weren’t wearing black, they were wearing brown or beige or some other neutral tone. The ones wearing some actual color really stuck out. My guess is that they were all vicitms of some temporary eddy in the fashion stream this year.
Perhaps because we are at war.
The trend I noticed was very pale beige/peach/off-white (including that hideous Naomi Watts dress that looked like the designer took rags and glued them to a dress structure).
But generally speaking, the black gown is classic and elegantly simple. Rachel Wiesz this year and Catherine Zeta-Jones a few years ago both wore them while pregnant–a subdued, classic look. With the exception of Charlize Theron’s big big bow and extra panels dress this year.
Hit post too soon again. Not to mention the horrific Katrina aftermath. It would be unseemly to be too festive and bright this year. Maybe I’m just projecting, but I noticed it too and approved.
Why so many people who care what people wore at the Oscars?
Wow, that’s kind of deep. I’ll give it a shot, though we’re not in GD, obviously.
I think it has to do with population size. There are so many human beings on the earth, and we can only in our lives meet so many of them. Yet we find other people – their mannerisms, their dress, their ideas, their pastimes – fascinating, especially at a distance, where they can’t annoy us with their little noises and smells. So we enjoy watching them from afar via the screen, where we can study them, critique them, empathize with them and admire them with none of the baggage of an actual relationship with a real human being. It’s a form of entertainment. That’s why you find all the celebrity stuff under the letter “E”.
In addition to this, clothing design is a legitimate artform, and the Oscars is a significant fashion event. Basically, we like looking at pretty people wearing interesting things because we’re social and creative creatures.
Does that help?
Better answer: because Mr. Blackwell and Joan Rivers started making it important.
Yeah…that’s a better answer. :rolleyes: I know she’s old, but I don’t think she was there when cavemen started trying on tigerskins and asking each other if it made their butts look big.
I liked the big bow dress. Of course, people are going to do knock-offs of it for every prom dress on the planet this year. This will not be cool. When you’re at the ultimate fancy schmancy party like the Academy Awards, that’s fine. I really don’t want to see a hundred big bow dresses on high school girls.
No one said it’s “important.” Not even Mr. Blackwell or Joan Rivers. It’s entertaining. Plain and simple. Why should they care any less about the Academy Awards dresses than they do about the latest comic book? The latest romance novel? The latest sitcom? American Idol episode? Cooking show? Football game? It’s all the same.
Charlize Theron’s big bow dress was a) ridiculous and b) not black.
As for why people care, most people I would venture are involved in Oscar fashion to about the same extent that I am. Looking at the dresses as they walk by and making fun of any that are particularly egregious. Like for example Charlize Theron’s.