When Oscar producers promised there would be a red carpet at this year’s Oscars show, fashion designers breathed a sigh of relief after a year when awards shows went virtual.
When Oscar producers promised there would be a red carpet at this year’s Oscars show, fashion designers breathed a sigh of relief after a year when awards shows went virtual. Oscar’s red carpet has been called fashion’s most important runway: a place at the intersection of art and commerce where the success of a dress can make or break a designer’s reputation. That’s especially true this year at LA’s historic Union Station, home to a scaled-down ceremony, with what Oscar Producer Stacy Sher calls, a “teeny,red carpet.”What is really important here is that we’re gonna be paying attention to those few dresses,” says Alex Badia, Style Director for WWD, “and those few dresses are definitely going to be way more powerful than they were before.
