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.
