Oscars fashion: White and silver, and lots of beads

Hollywood’s A-list actresses oozed old-school elegance in white and
glittering silver on the Oscars red carpet Sunday, even as rain tumbled
down on Tinseltown’s top fashion parade.

Beyond the icy color palette, another trend for the ladies was lots of pearls
and beads. Many of the gowns seen on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre
were embellished to the max. Luckily, organizers set up a canopy to protect
the stars from the drizzle. Julianne Moore, who won the best actress Oscar
for playing a woman with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in “Still Alice,”
wore a custom beaded white strapless Chanel gown with black accents, her
red hair swept back in a bun.

“Karl Lagerfeld made this for me!” she exclaimed. France’s Marion
Cotillard, a previous Oscar winner and nominated again Sunday in the best
actress category, also chose white — a sleeveless Dior polka dot gown with
a geisha-style bustle. “I dreamed of cinema glory, for sure… but I would
have never thought I would be part of this American family of cinema,”
Cotillard told E!
television’s Ryan Seacrest.

Best supporting actress winner Patricia Arquette, who took home the trophy for
her moving portrayal of a single mother raising two kids in “Boyhood,” arrived
early with several members of her acting family in tow. The 46-year-old
blonde dazzled in a one-shoulder Rosetta Getty gown with a ruched white
bodice and a form-fitting black skirt. “It’s a beautiful story about human
beings and kids growing up,” Arquette told CNN of “Boyhood,” which earned a
total of six nominations, but only one award.

Lupita Nyong’o — the best supporting actress Oscar winner last year for “12
Years a Slave” and a red carpet darling — wore a custom
pearl-encrusted sleeveless
Calvin Klein gown. “The pressure’s off,” she said. “I can just dress up and
enjoy the show.” “Wild” nominee Laura Dern — who brought her actor father
Bruce to the ceremony — glittered in a fierce silver-studded strapless
Alberta Ferretti gown worthy of a warrior princess.

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In a pale shade of silvery gray was best actress nominee Felicity Jones, who
was resplendent in a hand-sewn, pearl-covered gown by Sarah Burton for
Alexander
McQueen, her shoulders bare.
And Lady Gaga, who sang a powerful “Sound of Music” tribute medley during the
show to mark its 50th anniversary, wore a space-age sparkling white and silver
Azzedine Alaia gown with a full skirt.

For fashion and jewelry designers, having an A-list star show up on the Oscars
red carpet in one of their creations is essentially free advertising — thanks
to the global coverage of the ceremony. Bucking the pale color trend was
British actress Rosamund Pike — a nominee
for her startling turn in thriller “Gone Girl” — who looked sultry in a
fire engine-red Givenchy gown with a high slit up the front. And Scarlett
Johansson rocked a curve-hugging Versace halter gown in emerald green.

For men, pops of color

For the men, there were lots of classic black tuxedos — best actor nominees
Steve Carell and rival Michael Keaton, along with “Boyhood” star Ethan
Hawke, a best supporting actor nominee, all kept it simple. But a few used
the red carpet to get noticed. Some mixed it up with color,
while best supporting actor winner J.K. Simmons added a dapper black hat.

“Selma” star David Oyelowo, who many observers felt deserved a nomination for
playing Martin Luther King, rocked a three-piece burgundy tux from Dolce &
Gabbana. Briton Eddie Redmayne, who as predicted took home the best actor
prize for his moving, physical portrayal of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking,
sported a midnight blue Alexander McQueen tux with black accents. “It’s
raining, which feels beautifully British,” Redmayne told E! television.
(Rob Woollard, AFP)