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Movie stars project themselves as rare and magical at the Oscars. You should give it a go | Jess Cartner-Morley
Off for a glam night out? Take a cue from the red carpet and dress for your personality, not your appearance
Most of us will never go to the Oscars, never wear an haute-couture dress, never have an opportunity to oh-so-humbly thank a “glam squad” – or indeed, even to really know what a glam squad is. So it’s baffling that we care so much what actors wear on the red carpet. But care we do.OK, I care. But I’m not alone, or it wouldn’t be the case that a knockout dress can get you on as many front pages as winning the golden statuette. I think it’s because the red carpet is where film stars are at their most starry. Being a film star is not the same as being an actor, not at all. Acting is about becoming a different person; stardom is about becoming something bigger, a rare and magical creature who we gaze at – mum, LOOK! – as bewitched as if we were in the presence of a snow leopard or giant panda. And the red carpet is the landscape where this pride of majestic lions of the Hollywood hills strut their animal magic.
In other words, red carpet fashion is about what to wear when people are looking at you. This is an area where many of us feel a little rusty just now. It’s not that we’ve all turned into hermits, but even when we have been free to hang out, blockbuster parties have been hard to come by.
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