Sunday’s Oscars will provide fodder for Monday-morning quarterbacking about celebrities’ fashion hits and misses. The red carpet has always been Hollywood’s most important fashion show. Here are some memorable moments:
– Casual chic: Sharon Stone made Gap glamorous when she paired an everyday turtleneck with a Giorgio Armani velvet coat and a long skirt in 1996. Two years later, Stone wore a crisp white men’s shirt to complement a lavender Vera Wang skirt.
– Fairy-tale princess: Gwyneth Paltrow was the belle of the ball in a pink Ralph Lauren gown in 1999.
– Wrong way on the runway: Celine Dion’s backward white coat by John Galliano for Christian Dior in 1999 was probably too fashion-forward.
– Swan song: Singer Bjork hasn’t been seen at the Oscars since she wore that white feather bomb in 2001.
– Hardly a drag: “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker provided comic relief when they showed up at the 2000 Oscars dressed like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez.
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Edited by RedEye staff (ritaredeye@tribune.com)
