{"id":19434,"date":"2013-02-27T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=19434"},"modified":"2013-03-05T00:46:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:46:27","slug":"what-wendy-wore-vanity-fair-oscar-party-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/what-wendy-wore-vanity-fair-oscar-party-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, I posted my outfit for Sunday’s Vanity Fair Oscar party<\/a>. It was the same ensemble I wore to the Committee to Protect Journalists dinner in November.<\/p>\n

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Left photo is from November. Right is from Sunday. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

What Wendy Wore <\/strong>
\nDress:<\/strong> Zang Toi (2012)<\/em>
\n Jacket:<\/strong> Junya Watanabe (2012<\/a>)<\/em>
\n Unseen shoes:<\/strong> Versace (2003<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

It turns out that I had a couple of higher-profile sisters in recycling on Oscar night. My very first Wear What You Want style icon, actress Helena Bonham Carter<\/a>, wore a Vivienne Westwood dress that she’d worn to the London Film Festival last October<\/a>. And publicist Hanna Bagshawe — who attended the Oscars with her boyfriend, Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em> actor Eddie Redmayne — wore a green gown that she’d been photographed wearing in December<\/a>. I like it! Let me know in the comments if you find any more examples of what I’ll call “repeat defenders.”<\/p>\n

One thing I did switch up for Sunday was my hair and makeup. In November, I wore my hair pulled back tightly and sprayed pink, but my makeup was sedate. This time, I told gorgeous hair\/makeup expert Stephanie Daniel<\/a> to get creative with the hair and the makeup, the way she did with the look she gave me for the Weinstein party on Saturday<\/a>. Once again, there was no mirror in front of me as she worked, so I had no idea what she was doing, though MrB was watching and taking pictures.<\/p>\n

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Stephanie at work.<\/p><\/div>\n

Once again, I loved the results …<\/p>\n

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… including the braid.<\/p>\n

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Also showing: my polka-dot nails by Tracylee Percival and my own Empress Wu dragon ring design.<\/p><\/div>\n

As we approached the party in our rented Toyota Camry, I was amused by the crowds hoping to get a peep at the celebrities who were sitting behind tinted limo window. When I took a picture of them, MrB had an Inception<\/em>-style dream-within-a-dream moment: “You’re taking photos of people taking photos?!”<\/p>\n

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Once inside, we saw real-life True Blood <\/em>couple <\/em>Stephen Moyer (Vampire Bill on the show) and Anna Paquin (Sookie)<\/a>. She had her hair twisted up into two little knots in the back and was so cute I wanted to bite her. We walked by a tall girl who looked so young that I said to Paul, “Look, they’re letting in 12-year-olds!” Later I realized it was elderly 16-year-old Hailee Steinfeld<\/a>. It also took me a long time to figure out that a very tall blonde model was actually tennis star Maria Sharapova<\/a>. Comedian Russell Brand chatted to uber-comedian and Stacy Lomman’s crush, Steve Martin. I hope Steve gave him some tips. Solange Knowles (stunning in yellow Pucci)<\/a> perched in the same spot that Miley Cyrus occupied last year<\/a>. Sally Field seemed so much shorter than me that I wondered if she’d taken her shoes off. I was kind of right — she’d changed into sneakers<\/a>. Daniel Radcliffe<\/a> was also tiny. I wanted to slip him into my clutch and take him home as a souvenir but MrB said I already have enough pets. I didn’t notice Robert DeNiro brushing by, though MrB did. I was too busy staring at Elton John. I was SO close to Elton that if I were any closer, we would have been wearing the same wig. Also spotted: David Spade, Jamie Foxx, businessman Barry Diller, Steven Tyler, Adrien Brody, Dave Grohl, John Legend, Selena Gomez, Salma Hayek, Joan and Jackie Collins, Denzel Washington, a very tall Conan O’Brien, Melissa McCarthy, Ginnifer Goodwin, repeat defender Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Fan Bingbing<\/a>, Diane Kruger<\/a> and Kate Beckinsale.\u00a0 Anne Hathaway came in with her Oscar, looking like she was still in a dream. While mega-producer Harvey Weinstein chatted to someone else, a foreign-born actress stared at him desperately, hoping to get his attention. She didn’t succeed. It was impossible to miss model Irina Shayk in her low-cut gown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We wandered out on a terrace to get some air and actress Paula Patton<\/a> told us that if we stayed in that spot, a guy would be coming back in a moment with some In-N-Out Burgers. “We’re already in the dress, so now we can eat!” she said. We took her advice.<\/p>\n

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MrB and I are now obsessed with In-N-Out.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the wee hours, we saw an Oscar sitting on a ottoman while its owner ate his In-N-Out burger.<\/p>\n

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One of my followers saw this photo when I shared it on one of my zillions of social-media outlets and suggested In-N-Out should do an ad campaign: “I’d put my Oscar down for an In-N-Out burger.” If that was you, take credit in the comments!<\/p>\n

MrB fangirled over comedian Sarah Silverman<\/a> and sidled up to chat with her. She was so cute and funny and polite. I appreciated that when MrB gushed, “I loved you in School of Rock,<\/em>” she refrained from saying anything like, “What, you don’t like my vagina comedy routines<\/a>?” (Nearly all the actresses MrB and I have spoken to briefly at parties have been completely charming. The actors are sometimes surly. The only exception to the nice-lady rule in a decade: Christine Baranski, who was dismissive of MrB at a party in New York last year. Totally ruined The Good Wife<\/em> for me.) Another highlight was being by the door just as Jennifer Lawrence, wearing a shimmering Calvin Klein dress,<\/a> walked in with her Oscar. I heard her saying repeatedly to her entourage, “I have to change! I have to get out of this dress! I can’t walk!” I guess one clothing-related fall on Oscar night<\/a> was enough for her. I don’t know if she ever got to change. If you haven’t seen her 2010 movie, Winter’s Bone<\/em>, you must. Very intense film and she’s wonderful in it. I just adore her, and now even more so thanks to her down-to-earth manner at her post-Oscars press conference.<\/p>\n