{"id":41925,"date":"2019-02-25T00:46:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T05:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=41925"},"modified":"2019-02-25T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T23:38:22","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-2019-oscars-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2019-oscars-is\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the 2019 Oscars Is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why are celebrities making things so easy for me lately? At the Grammys earlier this month, it was instantly obvious that Cardi B was the winner of my prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/celebrities\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo award<\/a>. At least she took a while to make her appearance, though! At last night&#8217;s Oscars, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/oscars-pose-star-billy-porter-wears-christian-siriano-tuxedo-gown-1189684\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first people to hit the red carpet was Billy Porter from the FX show <em>Pose<\/em><\/a>, and I knew that this was the fashion winner for the night.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='G3LU-ar0TmZSABMgsn0_MA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1131875246' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'G3LU-ar0TmZSABMgsn0_MA',sig:'hVpDOJpn4CcqNCMwuOVsd3e_9tOAKDvdFUh01xnUhI4=',w:'594px',h:'414px',items:'1131875246',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Porter was majestic in a velvet tuxedo gown by designer Christian Siriano. Yes, that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/wednesdays-video-oscar-fashion-reality-check\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the same Christian Siriano I mentioned a dozen or so times last week<\/a> in my video about celebrities who claim they&#8217;re being discriminated against because designers aren&#8217;t throwing enough free dresses their way. As you can see from Porter&#8217;s Oscar look, Siriano is a designer who goes out of his way to work with all shapes, sizes, genders, etc. &#8230; so if you haven&#8217;t spoken to Christian, you haven&#8217;t even tried to get yourself a dress. Haven&#8217;t seen my truth-telling video about awards-show freebies yet? Check it out right now.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pae5BmmsoNw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Billy Porter&#8217;s flair for fashion isn&#8217;t dependent on Siriano, however. He slayed the Golden Globes red carpet last month in a look by designer Randi Rahm that took six months to make.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='4wxrHcx6Rtt1JgKOWtGKNg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1078757232' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4wxrHcx6Rtt1JgKOWtGKNg',sig:'i5rLgwqSRkQZxPL_HuvuqWpT0kOupE-7U_dijOvyPoY=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1078757232',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>More Oscar posts coming soon! Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED MONDAY, FEB. 25, 2019, TO ADD: The great photos of Billy Porter keep coming. Here he is on the way to the after-parties &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='heAgttN1SXN1ppG0sKtlfQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1131962768' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'heAgttN1SXN1ppG0sKtlfQ',sig:'am1KZn6Ha06cpnaPhy5BeJSAErTmMgP0tcs2O482vLk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1131962768',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and doing the classic &#8220;big ballgown in bed&#8221; pose.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='KoZ36TA3QeF_xOZ-0QT7og' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1131961940' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'KoZ36TA3QeF_xOZ-0QT7og',sig:'CN3cpxQIBbHSJ1SQafzjV1OI9E8J4aZatDF7vFzIFjM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1131961940',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting fact from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/red-carpet-dresses\/a26499970\/billy-porter-oscars-2019-tuxedo-gown\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harper&#8217;s Bazaar, which reported that Siriano designed Porter&#8217;s dress in a week<\/a>. Yet again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pae5BmmsoNw&#038;t=5s\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;m going to refer you to my video from last Wednesday, about celebrities and free awards-show dresses<\/a>: Not everyone has the resources to do a major job like this in such a short time!<\/p>\n<p>Porter also slipped into a more manageable pair of flowing pants to do a bit of red-carpet hosting. I can&#8217;t find a great view of those, but you can see the silhouette here as he interviews Glenn Close, who dressed as an Oscar but &#8212; alas &#8212; didn&#8217;t win one.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='LAKB1s8iRHRkcksP4nHK1Q' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1131900176' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LAKB1s8iRHRkcksP4nHK1Q',sig:'e9T-soEj9t-lFS34TMDHN2hpHIK7c2dQb4Xn6TA4a60=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1131900176',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are celebrities making things so easy for me lately? At the Grammys earlier this month, it was instantly obvious that Cardi B was the winner of my prestigious Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo award. At least she took a while to make her appearance, though! At last night&#8217;s Oscars, one of the first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2019-oscars-is\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[387,645,10,65,61,1,115],"tags":[1824,1909,1921,1922],"class_list":{"0":"post-41925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-awards-shows","7":"category-best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award","8":"category-celebrities","9":"category-designers","10":"category-dresses","11":"category-uncategorized","12":"category-oscars","13":"tag-billy-porter","14":"tag-christian-siriano","15":"tag-oscars-2019","16":"tag-pose","17":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41925"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41943,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41925\/revisions\/41943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}