{"id":44556,"date":"2020-02-09T23:53:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T04:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=44556"},"modified":"2020-02-10T00:05:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T05:05:51","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-2020-oscars-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2020-oscars-is\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the 2020 Oscars Is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve fallen behind on blogging awards-season fashion because of &#8230; stuff.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8OqAfVlql_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); 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border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8OqAfVlql_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Shout-out to Tricia Cooke for finding the photo of my arrest as part of the #rotunda10 &#8230; my leather and denim jackets had so many pockets in them that everyone else was searched and in police vans by the time they were done with me. #swarmthecapitol #swarmthesenate #shamtrial #standupfightback #defenddemocracy @remove_trumpnow @l.a.kauffman @lolothesimp @diffusioniscool @wewillnotbesilent @indivisibleteam<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wendybrandes\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Wendy Brandes<\/a> (@wendybrandes) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-02-06T14:36:20+00:00\">Feb 6, 2020 at 6:36am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m thankful to the celebrities at the 2020 Oscars for making it easy to bestow my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/celebrities\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want awards <\/a>by wearing a few of my favorite things. Maybe they&#8217;re even too on the nose. It&#8217;s one thing to shop your closet, but did they shop MY closet? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/throwback-thursday-press-freedom-awards-2019\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mullet gowns<\/a>, for instance, were worn by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/oscars-2020-penelope-cruz-red-carpet\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penelope Cruz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/billy-porter-stuns-giles-deacon-gold-feather-ensemble-at-2020-oscars-1277448\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Porter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/news\/florence-pugh-oscars-dress-2020\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florence Pugh<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tyla.com\/entertaining\/tv-and-film-brad-pitt-mullet-sexy-2020-oscars-20200210\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Pitt<\/a> even came correct with a mullet hairstyle, though he has a way to go before he matches my length.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7HJd4YpYib\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wendybrandes\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Wendy Brandes<\/a> (@wendybrandes) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-01-09T20:05:54+00:00\">Jan 9, 2020 at 12:05pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, my second-runner up for the prestigious Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want award (&#8220;Bitch stole my style&#8221; category) is Sandra Oh in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2020\/02\/10\/sandra-oh-in-elie-saab-haute-couture-2020-oscars\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elie Saab Haute Couture<\/a> featuring glorious shoulder ruffles.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='9jtkuGcmTGt5f-0hWFkceA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1205139146' 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:'9jtkuGcmTGt5f-0hWFkceA',sig:'5tw_DM-8_j6WAKSXC1Uzu7W8N6ZLo6lbLnsBnuMNJZY=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1205139146',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I delight in shoulder ruffles &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_44557\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/what-wendy-wore-zang-toi-to-vanity-fair-oscar-party\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/oscars2013fulllength-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"644\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/oscars2013fulllength-1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/oscars2013fulllength-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/oscars2013fulllength-1-300x388.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruffled jacket by Junya Watanabe, in 2013. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; especially for Oscar festivities.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/what-wendy-wore-zang-toi-to-vanity-fair-oscar-party\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vanityfair2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"725\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vanityfair2013.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vanityfair2013-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/vanityfair2013-300x437.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>First runner-up is Saoirse Ronan in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2020\/02\/10\/saoirse-ronan-in-gucci-2020-oscars\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Gucci dress<\/a> with a <em>huge<\/em> peplum.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='4TptqSQ7S-dakqmaAXhqvg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1199763422' 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:'4TptqSQ7S-dakqmaAXhqvg',sig:'CVLfW2xEVz3llHlZU5AwcSHoynT0VUQjaZfb5gTOx4c=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1199763422',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/never-is-the-next-new-thing-skinny-eyebrows\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remember how peplums left people aghast in the first six months of 2011<\/a> &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/tis-the-season-for-peplum_b_1130707?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2VuZHlicmFuZGVzLmNvbS9ibG9nLzIwMTgvMDgvbmV2ZXItaXMtdGhlLW5leHQtbmV3LXRoaW5nLXNraW5ueS1leWVicm93cy8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADPltvQcI4FU7d_JCu6dk6EA55_ucYF6YDu7KKcYMO-GBxn_peWdyblpbL6lQaEeZIR5B6m3rU-oTrDbH9TF2LGq64qOzCkIGBpaHLTJ6ahHj5w-dpBkGVSJjBV-Or9tirvpfJTdYgsXmkSgMUP1-eGUn6m8bQI4huX2Br4leMR_\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only to become the hot trend by the end of the year<\/a>? That was a particularly fast-moving example of my &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/never-is-the-next-new-thing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Never Is the Next New Thing<\/a>\u2122\u201d philosophy. Of course, I still have the peplum dress that my designing friend Stacy Lomman made for me to wear when I won Fashion Group International&#8217;s Rising Star award in January 2012. Nowadays, all the celebs are bragging about rewearing outfits and being sustainable but you longtime readers <em>know<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/how-tiffany-haddish-got-one-woman-on-inside-edition\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;m the original queen of homegrown vintage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_44560\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/im-a-fashion-group-international-rising-star-award-winner\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/wendystacy2_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"673\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/wendystacy2_1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/wendystacy2_1024-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/wendystacy2_1024-300x405.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Stacy. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My top prize goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?s=janelle+monae\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">frequent Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want honoree Janelle Monae<\/a>, who wore an architectural, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/oscars-2020-janelle-monae-ralph-lauren-hooded-gown\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hooded gown with a cut-out back by Ralph Lauren<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='dlbWEyWEQY95PKaL5LEp4A' class='gie-slideshow' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1205143727' 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:'dlbWEyWEQY95PKaL5LEp4A',sig:'U8FQ0AWXsK51epRAhFTuoJ1rmhqC73QRjSgaqAPvr7Q=',w:'594px',h:'431px',items:'1205143727,1205143729',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now, that&#8217;s something I don&#8217;t have in my closet, though not for lack of trying. I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/throwback-thursday-patrick-kelly-leopard-dress-x-5\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two iconic hooded outfits in 2014<\/a> &#8212; Shania Twain&#8217;s and Kylie Minogue&#8217;s &#8212; and I&#8217;ve been looking for the right fancy-ass, non-hoodie hooded lewk ever since. Let me know if you see one that you think I&#8217;d like. Mind you, I&#8217;m not looking for a dress adorned with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/oscars-2020-janelle-monae-ralph-lauren-hooded-gown\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">168,000 hand-embroidered Swarovski crystals, weighing so much it requires four people to wrangle it, as People magazine reported about Monae&#8217;s<\/a>. I don&#8217;t have the staff.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m confident no one&#8217;s going to come for Janelle Monae, but you can expect to see both Oh and Ronan getting ticketed by various self-proclaimed fashion police. Fuck that. Standing out from the crowd is what matters to me. That&#8217;s why I started this blog in 2007 with my original motto of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/middle-of-next-blog\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wear What You Want<\/a>&#8221; and why I invented my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/my-best-dressed-at-the-golden-globes-piper-perabo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want award in 2012<\/a>. I will say that tonight&#8217;s USA Today worst-dressed article gave me a moment of clarity about my own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/stacy-lomman-wardrobe-therapy-outfits-1-and-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">difficult-to-define personal style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The adjective of the night was loud. Full skirts, feathery sleeves, brazen colors, sparkly gems and dangling fringe dominated the 92nd Academy Awards.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fine. I&#8217;ll take &#8220;loud.&#8221; &#8220;Loud&#8221; jibes with this Instagram comic that recently caught my eye. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/webcomic_name\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Alex Norris<\/a> (@webcomic_name) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-02-05T13:49:29+00:00\">Feb 5, 2020 at 5:49am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Loud&#8221; regularly leads to  \u201cNever Is the Next New Thing\u2122\u201d because it takes the most provocative\/grating\/startling looks \u2014 the ones that make you say, \u201cI would NEVER wear that!\u201d \u2014 to jolt us out of our style complacency and into a new direction.As I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2020-golden-globes-is\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Golden Globes red carpet last month:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;This award comes with no statuette, certificate, cash prize, career bump, or gift bag. But it might be the first sign that a celebrity who leads every other fashion critic\u2019s worst-dressed list will be vindicated in, say, four years by being the recognizable early adopter of a major red-carpet trend (Rihanna); or in 20 years, by being recognized as a queen of couture (C\u00e9line Dion); or in 18 years by seeing her reviled Oscar dress on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Bjork).&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yep, keep your eye on RiRi and my awardees &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/riri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"449\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/riri.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/riri-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and you&#8217;ll know what you&#8217;ll be wearing sooner or later. P.S. I <em>love <\/em>to say &#8220;I told you so!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve fallen behind on blogging awards-season fashion because of &#8230; stuff. 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