{"id":46316,"date":"2021-04-25T21:53:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T01:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=46316"},"modified":"2021-04-25T21:53:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T01:53:38","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-2021-oscars-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2021-oscars-is\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the 2021 Oscars Is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve written before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/throwback-thursday-another-round-of-neon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my lifelong love for DayGlo colors<\/a>. Photos prove that I favor neon-pink for special occasions, like the first day of my last year of high school. Seriously! Check out my 1984 first-day-of-school top by Guess, peeking out from under my popped-collar denim jacket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/fashion-bloggers-in-neon-and-pastel-on-huffington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/neonwendyguess.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/neonwendyguess.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/neonwendyguess-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click for original post.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-nine years later, I wore a fancy version of that blue-and-pink color scheme to the Vanity Fair after-Oscars party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/what-wendy-wore-zang-toi-to-vanity-fair-oscar-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oscars2013fulllength-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oscars2013fulllength-1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oscars2013fulllength-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oscars2013fulllength-1-300x388.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click for 2013 post.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In between, I startled the guests at a friend&#8217;s 2003 wedding with this electric-pink Versace suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/what-wendy-wore-la-vie-en-rose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/versace23_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/versace23_1024.jpg 537w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/versace23_1024-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/versace23_1024-300x572.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>This photo of the suit was taken in 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So, yes, I&#8217;m partial to DayGlo pink. But even if you don&#8217;t have my track record with neon, I expect Colman Domingo&#8217;s pink Versace Couture suit caught your eye at tonight&#8217;s scaled-down Oscars. Behold, the winner of my prestigious\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want<\/a>\u00a0combo award!<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper aligncenter\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-72d0afa47ea6aed1030a9cdf49e2f99c ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: auto\"><div class=\"ose- ose-uid-72d0afa47ea6aed1030a9cdf49e2f99c ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: auto\"><a id=\"9Li8jIf_RahspP6ZeOk4GQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1232530500\" 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:\"9Li8jIf_RahspP6ZeOk4GQ\",sig:\"KD4qc3l2oU_vFWhRvfmmQWqEgQUWLjFT4O4LyNd99_M=\",w:\"563px\",h:\"450px\",items:\"1232530500\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been handing out my top style award to men with great frequency ever since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/my-best-dressed-at-the-oscars-pharrell-jared-lupita\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pharrell Williams and Jared Leto shook up the dependence on the traditional tuxedo in 2014<\/a>. It seems a little unfair, to be honest. The bar was set so low for the fellas for so long that they have an unfair red-carpet advantage now. Women who wanted to make a fashion splash have had to push the envelope forever &#8212; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-grammys-sia-and-her-child-minion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most distinctive lewks often come in for a lot of mockery<\/a> before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/never-is-the-next-new-thing-oscars-pink-floof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Never Is the Next New Thing\u2122&#8221; phenomenon kicks in and everyone is wearing the once-reviled style<\/a>.  All the dudes have had to do is put on a well-cut colorful suit or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/jared-leto-golden-globes-fashion-pink-flower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a big brooch<\/a>, and we all go gaga. That said, Domingo does look spectacular. He killed in Louis Vuitton at last week&#8217;s Independent Spirt Awards too.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-80fdd499435f6b9405f14a055fa7e447 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: auto\"><div class=\"ose- ose-uid-80fdd499435f6b9405f14a055fa7e447 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: auto\"><a id=\"YMuWN_7_SthEkyIJ4BNA1g\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1232470290\" 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:\"YMuWN_7_SthEkyIJ4BNA1g\",sig:\"P8tm_ttV8KikS8OJDUejZRAHmpZvDC6hxW5XGKwBrqg=\",w:\"594px\",h:\"396px\",items:\"1232470290\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>My runner-up for my 2021 Oscars <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want<\/a>\u00a0combo award is Dana Murray, for the shape of her <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherjohnrogers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christopher John Rogers<\/a> dress.  I&#8217;m obsessed with the structure of this design.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-c9037dc749c1df9da4567e77e3d8b241 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: auto\"><div class=\"ose- ose-uid-c9037dc749c1df9da4567e77e3d8b241 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: auto\"><a id=\"U-9cASwYQxdV3Ech04BhOw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1314425298\" 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:\"U-9cASwYQxdV3Ech04BhOw\",sig:\"KazDsO_-t-ItoYxIdO7qKDOKpMMZfGpk-9V_KKONfys=\",w:\"297px\",h:\"450px\",items:\"1314425298\",caption: false ,tld:\"com\",is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async><\/script><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>I would have preferred to see the dress in a different color &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CNsKjlcMwvH\/?igshid=11t8sh7gg810a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/christopher.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/christopher.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/christopher-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/christopher-300x375.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click to see on Christopher John Rogers&#8217;s Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; or with edgier styling, like so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CN0Dhmis-LG\/?igshid=e8k8eu7m2m78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/chrisjr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/chrisjr.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/chrisjr-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/chrisjr-300x397.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Click to see on Christopher John Rogers&#8217;s Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have no such &#8220;notes&#8221; for my winner of the accessories division. I wholeheartedly (ahem!) approve of Celeste Waite&#8217;s anatomically-correct heart purse. 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Nothing like a worst-dressed list to let you know you&#8217;ve made an impression! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before my lifelong love for DayGlo colors. Photos prove that I favor neon-pink for special occasions, like the first day of my last year of high school. Seriously! Check out my 1984 first-day-of-school top by Guess, peeking out from under my popped-collar denim jacket. 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