{"id":46842,"date":"2022-03-28T00:10:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T04:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=46842"},"modified":"2022-03-31T18:15:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:15:31","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-2022-oscars-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2022-oscars-is\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the 2022 Oscars Is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, this year&#8217;s Oscars were kind of &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/chris-rock-punches-will-smith-oscars-fight-1235216387\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a lot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early on, I was checking out the red-carpet fashion and wondering if I even had the energy to bestow my prestigious&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;combo award this year.  On one hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a39550711\/why-is-megan-the-stallion-at-the-oscars-looking-so-good\/\">we had Megan Thee Stallion looking like a goddess<\/a>. On the other hand, I haven&#8217;t blogged in more than a month because I&#8217;ve been so distracted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cbk8sx2OMup\/?utm_medium=share_sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine-related activism<\/a>, and I haven&#8217;t been sure how to jump back in. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/03\/will-smith-slaps-chris-rock-in-the-face-on-oscars-stage-1234988514\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Then came the slap seen around the world<\/a>, and I thought &#8220;I give up on these Oscars.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, finally, we heard Lady Gaga telling a very fragile Liza Minnelli, &#8220;I&#8217;ve got you&#8221; &#8230; and I decided that was a moment of true style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbofVW-OV1S\/?utm_medium=share_sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/liza.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/liza.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/liza-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve always said that my Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want awards are more about being memorable than being beautiful, and I&#8217;ll definitely remember this interaction between Gaga and Liza for a long time. Gaga&#8217;s thoughtfulness extended into her wardrobe, because her tux let attention fall on LIza and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2021-oscars-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stylish DayGlo<\/a> pink sleeves &#8212; whereas a typical Gaga outfit would have overwhelmed the guest of honor, in what might be one of the latter&#8217;s last public appearances. Gaga and Liza are my 2022 winners. I choose love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this year&#8217;s Oscars were kind of &#8230; a lot. Early on, I was checking out the red-carpet fashion and wondering if I even had the energy to bestow my prestigious&nbsp;Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want&nbsp;combo award this year. On one hand, we had Megan Thee Stallion looking like a goddess. On the other hand, I&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2022-oscars-is\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46843,"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":[387,645,10,298,115],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards-shows","8":"category-best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award","9":"category-celebrities","10":"category-lady-gaga","11":"category-oscars","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46842","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=46842"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46850,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46842\/revisions\/46850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}