So, in a hilarious prank the Costume Institute decided to play on the red-carpet industry this year, it made the tentpole exhibit for 2013 “Punk: From Chaos to Couture,” and then told all the fashion and media luminaries who were attending that the dress code would be Punk. Oh, what a laugh it must have […]
So, as we discuss often on this blog, there are many things at play on red carpets for grownups. Some celebrities have spokesperson relationships; some are making bids to set trends; some are quietly promoting the image of their latest work (see: Rooney Mara surrounding Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), and some are surreptitiously trying […]
Well, the Oscars HAPPENED this year, didn’t they? (They happened to be dreadful.) There is, of course, a world of nonsense involved when the richest and most elevated echelons of a subculture come together to congratulate themselves; that’s par for the course with most celeb culture. However, even for an event which shut a woman […]
Red carpet season is skidding to its conclusion soon! In the meantime (and until I get a replacement working Rome DVD from Netflix for Channel Flip, and write up my feelings on The Hour being cancelled using only pictures of me crying, and also that novel I should be working on nobody even talk about […]
Last night, amidst weather that looked like a total slushstorm but that the Brits probably classified as “a bit of rain” and the makeup artists probably classified as a series of expletives requiring industrial anti-frizz pomade, the stars gathered to celebrate the BAFTAs. I enjoy the BAFTAs because of the red-carpet opportunity it provides for […]
Red Carpet season continues, with the awards show that decides it’s time to introduce a ManiCam so we can intensely scrutinize even the cuticles of our chosen royalty! It’s the awards show that dares to ask, Who will award actors if actors don’t award actors? And last night, the Screen Actors Guild answered that call, […]