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o

n Sunday more than a billion

movie fans worldwide will
tune in to see which stars will
snag a coveted Oscar at the
72nd Annual Academy Awards. But
that's not all that television viewers will
be tuning in to see. The glamorous garb
worn by the stars holds almost as much
fascination as who will walk away with
the golden statuettes.
"People look for-
ward to seeing what
the presenters and
winners will be wear-
ing," says stylist Patti
Fox, author of the
just-published Star

nated," Fox says. "They want to cover
their bases and make an association."
Fox shared more of her observations
about Academy Award glamour in a
conversation with the Jewish News.

JN: What's the buzz this year? Who
will be wearing what?
PF: I have a few leads, but I am not
allowed to tell. There is no bigger secret
in Hollywood than what the stars will
be wearing on Academy Award night.
Usually the stars have a couple of dress-
es, and if what they
will be wearing leaks
out, they will switch
[to something else] the
night of the awards.

JN: What about
Style at the Academy
trends this year?
Awards (Angel City
PF: I think there
Press; $30). "The
will be a lot of gold,
Academy Awards has
silver and metallic
become the biggest
this year. I think we
fashion show of the
will see more and
year."
more couture, more
While the awards cer-
one-of-a-kind
emony has taken place
gowns. There will be
since 1929 and has
a strong presence by
always been about glam-
international design-
our, "it wasn't until the
ers like Versace and
advent of television cov-
John
Galliano for
Above: At the Academy Awards
erage of the ceremonies
Dior. Also, now that
in 1930 with Conrad Nageh
in 1953 that America
there is more of a
Jewish actress Norma Shearer
fully appreciated the
crossover with the
wore the gown that Adrian,
Oscar show as one huge
music industry, we
the MGM costume-design
fashion show," Fox writes legend, had created for her film
will see things that
in her book.
are a little bit more
"The Divorcee." In the studio
Today, big-name
days, says author Patty Fox,
outrageous. [As for
"costume designers dressed the
designers vie for the
individual stars],
stars for the Academy Awards.
chance to clothe an 'A
Goldie Hawn has an
Today, commercial designers
list" celeb. "The bigger
effervescent look
create gowns for the [Oscar
the star, the more
that comes through
designers seek them out, ceremony]."
no matter what she's
send them clothes, fly
wearing, and when
them to a Paris showing or do whatev-
Winona Ryder dips back into the
vintage look, she is the most suc-
er it takes to get them to wear their
cessful.
gown," says Fox. The longtime fashion
consultant to the Academy Awards
this year will cover the pre-show, along
JN: Do the actresses make a commit-
with stalwarts Joan and Melissa Rivers,
ment to a particular designer, or is
for the E! cable network.
their attire open for grabs?
PF: Right now, it's pretty much open
"Many commercial fashion designers
have representatives in Hollywood year
for grabs, which gives a star flexibility
round courting various celebrities even
in choosing. But I can see in the
without knowing who might be nomi-
future some bona fide contract and
associations similar to sports.
Alice Burdick Schweiger is a
New York-based freelance writer.
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