6 Nicole Kidman, 1997
At first look, there does not appear to be an excessive amount of controversial about Nicole Kidman’s 1997 Christian Dior robe, a satin chartreuse-coloured couture creation by John Galliano, who had lately been appointed artistic director for the design home. But it surely marked a landmark second for the Oscars crimson carpet. “The costume was magnificent, but it surely was a polarising color, and sadly for Nicole Kidman, this was the time the place, due to Joan Rivers, the red-carpet critic was actually rising,” says Mulhearn. Rivers, who had hosted E!’s pre-awards present for the reason that mid-90s, referred to as it “the ugliest costume I’ve ever seen”.
She did not cease there. “She actually put her finger down at her throat on TV, which was so outrageous in itself, however what it additionally did was terrify all of the actresses on the crimson carpet, making them begin to query their very own style and doubt their decisions.”
No-one needed to be Rivers’ subsequent goal, so stars more and more began to depend on private stylists to decorate them. “That is actually when the commercialisation of the crimson carpet got here to the fore,” says Mulhearn. “Then, apart from a number of exceptions, it was the boring parade of fairly attire that we noticed from 2002 to 2010.”
