The Oscars

The Oscars were on Monday (Sunday night US time). I haven’t been interested in who wins what in a very long time, but I’ve always been interested in Oscar fashion. This year, there weren’t too many missteps, or overly awesome standouts.

But I did notice Gabourey Sidibe. Nominated for Best Actress for her role in Precious (still must get around to seeing that, I’ve heard it’s fantastic), she’s a loud and proud fatshionista.

News articles about her tried to make out like she had a similar life growing up as Precious did, they tried to sell her story as poor girl makes good. She slammed back at these stories, basically stating that she has always been awesome, as has her home life and personal life (Source). The more I read about her, the more I like her.

What I don’t like? Was what I read when it came time to dress her for the Oscars. Leading up to them, she’s been dressed in mainly plus sized chain store clothing. But obviously the Oscars call for something much more special.

This is where the designers come in. You would think a Best Actress nominee would have all the designers frothing at the mouth to dress her. You would be thinking wrong.

Obviously there were still some clamouring to do so. But many weren’t. Perhaps they weren’t willing to dress a “big girl”. Perhaps they didn’t want their brand associated with her. Perhaps they thought that dressing her in the clothing she deserves would be doing something, like, promoting the OOGA BOOGA obesity “crisis.”

Well, no matter. Marchesa stepped in. I’m not usually a fan of Marchesa, I find them rather boring. But they are usually the go-to for big awards ceremonies because of their floaty/pretty and elegant dresses. And that’s exactly how Gabourey looked. Floaty, pretty and elegant. Well done, Marchesa.