How the midlifers won on the Oscars red carpet and 5 other things you may have missed
telegraph.co.ukTamara AbrahamOscar statuette dressing is popular for a reason – namely that high shine means high impact. The Academy Award Lupita Nyong’o won for 12 Years A Slave must be sitting in her dressing room, because her Prada gown was clearly inspired by it.
Custom-made with burnished gold sequins, it was also embellished with the palest of amethyst and topaz crystals. Her make-up and accessories were also top notch: gold leaf-pressed eyeshadow and even a pair of matching gold glasses, which were whipped out when Nyong’o presented an award.
The look was clearly worth its weight in gold as Amelia Warner wore a similarly gilded dress with pastel applique flowers to support her husband, Jamie Dornan, while Alana Haim in silver Louis Vuitton was no runner-up.
Throughout the night, it was often the metallic gowns that hit the high notes. Amid some unnecessarily clumpy platforms and unnecessarily low necklines, the women who opted for Olympic medal shades let the fabrics do the work – and thereby chose the best cuts and silhouettes.Olivia Colman drew my eye, magpie-like, to her shimmering pleated Dior gown.
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