Polished Glamour Reigns at the 97th Annual Oscars

Award season just reached its peak with the 97th Academy Awards ceremony happening yesterday, where the fashion is equal to the movies and films in importance. Hollywood kept an army of fashion stylists, hair and makeup artists, fashion designers, shoe brands, and don’t forget the diamond purveyors, busy with weeks of facial treatments, workout regimens, and all-round preparations to get the nominees and presenters in tiptop shape. It’s the Superbowl of fashion and brands like Chanel, Gucci, have their approved celebs to dress in vintage looks, dresses taken from the runway or looks created exclusively for that celeb. It’s become popular to wear gowns from designer’s archive, keeping the circular economy and reducing waste of perfectly beautiful dresses.

Legacy jewelers like Chopard, Cartier and Tiffany & Co. confer with stylists on necklines to decorate, ears to bejewel and wrists and fingers to bling-out. It’s an industry that hums along culminating on Oscar night when nominees arrive polished and glamorous as they have ever looked. It takes an army, but the results become fodder for people to give thumbs up or down. Everyone’s a fashion expert on Oscar night’s fashion parade. Who’s your favorite celeb look?