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Last week, legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani publicly defended one of the industry’s threatened species: the red carpet.
In justifying the parades of excessively expensive frocks and jewellery in a pandemic (one look at India’s daily infection toll should be enough to make any mere mortal rethink that ballgown), Armani told
Women’s Wear Daily red carpets were “a moment of escape and dreaming”.
From left: Maria Bakalova, Carey Mulligan, Regina King, Nicolette Robinson, Amanda Seyfried.
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“I understand a momentary lack of interest now that things have gone virtual, but it will matter again, and actually it already does,” he told the publication.
Oscars 2021 red carpet arrivals standardmedia.co.ke - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from standardmedia.co.ke Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This year, with shrinking audiences and pandemic restrictions, there was a bitter irony in the fact women won more Oscars, across new and highly visible categories, than ever before.
Carey Mulligan and Colman Domingo lead Oscars 2021 red carpet arrivals
The 93rd Academy Awards are underway and stars have been donning their glad rags for the world to see on the red carpet
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Carey Mulligan looked stunning as she arrived on the red carpet (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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