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Winning everything everywhere at once: big moments at the Oscars

13/03/2023

Winning everything everywhere at once: big moments at the OscarsThe Oscars 2023 red-carpet fashions will spur a rush of activity as the haute couture and best designer looks are rapidly reproduced.

by The Conversation

13-03-2023 09:45

in Entertainment

Oscars 2023. Image: The Conversation.

The Academy Awards in 2023 were a less scandalous affair than last year - although host Jimmy Kimmel never let us forget the slap , with so many jokes it was verging on a dead-horse-beating situation.

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In fact it was a relatively wholesome ceremony, defined by great sweeps for films All Quiet On The Western Front and Everything Everywhere All At Once. Perhaps the only shock was Angela Bassett losing Best Supporting Actress to Jamie Lee Curtis, and thereby being denied the chance to do the thing .

Here, we summarise the most important moments from the 2023 Oscars.

All the looks of the champagne carpet Deborah Fisher, Lecturer in Design and Fashion Studies, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast

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The Oscars 2023 red-carpet fashions will spur a rush of activity as the haute couture and designer looks are rapidly reproduced for the knockoff market.

Michelle Yeoh, nominated for best actress, stuns in #ChristianDior at the 2023 #Oscars. If the star wins, she d be only the second non-white woman to win in over two decades. See all the details on what could potentially be a monumental win: https://t.co/BhRgAfbttE pic.twitter.com/ynpXzVcKEC

Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) March 13, 2023

The pillars of European Haute Couture were well represented. The major players such as Louis Vuitton (Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas), Armani Priv (Nicole Kidman), Dior Haute Couture (Michelle Yeoh), Valentino (Florence Pugh), Prada (Catherine Martin), Atelier Versace (Lady Gaga), floated across the carpet with all the feel of Paris fashion week.

Lady Gaga walked the #Oscars red carpet in a #Versace look that was just shown on the runway in Los Angeles this past Thursday night. The superstar is set to perform the Oscar-nominated Hold My Hand at tonight s ceremony. See all the details on her look: https://t.co/f9Xis6evBe pic.twitter.com/voGWtGMwch

Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) March 13, 2023

There was, however, an obvious absence of emerging or avant-garde designers or even American designers. Instead, it would be fair to say there was an abundance of understated looks, with shades of soft ecru and off-white dominating (Halle Berry, Michelle Williams, Emily Blunt, Tems). Where there was colour, it was delectable- mid-toned aqua (Halle Bailey in Dolce & Gabbana), citrusy orange (Sandra Oh in Giambattista Valli), chartreuse (Winnie Harlow in Atelier Versace), palpable purple (Angela Bassett in Moschino).

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At tonight's 2023 #Oscars, The Little Mermaid star @HalleBailey embraced her role with an aqua gown by @dolcegabbana worthy of a Disney princess. See all the details on her look here: https://t.co/xFs1jJ8dDE pic.twitter.com/RqUGCmlg5a

Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) March 12, 2023

Red (note the carpet was renamed champagne) got a solid look in with Melissa McCarthy, Anni Strenisko, and Cara Delavinge, who stunned in Elie Saab. The men followed the mostly conservative mood, with Austin Butler and Lenny Kravitz in Saint Laurent, Keith Urban and Ke Huy Quan in Armani Priv , and Paul Mescal in Gucci. Questlove, last year's Best Documentary winner, adorned his Crocs with sparkles and bling so he could shine his light, perhaps the most personalised of the men's sartorial stories.

Austin Butler looks dapper in a #SaintLaurent tuxedo on the 2023 #Oscars red carpet. The star is a first-time Academy Award nominee in the best actor category for his role lead role in Baz Luhrmann s Elvis. See all the red carpet arrivals here: https://t.co/YVxSZoSXjW pic.twitter.com/ePjDXIu4AA

Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) March 12, 2023

And of course, there are some looks that will, although they should not, be copied - Sigourney Weaver's somewhat matronly Givenchy dress and Eva Longoria's art deco-inspired, but far too ambitious gown by Zuhair Murad.

Eva Longoria wore a #ZuhairMurad Spring 2023 Couture beaded tulle gown with a matching scarf and #Chopard jewelry to the 95th Academy Awards. #Oscars #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/cRyMqLP6AO

The Fashion Court (@TheFashionCourt) March 13, 2023

Keeping the score Gregory Camp, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland School of Music

There was a sore lack of good music throughout this year's ceremony.

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I miss the days of the orchestra pit. The orchestra this year was invisible, other than a few short shots of them leading into commercial breaks and during the Best Original Score announcement. They appeared to be in a conference room somewhere backstage; just because one can pipe in a remote orchestra fairly easily doesn't mean one should. And despite the fact there was a live orchestra (somewhere), most of the music sounded prerecorded, as it was mixed in a flat, lossy way.

The music clips chosen to accompany the presenters' and winners' walks to and from the stage were not very exciting. We heard a lot of a very dull looping motive from Everything Everywhere All at Once as members of its team went to collect their well-deserved awards.

It is possible to write music that is immediately noticeable and interesting; just ask John Williams, who can fit more melodic material into two bars than this whole ceremony had in all its incidental music. All Quiet on the Western Front's repeating minor triad is at least memorable, although I was surprised it beat Williams' and Justin Hurwitz's stronger work for The Fabelmans and Babylon, respectively, to win the Best Score award.

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