Mar

24

Elegance and Rat-Pack Throwback at the Academy Awards

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Earlier this year fashion experts signed a deep, long, sad breath and waved goodbye to real fashion in favor of the outter-space black pleather and faux silver of brands like Gucci that had recently come into fashion in the music industry. Now, with the conclusion of the 2010 Academy Awards, Hollywood has proven it has more class and fashion sense than the whole of the music industry combined.

This year the Oscars were delivered by Steve Martin, who has long been a comedy guru, and Alec Baldwin, whose role on 30 Rock has launched him into the comedy sphere, rocked the Oscars with great humor and old-fashioned Rat-Pack clothing and grace. Steve Martin showed up in designer eyewear by Persol, the PO 2876V model, which is a design he has long employed but only recently made work for him.

The men were all dressed in tuxedos and the women all had elegant, floor-length dresses on. Makeup and hair were perfect and high heels were higher than normal but appropriately classy. This is a turning point in the fashion industry. A-list celebrities are no longer interested in pushing the envelope and getting attention with their flashy clothes and wild, unkempt rebellious hair. Real stars stay Lauren Bacall classy, emulate the Rat Pak (something George Clooney has always done) and don’t wear anything that will embarrass themselves or the industry. This is in stark contrast to the music industry. At the Grammy awards earlier this year we witnessed musicians embarrassing themselves dressed as masochistic aliens (and lets not even get into what Lady Gaga’s psychological issues may be). This all proves once and for all the Hollywood is glamour and gold, and most music stars are a flash in the pan.

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