7 Days 'til Oscar: Costume Design
Sunday,February 17,2013 at 12:33PM
Each year at the Oscar ceremony I hope against hope that they'll ditch one of the numerous superfluous montages celebrating something or other throughout history and just do a runway show of the year's best costumes.On rare occasions we've seen a living tableau before the winner was announced and at least once,a Whoopi ceremony,the host actually incorporated costume design into the gig.
Imagine Seth MacFarlane coming out as Fantine in a shreddedLes Mizgown or Queen Ravenna's raven collar dress.Sorry,no!I apologize deeply for putting those images in your head.Let's just say that I feel reasonably certain there will at least be a stovepipe hat during the ceremony in honor ofLincoln.
OSCAR NOMINEES
• Jacqueline Durran,Anna Karenina
• Joanna Johnston,Lincoln
• Eiko Ishioka,Mirror Mirror
• Paco Delgado,Les Misérables
• Colleen Atwood,Snow White and the Hunstman
will win:Anna Karenina,it's not quite traditional "royalty porn",their favorite thing in this category,but the Russian aristocracy is close enough.
should win:Anna Karenina,Durran continues to just amaze in film after film.
weird trivia: The Oscars love Colleen Atwood but she only ever wins when she's pitted against their other all-time favorite Sandy Powell亚博主页
possible spoiler: if Oscar voters are feeling daring and/or sentimental you could see a posthumous win for the great Ishioka whose costumes always function as their own setpieces they're such scene stealers
OSCAR VISUAL CHARTS
My Own Ballot & Semi-Finalistswith shout-outs to all the Oscar nominees (great lineup.well done AMPAS) as well as Sharen Davis,Kasia Walicka-Maimone,Caroline Eselin,Julie Weiss,Mark Bridges,and Manon Rasmussen
I think this begs a reader poll...