Predictable fashion for a conservative Oscars

Conan O'Brien, the host of this year's Oscars, in a scripted gag, reproached actor Adam Sandler for being dressed in a sweatshirt and sports pants, which made him look like a video poker player at two in the morning. Because at the Oscars it is important that everyone is dressed appropriately. But what does "appropriately" mean to Hollywood? Well, as has been made clear tonight (and at all previous galas), that fashion continues to legitimize the difference between men and women. While men are almost uniformed in black tuxedos to add rigor to the event, women, with sequins and silk, are the necessary decoy to embellish it. Or, if not, let us consider whether the red carpet, with as much or more echo than the awards themselves, would have such an audience without the actresses and their spectacular outfits.

However, it is a pity that the rigidity and conservatism of the academy eliminate any possibility of aesthetic dissent and that the fashion seen there never deviates from the most traditional stereotype of femininity. Dresses in most cases princess and mermaid cuts, cascades of fabric like curtains, dominance of colors such as pink or white, vertiginous heels, almost absolute absence of pants... Of course: "the hero" Timothée Chalamet can never be missing to dare to wear a yellow Givenchy outfit, when the system, on the contrary, reinforces him. A system that can now boast of its modernism for allowing Chalamet to exist. One more year and, as the expression goes, "No news is good newsBut in this case, we should ask ourselves who the good news is that nothing is happening.