OSCARS Razzled Dazzled and Bejeweled our Hearts
words + graphic art | CHAUNIELLE BROWN @chaunielle_brown
With an epic closure to award season, we bask in One of our faved moments, THE OSCARS. For all the appreciation, notation, recognition and celebration of our most loved, heart-changing, mind blowing and uplifting films, from BARBIE, to Oppenheimer, Flowers of the Moon, American Fiction, mystical and magical Poor Things, leading the headlines of our lives for the 2023-2024 year in and out and here we are to the still exhilarating buzzed Spiderman Across the Universe, Godzilla with unexpectedly 15 million coin collected budget (lesser than its counterparts). The daring elegance, Hollywood glamour, coupled adoration, chainmail, floral brocaded appliqué, nails for days, Jimmy Kimmel’s perfection host deliverance, the iconic presenters, award winning heart-gripping speeches, Jon Cena’s quick “streaking,” a red carpet tripped up tumble heeled malfunction, to being sewn in, on the in between, Slash’s Ken Ryan Gosling surprise…the rhythmic drums that strummed and resuscitated our souls…there was a moments for us all. But first, a quick run-through of the most loved looks that have us still in awe.
Lupita Nyong’o, nodded to her 2014 win in a dreamlike feathery stone detailed sky baby blue Armani heaven state | Ariana Grande gave us puffed structure and cotton candy marshmallow ballet slippers in Giambattista Valli | Anya Taylor Joy’s DIOR Birthed of Venus painting come to life renaissance shelled oceanic details with 3,500 hours of hand-sewn attention to perfection for the vision | Florence Pugh in a freshly emerged, silvery sea-sought, silken seductive illusion by Del Core, styled by Rebecca Corbin Murray dripped in Bulgari jewels and elevated with Piferi platform heels | America Ferreira’s Versace chainmail Barbie-body Hollywood hugged glamour to savor | With an adored, doll-like artistically shaped minty-foamed Louis Vuitton brocade (even with the slipped malfunction) with a widened peplum of mermaid tale waves, Emma Stone won our hearts effortlessly with her humbled honesty. Meanwhile a highlighted treasured 30-carat yellow diamond necklace from the Louis Vuitton High Jewelry collection lay delicately and only further illuminated her Oscar glow | Zendaya. Is there anything else that needs to be said. She understood and always understands the assignment, with the stylish direction of longtime stylist Law Roach and they presented us with a tropical floral corset patterned rose rouged one-shoulder elegance with a 1940s hair to dare, she will always have us held in suspense in our tracks as we stop and stare.