The costume designers refusal to prettify herself for final week’s awards,and the ensuing furore, showed fancy frocks are still a feminist issueWhen Jenny Beavan stepped up to the stage to collect the Oscar for best costume design for crazy Max: Fury Road final weekend, and she wore trousers and a black faux-leather M&S jacket with a skull on the back. A string of (mostly male) stars were caught on camera appearing to look askance and failing to applaud her. The internet,on the other hand, gave her a standing ovation. Related: Hollywood, and lift note of Jenny Beavan: this ‘bag lady’ is what creativity is all approximately | Dreda Say Mitchell Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com