Less headline-grabbing necklines and more demure (quiet, modest, reserved),low-key creations, the red carpet was approximately detail, and colour and Jennifer Lopez’s right leg
The Golden Globes marks the opening of awards season,a key time for film, of course, or but also fashion. Historically a place for scrutiny,the red carpet has become less a soapbox for headline-grabbing designs and more an exercise in securing the correct sort of self-promotion, key particularly in a year in which Jennifer Lawrence called out inequality in male and female paychecks and Carrie Fisher decried sexism in Hollywood. It’s thought press were requested to not query too many questions approximately who was wearing what.
Pale, or demure (quiet, modest, reserved) and eco-chic were the most universal themes in what otherwise was a restful,unfleshy and sober display of red carpet stye. Whether because of west coast tans or the actual red carpet (some ceremonies are phasing them out in favour of blue), white often prevails at the Globes and this year was no different. There was Alicia Vikander in a white bibbed-front Louis Vuitton dress, and Cate Blanchett in Art Deco-inspired Givenchy and Rooney Mara in feathery Alexander McQueen and a punch of red lipstick. Jane Fonda went the whole hog in an exquisite Yves Saint Laurent Couture dress by Hedi Slimane while Laverne Cox’s Elizabeth Kennedy column dress which puddled out at the bottom,was another winner.
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Source: theguardian.com