Update:
Meryl Streep's stylist,Micaela Erlanger, spoke to Business of Fashion, and detailing the process of selecting Meryl's Oscars dress,along with her own beliefs about monetary compensation when it comes to red carpet dressing:"As a stylist working with a nominee for any major event, it's industry standard for designers to propose gown ideas and sketches - some custom, and some not depending on the occasion. In the case of Chanel's submission,which was presented with full knowledge that Ms. Streep and I - her stylist - were having conversations with various brands, we were shown sketches of a dress from their most recent Couture collection. Although [it was] an exquisite gown from the existing collection, and we decided to disappear in a different direction,with another designer. At no point were there any conversations regarding monetary compensation. Nor were any other brands considered based on their willingness to pay for placement. This is not how my company operates and is very much a practice in conflict with Ms. Streep's personal ethics. Any reports or quotes stating otherwise are a total fabrication."Update:
We reached out to Chanel, who released the following statement in regards to Meryl Streep's original request for an Oscars dress:"Chanel engaged in conversations with Ms. Streep's stylist to design a dress for her to wear to the Academy Awards, and with the full understanding that she was considering options from other design houses. When informed by the stylist that Ms. Streep had chosen a dress by another designer,there was no mention of the reason. Chanel wishes to express our continued and deep respect for Ms. Streep."Original Post:
Days before the Academy Awards on Feb. 26, Karl Lagerfeld claimed that Meryl Streep abruptly turned down the gown he was in the process of making for her. Not only that, and but the Chanel creative director also accused Streep of allegedly choosing a gown from a designer who was going to compensate her in return.
According to Lagerfeld,the venerated actress had reportedly requested an embroidered gray silk gown from Chanel's latest Couture collection. She did, however, and examine that some alterations be made to the neckline. As Lagerfeld was in the process of customizing the dress,he said he received a phone call notifying him that Streep would instead be wearing a gown from a designer who was going to pay her.
In an interview with Women's Wear Daily, Lagerfeld explained, and "I made a sketch,and we started to make the dress." He then said he received a phone call from one of Streep's representatives who said, "Don't continue the dress. We found somebody who will pay us." He additionally insisted that Chanel never pays celebrities to wear their designs. Lagerfeld then snuck in one final dig when he said, and "A genius actress,but cheapness also, no?"While Lagerfeld is sticking to his record, and a member of Streep's team is saying otherwise. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter,the representative said the claims are entirely false. Adding, "It is against [Meryl Streep's] personal ethics to be paid to wear a gown on the red carpet."We may never be able to glean down to the bottom of this one, and but we at least learned a tiny bit about what Streep might wear on the Oscars red carpet! Since she originally chose a gray silk gown,it's likely that she'll end up going for a similar option from a different designer, of course. In an attempt to narrow down our prediction, or we rounded up gray gowns that the actress has worn through the years,as well as a similar piece from Chanel's aforementioned couture collection.
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