If there’s one big news story coming out of the Oscars this year, it’s... surely going to be about whatever you’re wearing. Surely. On the off chance your stylist is suddenly not returning your calls, though (they tend to get feisty this time of year), here’s everything you need to get you through February 24.
Yes, you’ll need an actual tux for the big day. But at some exec’s ultra-modern mansion in the hills... not a bad idea to have a tastefully modern black suit at the ready. Hey, it was probably unrealistic to wear your tux for a month straight anyway.
If your schedule is chock-full of meals in hotel ballrooms wherein you sit around clapping politely for who’s-his-face and what’s-her-name, this French-made formal jacket should come in handy. It’s classic, trim, appropriate... and wearable wherever, February 25 and beyond. There is no luncheon off-season.
Ah, the Independent Spirit Awards. You have to be respectable, but you have to be edgy. You’re at a ceremony, but you’re on the beach. You’re... in need of a nice white shirt with just a little wait-what’s-happening-around-your-neck to it. (It’s black piping.) Boom. You’re credible.
Show ’em whether you won or lost with a flick of the wrist—turn the stud of these cufflinks, and a little yellow happy face is revealed. Turn more, and there’s a sad face. Then go find someone at the bar to turn it back around to a happy face.
Maybe your invite was lost in the mail. Maybe you’re Woody Allen. Maybe you just want to sit on your couch, watch the ceremony on TV and eat some gold-covered popcorn. So maybe you do that.
