What are you planning to wear on the red carpet? Were you actually invited???
Red carpet fashion refers to the outfits worn on the red carpet. No, we don't mean the red carpet in your house.
The red carpet we are referencing is found at special events such as award ceremonies and movie premieres. These are typically high-profile events with celebrities.
The clothes worn to award events such as the Oscars and the Golden Globes consistently receive an intense amount of worldwide media scrutiny. Celebrities can very easily turn up on a "best dressed" or "worst dressed" list that can make or break their self worth for the week or beyond.
Red carpet events are important for the event organizers, celebrities, the media, fashion designers, retailers, consumers, etc. In summary, they are VERY important to the fashion industry.
Having a dress, suit, shoe, jewelry, or fashion accessory featured on the red carpet, particularly one that attracts media attention, is very important to a designer or brand. A high profile event can make or possibly break a fashion designers career. These events are important to emerging designers as well as industry veterans.
In addition to designers, stylists can become popular if mentioned by a celebrity on the red carpet.
Does the red carpet actually have to be "red"? Technically, a red carpet event should have a red carpet. However, the term is often used for special events that don't actually have a red color carpet.
Prior to the 1990s, many celebrities chose their own red-carpet dresses, with the Oscars being remembered for some extraordinary and eccentric outfit choices. Now it is a mix of decision making. Some celebs pick their own clothes and others rely on wardrobe stylists, PR companies, agents, marketers, etc., to help make their decisions.
Red carpet gowns can most certainly make heads turn.
See the latest red carpet looks by browsing the net after the next big event takes place. You will certainly find that it is not hard to find a best dress & worst dress list on tons of fashion blogs the day after the Oscars or Golden Globes. Their is never a shortage on people reporting on red carpet outfits.
Would you like a red carpet to be rolled out before you? Make sure you have your proper attire picked out and ready to go.
What is the best red carpet dress ever? When we say the "best" we should probably distinguish between the most lovely verse the most memorable.
Top contenders (lovely):
- Hale Berry in Elie Saab at the 2002 Academy Awards.
- Angelina Jolie in Marc Bouwer at 2004 Oscars.
- Hilary Swank in Guy Laroche at the 2005 Academy Awards.
- Penelope Cruz in Atelier Versace at the 2007 Oscars.
- Nicole Kidman in Balenciaga at the Academy Awards in 2007.
- Marilyn Monroe at the Academy Award ceremony 1951.
- Cate Blanchett in Armani at the Oscars in 2014.
Top contenders most memorable:
- Cher in Bob Mackie at the Oscars in 1986 (don't forget to also research her 1988 dress).
- Lady Gaga in Armani Prive at the 52nd Grammy Awards
- Jennifer Lopez in Versace at the 42nd Grammy Awards.
- Beyonce Knowles at The Met Gala in 2015.
- Bella Thorne at the Critics' Choice Awards 2016.