Oscar Dresses: Cate Blanchett' Oscar dress 2005
Cate Blanchett in Oscar dress by Valentino at 2005 Academy Awards
The Oscar Winner:
Cate Blanchett's offbeat sense of style comes straight out of her inner life - and from trusting in her own feminine and very Australian whimsy. Australian-born Cate Blanchett, who won Best Supporting Actress for portraying four-time Oscar-winning actress Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator - Cate playing Kate! - was truly a golden girl in her Oscar Dress. It was a Valentino golden yellow silk taffeta gown.
Celebrity in Oscar dresses:
What's interesting, and endearing, about these scatterbrained narratives is how differently Cate in person comes across from her intensely focused onscreen performances (think of her phosphorescent queen in Elizabeth, for which she was first nominated for an Oscar, or as the self-possessed eponymous heroine of Charlotte Gray). But what her offscreen personality shares with the big-screen movie persona is openness and honesty. Not that she reveals everything: It's obvious, and understandable, that she tries hard to protect the privacy of her husband, Australian writer Andrew Upton, and their two sons, three-year-old Dashiell and Roman, who is one. (The family lives in the British seaside town of Brighton, where the photographs for this story were taken.) But Cate is adept at making her feelings clear, from her choice of films to her wardrobe.
Designer of Oscar dresses:
"I have pretty direct relationships with designers," she says, explaining how she came to wear the stunning yellow Valentino Oscar Dress when she won an Oscar 2005 for her performance as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator. "I already knew I wanted to wear Valentino Oscar Dress - I wanted something with a classicism to it, and he's the master of that. I'd seen a dress in yellow. I loved Oscar Dress; I thought Oscar Dress was really striking. And when I tried Oscar Dress on, the sun was beaming through the windows, and the fabric was shot through with a pink and blue. Because the Oscars start out as a daytime event, I thought Oscar Dress would be amazing in the sunlight." Having decided on the color, she then talked to Valentino about adapting one of his original designs - "it wasn't quite right on my body" - until she was happy with the finished cut.
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