Oscar Dresses: Jennifer Connelly' Oscar dress 2001
Jennifer Connelly in the Oscar dress by Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga at 2001 Academy Awards
Oscar Winners:
When A Beautiful Mind, about maths genius John Forbes Nash Jr. who overcame paranoid schizophrenia and became a Nobel laureate for economics in 1994, won Best Picture at the 74th Academy Awards last Sunday, it became the 18th movie to achieve that most-coveted prize.
And when A Beautiful Mind co-star Jennifer Connelly, who played Nash's supportive wife Alicia Larde, won Best Supporting Actress, and Iris co-star Jim Broadbent won Best Supporting Actor as British novelist-philosopher Iris Murdoch's supportive husband John Bayley, Connelly and Broadbent became the 44th and 45th actor/actress to win Oscars for fleshing out real-life people.
Designer Oscar dresses:
Best Supporting Actress winner Jennifer Connelly did not fare much better with armchair critics. Her taupe chiffon strapless Oscar dress was designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga. He is the celebrated designer who ignited a trend for collage, who stirred up interest in shaggy knits, who pulled trousers back up to the natural waistline. The Oscar dress he created for Connelly had a tiered skirt with a ravaged hemline and was accessorized with a long chiffon scarf draped casually around her neck. One post-Oscar critic wondered why such a pretty girl would wrap toilet paper around her neck.
Celebrity Oscar dresses:
How could a beautiful woman like Connelly find herself judged bland and washed out? Because they confused the red carpet with a catwalk. Hollywood stars may have model-size bodies, but they're playing to a crowd of movie fans, not fashion insiders. Isn't that the first rule of performance? Know your audience. Connelly's Balenciaga Oscar gown was, by fashion standards, exquisite. And had Jennifer Connelly' Oscar dress been on a runway in some Parisian industrial warehouse, the Oscar dress would have undoubtedly been well received by those whose livelihoods depend on understanding the essential meaning of shredded chiffon and wan faces. Her minimalist makeup and simple hair spoke to the central point of the dress, which was organic, urban glamour.
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