Salon.com > Actress http://www.salon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The brief, wondrous life of an Oscar gown http://www.salon.com/2013/02/24/the_brief_wondrous_life_of_an_oscar_gown/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/24/the_brief_wondrous_life_of_an_oscar_gown/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13208812 So maybe you spent the better part of last year eating oatmeal paste (or practicing the world's best-ever dance sequence), and your efforts paid off. You've been showered with trophies since awards season started back in January, and now it's time for the big finale.

The Oscars.

The impression you make at the Academy Awards is going to matter. And while you've worked hard to advance your career, been selective with roles and have only done nudity when it "made sense for the character," a spot on the best-dressed list never hurts, either.

An iconic gown on the big night can separate the Meryl Streeps from, well, the not-Meryl Streeps.

So you employ a stylist, and he or she enlists a team. And there begins a dizzying constellation of designers, ateliers, tailors, assistants, hair and makeup artists and messengers, all working in service of something bigger than themselves: You.

Time to get ready.

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