How Celebrities Dressed Before ‘the Red Carpet’ Became a Juggernaut
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“You didn’t fly to Paris to get outfitted for the awards. And Paris didn’t fly to you,” Anjelica Huston told the Cut about the early days of Oscars dressing. When she won her statuette for Prizzi’s Honor in 1986, she had a dress made from fabric she bought at Beverly Silks and Woolens. “In those days, you shopped.” In those days before stylists, professional handbag-holders, Giuliana Rancic, gushing press releases about which celebrity wore which Gobstopper-size gems, and next-day red-carpet knockoffs, things were a little bit simpler.
Boxy suits, wispy lace dresses, and even pajama tops were all acceptable attire, not the peg for a “Worst Dressed” segment. Here, a look at some of our favorite unsung moments from the pre-E! epoch.
Jane Fonda At a Los Angeles party, circa 1962.
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Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston At the Academy Awards in 1975.
Diane Keaton At the Academy Awards in in 1976.
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Sissy Spacek At the 5th Annual AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: Salute to Bette Davis in 1977 at the Beverly Hilton.
Meryl Streep, Don Gummer At the Academy Awards in 1979.
Jodie Foster At the Foxes premiere in 1980 at MGM Studios in Culver City, California.
Photo: 1980 Ron Galella
Martin Scorsese, Isabella Rossellini In 1981.
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Diana Ross With her daughter at the 1985 premiere of Berry Gordy's Motown film The Last Dragon.
Charlotte Rampling At the premiere of The Night Porter in 1974.
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Meryl Streep In 1985.
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Diane Keaton At the Met in 1978. Photo: Ron Galella/1978 Ron Galella
Winona Ryder At the 4th Annual Independent Spirit Awards in 1989 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Photo: 1989 Ron Galella, Ltd.
Molly Ringwald At the 1989 premiere of Miss Firecracker.
Julia Roberts At the Golden Globes Awards in 1990 at the Beverly Hilton.
Photo: 1990 Ron Galella, Ltd.
Jane Birkin At Les Victoires de la Musique in 1992.
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