Jenny Beavan took the home the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Mad Max: Fury Road last Sunday. As soon as she hit the stage, my girlfriend in New York shot out a group email saying, “How bad@ss is it the Best Costume Designer is wearing a leather jacket?” We all sent back cyber fist bumps. Apparently, the glitterati of Hollywood did not share our enthusiasm. As Jenny walked victorious to the stage, a number of high ranking entertainment industry folks either looked dismayed or withheld applause. The soon-to-be Best Director Alejandro Iñárritu even folded his arms across his chest. The question is, were his actions sour grapes that his designer for the The Revenant lost or did all the haut monde feel Jenny was too casual for their fancy dress party:
What gives? Some of Hollywood’s biggest talents refused to clap for Mad Max: Fury Road costume designer Jenny Beavan on Sunday, February 28, as she walked up to the Dolby Theatre stage to accept her Academy Award — and the reason why they didn’t applaud her is even worse.
Beavan broke away from the Oscars’ traditional dress code at the 88th awards ceremony, proudly grinning and walking down the aisle in a leather jacket (complete with a studded skull on the back) and a striped scarf.
As she walked by, several audience members glowered and gave her judgmental looks. Four-time-Oscar-winning director Alejandro Iñárritu crossed his arms and glared, while Spotlight director Tom McCarthy touched his face with a confused expression. Other members of the audience were seen giggling and smiling before raising their hands to belatedly clap for the recipient.
This jacket is looking to take down Awards Season. This is the same jacket, minus the bedazzled Skull of Awesome, Jenny wore to the BAFTAs when Stephen Fry joked, “Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to an awards ceremony dressed as a bag lady,” after she’d won for Max. Twitter attacked him and he quit Twitter saying, “Will all you sanctimonious f****** f*** the f*** off Jenny Beavan is a friend and joshing is legitimate. Christ I want to leave the planet.” After the Oscars, Jenny said she wasn’t comfortable in a gown and her bad back prohibited heels. Then she quipped, “… This was a homage to Mad Max and I obviously didn’t get it quite right at the Baftas, the scarf was meant to be an oil rag.” The best news? The jacket is not only faux-leather but currently on sale at Marks and Spencer for about $60.
I am not saying Oscar fashion isn’t important; I salivate over the gowns and rush to read the commentary on this website as quickly as you do. But Jenny wasn’t asked to present, she wasn’t loaned a gown or even interviewed on the red carpet; she had the luxury to wear something more comfortable. Fellow nominee Sandy Powell made a statement with a David Bowie inspired suit and all that got her was Juliana Ranic and Kris Jenner misidentifying her as Tilda Swinton. Designer Jacqueline Durran wore a long denim tied-front jacket to accept her Oscar in 2013 and in 1995 Lizzy Gardiner infamously wore a dress made of American Express Gold cards. Sure Jenny could have paired her jacket with silk palazzos but I stick with my girlfriend’s original assessment – it was bad@ss.
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God, people can be so superficial. Clothes… who cares? The only important thing is to feel yourself comfy.
Its not just her clothes, but the general fact of her being a plain old lady who doesnt give a rat’s ass among all those tansprayed mannequins.
THIS exactly. And I love her for it.
Yup. It makes them angry that she would dare to not play into this absolutely fake world of frivolity and superficiality. Maybe it forces them to think about how stupid the whole thing is, and thinking makes pretty people uncomfortable! How dare she! 😉
Pretentious dicks. I love her for this.
I loved her for this! She’s an Oscer level professional. She ROCKED that leather jacket like Betty the Badass!!!!! She does amazing work, she showed up, gave a great speech, and called it a night. I think everyone else was just jealous they didn’t get the memo that they could also be comfortable AND cool. This older lady didn’t get AF, and that is what we need more of in Hollywood!!!! If a man showed up like this, it would be ‘so edgy and cool’, but since it was an older lady it’s ‘ew look at that bag lady’. Screw Hollywood.
yup exactly and GOOD ON HER!
I could easily see that.
@Shambles Exactly. People hate you and are threated by you when you don’t conform, particularly when your non-conformity points out their blatant superficiality, hypocrisy, and stupidity!
One of my friends who does costume design posted the clip on Monday. Those men should be ashamed. It isn’t just that they didn’t clap for her, but their faces show so much distain that a woman DARE not play the game of sexualization. Its like they are thinking, why is she here if she isn’t going to push her boobs up and wear uncomfortable shoes and show some leg?
She’s there because she KICKS ASS at her job. She has won two Oscars, a Tony, a BAFTA. She has been nominated 8 freaking times for the Oscar. But who cares about female talent when it doesn’t involve cleavage, amirite?
As a costume designer, we love clothes. Glamorous, ratty, period, modern…it’s why we do what we do. It’s our creative outlet. But let me tell you first-hand, 99.99999% of us have ZERO f^@ks to give about being all fancy-pants ourselves. Aside from really out-there jewelry and kicky shoes, the bulk of my wardrobe consists of dark wash jeans in various cuts, and plethora black tees and sweaters. My go-to formal dress is a black crepe de chine a-line knee-length one with emerald green silk piping. That’s just how I roll.
Personally, I cackled with delight when I saw Jenny. She’s a total bad-ass, and her portfolio is absolutely amazing. “Howard’s End”, “Alexander”, “Gosford Park”… I’d totally have done the same thing in her shoes. Only mine would’ve been bedazzled Doc Martens. Because reasons.
I didn’t watch the ceremony, but watched clips online and looked at pictures afterwards. I love that she wore a leather jacket and stood out. I do think that her physical appearance factored into the disrespect she received after she was announced the winner. Not just her outfit.
But I’m glad she won and dressed as she did. I loved it. 🙂
You nailed it! I think by just how she looks and what she wore, the Hollywood crew was probably thinking who let the help in?
Totally superficial and classist.
nailed it!
Delphi,
I loved what she wore! But you said something I’ve always wondered about, it seems like designers do dress kind of plainly which seems odd if you really love clothing design. Do you ever vicariously live through the people you dress? If not, do you ever put big effort into a design just for yourself? Or is it kind of like cooking a big meal where the effort is kind of fun, but the result is so transitory?
I noticed Alejandro’s reaction and I was like, huh? She’s a costume designer and obviously eccentric so it seems strange people would be offended at her clothes. Maybe they were pissed that Mad Max was winning so many awards.
Yeah that was weird. I swear sometimes the camera’s 10 second panning catches more truth than months and months of campaigning.
That was my first thought–which movies were these people representing? Are they pissed their costume designer lost? In any case–she clearly is awesomely awesome.
And speaking as a motorcycle commuter, I want the jacket.
I think her outfit was the perfect compliment to the award she was winning-for mad max. Why wouldn’t you wear something cool like that when winning for mad max? Hollywood sucks with their pretentious bull sh!t.
He’s a well known a**hole so no surprise there.
Exactly. The Oscars is basically an overhyped version of a school prize giving on a massive scale anyway – I don’t see what the big deal is
Her concept is badass but the execution is not.
She could have pushed this into biker-tux territory. Black leather jacket, black pants with a stripe down the side, tux shirt, her awesome hair, no scarf …
Yeah but that would have taken intention, time, effort, and planning.
This lady just wants to be comfy and feel like herself.
Exactly, and not to sound insulting but when you get to directors/constume designers/makeup artists a lot of them choose their careers because they don’t want to be the subject.
If the cast had asked her to dress them I’m sure she’d have killed it. But for herself? This worked and she was able to accept her award and go about her business.
So, so much this. I enjoy fashion as much as the next person, but the whole ridiculous hype about the oscars has long puzzled me. It’s fun to see the gowns, but I really think people, both the participants and the public, take it way too seriously. It’s not the Nobel Prize or anything, these people make movies.
Power to the lady giving no fucks and dressing exactly as she pleases. I doubt she’s ever done it differently so I’m not sure what everyone is so surprised about.
Wellen-Mellon – hell yes. Youre so right. I think the shock was very much about exactly that & nothing more. She should have KNOWN how to do it better and im still perplexed that she did not… … I love that she won the award – the costuming in Mad Max was KILLER, and I drank it all in throughout the film watching EVERY bit of it. I loved it all. I would truly have expected far better from her when it came to ‘representing’.
@Ariandne. Well said. Its held for stupid overpaid, shallow self servering, self centred people with not one original thought in their head. Well done Jenny. Hollywood take note. This is a true example of someone you lives on their feet and not on their knees.
@Ariandne. Well said. Its held for stupid overpaid, shallow self severing, self centred people with not one original thought in their head. Well done Jenny. Hollywood take note. This is a true example of someone you lives on their feet and not on their knees.
Obviously that is not how people roll in hollywood. The key is to look a certain way at the expense of comfort. They all probably were jelous after all the starving, plucking, nips and tucks sitting there for 4 hours straight in their feet kill manolos, spandex and ties.
What a great person! She puts all the vain & superficial Oscar’s stuff in perspective. How very inspiring.
would you LOOK at the OH- SO- DEEP AND COMPASSIONATE SPOTLIGHT DIRECTOR Tom McCarthy ????
He looks like a typical 7th grade dbag GIGGLE GIGGLE….the rest of them are just disgusting PIGS….the women too.
But. She. Cares. About. Clothes.
She’s a fashion designer.
I do support her wearing whatever she likes. But people in tuxedoes and gowns will react to your not giving a f*ck about what they take so deadly seriously.
Remember when that other Aussie costume designer won for Pricilla? She made a dress out of AmEx Gold Cards. Stunning. Creative. Memorable. So there are ways to not play the game while still winning the game.
Seriously, people! The reason there was no clapping was that most of the attendees did not know who Jenny was! They were most likely, as I was, wondering if the old lady who was walking forward was some kook who got into the event by bypassing security. Her response at the mike was cogent and thoughtful. I had no idea who she was until I researched her name.
Because they’re ignorant aholes?
Whatever the reasons were, someone has just won an oscar for their work, you f*cking clap or you’re a douchebag.
Yep. @ssholes, @ssholes everywhere 😒
Lol yes 😱
Starts to really wear on one after a while. But at least here some a**holes got caught being a**holes. Usually they stealthily do it in ways they’ll never be exposed for
Yup, exactly. For some people it’s fun to dress up, but not for everyone. Good for her. All those a-holes owe her an apology
You’d never know it was 2016 … sigh
I completely agree.
But surely, there must be some otjer reason people didn’t clap, because not clappong for someone because of the way they’re dressed is too superficial, even for Hollywood.
Nope, seems about right for Hollywood.
Yes. This. What a load of awful pricks.
Exactly. Ugh. So disrespectful and childish. I can’t believe Inarritu would cross his arms and look sullen, like a pouty 3 year old. CLAP, you ass. Be polite.
Exactly..I now hope that creep never gets another award ..such a prat !! as much as I felt for her when she was seemingly the but of Stephen Fry’s comment …I have been so annoyed about the hypocrisy of these people who I am sure wish they had half the talent,imagination and skil of that woman…after all the actors are so often overblown ..Jenny Bevan may be relaxed but I am angry on her behalf !!!
Had people seen his reaction at the time I would have hoped they would not have clapped when he won!!!
It is shocking. This is the first I had heard about it and I feel genuinely upset about it. I expected so much more of Inarritu
Yes. It’s shocking to see the disdain on his face, and the people around him looking her up & down as she walks past.
For once talent shown through Oscar campaigning. Good on her.
+1000000
This is her style and she’s happy
Agree wholeheartedly. And that jacket is indeed badass. Far more interesting to look at imo than some of the fug or just plain boring gowns more than half the attendees sported that night.
Yep. She deserved the applause, regardless of what she wore. How shallow and superficial.
I just have to say that threads like this one are the reason I love celebitchy. You guys are awesome with all of your kindness and acceptance and such. Love you
Totally unprofessional.
She was badass & I prefer wearing that jacket than half of what the nominees were wearing.
Half of the nominees should have had on that jacket, I would have preferred it to what they had on.
And she must have been talking to my nana, who has always stressed that no matter what is going on in my world, good or bad, that I must always “be myself”.
Two thumbs up.
I wish there were like buttons on here. YES to that. Clap you bunch of dicks. So rude. Of course everyone clapped for him. Ugh. Humans
Good for her, for being herself, very rude of them to not clap.
You are so f*ing right.
“someone has just won an oscar for their work, you f*cking clap or you’re a douchebag”
IA, though I’d make a few exceptions – I wouldn’t blame anyone who withheld applause for someone like Polanski. I’d actually respect them more than the people who gave Polanski a standing ovation when he won for The Piano.
I took it as an homage.
Yes exactly. She’s basically cosplaying. She’s wearing Immortan Joe’s flaming skull symbol on the back of the jacket, she’s dressed overall like the character Mad Max, and she’s wearing Furiosa’s scarf — the Imperator’s scarf. So she’s cosplaying as three major characters from the film all at once.
Awesome. However, that is way to geeky for the Hollywood glitterati to get the reference. The Oscars are always unintentionally funny because the whole ting (and the major participants) just oozes such an unctuous self-importance. Artistically speaking, it is way better to get an award from a juryed festival. An Oscar can, after all, be bought.
She’s a costume designer.. They are suppose to be eccentric. The audience was rude. And it just shows a bit that like the viewing public they don’t care unless it is someone they like and are rooting for.
I wonder what the supporters of “Ask her more” would say. Because she is obviously about more than the dress.
This! If any one category of Oscar nominees can be expected to rock the unconventional formal wear (or a lack of formal wear), it’s costume design!
Right? Costume designers usually either go weird or comfortable. They don’t give any * ucks. Kudos to her. It didn’t bother me in the least. Brave lady. Awesome costume designer.
I think people can actually #askhermore. I said she seems to have substance unlike many of our actresses who come off inarticulate, vapid, ignorant and out of touch with reality. When they are asked more, we are shocked listening to their opinions. Go, Jenny!!!!
ps: I called it last year that the fashion industry would only give bad dresses for them to wear this year. Weren’t they saying “it’s just a dress”? Ha!
I saw the picture of another well known costume designer, her name is Sandy Powell, and she was dressed like David Bowie, in a green suit. My point is that costume designers are eccentric and sometimes avant garde, so thats the way the like to dress. The women won an oscar for her talent, she should be applauded like everyone else, no matter what way she dresses.
I totally agree with you! I don’t know why some gave her the side-eye. The more I read about Hollyweird, the more I b*tch about it, 🙂
Lisa2 this exactly, they should be using the hashtag to support and applaud her! When I first saw this clip online it made me so so angry. Every time I see it I noticea different persons expression and it just get worse. Like everyone has said, she’s a costume designer, if she wasn’t eccentric and unique, she would not be able to create eccentric and unique awesome costumes. I am even more glad she won if it really put those people out that much. They need to get a life! Go Jenny, role model! I truly hope she doesn’t see this clip everywhere and it effect her joy of winning, which I think she has the right attitude so it won’t.
Wait, so they didn’t applaud this woman receiving the highest honor possible of her career because of what she was WEARING? That is so stupid.
I read somewhere that everone clapped when she won, but because it took a while to get down towards the stage, some people just stopped clapping. According to what I read, it had nothing to do with what she was wearing. Who knows.
I was actually wondering about that. She has had 10 Oscar nominations and 2 wins so she is well known. I think people probably were judge-y about what she was wearing, but I’m sure she is liked and appreciated in the industry given the depth and breadth of her work.
Even if that was the case, you can still see the looks that people gave to her. Lots of disapproving and judgmental looks tell me that this wasn’t just about her taking a long time to get to the stage. This makes me hate these superficial celebrities even more. They did not smile or clap longer because she isn’t an attractive woman in a revealing gown. I’m glad people are calling out this rude behavior online and I wish Jenny Beavan all the best. She’s awesome.
I don’t know if she is that well known in Hollywood, because before doing MaxMAx, she mostly made period movies ( she made the costumes for the Merchant Ivory movies, Sense and Sensibility , the King’s speech, so mostly british movies)not really big budget ones .
So she may be really well know in Britain and among those who take attention to the work by people other than actors. But maybe Hollywood producers ,or people who never worked with her just don’t know heror are not interested.
But she’s clearly one of the greatest
That makes the most sense to me.
Also, Oscar fashion ISN’T important! (Though good for her on going faux with her leather. I try to too.)
Also wondering if the audience was sour about some onstage joke before this.
-TheRealPinky
Ah, I see. Thanks for this explanation.
Now I’m sad I can’t be internet angry 🙁
I believe this more than I believe they were all judgmental towards her.
They seem surprised, bored, exited, but not angry.
I’ve seen the SAME vine saying Iñarittu was mad that he didn’t won best movie!
So yes, I don’t think anybody cared that much.
Did you see how warmly Cate Blanchett greeted her on the stage?? Who cares about the rest of Hollywood!!!
Carol that’s what I read too. That there was video of them clapping but because of where she was seated it took a bit to get to the stage and by that time they stopped clapping. Basically j just rewrote what you did lol!
So people stop clapping if winners are seated far enough away to take a bit longer to get to the podium? And fold their arms? And look angry? That’s still rude.
Disclaimer: I didn’t watch; I’m basing this comment on that gif above and other comments.
Yet, they took forever giving a stand ovation to Leo, non?!
At least that’s what I saw on youtube, as I don’t have the time and patience to watch award shows anymore. 🙂
Ok but still, even if it did take her a little longer to get up to the stage when she is walking RIGHT past you, you clap. You don’t just sit there staring with a scowl. Does it really take that much effort? How pampered these people are.
The article is long on innuendo with the intent of inciting today’s topic for faux rage and was effective. We will have something different to get our hackles up about tomorrow.
I completely disagree. From all the CB posts that are click-baiting, this was probably 1 in a scale from 0 to 10.
Anyone can dress up, but all those people in a suit didnt win. SHE won (her work won). So whats the problem again -?
Edit: notice how its the MEN being a bunch of dinguses. The women are beaming for her.
Asshats. As usual.
Look again.. there are quite a few women giving her the eye too. So not just the men. It bothered me more that she saw it and noticed.. Cate B was so gracious to her and excited.. But I saw a wider view of the audience and it was very uncomfortable.
Yeah definitely not just the men, there are some women doing the up and down stare there too.
Her work is amazing and they should have been clapping…morons
It’s JUST like high school! The wannabies are super judgmental and awful because position matters so much to them and they don’t feel secure (with all the back stabbing and gossip, who would?). The truly popular people are the ones who get along with everyone because they’re genuine.
The woman sitting next to Alejandro Iñárritu (in white) looks like she’s rolling her eyes.
The lady in red fixing her hair because that’s clearly more important than class, manners, or dignity? Not to mention the row of men looking her up and down as she walked by. Disgustingly classless display by (cough,cough) adults.
nope, its just your confirmation bias. pretty much every post of you here for years consists of telling us that men are terrible.
Er… are we following other commenters now? Cause that’s borderline creepy.
@Nicole
There aren’t THAT many posters around here, so it’s not difficult to notice when someone makes the same type of comments again and again. That doesn’t mean you are “following” them.
First of all your comment is super sexist. Can you imagine the reaction if I said “women are usually asshats”?.
And secondly, as others are mentioning, there are plenty of women who didn’t clap.
Next time you call yourself a feminist remember: you are not. you are a misandrist who makes feminists look bad.
I don’t know if it is a good thing to tell other women the aren’t feminists. It isn’t for you to decide.
Feminism isn’t tantamount to anti-sexism…..
Thank you (NOT) for mansplaining.
That little clip had my social media timelines locked up for an entire day. It’s hilarious, isn’t it?
It might be offensive if we had any suspicion that Beavan gives the chuff from a flying monkey what anybody else thinks about what she wears. But since it’s clear she doesn’t, we can just laugh at the arsewipes and cheer her.
I also LOVE the way she walks. My mother walked like that and my father used to call it the “thumpitty thump of a fairy elephant”. Which my mother took as a compliment.
Go Jenny! An actual real human being went to the Oscars. Who’d a thunk it?
IKR??!!! Look at how the women are beaming and enthusiastically applauding – and Cate Blanchett’s embrace and smile seem utterly genuine. The response of the men in the audience is really appalling. How dare they? Stephen Fry’s Twitter quotation is completely applicable here – to them.
But then – we women have the great prerogative and opportunity to wear anything from baggy trousers and leather jackets, to haute couture Dior, and still rock it … whereas men, huh – just the tux I guess. I totally applaud her for keeping it real.
There are women who are not clapping and men who are. But hey, don’t let reality get in the middle of your hatred for men.
Oh Pablo, get over it. That’s what the majority always tells the minority in this world, isn’t it? But if you’re here out of real interest and not trolling, I’ll try not to be mean about it.
My mother walks like that! How such a small woman can make so much noise is beyond me, but then my tiny cat sounds like a baby elephant too when she’s walking around upstairs. My problem (and my father’s) is that we always think she is furious the way she stomps about, but ‘it’s just her walk’.
That’s the one! My mother was the noisiest woman in creation. She couldn’t even open a kitchen cabinet without slamming it shut, bless her. World’s worst dishwasher emptier.
Sixer: i walked like that until I started dance training. And it’s not just the walking, I apparently also slam doors, windows, thumb desks, crockery, saucepans etc. The dancing sorted out the stomping like a noisy elephant, but the rest I can’t seem to help no matter how hard (or should I say softly) I try.
Oh, come to my house for a visit! It would be lovely to have a stomper again. Mr Sixer is like a sneaky-uppy ninja, he’s so quiet about the house.
Count me in as a thumper. Yay noisy people!
Hah. My mother walks like that as well. Very heel-heavy. You always know when she’s in the house. Must use the phrase ‘fairy elephant’ in some context at least once sometime in my life. Love your anecdotes Sixer!
I am loving all the noisy mums. It’s a mum thing!
Of course mums have to be noisy! Otherwise, how would people know to: hide the drugs, get dressed, spray the airfreshener, gargle their mouthwash, etc. etc.
That gif gave me such delight. I love the look on her face after she turns back around and walks up the aisle. She looks triumphant and haven’t-got-two-damns-to give expression.
Damn! Those aisle people really were not trying to clap. Sheesh.
So the oscars are the Hollywood version of walking through your high school cafeteria.
Tbh this is more dressed up than Adam Sandler ever gets, so I’ll give her a pass and the reactions of Inarritu et al make me want her to do it again.
That’s exactly what it is. Gross that grown ups can behave like such children.
Perfect description. It was her walk of glory and their walks of shame. So glad it is out there for all to see.
Leave it to Hollywood douchbag men to judge a woman’s look. Disgusting.
Yeah. I came to say that if she was a tall skinny blonde this probly wouldn’t have been an issue.
Yeah. No wonder Fashion Police is such a success with heterosexual mysoginist men.
Inarritu’s a dick but I don’t think you can judge McCarthy or anyone else’s expression from the gif or the footage. Most people smiled when they saw the back of the jacket, and the rest weren’t really paying attention and were chatting amongst themselves. Which isn’t great, but it happens during all the awards except the acting ones and best picture/best director. Most winners just get a quick clap when announced.
I agree. As I said above, another site was saying that was his expression for not winning Best Movie.
They’re making a big deal out of nothing.
I agree. I read that some people had already stopped clapping bc it took her awhile to get to the front and that some didn’t realize for a minute that she was the winner when she walked past because they were expecting someone dressed up. I think the smiles are more appreciating the decoration on the back and her badass-ness than mocking her.
Hollywood pretends to be very tolerant. And it is. If you stick to its script and don’t veer too far off the farm. The reaction to Jenny was normal for them. It was just their bad luck it was caught on camera.
Mean Girls on Steroids. Brava for Jenny for weathering it and basically telling the pretentious prats to take a number and a seat with everyone else waiting for her to give a f*ck.
She is badass and the jacket rocks and good for her for doing her own thing and not bowing to peer pressure to the most superficial town on the planet. I don’t think she gave an eff about their reaction. As for Inarritu, it was def sour grapes. Jenny is one of the best at what she does and has been nominated several times, thou this is her 2nd win – she has worked on some of the biggest movies in her illustrious career.
Men are bigger b!tches than women.
So, all these creative people with their visionary ideas laughed of the person that dared to create a different outfit for herself.
Maybe if the Oscars were about real talent there would have been more people in that room to appreciate someone dressed different than them.
Rock your leather!!!!!! Happening.
Actually when you see the longer video, he begins to clap after she passes him. But yeah he had a sour face, he just looked like a douchebag in my opinion.
Maybe he had stopped to clap by the time she passed him and started again as he saw her . Maybe he didn’t clap at all when her name was announced , and only began when she passed him ( as he would be on camera).
But either way he looked like a douchebag, even if he had no bad intentions.
By the way I agree Jenny looked badass. And she’s a queen in her field. She has 10 nominations, and this is her 2 nd win .
I was at least happy to see Kate Winslet clapping and sheering for her. She made the costumes for Sense and Sensibility (aahh this gorgeous wedding gown , and the regimental costume Rickman wore swoon) and worked on many Emma Thompson movies before She knows Jenny is one of the great.
Her work is amazing and her win was well deserved. I’m really into costume design, I probably care more about that award than the best movie, actor/actress, etc.
I’m a big fan of Sandy Powell (her costumes for The tempst were out of this world), Colleen Atwood and the late genius Eiko Ishioka. Jacqueline Durran’s costumes for Anna Karenina were just incredibly beautiful. I literally bought that atrocious Snowwhite and the Huntsman for Atwood’s costumes, they are the best thing about that movie.
I’m in a different branch, but I adore costume design as well. I really wish I had the talent for it. I can almost forgive an atrocious film if the costumes are amazing.
I own The Cell whose story gives me the creeps but Ishioka’s costumes are amazing and I love Tarsem Sings visuel references to art work by Odd Nerdrum (among others).
The Tarsem Sing/Eiko Ishioka team were amazing – they worked together on The Cell, The Fall (gorgeous visuals and wonderful story) and Mirror Mirror (it was Ishioka’s last movie). I love how her costumes all have a touch of the surreal in these movies. Her work for Bram Stoker’s Dracula was exquisite with references to 19th Jugendstil art and Renaissance anatomy drawings.
In the clip who was the man with the dark hair and dark beard? It looked like he was rolling his eyes as she passed. Very rude
Alejandro González Iñárritu. In all his douchecanoe glory.
Just sitting below him there is another guy with a shorter beard and dark hair. I am almost thinking it is Jeremy Pevin
Yeah after Alejandro the next bearded dude really gives her an eye roll and a smug look. Who are YOU, douchey beard man who didn’t win an Oscar for your artistic talent?
I thought these were the Oscars not the Met Gala.
It’s interesting our perceptions. If Jenny had been some well know celebrity people would be attacking her I think. I looked at the comments about the other women and we were all critical of what some of them wore and very vocal about it. I think the people not applauding were rude. But why is it different for this woman. Why are people responding differently for her. Why is she judged differently than some of the other women that we talked about on Monday. I don’t hear anyone saying she needs a stylist or fire her stylist..
Everyone is judged differently.. and maybe we should be asking why some are judged differently.
Because everyone else was trying to succeed within the confines of Dressing Up For The Oscars and she wasn’t? So we got to judge their outfits because fashion is one of the games played at the Oscars. Why criticise someone who is at the Oscars but not playing that game? Not sporting.
Yes, exactly. Very well said.
I agree, lisa2. It may be that she isn’t an actor, so her looks are not part of what she’s selling. I still think you should dress appropriately for an occasion. It’s disrespectful not to, and if a celebrity had dressed this way she would have been torn to shreds. She didn’t have to wear a gown, but she could have tried to dress up. However, the biggest jerks were people not applauding her work because of her looks.
But perhaps this *is* her dressing up? I think the assault on homogeneity was preferable to conformity, honestly I do. She was the only non-bot there!
She was wearing a diamond encrusted skull on her vegan leather jacket! If that is not dressing up, than I don’t know what is.
😛
She said it was her way of dressing up, since she never wear dresses. And she customized herself the jacket with the strasses .
I agree with Sixer and Crumpet. Honestly, until I was in my late-twenties I refused to wear dresses. I even wore white slacks and a tight top to a wedding once.
(GNAT, you would have yelled at me)
It’s sort of like when my mom gets dressed up to go out to a restaurant. She wears nice slacks, and a sweater set thingie, earrings and a scarf and that’s her being dressed up. Never any dresses, skirts, ball gowns, sequins whatever. And you know what? She always looks really nice and put together.
We all know she is not dressed appropriately for the event. She may look badass and cool, but she knows, I know and you know that she is not dressed appropriately. Do I care? Not especially.
I hear you, GNAT, but I don’t know. I feel like society is relaxing its norms a bit when it comes to what’s appropriate. For example, look how casual (even sloppy) people dress for the office or church these days compared to what they wore not that long ago.
I love it when you dig your heels in GNAT. (And I’m never ever ever going to let you see a photo of me!)
You are so right on this, GNAT. I was biting my tongue because everyone was cheering so loudly for this one, but she is most definitely not dressed appropriately for the event. She could have worn a suit with flats and been appropriately dress. I wouldn’t wear cut off shorts and a tank top to go to court, why would she dress like this for what is known to be a formal event?
Agree with GNAT and Santia.
‘she had the luxury to wear something more comfortable’
Comfortable is fine, but you should still be appropriately dressed for the occasion. And unfortunately she isn’t. You wouldn’t wear shorts and flip flops to a corporate office would you? I wouldn’t expect dresses and heels if she finds them uncomfortable, but she could have done a really smart trouser suit and flats. And that’s not as boring as it sounds – it’s all in the choice of materials and accessorising.
Dressing appropriately shows respect for yourself and others. If anything goes, where do we draw the line? Wasn’t there a hue and cry awhile back in the UK about a school principal asking parents not to turn up in uggs and tracksuit bottoms when picking up/dropping off their kids, because it’s pretty hard to teach kids to dress appropriately when adults don’t model it. But I digress.
I’m probably going to get my knuckles rapped for this, but I do feel that people are excusing her because she doesn’t meet the standards of a typical Hollywood beauty (she’s not an actress or anyone well known, so it doesn’t matter as much), which is rubbish. I don’t expect her to spray tan, Botox or straighten her lovely hair to fit into Hollywood’s strait-jacketed view of what is attractive. But I do expect her to put her very best foot forward and to present herself as best as she can appropriate to the occasion. She’s made some effort – but hardly her best, I think.
Bag lady is terribly harsh though…and unfair. I’d say it’s a great outfit for nipping out to your local pub for a quick one.
@Thegrandsophy I was thinking exactly the same about the reason people giving her a pass is because of how she looks, which I find a bit condescending.
Honestly, and believe me I dont give a rat *ss about fashion, I think one should dress appropriately for each occasion or event, she didn’t have to make a fashion statement or anything but a black suit with her leather jacket would have done it.
Oh Sixer, I always think the ones I love are beautiful. I’m an old grump today because I feel terrible. I should look in the mirror. I don’t look appropriate to put out the garbage today.
TheGrandSophy,
Off-topic. I love your moniker! Are you a Georgette Heyer fan?
I agree with GNAT, Santia and Sophy too. It was very rude of some attendees not to clap her achievement, of which she should be very proud. But her clothes and her hair are unkempt. There is a happy medium between this and the other end of the spectrum. I’m also struck by the assumptions that dressing like this somehow makes her more authentic than the smartly dressed. Authenticity and dressing well are not mutually exclusive and dressing up doesn’t equate to shallowness. Anyhow, congrats on winning Jenny.
Hi ArtHistorian,
Thanks! I love your moniker too. Sorry for the late reply. I’m in the opposite hemisphere to most of you, so by the time things really get going here, I’m fast asleep.
And yes, I adore Georgette Heyer. Sophia Stanton-Lacy (TheGrandSophy) and Frederica are two of my favourite Heyer heroines. Capable, unflappable and just generally amazing in their insouciance – this Type A worrier wishes she could be more like them. 😉
Actually TheGrandSophy, one of my favorite events ever was a stuffy for people who probably think of themselves as liberal, where a guy actually decided to come out after 3 years of living in the closet amongst these people (and probably had to listen to obnoxious comments besides). He showed up in leather biker shorts and a studded leather neck collar. It was entertaining and kinda brilliant. The evening was much less boring after that. Don’t worry, TGS, there are always people who want to conform, we’ll never run out of those and chaos will not ensue.
Probably because the other women are actresses , or celebrities – who really are only a the oscars to be shown. And whe know how today they are supposed to all be fashion icons , and wear the most spectacular dresses on the red carpet, like it’s their main occupation.
I would like to see an actress wearing this sort of outfit if like Jenny she doesn’t wear dress . Why would she have to disguise herself?
Btw in europe, we’re maybe more tolerant ,because awards are not those big fashion event. And we’re more used to see actresses who are the same type : badass, not glamourous at all, with the same physical appearance, and yet very successful and awarded for their work.
If you looked at the oscars or other awards shows that took lace 25/30 years ago or more, women and actresses in general didn’t wear such spectacular dresses.
They wear more modest dress, sometimes only suits .
And iam quite surprised to see people going about actresses : oh she always wear the same thing, it’s boring , not original, like it’s her job to wear dresses, when her job is you know to act.
Actually i liked Jenny outfit more than like many over the top, tacky dresses on the awards red carpets. It wasn’t ugly, it rocked.
I’m not quite seeing the comparison. People saying they like or dislike a gown or suit in a fashion post is very different then this woman’s colleagues not applauding her win for her work, at the event as she walks by them.
I think, the difference is judging clothes vs. Fashion.
You really can not judge clothes. They cover your body and serve a purpose
Fashion is a statement.
Jenny is wearing clothes one can see at any street corner. Underdressed or overdressed, happens all the time. Some people do not care, for others it would be a catastrophy.
The Oscar producers do send out a notice to all nominees and presenters about “dressing appropriately.” Cher mocked it openly years ago in some outrageous Bob Mackie get-up, complete with giant headress, when she presented and announced that, yes, she had received the memo on how to dress like a serious actress.
I’m glad for Jenny that she has the spine to do what she wants.
Ah yes. I miss Cher’s over the top Bob Mackie outfits. Oscars are so boring. I miss the days of Bjork and her swan dress or Laura Flynn Boyle in her tutu dress. I will always applaud people who are not afraid to march to the beat of their own drum.
Agreees ladies.
I’m in the boat of ‘do whatever you want because I really don’t care’
I miss Cher. I miss Bjork. I miss well put together fabric insanity. All so boring and tidy these days. I don’t mind what she was wearing. She’s there to receive an award for her talent and skill not to audition.
Agreed. IMO dressing appropriately is overrated, or over-weighted.
Not so..he did not know yet about that..some are grabbing at straws to apologise for a rude man
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I wanted to say that I did not pass comment on the outfits for the Oscars..but I did want to comment on how that clip does illustrate so much bad behaviour ..so it is not inconsistent to all who comment on this blog to highlight this
I Just want to say the bear was the best dressed in the Revanant!!…and karma could be a bear that bites our Director in the behind one day!!
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He wishes he had a movie idea that required her talent!
Is she the one Stephen Fry called a bag lady, before he huffed off Twitter?
Yep
Yes. But she is his friend. It was one of those intra-friendship group jokes that doesn’t translate to a public stage, I think. But hey, it gave Stephen the chance for a Brand New Flounce, we got to feign outrage, she won an award regardless and continued with not giving a you know what – so everyone’s a winner!
yeah, they’re friends and she said she wasn’t offended. fry is so full of drama, i can’t stand it. just reading his twitter gave me anxiety.
I remember it being a joke (the comment, not his flouncing). Maybe she was also making a bit of a point.
Has he come back yet? He is the boomerang of Twatter, after all. I don’t know if I’d prefer her to have been making a point or just continuing in not GAF-fery!
I love Stephen Fry and his flounces – he’s such a Queen. LOL
Lol, clearly you all know. I was about to ask if Stephen so as huffy/dramatic as Twitter makes him seem.
It always amazes me how some comedians can be the most sensitive. Any criticism and they’re off and angry.
He is a huge narcissist and he’s always saying terrible, half-arsed things and then storming off when he gets called out on them. But somehow, we love him regardless. That’s Britishers for you! I think we just like the polysyllabic rants and verbal pyrotechnics he employs just before he does a flounce.
I thought his hissy fit was embarrassing and displayed a complete lack of humour, he should have expected one of his quips to get picked up on on the night, made a joke about it and moved on instead of picking fights with randos. I also thought he seemed “off” overall, his banter just wasn’t hitting the mark and he seemed to have trouble either reading or remembering a lot of his intros. I know his style is usually a sort of mix of pretend bumbling and wit, but the the bumbling seemed real/disoriented to me. Not saying this as a slur but maybe his bipolar meds needed adjusted, or the performance high of the night got to him. I honestly respect him for generally being awesome in his career, because I have a close friend who is severely bipolar and it is no joke. For someone to function with it with his profile it must be a lot of pressure that most people cannot comprehend.
Just to add, any surprise these a**es didn’t appreciate her award? These are the people who love Polanski.
Yes – they’ll clap happily for Polanski the rapist, but not for a woman who DARES to dress for herself rather than to please others. Lovely people.
those are idiots, and she can dress how she likes. i bet if she were a man, those same people not applauding her would have just dismissed the jacket as something eccentric, and not being bothered in the slightest. it’s sexism, of course.
+1
I guess it doesn’t matter that her speech was one of the best of the night…..
1) if you look at the longer clip-they all clapped it just took her a long time to get to the stage because of where she was sitting so by the time she got to the stage they had stopped.
2) she’s been winning awards all season. Like you said she wore the same jacket to the baftas. Costume designers are always wearing unusual outfits-I’m sure none of them were surprised or snubbing her.
This is a big deal over nothing.
Yep. This is a really misleading clip.
The douche-y glares are misleading?
Thanks for the logical explanation.
Agreed…watching the clip closely shows most of the aisle audience smiling (in a positive way) once they see the back of her jacket. Also, some looked surprised…not knowing she was about to pass (dark haired man w/beard jumps slightly). Understandable since she needed extra time to walk to the stage.
Iñárritu’s reaction has no excuse.
Yes. It really depends on what your background information is before watching the video. First I was under the assumption that the audience was being rude, but when I watch it again after reading that the clapping had ended and most of the audience didn’t know she was walking down the aisle, I see the expressions in a very different way.
Thanks for pointing out more to the story. This just didn’t ring as authentic.
Thanks for this. I noticed more looks of delighted surprise once she had passed and they realized that she was the one whose name had been announced. They certainly reacted favorably to her comments.
Tempest in a tea pot.
Iñárritu comes across as such a pr*ck. So many of them do these days.
Apparently, during the shooting of The Revenant, Tom Hardy punched him. It all makes sense now.
Men are so mad when women are not traditionally feminine. I think she is absolutely badass. She has two Oscars Innaritu same as you. I love the Mad max crew.. they amped up the Oscars and I have never enjoyed tech awards so much as I did then .
Based on this thread, apparently plenty of women are mad about that as well.
I mean, I would get it if she was dirty or unkempt but she looks fine. Underdressed? Sure, but her outfit is less offensive to me than some of the tacky-ass dresses I saw at the Oscars.
*shrugs*
Considering Oscars treat tech people as shit and make them sit far far away whereas deadasses like Henry Cavill who will never win an Oscar in his life let alone 2 and be nominate nine times, sit wayyy up front, I do not give a damn if she wore a bedsheet to the Oscars.
Exactly. In that same vain, she’s not pretending to be one of the Beautiful People and it isn’t her job to look pretty and wear designer clothes so why should she be beholden to the same rules as actors and actresses?
My take on this is…if she doesn’t give a rat’s a**, why should we? She’s happy and has an Oscar. Enough said.
Because we’re grownups and we freaking feel like it. To each her own.
Many women wore bathing suits with skirts attached. I’d rather see the leather jacket personally. But let the people wear ever makes them comfortable.
In the longer clip they all clapped for her when she took the stage.
@Jenns, It seems the longer clip is being ignored in favour of generalized bashing. No excuses made for Innaritu’s tantrum, of course.
Those in the the audience should really put things in perspective. They are dressed to the nines in expensive gowns and suits to hopefully win a statue of a naked golden buff man holding a sword. Oscar doesn’t seem to care much about clothing!
LMAO.
“Be like Oscar.”
if she had a dick, she could have worn whatever she wanted and gotten applause for her win.
just trying to keep women down.
They wish they were as cool as Jenny Beavan!
Hell, we all wish we were as cool as Jenny Beavan. 😉
I think the thing that confuses me the most about this is didn’t at least some of them vote for her to win? Clearly she is talented, she won the Oscar(s) and now will presumably be hired by some of these same people again for her talent? SMH
J’adore Jenny. She’s doesn’t care for all this idiocy, and she’s supremely talented. I was so happy that she won.
Ps: Sandy Powell is also amazing, so I wouldn’t have been unhappy if she’d won.
That american express cards dress is still one of the most amazing Oscar dresses ever. Too bad it wouldn’t pass muster in this age of stylists.
That credit card dress is in my Top 5 favorite Oscar moments of all time. It’s right up there with the winner of best documentary short (or whatever) telling the audience the dress she was wearing cost more than it did to make her film. And now Jenny Beavan has taken her place on that list.
Beavan is a talented bada$$ who has been at the top of her field for 30 years. She won her first Oscar before a lot of people reading CB were probably even born, and now she’s done it again. And think about her range, she mostly does period costume dramas, but the fact that she won for Mad Max shows she can do more than sew up a pretty frock.
And this story about working with Charlize kills me. I think they are both founding members of the zero f*cks club. http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/jenny-beavan-mad-max-costumes-interview
I love this interview and my fave quote is:
“Well, I’ve never had a metal worker and a mold-maker in my costume department before because you don’t need them a lot on Jane Austen.”
Nah, fav quote: take the compliment bitch!
1. She did an amazing job with MM Fury Road and deserved the win
2. She looks like a real human being and someone I’d like to hang out with
3. I love that badass jacket and want it now!
I love her clothes. She looks suited to what she’s wearing. She did a great job on mad max and deserved every award she got. To hell with any rude, superficial people who don’t respect and appreciate that. She’s fantastic.
This is one badass lady. And of course, her win was more than deserved (as were the rest of the wins Mad Max got).
Alejandro Iñárritu looks salty as heck! I actually laughed out loud while watching this video. He looks as if he has personal beef with her. I think I like this woman! Do you, Jenny!
He does seem more annoyed that anyone else, doesn’t he?
Yeah I’m really confused by the clip.
I want to believe it’s what people have said about it taking her so long to get there, but Geez does Alejandro look annoyed.
It’s like watching an auditorium full of kids trying to show enthusiasm for a teacher they hate. Weird moment.
Someone said it was because the Revenant was nominated and to win picture it would need tech awards so.
Exactly! He’s visibly upset and offended and I feel like he made a point of crossing his arms 🤔 Weird.
I thought he was just suffering from the male equivalent of ‘Resting Bitch Face’.
I think the clip is a bit misleading, but Inarritu seems like a really unpleasant man.
He does, he probably had that face on the whole time.
He’s a brilliant director (at least imo) but he’s got quite a reputation for being a douchebag.
In his acceptance speech, Iñárritu quoted a line from his own film: “They don’t listen to you. They see the color of our skin.” “So what a great opportunity to our generation,” he continued, “to really liberate ourself from all prejudice and this tribal thinking and make sure for once and forever that the color of skin becomes as irrelevant as the length of our hair.”
Kettle vs black leather jacket
Love this
Jenny Beaven knows more about costumes, fashion, cultural references in dressing than the whole bunch reunited. Whatever.
Congratulations to her. Mad Max visual was magnificent!
I love how she looks. I was so inspired and awe’d by her. She is dressed just fine, she is not offending anyone and her work is clearly amazing. That’s all that matters.
I thought her outfit was PERFECT. She is costume designer for f**k sakes.
I completely agree with you! I thought it was awesome!
She seems to have substance. We can actually #askhermore
She, in this moment, embodied everything I have ever aspired to be: top of my game waving the middle finger to the a$$hats who said I’d only get there by looking like them, thinking like them, and doing it their way. Zero fox to give, Jenny B! I want BE her!
It looks like she had a lot of support and a couple miserable cows ruining her moment. It’s like anything in life though! At least she didnt have to deal with her enemies fake smiling and clapping for her. Besides, with all the coverage on this I havent heard one person say she should have dressed up. I hope she doesnt feel as though this dampened her success!
Hecate, your friend is right! She is bad@a$s!
*Cyber fist bumps* LOL
She dared to not give a f*ck. And they just hate that. They are so self-important as a group. “Oh, look at us suffering fo our ART,and she doesn’t take Leo’s Oscar night seriously” hiss hiss. Get over yourselves.Spoiled brats.
What’s most hilarious is that NOT ONE of those winners suffer for their art. By virtue of being nominated, they are the elite and part of the 1%. They all need to get a grip and an ounce of common sense.
I watched the show people were clapping but she was way in the back so it took ages for her to get to the front. So the applause thinned out after a while. The same thing happened to pretty much every winner that was sat way in the back
They should have a little elevated tram or ski lift at the Oscars. I’d watch just for that.
I don’t know the nominees were not sitting front and center. They had the presenters up front. so that to me is disrespectful. The nominees should be the ones occupying the front seats. NOT some of the random presenters.
Presenters shouldn’t even get a seat, imo – unless they are also a nominee.
She’s one of the most brilliant costume designers in the world. I’m applauding her right now! Her work on Mad Max was incredible and I hope she gives not a single fxxk about those stuck up men in the front row.
That reaction tells you all you really need to know about what people in Hollywood really think about recognizing accomplishments and personal expression through style.
No it doesn’t since the crowd did the same thing for other people,mostly male winners who took a,long time to get to the stage.
Did Innaratu and the guy before him give all of them dirty stares too ??
Yep, Inarritu was getting more and more angry every time Revenant lost a technical award. He looked pissed all night til he won Best Director.
I loved her for just being herself and letting her talent do the talking. She is an amazing costume designer and I am pretty sure she will continue to work on high end productions. I also see her as being pragmatic. No one was going to pap her anyway so why not sit for hours in comfort. Stylists have made celebrity RCs very tedious and boring so she at least gave us something to talk about. Those who didn’t clap or act graciously are just ridiculous.
Actually they didn’t misidentify her as Tilda, they said she’s the new version of Tilda
These categories people don’t really follow are the only ones were the nominees let their work speak for itself. Jenny scored that win because of her talent, and not her connections or an exhausting campaign.
You do you, Jenny.
Agree.
snobby haters
Inarritu seemed to be the only one who looked annoyed. The rest looked curious about her outfit, and then sort of impressed she didn’t care.
Hollywood isn’t superficial and fake!
Said no one ever.
I think an aspect of all of this is the added jab that she got the coat for “$60 at Marks and Spensor’s”.
The expectation of getting really dressed up for the Oscars hits women in the pocketbook HARD. The clothes, jewels (even if rented), makeup, hair, purses. I imagine it’s like the cost of getting married all over again on some level. And then these actresses have to be sewn into the gowns or not eat until after the ceremony so they can “look their best”. And with that is the foundation garments underneath it all as well. Ridiculous! But maybe this is why some of the women at least were not clapping as enthusiastically.
All the women should rebel next year, even if it’s in a teeny tiny way like….all of them wearing fancy but comfortable glittery sneakers or something that were bought in bulk. Get a company to sponsor it as a feminist campaign lead up to some shoes to be released 4 weeks later. Or something. But it should happen. Equality is pay AND so many ‘tiny’ details besides.
All this said, clap for a person’s award in excellence or be sure to hide in the bathroom during the award. Nobody needs your negativity over such a petty thing.
I can’t edit my comment, but to be clear-being angry at a woman for her bucking an unfair system is petty and your anger should be directed at the system.Don’t take it out on her.
There’s definitely an opportunity there. Like the NCAA basketball coaches who wear tennis shoes instead of dress shoes with their suits to raise money for cancer.
I would so be this woman if I won an Oscar and dress the way she did. My daughters had to threaten me to get me to wear a dress to their weddings. I would have worn a nice pant outfit. I still wore my tennis shoes after all the pictures were taken!
She clearly has no f@cks to give regarding what people think about her attire and I applaud her.
I love her for not dressing up and coming as comfortable self. That is a sign of true confidence and a major middle finger to the vapid, spray-tanned blondes who think purple taffeta qualifies for style.
The costuming on MMFR was off-the-hook AWESOME!
Im so glad she took it!!!!
She won the Oscar! And, I think it speaks volumes, she did it dressing the way she wanted with the comfort that she needed. No Botox on the soles of her feet so she could wear heals that to this day are not designed with an actual woman’s foot in mind.
Is there a more to this story, though? Is she known ? I never heard of her before since she works behind the scenes.
I find it hard to believe that people would be offended by a stranger just because she is dressed eccentrically .
In my opinion some of those Oscars gowns with women practically falling out of them are more embarrassing and inappropriate than a leather jacket at a professional awards ceremony. I think in Hollywood people aren’t easily shocked by clothes or appearances.
I don’t watch the Oscars and don’t see many if any of the movies. But I think most of the costume designers are not that well known to the public but most likely those in the business know her. It isn’t like she is new to the Hollywood scene.
She’s been nominated 8 times. If they don’t know who she is, that’s just sad ignorance on their part.
If they know who she is then can we actually presume that they didn’t like her clothes ? May be it was some other kind of animosity towards her? Is she a known non-conformist and maverick? Rubbed the power players the wrong way?
I watched the whole video of her win and a couple of those men actually clapped a little bit when she was almost on stage, it almost looks like they suddenly noticed they were being filmed and were like, oh yeah I should clap now. Still, those looks they give her when she walks by them… what a bunch of idiots. She’s rocking that outfit.
there are two problems with this situation. firstly, those hollywood people are snobbish and are appalled because she doesn’t look like a disney princess. secondly, men often don’t view women as human beings, but as objects, flesh, sexy things or beauty ideals like petrarca’s laura or dante’s beatrice, so when a woman doesn’t fit in one of those two categories, they’re like…that’s disgusting. because they don’t see her as a person. if a man looked that way none of those creeps would’ve made a face of disgust.
Her look was everything. And not because she went causal but because she was representing her film in a “ready to wear ” way. She looked great! And that hair is life!!!!
George Miller surrounded himself with creative iconoclasts. I loved every single one that hit the stage- such free spirits. I want to hang with them. They were refreshing (and immensely talented unlike most of the swanky dregs of society sitting there).
Beavan ROCKED!!!!
Another day, another piece of evidence that Hollywood is in its own little insular bubble. So it’s okay for an actress to show up half naked, but a middle-aged woman being honored for her talent can’t wear what she wants? She looked a lot better than a lot of the dressed up actresses. (And bad ass!) Go her!
Glad she won the Oscar. Not a Mad Max fan, but those costumes were seriously inspired.
Agree with everything you said.
CLIMATE CHANGE! RAPE! CORPORATE GREED!
Ew, she didn’t dress up!
Oh, Hollywood. Make up your f**king mind.
SO to be fair…. no one is really in the wrong here…. you can have an expression and grimace the problem is not gifs are booming and twitter is a battlefield and getting audience reactions are also another selling point and gives foundation for blogs and sites like buzzfeed which in turn drives readership and commentary and thus viewership and ad sales…. its like a dirty little thing…
but this is the stuff that people in awards in life always do since BC…. and honestly up until several years ago just now the cameras are focused on the attendees as well (prior to that focus shift…. this would have been a blind on CDAN)
people STOP being soo butthurt… she knew it was visually atrocious… but she chose comfort for health stuff and that’s fine too.
#STOPBEINGOFFENDEDONSMALLSTUFFIN2016
I’m with you. It’s so easy (aka lazy) to create controversy with a few seconds’ footage which tells nothing other than that few seconds story, and in this case, imo, so cynically captured to tell a controversial story. I prefer the bigger picture.
And I’m sure Jenny Beaven would agree with this and be eye-rolling that it’s become another thing that she has to give time and attention to. I love that she marches to her own style beat but I am also sure that she knows that beat is not going to go unnoticed.
It’s equally easy to excuse behaviour that is appalling rather than address the root cause of why it happens in the first place.
Who is the lady in white sitting next to Alejandro, his wife? She scoffed and rolled her eyes at Jenny as she walked past… immature, overgrown mean girl. She, Alejandro, and the bald dude looking Jenny up and down were the worst.
My first thought if that his is wife or girlfriend, as an armpiece your about a replaceable as a light shade in Hollywood.
Don’t get the fuss. They did clap. I watched the show. May be not right away but they did clap. May be he was talking to someone before? May be someone made a bad joke? Why is media so fixed on creating drama? Ah, right… Clicks.
Here’s the thing – maybe they all clapped at first and then got tired. Maybe they didn’t clap. For sure some of them were side-eyeing her – douchecanoes.
SHE WON THE OSCAR. And I’m sure she wept bitter tears over her golden statuette about their reactions to her garb. Because, you know, she has so many f—- to give. So Inarritu and his ridiculously bad location management and pissed off cast and crew can suck it.
She walked down that aisle with zero f***s given. Like her, going to look up other movies she has done.
She wore black pants and black shoes. In my opinion she’s dressed up. I would perhaps given the side eye if she showed up in jeans. But honestly, she looks so friggin cool and is talented to boot. Haters are gonna hate! Let them and continue rocking it girl!
She can wear what she wants. She had the best accessory of the night, an Oscar ! I guess Hollywood would rather women be half naked, showing their breasts is so much more classy.
“People hate you and are threatened by you when you don’t conform, particularly when your non-conformity points out their blatant superficiality, hypocrisy, and stupidity!”
Nailed it!
This, totally!!!!
I wonder what happened if every starlett who complained about the fact that they are always asked “what are you wearing” instead of “real question” did this.. wore something normal. Now that would be a real statement. She deserved more applauds than any of the fancy dresses.
I think that the Oscars audience has never seen a woman without botox, they were in shock more than anything.
Good for her for being who she is and not some over-done fake ass. She gets all my respect.
There’s a longer version of this clip that shows the audience smiling and applauding when she gets to the stage. It’s not that they didn’t clap for her, it’s that the clip had been edited misleadingly.
She looks great. Bet if she were a guy they wouldn’t blink twice at her outfit, which looks better than most of those gowns.
Objectively speaking … she doesn’t look great.
Does anyone remember when “Lord Of The Rings” won 11 Oscars? Although no one of them wore a leather jacket, the “Kiwis” didn’t fit the Hollywood standard either….. and I loved it. Hehe.
K. I came directly to comment, so please forgive me if i repeat what someone else has already said: I think the best reaction came from the lady sitting next to Iñárritu. The whole vine is like a commentary on how Hollywood is like high school. Jenny is like the new kid, who is well travelled because she comes from a military family and just doesn’t give an F. The Hollywood people are the so-called cool kids that make fun of the new girl when she passes by them. From the looks on their faces, you’d think she smelled really bad or something. And what was up with Tom Hardy? Isn’t he in Mad Max? I’d imagine he’d be happy for her.
Fck them! Everyone doesn’t like to wear that hoity toity sh!t and should never be forced to do so. Superficial azzholes!
Alejandro González Iñárritu went right down in my estimation. Tosser.
He was never in mine, so business as usual.
A bunch of desperate people grasping for attention and acceptance from a pointless, superficial parade and a little shiny statue to make them feel important.
Jenny is a talented and committed, unique individual that doesn’t give two fks; she’s the termite in the nest to them. Vapid dullards always hate those who aren’t riddled with self-loathing and a needy desire to be adored by their equally vacuous peers.
The Oscars has very little to do with rewarding pure talent anymore – it’s just a contest to see who can schmooze the best. So when an award goes to someone who deserves it AND someone who is non-comformist and genuine – *that* is something to be celebrated.
Lone dissenter here. While watching the show, both my husband and I said “whoa” when we saw her. I had no idea about the clapping/not clapping issue until the next day. I think she looked like crap. This isn’t “not playing the game”, this is not even trying. There are plenty of ways to be comfortable, stay true to yourself AND dress accordingly.
She didn’t have to wear a dress or heels, but she could have made an effort. I feel the same way when I see men accepting an award in Converse. I’m in flip flops and shorts 300 days of the year because I live in a warm place and like to be comfortable. But yeah, I put a modicum of effort into looking nice for the occasion. She was up for an award. That was on international television. She looked like a bum. Whether people clapped for her is another issue. I would have still clapped for her. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have raised a brow when she walked by.
I’m sorry for all you people who think she rocked, but she looks like a slob. I’m all for casual and comfy, but you shouldn’t show up to the Oscars looking like the People of Wal-Mart.
I usually agree with the posters on this website, but I’ll just agree to disagree with most of you on this one.
I was surprised by her attire for a second & then I thought it was awesome. I read some quotes from Jenny – she said this is dressed-up for her. She has a bad back, can’t wear heels & doesn’t wear frocks. Rock on, Jenny!
Here’s the proper response to “Hollywood”: Fuck ’em.
Costume Design has always been my favorite Oscar category, ever since I was a kid. I remember all those women I saw on TV: Sandy, Milena, Colleen, Theoni etc. I always knew they were the creative heart and soul of the movie. And I remember their unique style (the gold Amex dress!). They inspired me: I knew that they DID something more than being looked at. That was the whole point.
How ironic is it that it’s liberal Hollywood that says people shouldn’t be judged for their life style choices, where teenage boys model girls clothing and are called revolutionary, where men dressing as woman as called heroic, where woman wear see through lingerie, and call it a fashionable dress and care called trendsetting….but when a woman wears jeans and a leater coat to an awards ceremony she’s given shade and looked down on….liberal Hollywood at its best… Be an individual as long as we are all the same individual