10 looks ready for a red carpet
NEW YORK — Though fashion stylists have been busy these last few weeks picking out red-carpet looks for their clients to wear to the Oscars on Sunday, some of the standout gowns that were shown at the just-completed New York Fashion Week might have made a
Rosie Assoulin
Although the vibe of Rosie Assoulin’s presentation was casual, the designer, whose red-carpet dressing credits include Tessa Thompson, Mandy Moore and Danai Gurira, served up a couple of stunners, including a whiteand-lilac silk faille ballgown with a bow-like ruff le between the shoulder blades and a semicircle train that made it just as beautiful to behold from the back. And that’s no small consideration if you’re headed to the stage of the Dolby Theatre.
Marc Jacobs
This fine-feathered frock was one of the many Marc Jacobs runway looks we could easily see winging its way west in time for this year’s Academy Awards to provide an elegant alternative to the traditional red-carpet silhouettes.
Prabal Gurung
One piece of runway shorthand we learned during this round of shows: If you’ve got a red-carpet contender, put it on Bella Hadid. The model trod the catwalk in Oscar-worthy gowns at just about every label that had one. One of the most memorable came at the end of Prabal Gurung’s collection of hippie nomad chic: an inky blackvelvet, drop-waist, V-neck gown whose only embellishment was a twotone, hand-draped shoulder ruff le. It was elegance and restraint at its best.
Brandon Maxwell
There was no shortage of awardsshow possibilities in the elegant “armor” Brandon Maxwell showed, but this gown with a racer-back bodice struck the perfect balance between vulnerability and strength thanks to its combination-lock belt.
Oscar de la Renta
Things Mediterranean were the inspiration for the Oscar de la Renta collection. The piece we felt has a better-than-average chance of being snapped up by a red-carpet stylist had a definite Art Deco vibe. The strapless column gown alternated zigzags of zinnia pink velvet and black tulle, resulting in a dress that was equal parts Old Hollywood glamour and youthful, modern-day chic.
Tom Ford
The shimmering silvery V-neck dress that closed the Tom Ford show sparkled like a billion-dollar diamond mine, and the chunky electroplated chain-link detail across the décolletage added the tiniest edge to the breathtakingly simple silhouette.
Christian Siriano
Over the last few seasons Christian Siriano’s gowns have become as close to a sure thing as you can get on the red carpet, and his fall and winter 2019 future-in-space-themed runway collection put several options on our radar. Tops among them was the catwalk collection’s penultimate look: a V-neck high-low tiered tulle gown in a regal purple that would make it perfect for one of the warrior women of Wakanda.
Tomo Koizumi
Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi seemed to explode out of nowhere. He made his New York Fashion Week debut at the Marc Jacobs store in SoHo with a fall and winter 2019 assortment of brightly colored polyester organza ruff le dresses that became one of the week’s most talked-about shows. It’s hard to think of a better choice for a breakout star on the big screen.
Proenza Schouler
Most winter of 2019 runway show was a fashdream Proenza Schouler’s fall and ion editor’s dream come true, an art inspired, make-you-think collection more likely to end up in a fashion glossy than a red carpet. That being said, there are all kinds of awards shows out there — and all kinds of people dressing for them. For anyone who wants a cutting-edge look, think of this look as a modern-day alterna’s tive to YSL's Le Smoking.
Ralph Lauren
Since Ralph Lauren has moved to showing in-season collections at New York Fashion Week, dressing straight off the runway requires only a credit card and not a well-connected stylist. One of the head-turners to come down the staircase at his Madison Avenue f lagship was a body-hugging $16,000 evening dress in a gold metallic micro-sequinned jersey with black tulle overlay. If the Oscar statuette was recast in female form, it might look a lot like this.