And the award for best wardrobe goes to ... cashmere clad Cate

CATE BLANCHETT says acting awards are ridiculous. ‘They are a complete horse race,’ she said, but just watch her gallop towards the podium to collect one.

Darling Cate has a cabinet full of trophies and will surely gain even more for her bravura portrayal of Lydia Tar in the Oscar-tipped Tar.

Loved the film, but loved Lydia’s wardrobe even more. She is a famous conductor with a maestro’s style and swagger — and a cashmere coat from The Row that cost £10,000. I know! It ate up nearly all of Lydia’s clothes budget, but ‘it was the best coat ever’, said the film’s costume designer.

It was indeed a beauty, but everything on The Row label is whimperingly expensive: £1,200 polo necks, a £600 crepe midi skirt that looks like something my maths teacher used to wear.

But Cate is a fan and wears the label in real life, see above. Who else but award winners can afford it?