FOLD THE 'NAPKIN' GOWN FOR GOOD!
Linen-sanity in H'wood
We’d already like to table this trend.
This year’s Oscars red carpet was chock-full of sequins, sparkling gemstones and salutes to Old Hollywood glamour, but Emma Stone’s dramatic Louis Vuitton peplum gown reminded actor John Wascavage of something decidedly more mundane — a dinner napkin.
Sharing a clip of the Best Actress winner comically scurrying into the ceremony after losing track of the time, Wascavage cracked on X, “the silverware napkin roll realizing they’re about to miss their cue in Be Our Guest.” But Stone wasn’t the only star dressed like table linen on Sunday: at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Kim Kardashian showed up wearing a crisp white Balenciaga look with a peaked bodice that inspired several comparisons to “the napkin on your plate at a fancy restaurant,” as fashion writer Emily Kirkpatrick described its sharp corners. Emily Ratajkowski, meanwhile, arrived in a daring Jacquemus dress with a sharp, square-shaped bodice that wouldn’t have looked out of place next to a supper plate. “Brought to you by Bounty,” one person cracked on Instagram.
Haute Le Mode fashion critic Luke Meagher told Page Six Style he’s noticed an uptick in such papery pieces on red carpets and runways alike, pointing to the “napkinlike dresses” in Onitsuka Tiger’s fall 2024 collection and the “napkin-adjacent” silk scarves on the recent Courrèges catwalk in particular.
“Celebrities probably think it’s a new way to take on form-fitting pieces that have become staples on the red carpets as of late, but with a bit of twist — although I’ve yet to really be convinced the twist is worth it,” he says.