Oscar's Critical Review

I thought that Eric Wilson’s article on fashion, “The Red (Can’t Go Wrong) and the Black (Sober is so 2008),” was generally clever and well-written. There were a few moments that seemed awkward or like they shouldn’t have been included, though. In an article about Oscar fashion, the entire paragraph devoted to a reporter mistaking the name of Heidi Klum’s designer did not belong at all. The detail about Klum making “a sour face” and saying that her dress had been made by Galliano might have belonged in an article about Heidi Klum, but it had no place in an Oscar fashion review. Wilson also compared Tilda Swinton to Dobby the House Elf, presumably because her dress was shapeless like Dobby’s costume in Harry Potter, but he never explains this reference. I did agree with Wilson in most of the other things that he said—the actors who showed up to the Oscars this year did seem to be lacking in most of their usual daring. Even Cate Blanchett, who can usually be counted on to wear something strange, if not pretty, turned up in a normal-looking blue dress. This year’s Oscars could have been much more exciting if some of the star’s had worn more interesting clothes.