Those of you who haven’t had The Orb’s “Little Fluffy Clouds” stuck in your head since 1991 might want to revisit it, because it’s apparently become a fashion cue: roughly one-half of the actresses walking Sunday night’s SAG Awards red carpet were dressed like millennial pink cumulous clusters, all dreamy and fluffy and sweet and dear, the interiors at The Wing on a gown. NO RED WINE, THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. Above, Dakota Fanning, Marisa Tomei, and Saoirse Ronan try on shades of blush, while Millie Bobby Brown goes as a Delia’s model, or an extra in Björk’s “Big Time Sensuality” video.
Not normally a fan of Allison Williams’s personal style, but she really nails it in this Betty Boop-as-chandelier look. Laura Linney is a tastefully appointed bit of wallpaper in an extremely wealthy person’s Upper East Side pied-a-terre, while Margot Robbie wishes to invoke a swan, perhaps to remind us that she “uglied up” for I, Tonya and therefore deserves an Oscar for it, as is tradition. Tanika Ray’s simple champagne-colored column gown is dynamite, particularly with the updo and magenta lippie.
Three princesses and a kween: Eris Baker, Jackie Cruz, Marielle Scott, and Selenis Leyva matched in hue as well as vibe, maybe riffing off the upcoming royal wedding, but with cleavage.
Every wedding needs a cake, right? Diane Guerrero’s just the right amount of tulle, and Madeline Brewer’s perfect a-line party dress invokes fondant. Sunita Mani’s splash of black ombré is as unexpected as HER CHARACTER’S UNTIMELY DEATH (I’m still mad), while Uzo Aduba’s gown looks like Mani’s look’s more prim cousin.
Dascha Polanco’s cream gown brings out her gorgeous mane, while Mary J. Blige and Olivia Munn are both looking like art deco monoliths. Tracee Ellis Ross, sweet Tracee, oh fashion beacon of mine, thy Ralph and Russo haute couture is clean, as thy youth sayeth.
Lots of women wore black, too, though the effect was less a continuation of the Time’s Up statement at the Golden Globes and more like a gothy coven conjuring a pox on the shitty dudes. Both Halle Berry and Laura Dern looked like vampire goddesses, while Lily Tomlin and Winona “Lydia” Ryder arrived as the rightful Supremes.
Clea Duvall and Lea Delaria do two takes on the suit; Duvall’s is more Chelsea Hotel poet than Delaria’s smoking jacket chic. Elisabeth Moss and Rosanna Arquette’s looks make me want them both in the remake of The Witches of Eastwick.
JB Smoove and Shahidah Omar are both vampy, slick and stunning; Natasha Lyonne’s Medusa hands come straight from the brains of Proenza Schouler; everytime Yara Shahidi (from Kara’s show) steps on a carpet I die a little because she is always SO impeccably appointed; this pantsuit with a TRAIN is perfect, she’s a teen fashion superhero.
Ann Dowd’s lacy gown is elegant but in a different way from Felicity Huffman’s gorgeous velvet. Lupita Nyong’o has a little feathery surprise at her hem, and Sarah Sutherland busted through with a shoe that looks like C-3PO.
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