Fashion Unzipped podcast: has #TimesUp changed the red carpet?
We might still be reeling from Christmas, but awards season is off with a bang. This week, host Charlie Gowans-Eglinton, acting senior fashion editor Caroline Leaper and acting fashion editor Chloe Mac Donnell are talking all things red carpet, from sponsorship and controversies to this week's Golden Globes.
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The red carpet post #TimesUp
"It maybe could seem a bit fickle that this time last year everyone wore black, and then this year was back to business," says Chloe Mac Donnell. "But I guess with the huge division of pay in this industry, designer sponsorship is a way that women can excel. Would they need to be posting what lipstick they're wearing on instagram if they were paid equally to men? Probably not."
Read Bethan Holt's piece on the evolution of the red carpet here.
The big business of red carpets
"Looking at last year's Oscars, I think that Margot Robbie won - she didn't win the award, but she won overall," says Caroline Leaper. "Her stylist Kate Young talked about the fashion campaign in the run up to that dress - she's presenting herself as a stylish person, and at the end of it, she announced on Oscars night that she'd become a Chanel contract holder."
See the best looks from the Golden Globes 2019 here.
Our (controversial) best dressed at the Golden Globes
One of our best dressed on the night was Rachel Weisz - but when we realised she was wearing Celine by Hedi Slimane, it reignited an old debate...
Read more on the old vs. new Celine debate here.
The rise of ageless style stars
"I think there used to perhaps be an expectation that over a certain age, you should wear something really tasteful and 'age appropriate', and by that I mean a bit boring and quiet," says Charlie Gowans-Eglinton. "Susan Sarandon is 72 and she wears really low-cut dresses, off-the-shoulder, thigh-high slits: it's changing the narrative of what a woman in her seventies looks like. She's not wearing a tasteful two piece suit and politely stepping aside to let the twenty year old come in in her ballgown."
Read Caroline Leaper's piece on 2019's ageless style stars here.
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