Emily Blunt hilariously showed the internet how the straps on her 2024 Oscars dress work amid backlash over the look.
When internet users tuned into the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony on March 10, the Oscar nominee's champagne-colored Schiaparelli dress with beading and flowing straps came under fire, with many calling the look “confusing” and “annoying.” ”. Some people were especially irritated by the dress's floating straps.
“Is anyone else as fascinated by Emily Blunt's dress as I am?” a person posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Why don't her straps sit on her shoulders?! Meanwhile, someone else added: “I'm so distracted by the shoulders of Emily Blunt's dress,” a tweet. read.
“Find someone who respects your personal space the way the straps on Emily Blunt's dress respect hers,” another person said. joked.
He oppenheimer The actor put an end to the comments when she posted a fun video of her playing with the straps. In the video, he moves his head forward to create an optical illusion with her dress.
“This is amazing,” one user wrotewhile another noted: “People were complaining on Sunday that they didn't understand the reason behind these dresses…they said the reason.”
Blunt's stylist, Jessica Paster, defended her choice to style the The Devil Wears Prada star in the beaded dress, saying in an interview with vanity fair: “Sometimes we don't play it safe. At this point after years of being with Emily, we can have fun with fashion.”
Although he noted that everyone was entitled to their own opinions, the only opinion that mattered at the end of the day was Blunt's and whether or not he felt better. He added that the last thing they wanted to do was play it safe when it came to fashion, even if a certain sect of people don't believe in Schiaparelli's signature whimsical details.
“Did I know people were going to talk about the shoulder? Absolutely. Do I care what anyone else has to say? Absolutely not,” she added. “Me? I think that people who know fashion, like fashion, like interesting things, would like it and I know that people who like some things that are very classic would not like it.” to like it”.
“At the end of the day, she looked absolutely beautiful. She was such a beautiful dress,” Paster added.
She explained that the final dress was selected after a last-minute fitting on Sunday morning, just before the Oscars. The ensemble was accessorized with platinum necklaces from Tiffany & Co, featuring more than 100 carats of diamonds, as well as six-carat diamond earrings.
According to Paster, the luxury fashion house decided to call the dress “The Emily” as a tribute to the actor.
