Who cares what some actresses might wear to the Oscars. Let's talk about what they did wear to the show.      

This year’s Oscar producer Laura Ziskin is bringing a retro touch to the show with “A Celebration of Oscar Fashion” – a live show of past Oscar gowns worn by past winning actresses.

Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley will curate and call the invitation-only fashion show held on Tuesday, January 30, in the Academy’s Grand Lobby in Beverly Hills.  The presentation will highlight the famous and infamous fashions in Oscar show history.

“Rather than trying to forecast what people might wear this year, we thought it would be more fun to put on a runway show that features many of the spectacular dresses that have been worn to the Oscars through the years," Ziskin explains in her press release.

Indeed, it will definitely be more exciting than their past fashion forecasting which sadly, never really worked since no self-respecting nominee/presenter (or producer’s wife) would be caught dead in a dress (or a dress that even looks like one) modeled in the annual Oscar preview show put on for decades by Fred Hayman.

But this means they have to find the darn dresses. So the hunt is on. They've found some but the Academy wants more. “We are still looking for some of the great dresses that were auctioned, like one of Mia Farrow’s disco-era outfits, Julie Andrews’s 1965 Oscar dress, one of Natalie Wood’s dresses, or an exquisite gown that we haven’t even thought of and that Andre may hope to include,” said Ziskin.

Anyone with leads that might help identify and find the owners of the elusive gowns should contact the Academy via e-mail at publicity@oscars.org.

Talley, who selected the gowns to be showcased, will serve as host/editor of this first look at Oscar fashions of the past. Guests will be treated to a filmed retrospective and a live runway show of Oscar gowns worn by such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Carol Channing, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Kim Basinger, Diane Keaton, Angelica Huston, Barbra Streisand, Sharon Stone and Hilary Swank.      

To add to the event’s glamour, the Oscar gowns will be accessorized with contemporary jewels by Fred Leighton and others, shoes and accessories from designers including Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, and Prada.

Now this will be a Oscar fashion show for the history books.

Photo Credits: Will Elizabeth Taylor's lavendar Oscar gown - seen here at the 1970 Governors Ball - be one of those featured in the Oscar Style Retrospective?

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