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2018 Oscar Nominees And The Couture Looks They Should Wear On The Red Carpet

by The Zoe Report

To say the entertainment industry has been under close scrutiny over the past few years would be an understatement, but it does feel like progress is being made. Case in point: the 2018 Academy Award nominations. With a more diverse and female-heavy group—this year is tied for the most female nominees on record, 40 to be exact—it seems the tide is finally starting to turn. Mudbound‘s Rachel Morrison is the first female cinematographer to be nominated in the history of the awards, and the film’s director, Dee Rees, is the first black woman to be nominated for screenwriting. Greta Gerwig is the fifth woman to have ever received a best director nomination for her hit Ladybird, and Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out, a pointed commentary on benevolent liberal racism, secured him three nominations and thus clear support of the film’s agenda from the Academy. Finally, French director Agnès Varda was nominated for her new documentary Faces Places at the grand age of 89 years old. In celebration, we’re rounding up the best looks from Couture Week in Paris and predicting who should wear them on the carpet for what will be one of the most diverse and exciting awards shows yet!

Zakhem Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Octavia Spencer

Nominated for: Best Supporting Actress, The Shape Of Water

Dior Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Lesley Manville

Nominated for: Best Supporting Actress, Phantom Thread

Chanel Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Margot Robbie

Nominated for: Best Actress, I, Tonya

Giambattista Valli Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Frances McDormand

Nominated for: Best Actress, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

Ralph & Russo Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Sally Hawkins

Nominated for: Best Actress, The Shape Of Water

Schiaparelli Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Saoirse Ronan

Nominated for: Best Actress, Lady Bird

Dior Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Emily V. Gordon

Nominated for: Best Original Screenplay for The Big Sick

Givenchy Couture / Getty Images

Who: Meryl Streep

Nominated for: Best Actress, The Post

Chanel Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Allison Janney

Nominated for: Best Supporting Actress, I, Tonya

Giambattista Valli Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Greta Gerwig

Nominated for: Best Director, Lady Bird; Best Original Screenplay, Lady Bird

Ralph & Russo Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Laurie Metcalf

Nominated for: Best Supporting Actress, Lady Bird

Zakhem Couture / Imaxtree

Who: Mary J. Blige

Nominated for: Best Supporting Actress, Mudbound; Best Original Song "Mighty River"