We’re wrapping the longest “Ology” series we’ve done since 2019 with the one we’re pretty sure all of you have been waiting for. When the SAG AFTRA strike hit in July, a lot of awards-buzz films and blockbuster hopefuls lost a huge tool in the publicity arsenal when every actor walked off the job and all of the red carpets ceased to be. We were, of course, fully supportive of the strike, but throughout the whole showdown, we felt really bad for Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone.
In Valentino Couture at the Cannes Film Festival
She was getting awards buzz long before the film opened and we think it’s somewhat clear that Scorsese and DiCaprio pushed her forward from the moment the film opened. No one in this year’s series of Ology posts has as many entries as her. She came out of the gate for the film’s pre-strike Cannes premiere signaling that she was going to be using fashion in bold ways to promote herself. Then everything stopped.
In Maison Sara Chraïbi at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards
When things picked up again, she hit those red carpets hard. At one point we expressed some concern that we weren’t seeing her on talk shows and magazine covers as much as some of the other potential nominees.
In Rodarte at the Palm Springs International Film Awards
But it turns out her calendar was stuffed with every film festival and awards ceremony she could fit.
In Jontay Kahm at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The fashion, as we said, tends to be bold, but also not rigidly consistent. Part of that has to do with the somewhat exuberant, self-consciously history-making nature of her campaign. Part of it comes down to the wide range of events she attended.
In Valentino at the Golden Globes
There was some expectation voiced in certain corners that she would or should wear Indigenous designers to all of these events, but we think she split the difference nicely. She chose every high-end glam designer who offered and she finished every look with gorgeous show-stopping earrings by Indigenous designers.
In Huishan Zhang at the Governors Awards
The point, as we noted several times, was to demonstrate both that she is representing her people and that she is standing in spots normally unavailable to them, dressed in the style of someone who belongs there.
At the National Board of Review Awards Gala
In Christian Siriano at the Critics’ Choice Awards
A genuine high-glam, Native American movie star, in other words.
In Burberry at the AFI Awards
In Gabriela Hearst at the Oscars Nominees Luncheon
In Valentino at the Costume Designers Guild Awards
Every look said “I made it” to the people she speaks to and “I belong here” to the people she was standing beside.
In Carolina Herrera at the African-American Film Critics Awards
In Armani Privé at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
In J. Okuma at the Film Independent Spirit Awards
It’s one of the most thoughtful and identity-driven Oscar fashion campaigns we’ve ever covered.
In Emilia Wickstead at the Producers Guild of America Awards
As for the big night, we expect a custom piece from a major house serving up an explosion of Oscar-level glam with a distinctly Native American if not Osage specific undertone to it. And the earrings will be stunning.
STYLED BY JASON REMBERT
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