While it has always been historically difficult for Black and/or queer actors to win Oscars, there is one advantage available to them when it comes to Oscar campaigning: there are more events for them to attend and be celebrated. In addition, if you’re an actor with a theatrical or recording career, you have options to perform that your non-singing competitors do not. As a Black, British, queer recording artist with a Broadway background, Wicked star and Best Actress nominee Cynthia Erivo availed herself of every single opportunity at her disposal to get out in front of photographers and serve an unforgettable look. No one campaigned as hard as she did this year, in as many eye-popping looks as she did.
At the Academy Museum Gala in Louis Vuitton
At the Los Angeles Premiere in Louis Vuitton
At the Red Sea Film Festival Opening Ceremony in Carolina Herrera
At the Red Sea Film Festival Women in Cinema Gala in Valentino
At the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Black Cinema and Television in Elie Saab Couture
At the Palm Springs International Film Festival in Louis Vuitton
At the Golden Globes in Louis Vuitton
At the National Board of Review Gala in Loewe
At the Grammys in Louis Vuitton
At the Critics Choice Awards in Armani Privé
At the BAFTA Awards in Louis Vuitton
At the NAACP Image Awards in Dolce & Gabbana
At the SAG Awards in Givenchy Couture
Like her co-star Ariana Grande, she engaged in a lot of theme-dressing this year, sticking pretty closely to an Elphaba-appropriate black/green color scheme. But unlike her Glinda, she managed to find more interesting variations on the theme. In other words, unlike Ariana’s succession of very Glinda-like dresses, very few of the garments Cynthia wore could be mistaken for an Elphaba costume. She’s an exuberant dresser with maximalist preferences, so it was much easier for her to figure out how to do an Elphaba theme without lapsing into cosplay. It seems likely that she’ll sport black or green on the big night, just as it’s practically assured that the look will have an unusual shape and be styled to within an inch of its life. Your girl does not go small.
STYLED BY JASON BOLDEN
[Photo Credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Alex J. Berliner/ABImages, Nick Agro/ABImages, Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival, Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival, Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival, Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival, Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival, MediaPunch/INSTARimages, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society, Stewart Cook/CBS, Phil McCarten/CBS, Jennifer Bloc/Future Image/Cover Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for National Board of Review, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for National Board of Review, Stewart Cook/CBS, Francis Specker/CBS, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy, Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy, Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy, Steve Vas/Future Image/Cover Images, Robert Smith/INSTARimages, Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET]
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