Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman explained

Type:Lavender dress
Designer:Barbara Tfank for Prada

American actress Uma Thurman wore a Prada dress in lavender chiffon to the 67th Academy Awards on March 27, 1995, at which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Pulp Fiction.[1] The dress was designed by American designer Barbara Tfank.[2]

The dress was well-received by contemporary critics, and in retrospect is considered one of Thurman's most memorable red carpet looks. Variety magazine's 2003 Complete Book of Oscar Fashion described it as "the gown that launched a thousand imitations"; and indeed, a year later, Nicole Kidman wore a Prada dress of an identical colour at the 68th Academy Awards.[3] [4] In a 2011 retrospective of Oscars dresses, CNN called the color "exquisite" and highlighted the delicacy of the chiffon.[5]

The appearance of the dress on the red carpet has been credited with bringing Prada's clothing into the mainstream in America.[6] [7] The brand had previously been relatively obscure, best known for making high-end accessories, particularly their black backpacks.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: How Uma Thurman's 1995 Oscar Dress Changed the Red Carpet Forever. 2015. April 29, 2017. Stylecaster.com. November 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161130020737/http://stylecaster.com/uma-thurman-oscars-prada-1995/. live.
  2. Book: Cosgrave, Bronwyn . Made for each other: fashion and the Academy Awards . December 15, 2006 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 978-1-59691-087-4 . 253 . May 24, 2011.
  3. Book: Reeve., Chace . The complete book of Oscar fashion : Variety's 75 years of glamour on the red carpet . 2003 . Reed Press . 1594290016 . New York, NY . 48 . 53233868.
  4. Book: Cosgrave, Bronwyn . Made for each other: fashion and the Academy Awards . December 15, 2006 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 978-1-59691-087-4 . 222 . May 24, 2011.
  5. Web site: October 27, 2011 . Ten dresses you'll never forget . May 1, 2015 . CNN . June 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150613051222/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/showbiz/ten-unforgettable-dresses-instyle . live .
  6. Book: Seeling, Charlotte . Fashion: the century of the designer 1900–1999 . April 2000 . Könemann . 978-3-8290-2980-3 . 192 . May 24, 2011.
  7. Book: Callahan, Maureen . Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion . 2014 . 978-1-4516-4053-3 . New York . 119–120 . 852226384.
  8. Web site: Kendall . Zoë . Uma Thurman's most iconic outfits . 2022-11-13 . i-d.vice.com . en . November 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221113091258/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/93ywv3/uma-thurmans-style-best-outfits-fashion . live .

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