Stylist Brandon Maxwell on the star’s award-show fashion
There’s been lots of buzz surrounding Lady Gaga’s Oscar looks—and no,
not just because of the red gloves. She hit the carpet wearing a custom
Alaïa gown in Azzedine’s signature full-skirted silhouette—the first
time the designer’s made-to-measure has been worn to the show—and,
according to her Twitter,
she’ll be wearing three of his looks in total. “Mr. Alaïa has been so
kind to us throughout the years,” Gaga’s stylist Brandon Maxwell told
Style.com. He’s welcomed us into his home and atelier, and we’ve made so
many special memories. When I heard that Gaga would be doing the
Oscars, it was a no-brainer. There is no one that makes a dress like Mr.
Alaïa.”
And as for the cherry red handwear that had the Internet going nuts—“The
gloves were Mr. Alaïa’s vision,” said Maxwell. “He sent an original
sketch with red accents and we tried to honor that the best we could in
our hair and makeup choices. She has an incredible team, Frederic
Aspiras for hair and Sarah Tanno for makeup, and we all loved coming
together to create this moment.”
Gaga herself took to Facebook
to express her excitement, and to share a few additional details about
her first look: "It took 1600 hrs of embroidery and 25 people in Paris,
he's never before made a dress for the Oscars. What an honor. The gloves
were hand dyed Crimson, baby orchid blooms hand painted in my hair and
killer pear shaped diamonds by Lorraine Schwartz."
Note to award-show designers and stylists of the future: Take a hands-on approach, gloves included.
