Geena Davis Says These Who Hated Her Poofy 1992 Oscars Costume Can ‘F**K’ Off – The Boston Courier

Depart it as much as Thelma to be a real trip or die — even when it’s only for a gown.

Geena Davis opened as much as Us Weekly in an interview revealed Wednesday about her controversial 1992 Oscars outfit, which she wore to the ceremony after being nominated for her function in “Thelma & Louise.”

Her outfit was really in a league of its personal.

Davis’ poofy white robe — which was “made specifically” for her by Ruth Meyers and Invoice Hargate — has a really overt ’80s promenade gown vibe. It included black straps, a silky fitted bodice and a puffy white skirt that’s brief within the entrance and lengthy within the again — similar to a good looking Kentucky Waterfall haircut. From the facet, the skirt even appears to be like harking back to Falkor from “The Neverending Story.”

The “Beetlejuice” alum paired the gown with white gloves, starkly black pantyhose and chunky footwear.

It’s a really particular look which will have been thought of dated on the time when mainstream model was shifting from the pastel preppiness of the Nineteen Eighties to the sleeker Calvin Klein and grunge aesthetics of the early ’90s.

No matter what most might imagine, “The Fly” alum maintained to Us Weekly that she thinks the outfit was — and nonetheless is — “awesome.”

“I was surprised,” Davis mentioned of the damaging response to the gown. “And I went to a lunch with several other female actors at some point before the next Oscars, and we were all talking and somehow that dress came up and I said, ‘You know, f**k them. I thought that was great. I should just wear it again this coming year.’ And they were like, ‘Yeah, let’s all wear copies of it!’ It was my favorite fantasy — that we would do that. But I thought it was awesome.”

But, that poofy gown brigade on the 1993 Oscars by no means occurred. As an alternative, Davis attended the ceremony in a a lot tamer look that consisted of a protracted, slinky black gown with a cute swirly neckline.

Though folks on the time weren’t feeling Davis’ gown, social media customers at present on Reddit appreciated the look.

“Have people put this dress on the worst dressed list? Yes. Do I think it’s a fun dress for a hot person to wear? Yes,” one consumer mentioned.

“Back when stars had fun on the red carpet!” one other consumer identified. “Circa when mullet dresses were edgy!”

“The bodice is tailored to perfection,” a 3rd consumer mentioned.

“Y’know if it weren’t for the sheer black tights and almost leprechaun shoe, I might actually like this,” a Reddit consumer admitted.

And evidently the “Accidental Tourist” Oscar winner agrees with that sentiment, to an extent. She advised Us Weekly that she regrets sporting the black pantyhose.

“I think that would’ve helped if I didn’t,” Davis quipped of her darkish stockings. “But I still have it. I have all my Oscar gowns that weren’t borrowed, packed in, like, bridal boxes preserved.”

Right here’s simply hoping she nonetheless has her silvery quantity from the 1989 Academy Awards, as a result of as most agree, it’s a stunner.