Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman

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]

Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman
DesignerBarbara Tfank for Prada
Year1995 (1995)
TypeLavender dress

The dress was well-received by contemporary critics, and in retrospect is considered one of Thurman's most memorable red carpet looks.[2] 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][5] The brand had previously been relatively obscure, best known for making high-end accessories, particularly their black backpacks.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "How Uma Thurman's 1995 Oscar Dress Changed the Red Carpet Forever". Stylecaster.com. 2015. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  2. Cosgrave, Bronwyn (December 15, 2006). Made for each other: fashion and the Academy Awards. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-59691-087-4. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  3. Reeve., Chace (2003). The complete book of Oscar fashion : Variety's 75 years of glamour on the red carpet. New York, NY: Reed Press. p. 48. ISBN 1594290016. OCLC 53233868.
  4. Cosgrave, Bronwyn (December 15, 2006). Made for each other: fashion and the Academy Awards. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-59691-087-4. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  5. "Ten dresses you'll never forget". CNN. October 27, 2011. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  6. Seeling, Charlotte (April 2000). Fashion: the century of the designer 1900–1999. Könemann. p. 192. ISBN 978-3-8290-2980-3. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  7. Callahan, Maureen (2014). Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion. New York. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-1-4516-4053-3. OCLC 852226384.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. Kendall, Zoë. "Uma Thurman's most iconic outfits". i-d.vice.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.


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