What Will Kristen Wear in the Next Oscar?

No, it’s not too early to ask that question about the Oscars or the Golden Globes or the BAFTAs or the SAG Awards or to speculate about the actress considered this Hollywood awards season's biggest "get" among the global fashion industry that has taken root. Clothes and accessories designers, personal stylists, and image-makers who hook up celebrities with prestige brands already are predicting which actresses will wear whose haute couture (especially if they fit into a runway sample size 2).

The fact is, what stars showcase on the red carpets is based on their existing relationships. Several actresses touted for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations this year, like Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, and Annette Bening, already have long fashion histories. Style-icon Hathaway (Love & Other Drugs) favors Oscar classics from Armani, Valentino and Marchesa. Oscar winner Kidman (Rabbit Hole) has worked with many top designers during her career including, Chanel, Balenciaga, and her designer/stylist L’Wren Scott. Annette Bening (The Kids Are Alright) has long been on Team Armani.

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Among previous Oscar-nominated or-winning actresses, Keira Knightley (Never Let Me Go) is still the face of Chanel’s Coco fragrance. And she continues to stand by her brand, wearing Chanel at the Rome and London film festivals. No surprise since, in September, she hopped on a motorcycle in Paris to shoot a new Chanel Coco ad. Marion Cotillard (Inception) stars in a series of Lady Dior print ads and short films, including films directed by David Lynch and John Cameron Mitchell (Rabbit Hole). No surprise that she favors Dior gowns for big awards. Same with Charlize Theron, who’s the face of J’Adore fragrance: she keeps wearing Dior (like John Galliano’s controversial rosebud-bosomed gown at last year’s Oscars). This means many designers will go after the uncommitted, like Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Mila Kunis (Black Swan), Rebecca Hall (The Town), perhaps Juliette Lewis (Conviction), even 12-year-old Elle Fanning (Somewhere), and, of course, Kristen Stewart (Welcome To The Rileys, The Twilight Saga).

Some already have fashion help. Lawrence — who wore Thakoon to pick up her New Hollywood Award — is being styled by Estee Stanley, who also dresses Jessica Biel and Penelope Cruz. Noomi Rapace — who wore British designer Alexander McQueen to get her Hollywood Spotlight Award, and two Elie Saab gowns to the Venice Film Festival — was dressed by very influential stylist Elizabeth Stewart, who also dresses Cate Blanchett. Even Kristen Stewart has been improved by stylist Tara Swennen, who dressed her this year in high fashion from Elie Saab, Balenciaga, Herve Leger, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, and Monique Lhuillier (for the last Oscars). Kristen has even switched her signature Keds for Christian Louboutin heels.

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