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Article: DRESSING FOR OSCAR.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- March 21, 1996
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Byline: Barbara De Witt Daily News Staff Writer
You'll have to excuse Hollywood for getting in a tizzy. After all, Oscar night is the biggest fashion show in the world.
And it has a billion armchair critics, so clothes do count.
Bette Davis learned the hard way. In 1936, she wore an expensive housedress that the press ripped to shreds - in print, at least - but she learned from it and came back with glamorous feathers to rave reviews.
After a few mishaps, like the time Marlene Dietrich had so many people staring at the high slit in her Dior gown that nobody paid attention to the award she was presenting for Best Foreign Language Film, ...