You can check your spam folder, but you probably didn’t miss the invitation. The guest list for Vanity Fair’s Oscars after-party on Sunday was more exclusive than it has been in years. Most agents, managers, brand representatives and news outlets were turned away from the celebration, which took place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The directive to scale back the party came from the top: Mark Guiducci, Vanity Fair’s new editor, wrote this month that the magazine was “encouraging a renewed sense of privacy at this year’s Oscar party, going so far as to sticker guests’ cameras.” For years, the vibe-killing intrusion of corporate sponsorship had been making the party feel more like a networking event for brand executives than a louche hang where the rich and actually famous could let their hair down.
Mr. Guiducci’s goal for the party was “to make a destination for the winners of the Oscars,” he said last week on “The Town,” a showbiz industry podcast. “There’s a golden rule: You come with an Oscar, you’re coming in.”
So, did the new editor’s new direction pay off? Did he manage to boost the party’s star quotient as he had hoped? Here’s what invitees who made the cut wore on their way into LACMA. (Expect some wardrobe changes from the ceremony.)
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