The Hook
"Fashion fades, only style remains the same."
-Coco Chanel
Fashion at Country Day. From preppy schoolgirl to Euro-chic, the students on campus dress in a way that expresses their own unique styles. Style articles to come soon. Contact us at thehook@charlottecountryday.org if you are interested in reporting or writing on style for the Fall edition next year.
The 86th Academy Awards
A Recap of this year's Oscars by Anne T. ('15)
Big Winners
Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
Best Actor (Leading Role): Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyer’s Club
Best Actress (Leading Role): Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
Best Actor (Supporting Role): Jared Leto for Dallas Buyer’s Club
Best Actress (Supporting Role): Lupita Nyong’o
Best Animated Film: Frozen
Music (Original Song): “Let it Go”, Frozen (Music and Lyrics by CCDS’s own Kristen Anderzon Lopez and her husband, Robert Lopez)
Best Dressed
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave) in Prada
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) in Dior
Cate Blanchatt (Blue Jasmine) in Girgio Armani
Naomi Watts in Calvin Klein
Kate Hudson in Versace
Amy Adams (American Hustle) in Gucci
Charlize Theron in Dior
Camila Alves in Gabriela Cadena
Kerry Washington in Jason Wu
Olivia Wilde in Maison Valentino
Sources:
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Above: Jennifer Lawrence’s Red Carpet Fall (this marks the second time at the Oscar’s she’s taken a tumble)
Left: Host Ellen DeGeneres' start-studded-selfie that temporarily shutdown Twitter- it got over 3 million retweets (the most in Twitter history!)
Jaqueline Bisset’s uncomfortable acceptance speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZceewp02cE
John Travolta announcing Indina Menzel’s, the singer of Frozen’s “Let it Go,” name “Adele Dazeem” on live TV. There is now a name generator that lets you “Travoltify” your name: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/low_concept/2014/03/john_travolta_called_idina_menzel_adele_dazeem_what_s_your_travolta_name.html
Ellen offering pizza to the celebrity audience- and her post-Oscar interview with the Pizza Delivery Guy:
boy:http://www.ellentv.com/2014/03/03/ellens-oscar-pizza-guy-gets-his-tip/