Inside the Vanity Fair Oscars Party: Greta Gerwig Dances to Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish Rocks ‘Barbie’-Inspired Chain (from Flavor Flav!) and More
11.03.2024 - 21:21
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Angelique Jackson As the clock inched toward midnight at the Vanity Fair Oscars party (and on the eight-month long “Barbie” press tour), Greta Gerwig gleefully danced the night away. With an In-N-Out burger in one hand and a cocktail in the other, Gerwig grooved to Dua Lipa’s hit “Dance the Night” with another one of her Barbies, Hari Nef, who sported a pink feathered Balenciaga jacket with a sizable train.
For this last hurrah, Gerwig swapped the pink boiler suit she famously wore while directing the $1.4 billion blockbuster (and the stunning Gucci gown she wore at the ceremony) for a black open tuxedo jacket, skipping a shirt in favor of draping Boucheron diamonds on her neck and chest. Shortly after the “Barbie” song ended, the director was ready to take a load off, making her way to an open seat on the outdoor courtyard, because it had been a long day and anyone’s feet would hurt at this point.
There, Gerwig was flanked by her husband, “Barbie” co-scribe Noah Baumbach, who was eating a burger of his own, and her crew of close friends, who all wore matching dresses. The “Barbie” bunch was in fine form at the glitzy shindig, particularly after Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell’s historic second Oscar win and the instantly iconic performance of “I’m Just Ken” featuring Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Eastwood and Ncuti Gatwa.
Producer-star Margot Robbie (in a golden Thierry Mugler bodysuit) and Issa Rae (in Valdrin Sahiti) arrived on the earlier side, followed by America Ferrera (who matched the red lighting in a sparkling Versace suit). But a crowd formed around Eilish when she, Finneas and their Oscars showed up around 11 p.m., with Sabrina Carpenter and “Swarm” star Dominique Fishback among those
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