Once upon a time in Hollywood — before 1990, in the dark days before the dawn of celebrity stylists — watching an awards show red carpet was akin to fashion-crime rubber-necking: “Is that gorgeous movie star really wearing that??” The style mishaps kept piling up as cracking wise about wardrobe and hair malfunctions became both a media and national pastime. Remember Jack Nicholson playing The Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, a villain who laced all beauty and grooming products with deadly chemicals, resulting in Gotham’s on-air newscasters being exposed sans hair and makeup? That was an early pop-culture peek behind the glam-squad curtain. All it took to be a stunner was the right touch and lighting. And hours upon hours of prep.
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