Natalie Portman's Dior cape features an important message.
cape Portman wore to the red carpet are the names of women directors, all of whom were snubbed from the Best Director category at the Oscars this year, and some of whom made films that were entirely left out of the Oscars conversation entirely. Surnames of directors Lorene Scafaria, Lulu Wang,, Melina Mantsoukas, Céline Sciamma and more names could be read in gold along the trim of the cape.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 09: Natalie Portman attends the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. It seems that year after year, we continue to have the conversation about women being shut out from the opportunity to win an Oscar for Best Director. In fact, the last and only time a woman won the award was in 2009, when Kathryn Bigelow took home the Oscar forOnce Upon a Time...in Hollywood
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