10 Best Winter Bow Hunting Clothes

Best Winter Bow Hunting Clothes in 2023

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OSCAR WINNING PERFORMANCES of a DIFFERENT KIND

Clothes belong to the runway, makeup to magazines and, as neither appears in the entertainment section of anything, why are they at the Oscars?

Costume and makeup categories are included in the Oscar line-up each year, despite the fact that neither of these categories is exclusive to cinema. Clothes belong to the runway, makeup to magazines and, as neither appears in the entertainment section of anything, why are they at the Oscars?

Costume Design

All five 2020 nominations are historical dramas, which is a genre that Hollywood believes has no audience. "W.E." is a Madonna production that she financed herself; "The Artist" is French; "Jane Eyre" and "Anonymous" are British; "Hugo" is a film by Martin Scorsese, who can do anything he wants because he is, after all, Martin Scorsese. There is really nothing to comment on in any of these films, as all five nominees stick religiously to what has been done before.

Mark Bridges, the American winner of this year's Oscar for his work on "The Artist", apparently used the 1928 film "Show People" for inspiration. Actors in that era mostly wore their own clothes, so wardrobe choices have already been culturally defined and costumes are either hired or made from that blue-print. Giving Mr. Bridges an award for creativity, when nothing original has actually been created, is rather like letting him claim new lands as his own, when they're not.

Makeup

Matthew Mungle, Martial Corneville and Lynn Johnston, the makeup designers on "Albert Nobbs", were nominated for their metamorphosis of two women into men. Glenn Close, as Albert Nobbs, is quite convincing with her bowler hat on but, when that comes off, she reveals a mop of auburn waves. This is very attractive but hardly typical of a 50-year-old man who has no access to hair-coloring. Janet McTeer, as Hubert Page, is 6'1" and purpose-built for a gender-switch but, unfortunately, the makeup people decided to use blusher. This lifts Ms. McTeer's complexion no end, but as they're actually trying to create a testosterone-charged plumber, it's a strange choice.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Harrows Part 2" was nominated for an Oscar but Part 1 was over-looked, despite the fact that the three designers, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, worked on both. Perhaps it's because Part 2 is the last in this global phenomenon and the Oscars wanted to give it a fitting goodbye, which is highly political but also rather sweet; just like the goblins. Unfortunately, however, the goblins don't owe it all to the 82-strong makeup team. These little chaps were digitally enhanced in the cutting room, long after the movie wrapped.

The winners of the 2020 Oscar makeup category are Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, for their work on "The Iron Lady". They transport Meryl Streep from her glory years to her dotage and, despite an overload of latex and gelatin, avoid letting her look like a burns victim. Ms. Streep, who won Best Actress Oscar for her role in this biopic, does actually resemble Mrs. T. in her fifties, but this is as young as Streep gets. She is now approaching 63, and there's only so much makeup can do, which brings us to a category of people who have so far been overlooked.

The Plastic Surgeons

All liposuction appointments in L.A. are fully booked for days before the big event. After the surgeons have removed the fat, they inject it into any facial orifice that they think needs filling. This is, without doubt, a far more creative process than hiring something from a fancy dress store, or popping on a latex nose. Perhaps if this was pointed out to the Academy, they would create a new category for the 2020 Oscars, and reserve a few slots on the red carpet for the men in white coats.