Stories Behind Oscars Red Carpet

Jia Yang
Feb 27, 2017
2 min read

Every year on the red carpets of the Academy Awards, celebrities are seen wearing fancy dresses and outfits that has become quite a sight to see. The red carpet entrance of numerous celebrities with their glamours outfits has become one of the main attractions of the Academy Awards. Without it, the Academy Awards ceremony would be incomplete.

The Red Carpet

This is the 89th annual Academy Awards this year. The ceremony on the red carpet alone costs about $30,000. The Academy Award’s red carpet is about 274 meters long and about 10 meters wide. The red carpet begins on Hollywood boulevard and highland avenue, where celebrities arrive in luxurious cars, and will go on all the way to the entrance of the Dolby Theatre. 18 technicists will begin to lay the red carpet along Hollywood boulevard starting on the 21st of February of each year which will then take around 900 hours to complete.

The red carpet of the Academy of Arts was first held in 1961. Afterwards, it became a indispensable tradition during the Academy Awards ceremony. LA Times reported that a scholar of history Marc Wanamaker said, the red carpet has a variety of functions.

First, it is works as a directing route for the awards’s attendees. Second, it’s also a stage which fans support their idols, and news media and journalists record and report. Finally, it serves as the ultimate runway for celebrities to show off.

The Blue Ribbon

Today, many celebrities are seen wearing a blue ribbon with the organization's name on the chest. Wearing this ribbon shows celebrities’ support of American Civil Liberties Union. As celebrities walk the Oscars red carpet, the official ACLU Twitter page shares photos of the celebrities wearing the ribbons and even cracking jokes. "Whoever thought we'd be fashion icons?" the organization wrote.