The 2023 Oscars ceremony broke with tradition by featuring a non-red carpet, instead opting for a champagne colour that was approved by Academy boss Bill Kramer.
Creative consultants Lisa Love, a longtime Vogue contributor, and Raul Avila, the creative director for the Met Gala in New York, made the decision to use the colour to “evoke the sunset”.
“We turned a day event into night. It’s evening, even though it’s still 3pm”, Love told the Associated Press.
The first red carpet was introduced in 1961 when the awards ceremony was moved from the Pantages theatre in Hollywood to the Santa Monica Civic Centre.
The new venue had a large stretch of concrete between the drop off and entrance, which prompted the laying of a carpet. Other carpets since have been varying shades of red, though this year’s is the first that is completely non-red.
Show host Jimmy Kimmel joked that the decision to have a champagne-coloured carpet “shows how confident we are that no blood will be shed”, in reference to Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s ceremony.
Kimmel said that people have been asking whether there would be trouble or violence at the ceremony, and he hoped there would not be.
Angela Bassett, who was nominated in the best supporting actress category for her performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, noted the change to reporters.
She said, “The carpet is different… It goes with what I’m wearing in a nice way.”
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