Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman

The lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman refers to the lavender or lilac-colored Prada dress worn by Uma Thurman at the 67th Academy Awards on March 27, 1995, at which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Pulp Fiction.[1] Bronwyn Cosgrave in her 2006 book Made For Each Other: Fashion and the Academy Awards describes the dress as being beautifully crafted and admired for weeks afterwards by the media.[2] The dress was designed by Barbara Tfank.[2]

Lavender Prada dress of Uma Thurman
DesignerBarbara Tfank for Prada
Year1995 (1995)
TypeLavender dress

The 2000 book Fashion: the Century of the Designer 1900–1999 credits the dress for opening up Prada in Hollywood saying, "Five years later Uma Thurman appeared at the ceremony in a lavender gown and stole, catapulting herself onto magazine covers and bringing Prada to the attention of Hollywood."[3] In 2011, CNN opined "This dress changed the entire perception of the brand. First of all, the color is exquisite. The gentle layers of chiffon and the hand on this dress is so delicate. And to choose Uma Thurman to dress, she is basically an ethereal, unearthly beauty. It made everyone say, 'OK, maybe we should start looking to Prada as a place for clothes.'"[4]

Variety magazine's 2003 Complete Book of Oscar Fashion described it as "the gown that launched a thousand imitations"; and indeed, a year later, Nicole Kidman wore a Prada dress of an identical colour at the 68th Academy Awards.[5][6]

References
  1. "How Uma Thurman's 1995 Oscar Dress Changed the Red Carpet Forever". Stylecaster.com. 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  2. Cosgrave, Bronwyn (December 15, 2006). Made for each other: fashion and the Academy Awards. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-59691-087-4. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  3. Seeling, Charlotte (April 2000). Fashion: the century of the designer 1900–1999. Könemann. p. 192. ISBN 978-3-8290-2980-3. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  4. "Ten dresses you'll never forget". CNN. October 27, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  5. Reeve., Chace (2003). The complete book of Oscar fashion : Variety's 75 years of glamour on the red carpet. New York, NY: Reed Press. p. 48. ISBN 1594290016. OCLC 53233868.
  6. Cosgrave, Bronwyn (December 15, 2006). Made for each other: fashion and the Academy Awards. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-59691-087-4. Retrieved May 24, 2011.


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