Red Versace dress of Cindy Crawford
The Red Versace dress worn by Cindy Crawford is the iconic red plunge gown she wore at the 63rd Academy Awards on March 25, 1991. Designed by Versace, the long red evening dress featured a plunging neckline and thin straps. Crawford, accompanied by her then-boyfriend Richard Gere, presented the Oscar for Best Set Design with Susan Sarandon. The look sparked a fashion sensation, spawning many copies and fakes and boosting Gere’s public profile. Critics praised the gown; Variety called Crawford “supermodel” in a “chili-pepper hot” Versace gown, and the pair were seen as one of the hottest couples of the night. The dress is widely remembered in fashion polls: Debenhams’ poll in The Telegraph ranked it 12th among the greatest red-carpet gowns; a 2010 poll by offersupermarket.co.uk placed it 10th among the most memorable outfits of the last fifty years (44% of voters); News & Celebrity Style Now listed it among the ten best Oscar red-carpet looks.
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