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SHOPPING
Rodeo Drive It is the most luxurious area where you can make the relevant purchases before the Oscars gala. But don't be fooled: in this place in Beverly Hills, with stores of Gucci, Valentino, Armani, Dior, Chanel and Carolina Herrera, among others, you will rarely find stars, but yes to their stylists.
Designers fight each year to dress actors and singers and meet with them and their stylists in private. These meetings to try on dresses and suits usually take place in the hotels where the artists stay . Your stylists are in charge of shopping on Rodeo Drive for accessories and finishing touches. Something similar happens with hairdressers and makeup artists, who usually go to their clients' homes or hotels. There are some stars who even decide perform beauty treatments in the privacy of their suites.
In the middle of Melrose Place
Also pay attention to La Cienega Design Quarter , a delight for lovers of art and interior design (It will be quite an endurance test to get out of some of their furniture stores and art galleries). Here you must stop-fan in Melrose Place by the must-see designer Monique Lhuillier store and the must-see Fig & Olive restaurant, popular places to dress up and eat during the Oscars. And, obviously, for being the supposed place where one of the most iconic series of the 90s would take place.
Of course, if in addition to buying you are looking to deliberately cross paths with some other famous person, you have to do without the streets of celebrity stylists and get fully into Robertson Avenue . Small boutiques, cafes and restaurants are concentrated here (don't leave without trying to get a table at the Newsroom and The Ivy) and many, many paparazzi waiting to be hunted.
Celebrities like Paris Hilton or the Kardashians are 'regulars'
ACCOMMODATION: HOTELS AND NEW FORMULAS
Hotels are rubbing their hands at this time of year: all their luxury suites are going to be full, although stars may also turn to new formulas, such as Airbnb. This year, during the Super Bowl, Beyoncé opted for an Airbnb house that was going for $10,000 a night, the approximate price that hotel suites usually go for during the Oscars.
- Bel-Air Hotel he. 45 luxury art deco suites in the middle of 48,500 m2 of gardens: it is to be in Los Angeles as if you were in the middle of nowhere. His La Prairie spa, at the beck and call of tired stars, has earned five stars from Forbes.
Chalon Suite by Bel-Air Hotel
- ** Hotel Peninsula **, which embroiders the initials of the stars on its pillows. In addition, this edition of the Oscars coincides with its 25th anniversary, which the hotel celebrates by offering its guests the A Taste of Hollywood Glamor experience, that is, all its clients will be received at the hotel as a a-lister from the red carpet. Who would resist?
- Beverly Hills, known as 'The Pink Palace' is **the favorite of Hollywood stars** for that old school glamor of its architecture and treatment.
Beverly Hills Hotel
- ** Four Seasons ** (in the heart of Rodeo Drive) and ** The Hilton ** are the most popular. There are some who prefer to stay in a more central area, such as West-Hollywood , in hotel sites like the Andaz (with a Penthouse that takes your breath away) and ** The London Hotel **.
These hotels offer high security measures , even to safeguard party tickets. Stars usually leave their tickets for parties like the one they celebrate in the main hotel safes Vanity Fair every year.
As a curious fact, these hotels They don't usually accept advance bookings on Oscar dates until the nominees are announced. . On some occasions, if they fill up quickly, "lower ranked" stars are forced to put their names on waiting lists.
Modernity and views of the Californian 'hills'
THE AGENDA
This is usually the busiest time of year for artists. To the nerves of winning a golden statuette they come together the interviews that they have to grant during these days and the previous parties . The rhythm is intense.
His routine is usually the following:
- Wednesday Thursday: check-in at the hotel. - Friday: meetings with the stylists. Trials of dresses and accessories. - Saturday: Beauty and relaxation treatments in the hotel spas. - Sunday: the big night of the Dolby Theater.
THE EXCLUSIVE PARTIES
Vanity Fair he usually throws the house out the window with his official Oscars party and with all the celebrations he makes in the previous days. For example, this year he will have a party for "young talent in Hollywood" today, February 23 . Tomorrow there will be a "Social Club" and on Thursday a "Spa Day" . All these events are exclusive, of course. This year the Vanity Fair party will be held at the Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills. Directors like J.J. Adrams or singers like Lady Gaga are regulars at Vanity Fair parties.
One of the largest and most exclusive after parties of the statuette gala is that of Vanity Fair
Jennifer Lawarence will be in charge of leading the party Women in the Film Industry Annual . It will take place the Friday before the ceremony, at Hyde Sunset.
For those who prefer to stay near the Dolby Theater , they can go to the legendary Governors Ball which is held in the same building located in Hollywood and Highland . The stars usually stay here for a few minutes after the ceremony is over and then head off to another party.
Elton John , as always, will organize its own benefit party, which this time will be held in West Hollywood Park and in which funds will be raised in the fight against AIDS. Guests will be able to enjoy a dinner cooked by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay while watching the ceremony. after dinner, Elton John has prepared a concert for his attendees . Stars like Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres, Nicole Kidman and Denzel Washington.
Finally, ** Night of 100 Stars ** is another of the ceremonies that prominent figures in the industry can attend. It will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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