Lynn Wyatt refers to it as her "drop dead dress," the Gucci gown that she wore to the Vanity Fair Oscar party. On that evening, all eyes were on the Lone Star diva in her yellow flora- and fauna-embroidered gown.
"I got so many compliments on the dress, even from the stars," she cooed shortly after returning from that busy week in Los Angeles.
But the biggest compliment of all came from the designer himself, Alessandro Michele, who has revived the Gucci brand and taken the fashion world by storm."This long-haired guy came up to me and told me how great I looked in the dress and then he introduced himself! He designed the dress."
What is a drop dead dress? According to La Wyatt, is "when it's a memorable dress, which means you can't wear it all the time. Or you wear it in a different part of the country." Otherwise, you bring it out only every two or three years.
She tells CultureMap that she will be wearing the Gucci stunner at the Houston Grand Opera Ball on April 9, the whimsical design beautifully complementing the "Carousel" theme of the white-tie gala.
The tricky thing about a drop dead dress, she says, "You have to be careful that the dress doesn't wear you. You have to wear the dress."
Lynn Wyatt in Gucci with Marchesa's Georgina Chapman at the Vanity Fair Oscar party where the 'drop dead dress' was de rigueur.
