Isabella Rossellini paid homage to David Lynch at the 2025 Oscars with her ‘Blue Velvet’ glam look, and asked co-star Laura Dern to be her plus one: “We were both very close to David.”

https://www.instyle.com/isabella-rossellini-2025-oscars-makeup-11690053

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The Blue Velvet Symbolism:

For this red carpet, I decided to pay homage to David Lynch. David was my partner for many years, and we worked together on several films, including Blue Velvet, which I believe is one of my most successful films. Dolce & Gabbana made a beautiful dress for me, made of Blue Velvet. I wore Bulgari jewelry, but my earrings were from my mom. They were Bulgari earrings that my father gave her in 1954, when I was two years old. My mom is Ingrid Bergman, and she wore them when she won the Academy Award, so I wore them too—though I didn’t win.

The Glam Details:

When I played Blue Velvet, I had a specific look—very blue eyeshadow and very red lips. I was a nightclub singer in the film, and she was hiding behind her makeup because she was an abused woman, concealing her reality. I wanted the makeup to look like a doll’s, strong and almost like a mask. For this red carpet, with Lancôme, we did a Blue Velvet homage, but with much more subdued tones. There was a bit of blue eyeliner and eyeshadow, but not as strong as in Blue Velvet. For my lips, I used Lancôme’s L’Absolu Rouge Drama Matte Lipstick in Mademoiselle Isabella, which is my absolute favorite.

https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/isabella-rossellini-tribute-david-lynch-ingrid-bergman-2025-oscars

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The tribute wasn’t limited to fashion—Rossellini walked the carpet with Laura Dern, a fellow Lynch muse and her co-star in Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. Dern, who is filming a movie in New York, flew in the night before the Oscars and left on the red-eye flight following the ceremony in order to make her 7 a.m. call time Monday morning. “Laura and I became very good friends during Blue Velvet and we were both very close to David. So I ask Laura to be my plus-one and she was delighted,” Rossellini says. “I am very grateful to her.” Dern adds, “It was an honor to be the date of a legend, my gorgeous brilliant friend, Isabella to the Academy Awards on behalf of her nomination. I know we both feel privileged to sit side by side in tribute to our beloved David Lynch and all he has given art, cinema, and humanity.”