The process of deciding on an outfit for the Oscars normally begins months in advance of the highly anticipated Hollywood awards ceremony. But if any nominated actresses have left their outfits for Sunday’s ceremony to the last minute, they may wish to take note of this advice.

Fashion experts at Cosmopolitan claim to have calculated the winning formula for what hopefuls should wear to be in with the best chance of winning an Academy Award.

Charles Manning, style director at the magazine, analyzed the dresses of the past 30 years of female Oscar winners to work out the common features of their outfits.

Taking into account 10 different aspects of style — including color, neckline and train — he said the luckiest dress would have “a shiny or sparkly opaque black sheath dress with a train, worn without a belt or a wrap.”

In case nominees do not have time to find a dress with all the key characteristics, he identified a dress from the spring 2015 Armani Privé couture collection that would fit the bill.

Black was found to be the most popular dress color or shade. It was worn by around a third of best actress and best supporting actress winners — including Julia Roberts when she was awarded best actress for “Erin Brockovich” in 2001.

The sheath won the battle for best silhouette after it was worn by 60 percent of winning women.

The V-neck, as modeled by Reese Witherspoon in vintage Chanel in 2006, was found to be the most common neckline.

Winning actresses historically go for bare arms in sleeveless dresses such as Lupita Nyong’o’s 2014 Prada outfit, while favorite fabrics were either shiny or sparkly.

Although the analysis noted that sheer has been a consistent trend over the last few years — not when it comes to Oscar-winning dresses.

Only 18 percent of winners — including Cher in 1988 — went for sheer with most opting for opaque gowns.

When it comes to a train, actresses were split almost down the middle: 53 percent, including Renee Zellweger in 2004, went for one, while 47 percent followed Anne Hathaway’s lead by going without.

Brie Larsen wore a belt with her Gucci dress at last year’s Oscars but the research claims that generally Oscar-winning actresses do not. Only 15 percent of winners have worn one.

Embellishment also divided actresses in half - with winners split 50-50 - while wraps were shunned by the vast majority of winners.

星光璀璨的奥斯卡从来都不仅是一场演技的加冕，更是一年一度的时尚飨宴，女明星们往往都盛装出席，争奇斗艳。不过，出征奥斯卡的战衣可不是随便穿的。时尚杂志《Cosmopolitan》发现，从颜色到面料、从款式到材质，奥斯卡奖女性得主的礼服似乎有一些共同特征。于是，他们总结了一套最有机会获奖的穿着公式，据说往届拿奖的女演员几乎都是这么穿的。

一般来说，在万众瞩目的奥斯卡颁奖礼开始前的几个月，挑选礼服的过程就已经开始了。

但是，如果有提名女演员直到颁奖礼前的最后一刻才选择礼服，那么她们可能需要注意以下建议。

《Cosmopolitan》杂志的时尚专家们称，他们为提名者们计算出一套最有机会获奖的穿着公式。

该杂志时尚总监查尔斯·曼宁分析了过去30年里奥斯卡奖女性获奖者的礼服，得出了一些共同特征。

曼宁对颜色、领口以及裙裾等10种不同的时尚元素进行考量，认为最幸运的礼服是不透视的亮黑色紧身拖尾连衣裙，且不搭配腰带或披肩。

他从Armani Privé 2015春季时装系列中选出了一条符合要求的礼服，以防提名者没有时间去找一件拥有所有关键特征的裙子。

研究发现，黑色是最受欢迎的颜色。约三分之一的最佳女主角得主以及最佳女配角得主穿的都是黑色，比如，茱莉亚·罗伯茨2001年凭借《永不妥协》获得最佳女主角时穿了黑色礼服。

紧身连衣裙当选最佳轮廓款式，有60%的获奖女性穿的都是紧身裙。研究发现，V字领是最常见的领口样式，正如瑞茜·威瑟斯彭2006年穿着的香奈儿复古礼服那样。

往届的获奖女演员青睐露手臂的无袖礼服，比如露皮塔·尼永奥2014年穿着的普拉达礼服。而她们最爱的是闪闪发光的材质。

尽管分析指出，在过去几年里透视礼服成为一种趋势，但是“奥斯卡赢家礼服”却并非如此。

只有18%的获奖者穿的是透视礼服（包括1988年奥斯卡最佳女主角雪儿），而大多数获奖者选择的是不透视的礼服。

　 (Chinadaily.com.cn)

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

    【全套装备】quántàozhuāngbèi outfit a set of clothes that are worn together

    【不透明的】bùtòumíng de opaque glass, liquid etc is difficult to see through