A Masterclass on Awards Show Fashion, Plus a Dispatch from Sundance
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Vanity Fair Style Correspondent José Criales-Unzueta joins John and Rebecca to discuss how dressing for the red carpet has evolved since the days of Old Hollywood. He breaks down the stylists and partnerships that have made dressing for awards season more corporate, and shares whose look he’s most excited to see at the Oscars. Plus, John and VF Senior Hollywood Editor Hillary Busis share their takes on the hits and misses of this year’s Sundance Festival.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:10.4 | And I'm John Ross. |
| 0:12.1 | John, how you doing this morning? |
| 0:14.2 | I'm doing good. |
| 0:15.0 | We are here at the last Sundance at Park City. |
| 0:19.3 | And it's the Monday after the first weekend, so you survived the very, very busiest of times at the festival. Yes, yeah. It slows down starting now. Yeah. I think this is probably a good moment to welcome in Little Goldman's best friend, Hilary Bustis, who's also at Sundance. Hi, Hillary. Hello, Rebecca. Hello, John. Right now, Rebecca, John and I are hanging out without you. |
| 0:39.4 | I am sorry. |
| 0:40.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.8 | Hillary and I went to the HBO Docs party last night, |
| 0:45.4 | which is the only party that serves food, |
| 0:48.0 | and is maybe kind of the only real food we've eaten the entire weekend. |
| 0:52.4 | And you would have thought... |
| 0:53.3 | John and I walked through the door and beeline. Yeah. We were like crazy people. We were like, there's the Caesar salad. Like, you know how Cookie Monster goes? Like, like, the crumbs are everywhere. That is how I felt. But then we, like, we're like, oh, we can't be too obvious. Like, it can't be |
| 1:13.0 | too embarrassing. And then we looked around and everyone was like that. Like, people were like |
| 1:18.0 | ravenous beasts running for the steak. Like unhinging their jaws and just swallowing |
| 1:23.0 | Ahy tuna. Yeah. Like that was the party of Sundance in my opinion. Well, we have a lot to catch up with on the festival. I, like that was the party of Sundance, in my opinion. |
| 1:28.5 | Well, we have a lot to catch up with on the festival. |
| 1:31.5 | I feel like even from afar, I can tell there was a lot happening. |
| 1:34.3 | So today on the show we're going to talk all about John and Hillary's weekend at Sundance |
| 1:38.1 | and what movies we might be talking about this time next year. |
| 1:41.8 | And later in the show, Rebecca and I are talking all about award show fashion with Vanity Fair style correspondent, Jose Creales and Zweta. |
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