Was Sydney Sweeney’s Oscars after-party look a subversive nod to Marilyn Monroe?

Was Sydney Sweeney’s Oscars after-party look a subversive nod to Marilyn Monroe?

Look of the Week: Was Sydney Sweeney’s Oscars after-party look a subversive nod to Marilyn Monroe? There was something uncanny about Sydney Sweeney’s look at the Vanity Fair Oscars party last night. The wavy ‘lob’ she cut last week had been sheared into a soft, blown-out bob; while her plunging, cream-colored halter-neck dress looked more like it should be wafting over a subway grate than trailing along a red carpet. In short, the 26-year-old actor bore a striking resemblance to Marilyn Monroe. Of course, Sweeney isn’t the first to try to conjure the likeness of the world’s most famous starlet — Anna Nicole Smith, Kim Kardashian, Madonna, Beyoncé and even James Franco are just a few who have purposefully imitated Monroe’s platinum coiffure and scarlet lips. But the homage paid by the “Anyone But You” star Sunday evening felt more poignant — even if it was unintentional. Last week, Sweeney made her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut with a string of jokes centered around her sexual…