'You don't have to wear one!' Evan Rachel Wood ditches the gown for a suit in David Bowie tribute at Golden Globes

It was the 70th anniversary of David Bowie's birth.

And  Evan Rachel Wood honoured the late singer on his birthday on Sunday by wearing a custom suit by Altuzarra to the Golden Globes.

And though the 29-year-old actress is far from the first to opt out of wearing a dress to an award show - actress Kathryn Hahn joined her that very night in a Brandon Maxwell suit - she gave a spirited explanation for her choice.

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Making a statement: For Sunday's 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards show, Evan Rachel Wood chose to wear a smart custom suit by Altuzarra, instead of a gown

'I wanted to make sure that young girls and women knew they aren’t a requirement:' Wood took the opportunity to be a role model to young women everywhere

Borrow from the boys in a tuxedo jacket like Evan

Nothing says black tie like a sharp, well tailored tuxedo. This rule applies not just to men but to the ladies as well.

So we were quite pleased when we spotted Evan Rachel Wood at the Golden Globes in a custom made tuxedo by Altuzarra.

This is her first time wearing this kind of look but it deserves to be sported again and again! We've seen many other fashionable ladies paying tribute to a #pantssuitnation like Victoria Beckham.

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Evan said in an interview with Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet: 'This is my third nomination and I’ve been to the Globes six times, and I’ve worn a dress every time.

'And I love dresses, I’m not trying to protest dresses, but I wanted to make sure that young girls and women knew they aren’t a requirement. 

'And that you don’t have to wear one if you don’t want to, and to just be yourself because you're worth is more than that.

'So this year I said I’m going as an homage to Marlene Dietrich and Victor Victoria, and David Bowie because it’s his birthday.'

Smart: The three-piece set featured a structured black suit jacket with strong shoulders and satin lapel, while the suit pants flared slightly towards the end and also had satin stripes

Party time: After the show, Evan headed to HBO's official after-party

All eyes on her! Rachel's chic, androgynous look made a stand out in a sea full of celebrities 

The three-piece set featured a structured black suit jacket with strong shoulders and satin lapel, while the suit pants flared slightly towards the end and also had satin stripes down both sides.

Foregoing the traditional button-down, the Westworld actress wore a white jacket over a pussybow blouse.

The blonde beauty was every bit as enchanting in a black-and-white suit as she would have been in a floor-length evening gown - perhaps even more so because of the empowerment the choice gave her.  

Wood was up for best performance by an actress in a television series, drama, for her role in Westworld, but graciously lost to Claire Foy for her role in Netflix's The Crown. 

Glam pals: The blonde beauty posed on the red carpet with her actress pal Angela Sarafyan who wowed in a flirty grey and white number

'I’m not trying to protest dresses': Evan revealed she opted for a suit to show young girls to 'just be yourself'

Wood is seen at the 66th Annual Golden Globe awards in 2009 wearing a couture gown

She is pictured here in 2012, the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Quite the difference: Wood may have been bored with her Westworld character Dolores's look, as she wears the same two outfits in every episode

2017 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS WINNERS - FILM

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama  

Amy Adams (Arrival)

Jessica Chastain (Miss Sloane)

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Natalie Portman (Jackie) 

Isabelle Huppert (Elle) - WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama 

Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea) - WINNER

Joel Edgerton (Loving)

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)

Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic) 

Denzel Washington (Fences)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy  

Colin Farrell (The Lobster) 

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)  - WINNER

Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Jonah Hill (War Dogs)

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 

Annette Bening (20th Century Women)

Lily Collins (Rules Don't Apply)

Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)

Emma Stone (La La Land) - WINNER

Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) 

Best Screenplay Motion Picture 

La La Land - WINNER

Nocturnal Animals

Moonlight

Manchester By The Sea

Hell or High Water

 Best Original Song Motion Picture 

“Can’t Stop The Feeling,” Trolls

“City of Stars,” La La Land - WINNER

“Faith,” Sing

“Gold,” SIng 

“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

 Best Motion Picture - Drama 

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Lion

Manchester By The Sea

Moonlight - WINNER

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 

20th Century Women

Deadpool

Sing Street

Florence Foster Jenkins

La La Land - WINNER

Best Motion Picture - Animated 

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

Sing

Zootopia - WINNER

Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language  

Divines

Elle - WINNER

Neruda

The Salesman

Toni Erdmann 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture  

Viola Davis (Fences) - WINNER

Naomie Harris (Moonlight) 

Nicole Kidman (Lion) 

Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)

Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture 

Jeff Bridges (To Hell and High Water)

Simon Helberg (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Dev Patel (Lion)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) - WINNER

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) 

Best Director Motion Picture  

Damien Chazelle (La La Land) - WINNER

Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals) 

Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester By The Sea)

Best Original Score Motion Picture 

Moonlight

La La Land - WINNER

Arrival

Lion

Hidden Figures

2017 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS WINNERS - TELEVISION

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) - WINNER

Felicity Huffman, American Crime (ABC)

Kerry Washington, Confirmation (HBO)

Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience (Starz)

Charlotte Rampling, London Spy (BBC America)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of (HBO)

John Turturro, The Night Of (HBO)

Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager (AMC) - WINNER

Bryan Cranston, All the Way (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Winona Ryder, Stranger Things (Netflix)

Claire Foy, The Crown (Netflix) - WINNER

Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld (HBO)

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander (Starz)

Keri Russell, The Americans (FX)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot (USA)

Matthew Rhys, The Americans (FX)

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath (Amazon) - WINNER

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan (Showtime)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX) - WINNER

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon)

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC)

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon)

Nick Nolte, Graves (Epix)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Veep (HBO)

Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO)

Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin (CW)

Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC) - WINNER

Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce (HBO

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Olivia Colman, The Night Manager (AMC) - WINNER

Chrissy Metz, This Is Us (NBC)

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (HBO)

Mandy Moore, This Is Us (NBC)

Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager (AMC) - WINNER

John Lithgow, The Crown (Netflix)

Christian Slater, Mr. Robot (USA)

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) - WINNER

The Night Manager (AMC)

The Night Of (HBO)

The Dresser (Starz)

American Crime (ABC)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Transparent (Amazon)

Atlanta (FX) - WINNER

Veep (HBO)

Black-ish (ABC)

Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon)

 Best Television Series - Drama

Game of Thrones (HBO)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

The Crown (Netflix) - WINNER

Westworld (HBO)

This Is Us (NBC)

 

 

 

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