It’s the first show after opening night for “Fallen Angels,” and the celebration is still in bloom for Broadway star Kelli O’Hara. “I did walk in here today and all the flowers are still in here — there’s streamers,” she says from her dressing room at the Todd Haimes Theatre before the evening performance. Earlier that morning, she received a Critics Circle nomination for outstanding lead performer in a play. “There’s an exhaustion that comes with the relief of this hard work,” she adds. “You feel relief when things seem to be positive. Where you go, ‘Oh, OK, now I can relax.’” O’Hara leads the Broadway revival of the 1925 comedic play alongside Rose Byrne. The women star as Julia and Jane, two married friends who reconnect with a mutual former flame while both of their husbands are away. For opening night, O’Hara paid homage to the onstage friendship by wearing a dress that combined the characters’ two signature colors. “ Rose wears an emerald green dress and I wear a lavender pi...
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. The Masters came and went, and now another historic event with a famously hard-to-crack dress code is upon us: the Kentucky Derby, of course, which is set to take place on Saturday, May 2, at the horse racing complex Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. If you’re planning on skipping the more casual infield celebrations and heading straight for the first-turn reserved seating that weekend, you are probably well aware that a lot is expected from you in the fashion sense. Grabbing a fancy hat and staying away from umbrellas (thank us later) should be muscle memory, but it’s tougher to crack the grand happening’s more hush-hush dressing requirements. To help simplify your packing journey and fill you in on exactly what to wear to the Kentucky Derby, we tapped the aid of Zanna Roberts Rassi — Milk Makeup co-founder, Today Show style correspondent, and gue...