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Sharon Stone Reveals ‘Awful’ Experience With Her First Oscars Look in 1992: ‘No One Would Lend Me a Dress’

Sharon Stone has worn striking gowns from Valentino, Schiaparelli, Zuhair Murad and other high-fashion brands over her career. More recently, she even became a muse for Sam Smith during their “Saturday Night Live” performance in January. However, she wasn’t always disputed by luxurious designers and pop stars.  In a new episode of the “Table for Two” podcast released this Tuesday, Stone revealed to host Bruce Bozzi how hard it was to find a dress for her first Oscar Awards in 1992. “When I first got invited to the Oscars, right before ‘Basic Instinct’ came out, the movie hadn’t come out, so no one would lend me a dress. And then it came out, a few days before the Oscars, and I was going to present but no one would lend me a dress,” she recalled. “It was unbelievable because I didn’t have any money.”  Sharon Stone during the 64th Annual Academy Awards at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in 1992. Stone felt intimidated arriving on the red carpet for the ceremony. “All these people in their $40,000 or $50,000 dresses and I went and bought a Betsey Johnson polyester jumpsuit, because that was the best I could do,” she said. Stone was

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