The last calendar year in red carpet fashion has seen straight male celebrities challenging gender norms with their outfits and accessories.
Billy Porter’s magnificent Oscars tuxedo-gown is the most memorable recent example, as is Terry Crews’ crocodile-skin harness—an accessory rooted in the gay leather scene that has in recent months grown in popularity among cool hot guy celebrities such as Adam Rippon, Michael B. Jordan, Timothée Chalamet, and Chadwick Boseman.
But the 2019 Academy Awards red carpet had a new contender for barrier-shattering male accessories: Jason Momoa‘s pink velvet Fendi scrunchie.
Momoa coordinated his velvet Fendi tuxedo—designed personally by Karl Lagerfeld—with his wife Lisa Bonet’s gown, and paired it with a matching scrunchie (with its own teeny-tiny Fendi label) around his his wrist.
Twitter was in absolute awe of Momoa’s entire look, with some fans already calling for him to host next year’s Oscars thanks to his velvet scrunchie alone.
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Best supporting scrunchie: Jason Momoa
— Jessica Allen (@jessieraeallen) February 25, 2019
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Jason Momoa’s scrunchie matches his suit. I repeat, JASON MOMOA’S SCRUNCHIE MATCHES HIS SUIT.
If I don’t see pink velvet scrunchies on ASOS soon I’ll throw things. #oscars pic.twitter.com/oi36TGVtTz
— Alex Bruce-Smith (@alexbrucesmith) February 25, 2019
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I'll just be here, waiting for Jason Momoa to put that scrunchie in his hair pic.twitter.com/wH3sriU1kV
— Nicola (@nicolabyrn3) February 25, 2019
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is Jason Momoa wearing a velvet scrunchie on his wrist? my influence
— Perfume Genius (@perfumegenius) February 25, 2019
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https://twitter.com/sassyblackdiva/status/1099829594415235073
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https://twitter.com/ellaceron/status/1099829005447020545
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HOLD ON. Does Jason Momoa have a Velvet Fendi Scrunchie???? https://t.co/fshDkhSaRk
— ME & HERMAN (@imcandacekay) February 25, 2019
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you:
me: my sexuality is jason momoa's scrunchie pic.twitter.com/3aun0Ct89Z— mixed feelings (@mxdfeelings) February 25, 2019
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jason momoa in a pink suit? with a matching scrunchie? ohmygod. Y’ALL, THIS IS A MAN. pic.twitter.com/CTMoMaCmUv
— – (@myvillaneve) February 25, 2019
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Okay I've finally recovered and am ready to talk about Jason Mamoa's Fendi scrunchie. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/vUGHeuVdzd
— Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) February 25, 2019
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I would like to talk about the scrunchie on Jason Momoa's wrist and nothing but the scrunchie on Jason Momoa's wrist #oscars pic.twitter.com/yxhcJTzUwW
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) February 25, 2019
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Jason Momoa having a scrunchie to match his suit is the highlight of the oscars for me #Oscars pic.twitter.com/hHbuu3DPcR
— Morgan (@xmorgangeddesx) February 25, 2019
In truth, this wasn’t the first time Momoa rocked a pink scrunchie. The actor wore a satin scrunchie around his wrist when he was doing interviews promoting Aquaman last fall, and has been photographed wearing his hair in pigtails held together by two pink scrunchies.
h/t Refinery29