Joan Rivers, on the red carpet Quotes

Context

This line was spoken by Joan Rivers on the red carpet at the Golden Globes (popularized in 1994).

In 1994, Joan Rivers hit the red carpet at the Golden Globes for the E! network. She wanted to know what designers the celebrities had draped over them, so she asked them "Who are you wearing?"

Prior to this, Joan Rivers was a renowned comedian who had hosted a late-night show and occupied the center square on Hollywood Squares, but with these four words, Rivers became a fashion icon.

Where you've heard it

You've heard this phrase at every red carpet ever. Joan asked it. Her daughter, Melissa, asked it. Giuliana Rancic asks it. Maria Menounos asks it. Geena Davis asked it. Even The New Yorker magazine asked it.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Tough call. On the one hand, who really cares if Jennifer Lawrence is decked out in Gucci or Pucci when there are disease epidemics and genocide sweeping the globe? But maybe that way of thinking is pretentious?

We're torn.