West Vancouver's Holly Carinci, founder and CEO of HollyWords Publicity, attended the Academy Awards with her client, Vancouver First Nations actor Duane Howard, who played the pivotal role of Arikara leader Elk Dog in The Revenant. The day before the awards the Vancouver duo attended an event featuring The Revenant's nominated Hair/Makeup team at the Academy's Symposium and later that evening went to Armani's pre-Oscar cocktail party on Rodeo Drive honouring The Revenant. Howard wore a suit to the Armani party on Saturday and a tux to the Oscars, both created by Haida fashion designer Dorothy Grant. Carinci wore a vintage little black dress by Vancouver designer Jacqueline Conoir to the Armani party and a full-length gold-lecked vintage gown by Sandwich to the afterparty.
