{"id":535178,"date":"2026-03-14T04:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/535178\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:28:08","slug":"im-wearing-the-tree-fibre-undies-right-now-an-audience-with-the-organisers-of-the-oscar-goodie-bags-oscars-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/535178\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m wearing the tree fibre undies right now!\u2019 An audience with the organisers of the Oscar goodie bags | Oscars 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is now 20 years since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences discontinued their official Oscars<\/a> goodie bag. Modest by today\u2019s standards, this bundle of presents was subject to a distinctly non-glamorous IRS crackdown regarding the taxation of its contents, which it viewed as non-cash compensation.<\/p>\n

But no sooner had that been taken away than a flurry of beneficent gifting moguls swooped in to take their place. Hollywood this week has been gripped by a discreet yet intense gifting frenzy, as rooms in luxury hotels and spas are requisitioned as gifting suites for the A-listers upon whom hugely expensive items will be pressed in the hope that these starfluencers will mention them on their Instagram feed.<\/p>\n

The town\u2019s most prominent gifting supremo is Lash Fary, founder of Distinctive Assets, which showers expensive stuff on the worthy and unworthy alike at awards ceremonies such as the Grammys and the Oscars.<\/p>\n

Film buzz \u2026 Se\u00f1orita THC margaritas. Photograph: Se\u00f1orita THC Margaritas<\/p>\n

I call on him at a spa just off Sunset Boulevard, where the gifts are laid out on a table: A luxury T-shirt with an anti-ICE message. A state-of-the-art electric flosser. A fully customised prenup agreement from divorce lawyer James Sexton. An A4-sized envelope containing the details for a stay at a Costa Rica villa worth $30,000 and another in Ibiza worth $65,000. A glittery \u201chydro jug\u201d. Five different cannabis brands (legal in LA, but can\u2019t be shipped out of state).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just under $350,000-worth for all of the bag for each person,\u201d says Fary, pointing to items of luxury luggage which, as well as being part of the swag, are used to deliver the items. One is tagged \u201cMichael B Jordan\u201d, another \u201cKate Hudson\u201d.<\/p>\n

Each of his \u201cEverybody Wins\u201d gift bags is delivered directly to the lucky talent; they don\u2019t have to schlep to the spa. \u201cThey have to do nothing,\u201d says Fary. \u201cThey just enjoy the spoils. Rose Byrne wanted hers shipped back to New York, so it\u2019ll be waiting for her when she gets home to Brooklyn. Sometimes, they\u2019ll want it dropped off under whatever alias they\u2019re staying at the hotel. Last time Rachel McAdams was nominated, she happened to be in her business manager\u2019s office taking a meeting when she saw it being rolled in and was like: \u2018Is that my gift bag?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Actually it\u2019s not quite everybody who wins. The bags are given to the 20 acting nominees, five directors on the shortlist, and host Conan O\u2019Brien. Cinematographers, editors, screenwriters et al must do without.<\/p>\n

They are under no obligation for reciprocal publicity, says Fary. \u201cIf they don\u2019t post a single thing, that\u2019s fine. I\u2019ve been doing this long enough that we used to get a handwritten thank you note, which was lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Bogart \u2026 Dogwalkers cannabis \u2018pre-rolls\u2019, said to be inspired by \u2018leisurely\u2019 dog-walking. Photograph: Dogwalkers<\/p>\n

The \u201cbest case scenario\u201d, he says, lavish social media exposure. \u201cWhen Viola Davis went on the trip to Hawaii that we gave her, she posted pictures on Instagram. The last year Amy Adams was nominated, she wore the T-shirt we had in her bag to the gym the next day.\u201d Fary takes a moment to sing the praises of a few more of the recherch\u00e9 items in this year\u2019s sack, including a pair of \u201cMineral Undies\u201d (from $32) made of tree fibres and mineral zinc oxide: \u201cReally lightweight and breathable! I\u2019m wearing them right now!\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Fary, Nathalie Dubois of Dubois Pelin and Associates, has been in the gifting industry for two decades. \u201cCelebrities have everything,\u201d she says. \u201cSo you want to intrigue them. You want to surprise them.\u201d Her stock in trade is traditional luxury brands, rather than as with Fary, smaller eclectic brands who pay him a fee for inclusion.<\/p>\n

And in her case, you have to do so in-person. \u201cWe gifted diamond watches at one point,\u201d she says. \u201cWe do big expensive things. We had Gucci and Fendi. We have Chloe sunglasses. We started with Chopard in 2005 when they weren\u2019t that famous. We still have Lanc\u00f4me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrities must pick up their swag in-person; no delivery permitted. She rents five hotel suites and a garden in the upmarket suburb of Brentwood. \u201cWe choose that location strategically. It\u2019s in the hills so we don\u2019t have too many losers knocking at our door. You have to pay for parking, so they hesitate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s first electric flosser, included in the nominee gift bags. Photograph: Flaus<\/p>\n

Gifting crashers are fairly common, she says. \u201cOh my God. We\u2019ve had people impersonating stars \u2013 they don\u2019t get away with it. We have had sex workers at the door, passing themselves off as actors. We have had big groups arriving in sunglasses claiming to be in the cast of the \u2018new season\u2019 of an established show. We had one guy climbing the back wall into the garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

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