The Missing Oscar Dress Mystery

When  designer carefully selects new-season dresses and sends them on a plane to a stylist in LA ahead of the Oscars, the last thing they expect is for their one-off creations to be lost - but that's what happened to Donna Karan.The New York-based designer sent the frocks to Hollywood - along with her senior PR Aliza Licht, a Twitter favourite with the online handle DKNY PR Girl - but, at LAX, the dresses were nowhere to be seen.

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"I am trying to remain calm, but the plane just landed in LA and our #Oscars gowns are NOT on it," Licht tweeted. "'We have confirmation that the dresses did go on the plane,' Ok great, so WHERE ARE THEY?"

The frantic search was played out on Twitter, before Licht jubilantly tweeted: "Breaking News! #DonnaKaranAtelier #Oscars dresses found in cargo area. My mistake, I should have shipped the person in them."

Licht followed the post with a confirmation from the stylist that she had received them - to which she added "phew" - although she didn't reveal the stylist's name or who she would be dressing. Donna Karan fans expected to attend the Oscars include Naomie Harris, Camila Alves, Penélope Cruz and Katie Holmes.