THE best thing about the Oscars is the red carpet.

Judge me all you want but seeing Uggie the dog from black and white movie The Artist trotting down the celebrity walkway in a bow tie at the 2012 Academy Awards is better than knowing who actually won at the ceremony.

It's all about the outfits. The hair. The make-up. The bow ties.

I've heard about the films for months, I may have even seen a few of them - now I want to know what the stars are wearing.

That's why I'm a little confused by a social media movement called #AskHerMore, which urges showbiz reporters to quiz women with"creative questions" on the red carpet instead of the expected: "What are you wearing?"

Apparently it's sexist to ask women what they are wearing on the most famous catwalk in the world.

No. These celebrities have spent weeks, months, possibly years picking out what they will wear to the Oscars. I've read about the facialists offering last-minute skin prep, the 'cosmetologists', the personal trainers and the under-arm botox.

I've heard about the juice diets and the last-minute liposuction.

Now there's nothing else left - I want to see what they are wearing!

Yes, I know it's not real life but it gives us a peek into the glamour - and torture - of the world of A-listers.

Does that make me shallow or less of a feminist? I don't think so.

Loving fashion and make-up does not make you less intelligent. I think we need to make a point of saying that more because far too many people I speak to seem to think you can either like clothes or politics - not both.

Caring about aesthetics does not make you frivolous.

My favourite outfit at the bash was Reese Witherspoon's Tom Ford off-the-shoulder frock, which is funny because it was Reese who made a point of emphasising the #AskHerMore campaign on Sunday.

She was ridiculed later for taking various pictures of herself in her designer dress and Tiffany jewels and posting it on social media.

By posing like a hairy kipper (as my grandma would say) she was going against the campaign. But why shouldn't she?

If Reese didn't care about her clothes she would have turned up in a pair of joggie bottoms and an old Tshirt - what I was wearing on Sunday to watch the coverage, incidentally.

Patricia Arquette used her winner's speech to call for equality between men and women, and I wholeheartedly support that.

But we should give the pointless campaigns a rest.

Yes women, men and dogs are more than what they wear. But at the Oscars all I want to know is: where did Uggie get his bow tie?