Reese Witherspoon Challenges Oscars Red Carpet to #AskHerMore: 'We're More Than Just a Dress' (Video)

Is “who are you wearing?” finally falling out of favor?

Frustrated by red carpet questions for actresses that focus on their exteriors, the social media hashtag #AskHerMore has been gaining steam all awards season. On Sunday, just minutes before the start of the 87th Academy Awards, actress Reese Witherspoon brought the issue front and center.

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“This is a movement to say we’re more than just our dresses. It’s great, the dresses are beautiful, we love the artists who make these clothes,” she told red carpet host Robin Roberts, who did not ask Witherspoon about her Tom Ford dress.

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“We’re so happy to be here and talk about the work we’ve done. It’s hard being a woman in Hollywood or in any industry, so it’s exciting for me to get to talk to other nominees about all the hard work they did,” she continued.

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The actress, nominated for her role in “Wild,” had been using social media to similar ends leading up to the movie industry’s biggest night. She shared this on Instagram earlier Sunday afternoon:

Witherspoon isn’t the only #AskHerMore advocate, either. Everyone from TV behemoths Shonda Rhimes and Lena Dunham to journalist and former First Lady of California Maria Shriver used the hashtag on Sunday to express support for the movement, which begs people to dig deeper than just ball gowns and fashion accessories.

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Here are some examples of #AskHerMore in action on Twitter:
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Stop asking women questions about what they wear to cover the containers they carry their brains around in. #AskHerMore

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) February 23, 2015

My friend Nadine said red carpet reporters should change the line "What are you wearing?" to "What do you care about?" #AskHerMore

— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) February 22, 2015

Ask her about the causes she supports, not her support garments #oscars #AskHerMore: http://t.co/RdjPR3k6pB

— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) February 22, 2015

Love the msg. Send me ur questions. Can't wait to see you on red carpet @RWitherspoon! RT @RWitherspoon #AskHerMore https://t.co/UkvsVFHfsR

— Robin Roberts (@RobinRoberts) February 22, 2015

Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)

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Jennifer Lopez ("Boy Next Door")
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Meryl Streep ("Into the Woods")
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Lady Gaga and Keira Knightley ("The Imitation Game")
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Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club")
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Justin Theroux ("The Leftovers") and Jennifer Aniston ("Cake")
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Scarlett Johansson ("The Avengers")
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Nicole Kidman ("Paddington")
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Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game") with wife Sophie Hunter
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Jennifer Hudson
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Kerry Washington ("Scandal")
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Jessica Chastain ("A Most Dangerous Year")
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Director Ava DuVernay ("Selma")
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Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave")
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Reese Witherspoon ("Wild")
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Viola Davis ("How to Get Away with Murder")
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Supermodel Chrissy Teigen
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Jennifer Aniston ("Cake") and Emma Stone ("Birdman")
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Ellar Coltrane
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Rita Ora ("Fifty Shades of Grey")
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Chloe Grace Moretz ("Kick-Ass")
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Cate Blanchett ("The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies")
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Bradley Cooper ("American Sniper")
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Zoe Saldana ("Guardians of the Galaxy")
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Sienna Miller ("American Sniper")
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Naomi Watts ("Birdman")
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Rosamund Pike ("Gone Girl")
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Recording artist Adam Levine with model Behati Prinsloo
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Julianne Moore ("Still Alice")
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Marion Cotillard ("Two Days, One Night")
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David Oyelowo ("Selma") and Michael Keaton ("Birdman")
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Steve Carell ("Foxcatcher") with wife Nancy Carell
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Melanie Griffith with daughter Dakota Johnson ("Fifty Shades of Grey")
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Laura Dern ("Wild")
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Margot Robbie ("Focus")
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Joanna Newsom ("Inherent Vice") and Andy Samberg ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine")
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J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash")
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Carmen Ejogo ("Selma")
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Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris with husband David Burtka
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Recording artists Faith Hill, in J. Mendel, and Tim McGraw
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Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") wears wears Rosetta Getty, with sister Rosanna Arquette
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Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke ("Boyhood")
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Actor and recording artist Common ("Selma")
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Recording artists Tegan Quin and Sara Quin ("Everything Is Awesome" from "The Lego Movie")
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Model Karolina Kurkova rocks Marchesa
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Anna Kendrick ("The Last 5 Years") in Thakoon
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Josh Hutcherson ("The Hunger Games")
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Gina Rodriguez ("Jane the Virgin")
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Jamie Chung in Yanina Couture
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America Ferrera in Jenny Packham
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Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck
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Kelly Preston and John Travolta
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Ryan Seacrest
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TV personalities Charissa Thompson and Mario Lopez
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Michael Strahan
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Set decorator Tatiana MacDonald ("The Imitation Game") and production designer Maria Djurkovic ("The Imitation Game")
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Michael Keaton with "Birdman" director Alejandro González Iñárritu
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"Good Morning America" TV personality Robin Roberts
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Composer Hans Zimmer ("Interstellar")
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Disney Channel star Zendaya
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Kevin Hart ("Get Hard")
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John Stamos ("Full House")
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Oscar statues outside the entrance of the Dolby Theatre
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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