--- title: Black Dresses From Golden Globes Protest to be Auctioned description: Black dresses that celebrities wore to protest sexual misconduct are now being auctioned off to support the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. canonical: https://time.com/5105871/black-dress-protest-golden-globes-auction-ebay/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-17T18:45:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:48.989Z og:title: Black Dresses From Golden Globes Protest to be Auctioned og:description: From Reese Witherspoon's Zac Posen gown to Zoe Kravitz's Saint Laurent dress og:url: https://time.com/5105871/black-dress-protest-golden-globes-auction-ebay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f93943c833402fb/6988f87997cdff01586b3f5a/golden-globes-black-dress-protest-auction-ebay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Black Dresses From Golden Globes Protest to be Auctioned twitter:description: From Reese Witherspoon's Zac Posen gown to Zoe Kravitz's Saint Laurent dress twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f93943c833402fb/6988f87997cdff01586b3f5a/golden-globes-black-dress-protest-auction-ebay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Designers Are Auctioning Off Those Golden Globes Black Protest Dresses for Time's Up > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2018 6:45 PM UTC  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: (L-R) Actors Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley pose with the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award for 'Big Little Lies' in the press room during The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: (L-R) Actors Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley pose with the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award for 'Big Little Lies' in the press room during The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Kevin Winter—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2018 6:45 PM UTC While the [all-black dress code](http://new.time.com/5087585/golden-globes-2018-black-dresses-red-carpet/) that stars adopted for the [Golden Globes red carpet](http://time.com/5087585/golden-globes-2018-black-dresses-red-carpet/) this year as a sign of solidarity with abuse victims through the [Time’s Up initiative](http://time.com/5083809/times-up-hollywood-sexual-harassment/) was [questioned as an effective form of demonstration](http://time.com/5093541/black-dress-awards-season-next-steps/), it appears that Hollywood isn’t done using the black dress protest to address sexual misconduct and gender inequality. According to [_Vogue_](https://www.vogue.com/article/golden-globes-gowns-tuxedos-conde-nast-times-up-ebay-auction), Condé Nast and [eBay](https://www.ebay.com/rpp/timesup) have partnered with Time’s Up to auction off 39 of the black gowns and tuxedos from the Globes red carpet, ranging from Reese Witherspoon’s Zac Posen full-skirted gown to Zoe Kravitz’s sleek Saint Laurent column dress; the looks are being donated by the designers who dressed the stars and the proceeds will directly benefit the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund. In a statement, _Vogue_ editor-in-chief and Condé Nast artistic director Anna Wintour stated the importance of using style to “support meaningful social change.” “Through this auction that will take place on eBay, and harnessing the compelling pull of both fashion and activism, we’re hopeful that the black dresses worn at this year’s historic Golden Globe Awards will raise funds for the Time’s Up initiative, and serve to support the stories and voices of those who have been victims of sexual misconduct,” Wintour said. Those who are interested in scoring looks like Meryl Streep’s Vera Wang gown, Nicole Kidman’s Givenchy dress, and Kerry Washington’s Prabal Gurung ensemble can log onto eBay on Friday, January 19, at 9 a.m., EST when the auction officially begins. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5105871/black-dress-protest-golden-globes-auction-ebay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5105871/black-dress-protest-golden-globes-auction-ebay/"},"headline":"Designers Are Auctioning Off Those Golden Globes Black Protest Dresses for Time's Up","datePublished":"2018-01-17T18:45:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:48.989Z","description":"From Reese Witherspoon's Zac Posen gown to Zoe Kravitz's Saint Laurent dress","url":"https://time.com/5105871/black-dress-protest-golden-globes-auction-ebay/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","fashion","golden globes 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f93943c833402fb/6988f87997cdff01586b3f5a/golden-globes-black-dress-protest-auction-ebay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f93943c833402fb/6988f87997cdff01586b3f5a/golden-globes-black-dress-protest-auction-ebay.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Press Room","caption":"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Press Room","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5105871/black-dress-protest-golden-globes-auction-ebay/","name":"Designers Are Auctioning Off Those Golden Globes Black Protest Dresses for Time's Up"}}]}] ```