ROCKLAND — Sure, you can sit around watching the Oscars in your super comfy Dollar Store flannel P.J. bottoms, but when someone sticks a microphone in your face and asks “Who are you wearing?,” the fashion world is not going to be impressed when you say Paul Bunyan.

Instead, grab a pal or a date, and work that red carpet like the rent is due at Strand Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 28. There will be paparazzi, so be sure to give FACE and HIGH GLAMOUR as you stroll in.

“Actually a handful of people dress up, the rest of the audience usually just comes in regular clothes,” admitted Strand Theatre Marketing and Community Relations Manager Jana Herbener.

Presented live from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Calif., the 88th annual Academy Awards ceremony starts at 7:30 p.m. when the doors will open for the red carpet previews. The hour before the show, which starts at 8:30 p.m., is always like Fashion Police and with champagne specials up in the balcony bar, it’s always fun to play the Oscar Night drinking game. (Three shots if JLaw stumbles in her dress again.)

“We have a contest where you can guess all of the Oscar winners of the night,” said Herbener. “We’ll provide ballots and you just have to submit your predictions before the ceremony starts at 8:30 p.m. Anyone who guesses correctly will be put into a drawing where you can possibly win a 10-movie pass card ($75 value).”

For a full list of 2016 Oscar nominees, click here.

Besides being able to see every smile and every sequin in all their brilliant glory on the theater’s high definition digital projection system, the event is free to the public.

See you there!

Kay Stephens can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com