So at last the Hamlet-worthy waffling in the film community over the writers’ strike as the awards season loomed – the hand-wringing over “to cross or not to cross” the picket line and pose for the paparazzi – has ended. According to Alan Rosenberg, president of the US Screen Actors Guild, the 70 nominees for tomorrow’s Golden Globes decided to “stand united with our brothers and sisters” at the Writers Guild of America and not attend the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. As a result, the ceremony has been cancelled; winners will simply be announced at a press conference.

Cue a crescendo of violins and applause at the unexpected industry solidarity, the decision to do the right thing instead of the red carpet thing. But under the triumphal chorus is a more dirge-like sound. It is the fashion industry mourning.