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NEW YORK Right now, various stylists to the stars are frantically pulling together their clients' "look" for Sunday's Oscars. And as they do so, there are two people they should probably thank for their jobs: Joan and Melissa Rivers.

In 1996, the mother-daughter duo pioneered award-show red carpet coverage, hosting "Live From the Red Carpet" for E! Entertainment Television.

After leaving E! in 2004, they returned in 2010 with "Fashion Police." Joan leads a panel with Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and stylist George Kotsiopoulos as they critique celebrity style choices. Melissa is a co-executive producer and occasional panelist.

In an interview with The Associated Press, the mother-duo talked about how they're happy to be off the red carpet, celebrities' lack of fashion risks and their own fashion mistakes.

AP: Would you agree that many people watch awards shows for the fashion?

Joan Rivers: I think that's what has made 'Fashion Police' so popular. It's the only show that I think tells the truth. Everyone stands on the red carpet and says, 'You're so beautiful.' You want to say, 'Are you crazy? She looks terrible.'

Melissa Rivers: The way it's said (on 'Fashion Police') is better than anybody can say it. We say it in a very entertaining way.

AP: Set the scene for how you watch stars arrive on a red carpet. Do you have notepads?

Melissa Rivers: Notepads for pages and pages and pages of notes. You look for trends. I always have a tally sheet going of specific things I see. At the SAG Awards, everybody had the same hairdo. Then you go back and you sort of analyze it and figure out what we're gonna put in the show the next day.

AP: Is there anyone you feel you can't criticize?

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Joan and Melissa Rivers vie for last (snarkiest) word on Oscars fashion