Oh my god. How late am I with this post???
Very bad blogger indeed, I was toying with the idea of not posting it as I was so late but seeing as debating The Oscars dresses was half the reason I wanted to start a blog in the first place I thought it seemed a bit silly not too, even though it is very, very late!
Sooooo I'm gonna say it again, I wasn't that impressed!! That being said when I was going through all the images and putting them into little "Good", "Bad" and "Meh" folders I did suddenly realise that I actually had a whole lot more in the "Good" category than anywhere else! But, and I think this is key here, I think a lot of these got into the "Good" folder because they were no real big fashion disasters or winners! There was a lot of playing it safe and safe can very often be "Good"! To be honest throughout the whole awards season no one has really gone all out, there have been lots of the same and not enough stand out dresses, well for me at least! So before I digress anymore I shall get stuck in.....
Out and out favourite of the night, and by the sounds of it everyone else's too, and that's quite strange for me as I normally end up loving the one everyone else hates! This outfit for me was the only one who even attempted to be a little bit out there, it's a cape on the red carpet for goodness sake, who would have thought it! I'm not a Gwyneth fan at all normally, she's far to smug and superior in my opinion, I mean have you seen GOOP?! And she looks very smug and superior here, but on this occasion I think she has every right, she knew damn well she was getting all the headlines in the morning!
Love the cuff bracelet too!
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| Gwyneth Paltrow in Tom Ford (Picture becauseimaddicted.net) |
Now this is how to work the red carpet! Anyone who strikes a pose as well as Bret McKenzie deserves to make it onto the Good list! I just love the fact Flight of the Conchords now has an Oscar winning writer!
I will say Jermaine has always been my favourite but I am expecting big things writing wise now Bret has all this Oscar experience under his belt!!
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| Bret McKenzie (Picture digitalspy.co.uk) |
Diane Kruger is one of my favourites and she didn't disappoint, it's funny because I thought she looked fabulous in this Calvin number, where as upon showing it to the boyfriend he deemed her to be "too thin and looks ill" to quote. Now it's made me question myself as I don't like anyone looking too thin, but I just thought she looked amazing, what does everyone else think?! Anyway I adore the red lace balconette bra that she teamed with the dress, really think it was a good move to not wear a necklace and just let the dress and bra combo be impact full on its own, and how damn cute is that clutch?!
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| Diane Kruger in Calvin Klien (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
Now I know a few people have been questioning the fact that her hair matched her dress so perfectly and wondering if that was a good thing or not and I totally think it was! She just looked fabulous from top to toe, the colours in the dress were sensational, if you could sum up "Autumn" in an outfit this would be it, which I know isn't great as were going into Spring, but that's what it reminds me over, really beautiful Autumnal colours and hues, and I think she rocked the hell out of that fringe.
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| Ellie Kemper in Armani Prive (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
Loving Mr Oldman, the man is soooo dapper (although he will forever be Sirius Black in my mind!) and in bespoke Paul Smith no less! Impressive! But it's more about his lovely wife if I'm being honest! She has had a great awards season, where most people have had a really mediocre one she has pulled it out of the bag at most events. I didn't blog about the BAFTA's as I was really unimpressed by most outfits, but Alexandra looked fab there too. She just screams (in a very loudly at the top of her lungs kinda way) elegance and sophistication!
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| Gary Oldman in Paul Smith and Alexandra Edenborough (Picture movies.yahoo.com) |
Bravo to Glen, doesn't she look good, it's been so focused on Meryl all awards season that Ms Close has been lost a little bit, but she knocked it out of the ball park with this outfit choice. She may not have won the oscar on the night but she beat Meryl hands down in the red carpet war. Some people were questioning the jacket but I think thats most of why I love the outfit! My only little tiny grievance was that I kinda wish it didn't have the train, I think it would have been even more lovely if it had just been a straight column!
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| Glen Close in Zac Posen (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
I stayed up watching The Oscars red carpet live as late as I could before my eyes starting closing of their own accord and I couldn't focus anymore and luckily Jessica Chastain was one of the ones I managed to see arrive. OMG, and to be honest I don't really like that little text messaging slang abbreviation, but boy did she look good!!! She has had an interesting awards season which some random outfit choices but what a time to get it so right! The dress is amazing, the hair just looks effortless but enviable, it just all works so well. Jealous. A lot.
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| Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
I have decided to include after party outfits in the "Oscars" theme as to be fair sometimes the dresses are better there! Jordyn Blum's outfit is one of those exact things! Pretty, pretty hair, fabulous slick of red lipstick, and that great pop of colour! There was lots of talk on the tv when everyone was arriving about bright pops of colour and vivid shades, but honestly, I didn't really see much that I thought "popped" (well apart from the orangey/red hues and Im not a massive fan of those, and we have already seen the best way to wear red by Diane Kruger up at the beginning of this!). Viola Davis popped some bright green out there on the red carpet (see here), but as you shall see I didn't mention that dress anyway as I didn't know where to begin, so for me this bright splash of yellow was the best use of vivid colour anywhere!
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| Jordyn Blum (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
Now this is a bit of a showstopper! Kate Bosworth knows how to do glamour and this outfit has glamour & glitz in bucket loads. Its just what the Oscars is all about. I love that the last time I saw a picture of her was at LFW (I promise there will be more to come on that!!) watching Burberry wearing the adorable owl print top, with billowing curls and tweed style skirt, completely rocking the Burberry A/W 2012 look (see here) and then she is next seen in this amazing creation, love the versatility! Great matte pink lips and the matching black accessories allow the little colour splashes on the dress really stand out.
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| Kate Bosworth in Prabal Gurung (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
Now i'm probably in the minority here for 2 different reasons, 1. I did not realise that Kate here was sister to Rooney (Where have I been!) and 2. I like Kate's dress much more than Rooney's! Its the perfect princess Oscars dress, it's pink and glittery and girly. The dusky pink colour suits her complexion and skin colour so well. It's really adorable. I loved Kate playing Heath and Michelle's daughter in Brokeback, lets hope she gets to attend some awards ceremonies in her own right soon and not as her sisters plus one!
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| Kate Mara in Jack Guisso Couture (Picture celebmoon.com) |
You gotta love a TomKat red carpet appearance! Although I don't really notice Tom in this picture as Katie is looking so damn good! Obviously couldn't let her Dawson's Creek co-star have all the red carpet attention! The dress is such a gorgeous shade of blue, offset amazingly with her skin tone, and the fringe looks great on her. It's a no brainer really that I like the dress as it's Elie Saab, but I don't normally really like Katie Holmes on the red carpet so this one is a bit of a surprise!
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| Katie Holmes in Elie Saab (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
Soo Kristen Wiig obviously decided that this awards season her colour was beige! SAG, Golden Globes and now the Oscars! In my opinion she saved the best for last though as this is by far the best dress she has worn and it almost managed to erase the memory of the awful choker debacle at the SAG'S (see here)! I really like the fit of this and how it falls, her hair also looks the best it has done all awards season, and I love the colour of her nails! The perfect colour to match this dress.
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| Kristen Wiig in J Mendel (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk)
Well, well, well I think I might be in the minority on this one (because that happens soooo rarely!) but I love this. I loved it on the Monique Lhuillier runway at NYFW Fall 2012 (see here) where it was featured in red and with a few different tweaks. I think this is a proper awards ceremony dress, its statement worthy, I do think that it may be a bit too much on Lily though it seems to swamp her a little bit, and I'm not keen on the hair, but the dress as a dress I love!
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| Lily Collins in Monique Lhuillier (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
As I mentioned previously I consciously tried very hard to stay awake for all of the red carpet coverage, and managed quite a lot! But one outfit I didn't need to pry my eyes open with matchsticks to see was Milla Jovovich. She was one of the first on the red carpet and she set the bar bloody high, she looked stunning in a bejewelled Elie Saab (!!) gown. She ensured maximum exposure and air time by being the first real big name to arrive and didn't get lost in the sea of nominees, clever move! My only fault: what's with the excessive blusher?!
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| Milla Jovovich in Elie Saab (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
This was another time when the after parties threw up a winner. This is just a beautiful example of a classic, glamourous black dress, it's traditional in its fit but the cutaway details ensure it stays really current.
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| Nina Dobrev in J Mendel (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
Not only was she an Academy Award winner but she was also one of the best dressed of the night too.
She is a woman who knows what suits her and this dress couldn't fit any better or look any more amazing than it does. Her hair was also one of the best of the night too, she was just on winning form in every way!
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| Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
This one is a little left field I know and I will more than likely be in the minority (although I am used to it!)
but I really like that it looked like nothing else out there, it's a great colour that suits her complexion really well and the intricate beadwork is beautiful, I can see how it wouldn't be everyones cup of tea but I like.
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| Olga Kurylemko (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
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| Olivia Wilde (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
I love this colour, I love this dress, I love her lipstick and I love her bangles. It suits her so well and it may have got a lot of uncomplimentary comparisons to Michelle Williams mustard coloured frock from the 2006 Oscars (see it here) which I have to say is one of my favourite Oscar dresses of all time, but I think it really works for her. It was nice to see such a different colour, especially after an awards season when there hasn't been that much colour variation on show.
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| Rashida Jones in (Picture glamourmagazine.co.uk) |
Well, I was undecided on her Elie Saab jumpsuit from the SAG awards, but I am decided on this one, I really like it, it's clear Rose Byrne likes her sequins and also likes to do things a little differently on the carpet and I like that. Never would have guessed it was a Westwood!
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| Rose Byrne in Vivienne Westwood (Picture dailymail.co.uk) |
