Red Carpet Superbowl: Oscars

Let's get right to it, shall we??

Cate Blanchett in Givenchy Couture

I loved this bold dress. The soft feminine color and the intricate beading. I thought the back was incredibly cool and while it is a very different look, it was fun to see someone break out with a more fashionable pick. She didn't just want to look pretty, she wanted to look interesting at the same time. Mission accomplished.

Hailee Steinfeld in Marchesa

Again, she looks incredibly age appropriate without being too girly and over the top with the sweet young thing schtick. I love that the dress is tea length rather than princess ball gown. The hair was simple with the adorable head band making her hair more playful and less stodgy. Head to toe I ALWAYS love Hailee and am sad this awards season is over. Her fantastic stylist should be on retainer people.

Jennifer Hudson in Atelier Versace

HATED IT. I know people are lauding her for adding a pop of color on the carpet. Yes, its true that the color palette for this years Oscars was rather blah, but her two tone boob tan didn't help make up for the lack of color variety. Come on, I couldn't stop staring at that tacky bikini beach tan in between the deep v of the dress. Boo on that.

Jennifer Lawrence in custom Calvin Klein Collection

Francisco Costa made this dress for Jennifer just for the Oscars. And while I love it and think she looks fabulous, I can't help thinking that its not appropriate for the Oscars. Its too understated and red on a red carpet is never ideal, even if its the sexiest tomato red dress ever created.

Marisa Tomei in vintage

Mistake. Vintage here looks like a bad dress pulled from the costume closet at MGM. The neckline looks ill fitting, like the minizer bra hits her too high and covers too much up top. The way the tulle falls on the bottom, it just all falls flat in my book.

Michelle Williams in Chanel Couture

Brava Michelle! I loved loved loved her in this look. She saves herself from looking too old with her hairstyle and natural makeup. I loved the simple column shape of the dress and the pearl beading makes this dress something special to take notice.

Mila Kunis in Ellie Saab

She looked the epitome of Old Hollywood, the theme for the show that night. The framing of the bust on her dress was incredibly flattering, the soft floating tiers and nude underlay mixed sweet with a little bit of sexy. I thought this was the perfect mix of just that, sweet and sexy.

Natalie Portman in Rodarte

Didn't love the swarovski crystals on the dress. Kind of wish they'd left it plain without the crystals for this one because I was so enamored of the color on her. I totally dug her earrings though, the wine tassel Tiffany and Co. earrings were divine. The rest, ehhh.

Nicole Kidman in something crazy (or Dior)

HATED IT. I mean, belch. This asian mishap is just the pits. I hate embroidery on a fancy dress, and white was the wrong choice for this. Stop trying to recreate the green embroided Dior dress from a decade ago that made you a red carpet star. Those days are clearly over, my friend....

Scarlett Johansson in Dolce and Gabanna

HATED IT. Hated what the discolored lace was doing to her figure and it made her boobs look strange on the carpet. Everything about this outfit is just off and was not meant for a major awards show.

Sharon Stone in, again, something crazy

Listen wackadoo. You can be kooky and "off beat" on your own time in your every day wardrobe. At the most important awards show of the year, which god only knows why you were there, try and tone down the crazy and wear simple black. Nothing about this is fashion forward or interesting, its just over the top in a stupid way. Were you trying to play off of Black Swan for attention? Were you trying to pawn this off as a Marchesa confection for more press? 

You look like a clown in mourning is resting on your shoulder.

Gwyneth Paltrow in Calvin Klein Collection, Celine Dion and Anne Hathaway in Giorgio Armani Prive 

I also appreciated the trend of ladies wearing shine rather than sparkle. These dresses slinked down their bodies like water for a cool and eye catching effect

*all images from Zimbio, Anne Hathaway/Just Jared

Red Carpet Awards: Grammys

BEST DRESSED

Florence Welch

Normally I am not supportive of some hippie dippie boho look on any red carpet, but I was surprised by how cool I thought her look was. Would I rock it? Hellz no, but there is something dreamy about it that keeps it just this side of intriguing instead of tacky. 

Julianne Hough

I love that she's back to her bleach blonde roots. Feeling the colors and serious cleavage with this dress.

Ricky Martin

Tight silver pants? Pure. Sex. Leave it to a gay man to upstage tons of women on the red carpet and snag a top spot on my list.

Amber Riley

You better WERK, gurl. That's my best Rupal impression that clearly doesn't translate in blogging.

She be lookin all kinds of fierce in that tight get up.

Jennifer Lopez

YESSSS. There is a reason I worship this woman so much that in my University of Miami entrance interview, when I was asked who is my role model, I blurted out "Jennifer Lopez!" I was able to spin it by discussing her branding and entrepreneurship, but really its cause I relate to her kickin curves, fly dance moves and sexpot style.

Love me some Lea Michele, gotta continue to support a fellow member of the tribe.

WORST DRESSED

Jordin Sparks

Really?! You had this monstrosity on and thought, "Damn, I look good."

Kim Kardashian

I know this is kind of blasphemy since my love for the KDash sister trinity runs deep, but this just seemed too forced, J. Lo does it better

Willow Smith

Is it terrible that I have a burning desire to punch a 9 year old....no, seriously.

*images from TMZ.com

Red Carpet: SAG Awards

And round two! The next major awards show leading up to the main event, the Oscars. SAGs didn't bring out the best in most, majority played it too safe in my opinion. My favorites shone bright in loud colors, feminine silhouettes, and one standout smokin' jumpsuit. Angie Harmon was clearly gunning for best dressed with the most attention-worthy dress of the night. Me likey.

Best Dressed

Angie Harmon, Monique Lhullier

Mila Kunis, Alexander McQueen

 Lea Michele, Oscar de la Renta

Hailee Steinfeld, Prada

Whoever is her stylist has hit it out of the park with age appropriate 

but still fashionable relevant designers

Julie Bowen, Malandrino

Worse Dressed

Winona Ryder, Alberta Ferretti

Oy.

Jane Lynch, who cares who designed this monstrosity

Christina Hendricks, L'Wren Scott

Shine adds bulk and you don't need more bulk on that body girl, trust.

Jenna Fischer, Fendi

Woof, dumpy school marm. You don't belong on a red carpet in this shape.

Ellie Kempner, ???

Sweetie, public school prom is a few months away. Wrong event.

*images from Zimbio.com

Red Carpet: Golden Globes

Ah awards season, my favorite time of year. I love pretending I'm Joan Rivers, throwing out my oh so hilarious quips about how each star really looks in outfits picked to strut the red carpet. I judge harshly about arm fat, wrinked fabrics, visible pooches or pantylines, and sit back smug on my couch after sharing my thoughts with only one or two people who happen to sit through the awards shows with me. Well not this year! This year I have my own blog to share my thoughts and judgements....how lucky for all of you.

In my attempts at tearing apart the worst dressed, I must note that I did not include such notables as Helena Bonham Carter, Tilda Swinton, or Gabourey Sidibe. I mean, they did the best they could but who could have expected any of them would impress on the carpet. I didn't feel like taking cheap shots at their wacky choices, and so only stuck with those who really thought they had a fighting chance at wowing on the carpet. How wrong those poor souls were....

GOLDEN GLOBES 2011 BEST DRESSED

January Jones, Versace

100% Best Dressed in my mind.

January never disappoints with her aggresive choices, god bless her for it.

If I had her body, I would definitely want to flaunt it all in front of jealous bitches everywhere.

Claire Danes, Calvin Klein Collection

I've never really been a major Claire Danes advocate, usually I find her to be completely boring and too understated to impress. But this cut and neon pink color were incredibly flattering on her and made enough of an impact to have me referencing her picture multiple times before relenting and adding her to my best dressed list.

Kudos to you, Claire.

Anne Hathaway, Armani Prive

I was shocked by how much I like this dress (see below for my thoughts on Angelina Jolie's version). But the giant shoulders, low back, and sparkles had a youthful effect on Anne, with her gorgeous hair and megawatt smile to boot. Her dress had life to it and looked like she was having fun on the carpet.

Eva Longoria, Zac Posen

George from E!'s Fashion Police said it best last night, for such a petite woman she really knows how to dress like a bombshell. This curve hugging dress fits her like a glove, and although the color was basic black there was nothing boring about her on the carpet. Major fan of this look, Tony Parker eat your heart out.

Jennifer Lawrence, Louis Vuitton

I love how awards show rookie Jennifer lets the dress do the talking, and turned this runway piece into a red carpet stunner. Sometimes they don't always translate (cough, Zoe Saldana in Givenchy at last year's Oscars, cough). This dress gave her a shape, and the ruffle detailing was just soft enough to draw the eye but not overwhelm her figure. Others may disagree, but I totally dug this look.

GOLDEN GLOBES 2011 WORST DRESSED



Angelina Jolie, Versace

This dress looks like something a grandmother would wear to a formal affair.

The shoulder pads, the long sleeves, the sparkle, the high neck, Angie might as well have stolen this dress from Blanche Devereaux on an episode of Golden Girls. Fail.

Emma Stone, Calvin Klein Collection

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE me some Emma Stone. I pray to the heavens above that we will one day become the besties we are destined to be. But with her spray tan and platinum hair, I was not feeling this peach dress. She looks completely washed out, a bright coral or other gemstone shade would have popped with such a simple, understated dress silhouette. I was completely underwhelmed by her outfit.

*I actually shouted out "OMG, I can't believe Jaime Pressly showed up post DUI, how bold." THATS how bad Emma looked to me, they seemed identical.

Julianne Moore, Lanvin

The billowed, one shoulder long sleeve dress did her no favors. The fabric and shape left her with creases from simply sitting in the car, and as a red carpet pro you'd think she would know better before an awards show. I did love the color and neckline, but it was not enough to save this disaster on the carpet.

Michelle Williams, Valentino

Ugh, really Michelle? Daisies?

You are not Twiggy, and it hasn't been 1960s for quite a few decades.

Heidi Klum, Marc Jacobs

Heidi's dress looked like something that should be worn to the Met Ball. She usually brings the glamour to these awards shows but her look seemed drab. It clashed with the red carpet and I hate the detailing around the middle. All around BLAH look, disappointing.

And those who didn't have a bad dress but I just did not love....

Natalie Portman, Victor & Rolf

Didn't hate but didn't love. Thought the necklace was unneccessary against that giant flower, and her hair looked matronly.

Christina Aguilera, Zuhair Murad

No no no. Pretty dress, but just highlights her bad boob job and weight gain.

She just looked too puffy from her waist up in that gown.

Olivia Wilde, Marchesa

I adore her and thought she looked gorgeous, but her Marchesa gown was just too similar to the Oscar de la Renta ball gown worn by Cameron Diaz to the Oscars last year. Unoriginal.