Oscar Fashions are Tasteful: No Swan Dresses in Sight
Even Joan and Melissa Rivers couldn't come up with a
Worst Dressed List for the women of the Oscars.
Most of the dresses were quite tasteful, with only a few gaffes.
So what were the trends of the night? Black is clearly back
for evening. We haven't seen black on movie stars in quite a while,
really. But Drew Barrymore, Kirsten Dunst, Scarlet Johannsen,
Julia Roberts, Annette Bening and Beyonce all had fabulous
black ensembles. Another color that was popular was midnight blue,
with black accents. Virginia Madsen (Versace with the flamenco hem),
Salma Hayek (Prada with
the flamenco hem) and Hilary Swank
in a back-baring showstopper from Guy Laroche all
went for cobalt blue. A surprising number of actresses went for a red,
strapless dress with a flamenco hem (the mermaid look of tight bodice which flares
at the ankle): Renee Zellweger in Carolina Herrera,
Emmy Rossum in Ralph Lauren and Sandra Oh in a drop-waisted Michael Kors
all went for that look, with varying degrees of success (we love Renee Zelwegger,
but the dark hair and blood red lips and dress is just too harsh for her).
The cobalt blue and black look didn't look quite as good on
Johnny Depp, although his girlfriend Vanessa Paradis looked
fabulous in black Chanel tulle.
Bucking the black, blue and red trends were fashion icons
Gwyneth Paltrow in a stunning pale pink, Stella McCarney strapless
silk and cotton voile corset dress, Halle Berry in an iridescent
taupe silk-chiffon Versace gown with
embroidered skirt and Best Actress winner Cate
Blanchett in yellow Valentino with a burgundy sash and large diamond pin on the shoulder.
As for hair, it was long, parted in the middle, with a slight wave. Gwyneth Paltrow
and Gisele Bundchen went for especially long hair extensions. Giselle looked like
Queen Guinevere in a gorgeous creamy silk crepe gown with
an empire waist by John Galliano.
Bling was big – chandelier earrings are still hot, and diamonds, diamonds, diamonds
were everywhere (Oprah owns her own, but everyone else's are borrowed for the
night). Smoky eyes and pale lips were the rule as far as makeup goes. The award for the cutest handbag of the evening goes to Jamie Foxx's 11 year-old daughter, Corinne Bishop, who carried an adorable black and white beaded bag which looked like a piano keyboard. The evening bag perfectly complemented her elegant white A-line princess dress, white headband, and white gloves.
So, there you have it. It was all so tasteful, it made us wish that someone-–anyone--had shown up in something wild, like Cher's Bob Mackie showgirl outfit or Bjork's
swan dress. Those were good times. Maybe next year…
You can see a slideshow of all the best outfits at Instyle.com and at Oscar.com.
Even Joan and Melissa Rivers couldn't come up with a
Worst Dressed List for the women of the Oscars.
Most of the dresses were quite tasteful, with only a few gaffes.
So what were the trends of the night? Black is clearly back
for evening. We haven't seen black on movie stars in quite a while,
really. But Drew Barrymore, Kirsten Dunst, Scarlet Johannsen,
Julia Roberts, Annette Bening and Beyonce all had fabulous
black ensembles. Another color that was popular was midnight blue,
with black accents. Virginia Madsen (Versace with the flamenco hem),
Salma Hayek (Prada with
the flamenco hem) and Hilary Swank
in a back-baring showstopper from Guy Laroche all
went for cobalt blue. A surprising number of actresses went for a red,
strapless dress with a flamenco hem (the mermaid look of tight bodice which flares
at the ankle): Renee Zellweger in Carolina Herrera,
Emmy Rossum in Ralph Lauren and Sandra Oh in a drop-waisted Michael Kors
all went for that look, with varying degrees of success (we love Renee Zelwegger,
but the dark hair and blood red lips and dress is just too harsh for her).
The cobalt blue and black look didn't look quite as good on
Johnny Depp, although his girlfriend Vanessa Paradis looked
fabulous in black Chanel tulle.
