If you love fashion, red carpet season is your favorite time of year! And the biggest night of the season, the climax: The Oscar's. The Oscar's is when all the celebs wear their BEST dresses, the most elegant, and the most risk taking of all the red carpets. Its time for my Best and Worst dressed women of The Academy Awards!
Lets start with the good news: BEST DRESSED
-Honorable mentions: Meryl Streep in Chris March, Rachel McAdams in Elie Saab, and Demi Moore in Atelier Versace
#5- Sarah Jessica Parker in Chanel
She looked like a Grecian Goddess in her beautiful Chanel gown. The light yellow against her skin was flawless, the way the gown draped made her look like royalty. The silver flower details on the front and back of the gown were wonderful and made it so there was no need for a necklace. The hair made the whole look complete. I know many of my fellow fashionista's don't agree with this pick but I am absolutely dying over this dress!
#4- Jennifer Lopez in Armani Prive
This dress was PURE over the top fashion DIVA! I think J-lo looked flawless in this Armani Prive gown, the Prive line is made with red carpet in mind! The iridescent pink color looked great against her beautiful tan skin tone. The gown was covered in Swarovski crystals which made the dress POP! Her simple but elegant jewls were amazing, just a cuff, ring, and pair of ear rings but they were def blin bling! I love when the girls put their hair up for this special occasion. Great pick J-lo, I know many did not like this gown but I love the avant garde risks.
#3- Vera Farmiga in Marchesa
This Marchesa gown was divine! I was talking with my fellow fashionista's about this and they were not too pleased with the gown. Many thought it was too much but HELLOOOO its the Academy Awards, the only time you could get away with such an avant garde piece. The raspberry color was amazing, and the pleated ruffles all along the dress were breathtaking. Her makeup was fantastic and over all even though she didn't go home with best Actress I can say she was my #3 pick for best dressed, YOU GO GIRL!
#2- Cameron Diaz in Oscar de la Renta
OMG Cameron Diaz looked absolutely stunning in her Oscar de la Renta gown. You could feel her beaming with happiness in this elegant gown. WOW I am almost speechless because this gown blew me away. If you didn't notice, many of the women last night were sporting a bare shoulder area with no necklace just simple elegance. This is because the dresses this year were more elaborate than years past. Diaz and the R.Zoe team picked a real winner, hair, makeup, clutch all complemented the stunning Oscar de la Renta gown! Congrats team Zoe!
AND THE WINNER OF BEST DRESSED GOES TO....... Sandra Bullock
#1- Sandra Bullock in Marchesa
OMG I DIED AND WENT TO FASHION HEAVEN! This stunning Marchesa gown was the best dress of the night. Sandra looked radiant in this very bold and sparkly gown. We know Marchesa can make a great red carpet gown but wow this was amazing. The metallic silver bottom gave way to the crystal top, again this is a controversial pick, many thought she looked too mature but HELLO she is a mature women. Normally I like the hair up for the Oscar's but Sandra pulled the whole look off, and she managed to still be noticed in a gown that is very over the top. Her makeup was perfect! Not only did Sandra walk home best actress but she is walking home BEST DRESSED!
NOW FOR THE FUN, WORST DRESSED HAHAHAHA
#5- Diane Kruger in Chanel
This hurt to say but Diane Kruger from Inglorious Bastards did not look good last night. If you know me, the reason it hurts is because I DIE for Chanel but this gown did not look hot on Kruger. I think that the cream and black looked awful against her skin tone, washed her out. I also think that the middle made her look wide in the hip area not to mention it looked like the dress got caught in a lawn mower and there was no time to change. I also thought her eye makeup made her look old and tired. Sorry not a good choice at ALL, down right unfaltering!
#4- Amanda Seyfried in Armani Prive
I think she got stuck in some bubble rap or something on the way because this gown was just down right wrong. Like I said the white bubble rap material looked cheap and the white just washed her out. She was too meek and scared to be wearing such a big avant garde art piece. J-lo also wore Prive but wore it with confidence and picked a better piece. This one was just all wrong for the meek actress from Dear John. I would have rather seen her in a Elie Saab or M.Kors piece.
#3- Nicole Richie in Reem Arca
UGH stop it! Nicole Richie looked so so bad in this piece. First of all this multi-covered sequenced dress was grody! It looked WAY too big on her, which made her look almost emaciated. Second the way the pattern went it looked like it was pointing right to her bust which was nonexistent in that dress. Her whole body was covered and not even a inch of skin showing in the front. Overall not a good pick by Richie, would have liked to see something better on her. It just overpowered her too much.
#2- Maggie Gyllenhaal in Dries Van Noten
This hand painted Dries Van Noten gown was down right under dressed for the Oscar's. It looked like she was going to be vacationing in Hawaii not attending the biggest fashion event of the year. AND she was also nominated so you think she would wear something better? NOPE this gown would be nice if she were going to a fund raiser in Hawaii or somewhere tropical. Her hair looked bad, almost slicked back with too much product. Her makeup was mediocre, overall just an upsetting choice for a nominated actress.
HERE IT IS THE NUMBER ONE WORST DRESSED....... Zoe Saldana
#1- Zoe Saldana in Givenchy
Gag me with a spoon PLEASE!!! This dress looks like the designer took every current trend and spit it up all over this dress. Crystal covered bodice, ombre dress, and multi-colored tulle bottom. AHHH a fashion crime overload here, everything is wrong especially the bottom. PLEASE, I wanted to run up there and just cut that gross, over the top tulle skirt off because that just threw me over the edge. I love Zoe and I loved her previous choices for the Golden Globes and SAG awards but this dress WILL go down in fashion history as one of the WORST dresses ever worn to the Oscar's right next to Bjork's swan dress. Sorry Zoe, you even looked better in Avatar as the native people in Pandora.
There you have it, my best and worst dressed from the Academy Awards. Some of my picks may be controversial but I stand behind each of them! I can't wait until next year to see if anyone can redeem themselves or be able to stay at the top.
Until Next Time-
J
-All pictures from instyle.com
