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One of our favorite fashion events of the season, aside from fashion week, has to be the Oscars. The gowns, the glamour, and the crazies all come out to play on that iconic red carpet. We decided to pick a couple of our favorite red carpet looks from this year and compare with our favorite past looks.
One of our favorite style icons has to be the beautiful Audrey Hepburn. Who could forget her simple lace dress with battu neckline? Her short hair and high necked dress made for a stunning Academy Award Ensemble. We think, now that Anne Hathaway has had her hair chopped she’s been looking to this favorite starlet for some Red Carpet inspiration. We love her high necked dress with short hair and that simply elegant necklace. All in all, a great look to revive for the coming year.
While, most of the internet fashion gurus have been classifying Salma Hayeks’ red carpet look on the fashion don’t we love it. We think this look was completely inspired by Elizabeth Taylor. The heavy jeweled neck, sumptuous velvet, and hip hugging dress makes us think that Salma may be stealing from the late Elizabeth Taylor’s fashion handbook. While, her hair is definitely over the top 60’s we love that she kept the consistency of this very vintage outfit.
Most girls dream of either walking down the red carpet or being a princess. If you have the incredible luck of Grace Kelly you get to do both. Her great taste and effortless style is forever ingrained in our memory, much like the mint confection she wore to the Academy Awards Show in 1955. What’s not to love about this dress? Curve hugging and elegant with just a little train create the ultimate statuesque figure. And Helen Hunt nailed it! She took a little inspiration from one of Hollywoods’ best golden girls and ran with it. The navy blue of this dress perfectly complements her fair skin and hair and the silver necklace adds just enough sparkle. Simply elegant.
The red carpet is the perfect place to play with proportions. One of our favorites was Edith Head’s dress she made for Shirley MacLaine. Young and upcoming, MacLaine was looking to make a statement and she certainly made one with that amazing Head dress. We saw something very similar on Oscars night on Jennifer Lawrence. We love the fact that Lawrence decided to step out of her norm for a poofy, girly dress. It was very flattering, but, not very stair worthy. While, a valiant fashion attempt we think she should train a little more before she tries out another humongous dress.
We love seeing the leading ladies of Hollywood giving a metaphorical nod to the past but, we also love the dresses that are in a class all their own. Here are our top 5 dresses of the night.
1 Queen Latifah
You just can’t beat her on the red carpet. She looks dynamic in her all white dress with beading just around the neck and bust line; her hair is slick and elegant in that low bun and her makeup is flawless. Overall, we give her homage for looking so absolutely effortless.
2 Jessica Chastain
Her long strawberry blonde locks caught our attention, but, the gorgeous detailing on her copper dress kept us coming back for more. Jessica took a major risk with that copper color on the red carpet but, it doesn’t clash with carpet or her beautiful hair.
3 Zoe Saldana
Zoe looked positively fun. Her gown choice was both age appropriate and that belt adds some edge to the carpet without over doing it. Her old Hollywood glamour hair kept her overall look from being too severe and the floral finishing around the sweetheart neckline gave her look femininity that we don’t often see.
4 Catherine Zeta Jones
Catherine didn’t step outside her comfort zone this year, but she looked absolutely smashing. Her art deco design gown and long dark hair was a match made in fashion heaven. We love that she used a more natural makeup to bring out her beauty.
5 Jennifer Hudson
With that voice, that presence and that style, how could we not put Hudson on our list? And she lives up to all of that this year with a sheer long sleeve dress with a slit to nowhere, blunt bangs, and great shoes.
The fashion do’s outweighed the fashion don’ts this year on the red carpet and we hope that trend continues. Well, I guess it’s back to our fuzzy socks and sweaters. We will just have to dream of dancing the night away on the red carpet.
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