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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2009 3:47:59 GMT
Let's discuss one of the most important features of Oscar night: who wore what. This is not a nomination, since I'm so obviously right about it: Melissa Leo hands down looked the best in what she wore. The dress was a gorgeous color and perfect for her hair and skin tone. Also, it was well matched to her figure type and fit -- as opposed to so many other extravaganzas sported by less tasteful actresses who didn't mind being seen in things that were too big or too small. Note -- the original links in this OP for the 2009 gowns have expired, however there's a good, still-working link in Reply #19. Here are some replacement links + a bonus pic: very slow slide show --http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/static/h/package/redcarpet2010/academyawards/best-dressed.html?slideid=1 all the white dresses -- stylefrizz.com/200902/the-white-oscars-dresses-2009/just a few here -- blog.mlive.com/fashionfixx/2009/02/oscars_2009_best_worst_dressed.htmlThis is nice -- Marisa Tomei, 2009 Oscar night:
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2009 4:07:36 GMT
More comments ~ Marion Cotillard looked wonderful in a modern interpretation of old-fashioned Hollywood glamor, which she wore with her usual beauty & dignity. Meryl Streep looked like she was channeling Margaret Dumont, who knows why. Miley Cyrus's designer had watched Scarlett at the barbeque several times too many. And speaking of the O'Hara family, Mary Hart decided to wear Miz Ellen's portieres! Penelope Cruz wore her mom's wedding dress. Amy Adams' dress almost worked -- the caught-up organdy bit in front was not caught up in the right place or something. The necklace was awful with that dress. Another dress that started out in a good direction then took a wrong turn somewhere was Kate Winslet's. Still, she looked wonderful in that color and her overall look was classically elegant. Frieda Pinto's gown, in grandmother-of-the-groom blue was hideous in too many ways too list. One can only assume the store where Natalie Portman purchased her dress was poorly lit -- either that or she has cataracts. Nancy O'Dell wore what was probably the most successful white dress of the evening as well as the best cut one-shoulder one.
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Post by spindrift on Feb 23, 2009 8:42:23 GMT
I didn't view the Oscars....
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2009 15:33:50 GMT
Me neither. I don't have satellite to see it from the States. Many live programs from the States that are broadcast on Mexican tv have a voice-over so that you're hearing English & Spanish simultaneously -- very annoying.
Anyhow -- this isn't about which movie won for what category. It's about something much more fun -- who wore what!
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Post by repertoire on Feb 23, 2009 15:45:13 GMT
John Legend's girlfriend Christine Teigen and also Penelope Cruz were the ones I liked best of their looks.
AH also, Mickey Rourke.
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Post by tillystar on Feb 23, 2009 15:57:53 GMT
I just had a look through the pictures and have to mention (have I mentioned it before?) that cutey Dominic Cooper went to my school. He was a couple of years below me and very small for his age, I used to pat him on the head and tell him how cute he was.
I'd love to pat him on the head and tell him how cute he is now.
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Post by tillystar on Feb 23, 2009 16:40:45 GMT
Now I have investigated fully and I agree I like John Legend's girl friend's dress. I love that colour, shame there wasn't a little more of it at the top Loved the colour of Melissa Leo's dress, don't like the cut at all, old curtains come to mind. I really liked Freida Pinto's dress, it was such a lovely colour and elgant but she is so fresh-faced and pretty she would probably make an old sack look good Natalie Portman? Oh dear, a shade less bubblegum next year maybe? Lisa Rinna's dress was the best of the bunch for me. Just needed a new head to go on it. Tilda Swinton looked as bonkers as ever. Marissa Tomei should have worn her BAFTAs dress again as she was the best of the bunch there. Completely agree on KW's dress - there is just something not quite right - but she looks elegant and timeless and all that. I hate to admit it but if "forced" to wear one I'd have gone for Miss Jolie's dress, in fact I have one just like it in the cupboard that I brought in good old Debenhams a few years ago for probably 1/100th of the price of that one.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2009 16:49:31 GMT
Yeah, Lisa Rinna's was pretty nice except for the Lenten color and I felt the triple flounces at the bottom cheapened the look. I sort of like A.Jolie's dress, except that it was marred by the bodice. So many of the stars show up in dresses that must be glued to their bosoms in order to stay up -- they don't look quite tailored right or something. That thing of it going all the way down to the floor is quite lovely, though. That piece of the Pinto dress that sort of slashed across her throat bothered me. Nah, don't like the dress -- I find it fussy. I'd missed the T.Swinton thing -- nice that she matched the beigeness of her hair & skin to the dud color of her blouse.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 19:04:09 GMT
I hated Sarah J. Parker's dress.don't like her either,don't find anything about her attractive. And what was up with Phillip Seymour Hoffman and the hat?
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Post by Kimby on Feb 23, 2009 19:10:26 GMT
I hated Sarah J. Parker's dress. don't like her either,don't find anything about her attractive. And what was with her CHEST? Either she was wearing a major push-up bra, or she's had (too much) augumentation surgery.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 19:23:45 GMT
I didn't really look that close but the whole gettup was way too fluffy or something. People see her as this major fashion icon,she even got some award from the Met or something to do with their costume exhibition. I just don't get it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 19:30:32 GMT
Beyonce must be a closet N.O. Saints fan.
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Post by Jazz on Feb 23, 2009 22:06:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 22:42:30 GMT
I looked at some of the stuff. There were definitely some bad dresses. It did seem as though Marion Cotillard's dress was appropriate for the gala night that it was.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2009 23:25:39 GMT
Okay, people ~~ the above blog is how you are supposed to discuss red carpet dresses. I felt I'd set rather a fine precedent, but am disconcerted by the lack of passionate intensity that this sort of discussion should be eliciting. (except for Tilly -- Tilly is doing okay) Now, unless the rest of you are on the cutting edge of medical research or something and thus can be forgiven your lack of attention, there is no excuse. So, pull up your hosiery and let's see you throw yourselves into this.
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Post by palesa on Feb 24, 2009 5:40:55 GMT
(give a girl a chance, have to earn my bacon sometimes, YOU KNOW) WHAT was Penelope Cruz thinking, and what was that thing Jessica Biel had going over her boobs? Miley Cyrus, looked awful, words fail me. I was not impressed with the cut or the colour of Melissa Leo's dress. I love the cut of Angelina Jolies dress. SJP? ? Frowns! Meryl Streep, dull dull dull. Ok, am not good at the whole commentary thing ....... but there are my comments.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 24, 2009 6:55:51 GMT
Okay. That's better. she said begrudgingly
Well, you are just plain wrong about Melissa Leo's dress, although you are entitled to your myopic opinion. That long line of Jolie's dress was pure glamor, but I still say those bodices need work.
WHY would Meryl Streep really get into the free-spirit Mama Mia role, then appear at the Oscars looking as frumpy as possible?
Okay -- everyone get the cream pies ready: I have to say I rather liked Beyonce's dress.
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Post by Jazz on Feb 24, 2009 8:00:47 GMT
Nothing has jumped out at me since Halle Berry's dress a couple of years ago. However, this year: I was rather stunned by Jessica Biel's wrapped bolt of fabric, obviously not finished in time... Marisa Tomei's gown of napkins with the disconcerting strap-sleeve-srap? Now to be kind....Tilda was Tilda. God knows she is a brilliant actress and is very much 'herself' in her choice of dress. I thought her funeral sarong was tasteful and low key. No one mentions my favorite, not for her dress, but for her being the most enduringly beautiful and accomplished actress and without doubt, the most at ease on stage last night....Sophia Loren. (actually fabulous Robert de Niro was her male counterpart)...
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Post by Aussielover on Feb 24, 2009 9:45:27 GMT
Sophia! I always think she is amazing, but that yellow was a poor colour choice this year. Tilda Swinton always looks scary and mannish - although I think she's a fabulous actress. I think the weirdness must be her chosen look - and she carries it off. The best dress of the evening, for me, is a tossup between Anne Hathaway's and Evan Rachel Woods'. They both looked like Erté models - elegant, not over-done, but still glamorous. I didn't like Amy Adams' dress - I've never seen a redhead look good in red. She looked like she was having an apoplectic fit. A rustier red would have looked amazing on her. Biggest disasters, IMO: Beyonce's, Vanessa Hudgens', and Melissa George's fishtail skirted gowns. Sausage in casing.... (*meow!*) Lots of photos here: www.imdb.com/features/rto/2009/
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 24, 2009 15:34:01 GMT
I love Sophia Loren and was deeply embarrassed on her behalf over that absolutely hideous dress. Both the dresses you site are gorgeous classics. Both are pure artistry, as well. I loved Taraji Henson's look, although I think it called for upswept hair & a different bag to really make it perfectly elegant. You forgot to mention Marisa Tomei's strange & overwhelming gown above. I do apologize for liking that Beyonce thing, but really think she pulled it off. This is a good, fast slide show, as there are four good dress shots to each slide: www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/02/23/movies/0223-REDCARPET2_2.html
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Post by tillystar on Feb 24, 2009 16:38:03 GMT
I must also confess to thinking Beyonce got away with that creation.
I hadn't see Evan Rachel Woods dress. I changed my mind, THATS my dress. Although, I'd like it in the pale eggshell blue please.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 25, 2009 0:49:10 GMT
I don't know who she is, but I loved the bronzy-colored gown with simple straps and simple skirt drawn into a gold clasp at the waist. Harkens back to a Greek goddess.
If I'm remembering right, she is a black woman with less than shoulder length hair worn down....
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 25, 2009 2:00:22 GMT
That is Taraji Henson -- I mention her in my reply #19 above. She's in the slide show on the link in the OP -- click on the menu for her name.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2009 6:00:39 GMT
Obviously, I wasn't paying much attention to this but I finally took a look, and I am surprised that no mention has been made of some of the disastrous hairdos.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 25, 2009 6:14:19 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Feb 25, 2009 6:27:54 GMT
And this is the one I hated most, on Jessica Biel:
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 25, 2009 6:34:38 GMT
I was too bemused by that one to hate it. What is with the hair on some of those bimbos? I mean, would combing it for a big night out be overkill?
You'd think they'd have a checklist: Limo to arrive at x o'clock. Neighbor comes to help me get dress on without wrinkling it. Pick up diamond necklace from security company. Comb hair.
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Post by Kimby on Feb 25, 2009 6:59:39 GMT
It's the bed-rumpled Angelina Jolie look they're seeking...
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Post by repertoire on Feb 26, 2009 11:00:31 GMT
The dress I was thinking of was on Viola Davis... I agree, the look is a perfect match.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2009 11:14:34 GMT
It's the bed-rumpled Angelina Jolie look they're seeking... Is that why Jessica Biel is just wearing a sheet?
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