Emmy's 2012 Fashion

This year, soft flowing waves seemed to be the go to look for the 100 degree awards show. Sofia Vergara and Kat Dennings show off curves and personify Jessica Rabbit sex appeal. Colorful, voluptuous, and smoldering hot looks.

My top looks for the night belong to Jessica Parè's and Kate Mara's chic silhouettes. Beautiful floor length gowns that spill onto the red carpet, paired with vintage inspired hairstyles reminiscent of the 1930's. I love the bold and neutral looks in makeup each of the separate looks have to complement their fashions. 

My runners up for best style are Lucy Liu, dripping in metal and sparkle with a fashion ponytail and smoky eye, and Kelly Osbourne in her lavender from head to to toe marvel. Both looks were refreshing and while wearing purple hued hair can be risky but the softness of the color and hairstyle fit right in at this years awards show. 

Ethereal lace and soft chignons were the go to for young starlets Anna Chlumsky and Emily Van Camp. Very classic, safe and elegant, they kept the focus on their body of work and were exactly what you would expect to see at an awards show.  

Funny girls Kristen Wiig, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were serious about fashion and looking good in elegant boho chic, sexy siren and glam goddess respectively. Perhaps Patricia Fields was a regular on set at SNL?

In my maybe category are Connie Britton, with her dress that looked like unflattering knight mesh but what kept her out of my worst style category was her interesting hairdo.  A half up do with pieces that wove intricately and got lost into each other kept my interest, but overall, I think she could do better.  Julianna Hough, while her dress color was off in my opinion, the hair was awful. It felt like a bad rendition of "Chicago" and definitely dated her. 

My worst dressed category gets the company of Hayden Panatierre with her overdone fabric dress, it did nothing for her height and tiny frame. Jena Malone tries to work the Angelina Jolie leg and falls flat with her asymmetrical gown and harsh hair color and fringe.  Lena Dunham scored a win on HBO's girls, but her drapey dress did nothing for her build and her newly shorn cute cut got lost with all the print and heavy attire. Rounding out the list is the lovely Leslie Mann with her mustard, too vintage frock. While it would worm for a movie based in the 70's, it seems ill fit for the red carpet and I think she could've had much more couture selection on her ideal frame. 

So until the next awards show...

Oscars 2012

 

Loving the black and floor length gowns baring skin that Angelina Jolie and Anna Faris wore. Sex appeal, fun and still appropriate, this is our Hollywood. Superbly styled hair keeps the silhouettes looking sharp.  

    

 Neutrals and glittering whites radiated on the red carpet. Octavia Spencer took home more than the gold tonight, she shone with perfectly parted chignon and a glamorous dress. Gwyneth Paltrow channeled Grace Kelly yet again, getting closer to becoming royalty. Jennifer Lopez was safe in this gown, loved the hair and everything from the mod riff up, still not sure how I feel about the rest of it.  Milla Jovovich looked utterly stunning in this off the shoulder number and with her effortless coiffed hair, made a memorable appearance.  

The rule of not wearing red on the red carpet was broken tonight, and rightly so. Emma Stone was my least favorite, I feel like the neckline overpowered her frame. Natalie Portman and Michelle WIlliams beamed in their respective gowns, with Natalie edging her out in my opinion. Wearing vintage Dior and diamonds, she became the dress to beat tonight. 

Meryl Streep looks better than she usually does here, but I feel like the proportions of this dress are wrong and look unfinished. Cameron Diaz plays it very safe in this , it's neither here nor there for me. 

Also in my iffy category are Penelope Cruz and Viola Davis. The hair combined with the neckline of Penelope's dress make her look matronly and too vintage. Viola gets the color right, thought the cut of the neckline feels unflattering. 

Sandra Bullock drops the ball for me here and she usually always impresses me.  I may have higher standards for her, but I feel like this dress looks billowy. Tina Fey goes classic and is seriously stylish here. Love the hair, the curves and the pose. 

In my worst dressed category are Melissa Leo and Busy Phillips. Completely wrong for the Oscars, it's almost like they didn't even take it seriously. Melissa looks like she couldn't decide on what neckline to go for and so she picked both and Busy's hot pink shoes seem misplaced and asking to be featured on what not to wear. 

Not all of our ladies in white were divine. Rooney Mara gets the hair right but the dress seems like wardrobe that was turned from 'The Artist'.  Shailene Woodley looks older than her young years trapped in way too much fabric. 

Men's fashion is always pretty much consistent so it's only when someone, like Pharrell Williams goes above and beyond in this three piece suit, do I take notice. On the other extreme, Jonah Hill wearing monochromatic black (with off black ), doesn't do his recent weight loss justice and looked much more stylish when he was at the MTV VMA's. 

Until next years #Oscars , 

Take Care!

 Mucio Vidales