Now, on to lesser beings. Nicole Kidman: what were you thinking when you chose to wear RED shoes with your beautiful white and silver dress? Even if you mislaid the shoes that were supposed to go with the dress, you MUST have had another choice that didn't look as if you'd worn your most comfortable high heels in the limo and forgot to change them!
Sandra Bullock: You were beautiful as was your dress. But who failed to tell you that an embossed croc leather handbag, though small, is NOT an evening bag.
Jennifer Hudson: Honey, I know you've lost a ton of weight, and everyone loves you, but all I could look at was your perky breasts sticking - nay, popping - out the front of your pretty red dress.
Oprah, I love you and I know about your weight struggles as well as your frequent messages to us about loving ourselves just the way we are, and finding better ways to be healthy first, and fit later, but whoever advised you on your dress did you a major disservice. It was NOT flattering, and I know you can be dressed flatteringly, no matter what you weigh at any given moment. It just was not. Neither was your hair.
Loved most of the dresses (and tuxedo) they dressed Anne Hathaway in, except for the odd blue one, which reminded me of the upholstery in low-riders all gussied up for Cinco de Mayo. I swear it was pleather.
I don't know the name of the woman receiving an Oscar, nor what she got it for, but she was wearing red, with cutouts at the shoulders...and the whole thing made her look like a linebacker. Sorry, she's a big woman and didn't seem to have a bad figure, but the dress made her look twice as big as she probably is.
Then there was the woman in black/ grey (or silver) stripes with a gap at the front of her dress she covered by clutching her Oscar in front of it while at the microphone . I swear that dress was meant to have the straps go straight up over the shoulders, and she chose to criss-cross them instead. NO ONE makes a dress with a poochy gap in the center on purpose. Or do they?
Melissa Leo may have
The little girl from "True Grit" was PERFECTLY dressed for her age and the occasion! Bravo to whoever dressed and coiffed her.
Annette, sweetheart, I think you're an amazing actress, and I WILL now go see "The Kids are All Right" but your dress...well, let's just say that while I didn't whistle in delight or gasp in horror, it just didn't do you justice.
As to hairdos, I have to say that most looked like they'd done it themselves... at the last minute.
But in one of the most amazing coups by a stylist or jeweler or whoever, someone convinced a majority of these movie stars that 1) all you need is earrings and maybe a matching ring; 2) large stones for said pieces are "in" and go with anything; and 3) THE JEWELRY NEED NOT MATCH ANYTHING ABOUT THE DRESS YOU'RE WEARING! It wasn't GHASTLY ghastly, if you know what I mean, but I'm astounded by the wool being pulled over so many eyes.
There were more outfits I either thought were beautiful and perfect for the wearer, as well as small and large mistakes, but it was the first time I watched the whole thing, and I don't have a copy of it to review for this review. One last comment for the ladies, however: no one will EVER top Halle Berry's stunning, almost-nude dress from several years ago. Don't even try.
As for the men, well, I know you want to put a personal twist on the "black tie" tuxedo ensemble, but you don't have to. ALL men look absolutely gorgeous in the real deal. Even with hair. Too many black shirts with a black traditional tie, or no tux at all for my (admittedly) personal taste for this venue, especially when you're a nominee.
As an aside, do you know the secret to looking svelte in these gowns? Not one, but TWO pair of Spanx, sewed to the bra.
