I didn't want to clog up the Oscar thread, so I thought I'd start a separate one for Oscar fashion.
I can sum up my feelings about this year's Oscar fashions in one word: uninspired. There was too much satin and too much loose, wavy hair and far, far too many quadraboobs (the condition that results from an ill-fitting bodice that cuts a woman's bust in half).
Good: Oprah Julie Delpy Maggie Gyllenhall (except her dowdy clutch, which did not match her dress) Kate Winslet Cate Blanchett Natalie Portman Beyonce (that girl knows how to seriously rock a gown) Sophie Okonedo Penelope Cruz Natalia Vodianova Jamie Foxx's daughter
Meh: Laura Linney (bad color) Emmy Rossum (she's a little young to pull that dress off) Kirsten Dunst (good idea, bad execution) Charlize Theron Halle Berry (that dress needed two straps or none) Scarlett Johansson Annette Benning Virginia Madsen Sandra Oh Ziyi Zhang
Awful: Hilary Swank Renee Zellweger (what in the world happened to her?) Johnny Depp (he's lucky he's pretty) Gwenyth Paltrow (her dress wasn't horrible, but she annoys me and she was sporting quadraboobs) Robin Williams Drew Barrymore Melanie Griffith Imelda Staunton
What did y'all think?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I thought most of the dresses were ok, nothing totally awful, that anyone should really be embarrassed by in a few years. Hilary Swank's dress was at least a "meh" but not better than that.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I haven't seen the Oscars, but I have to post something:
quote: quadraboobs
Favorite word! Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
I like what I wore. PJ’s and a blanket while curled up with SOTG
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I personally thought Emmy Rossum was gorgeous. And I wasn't a huge fan of Oprah's look, but it wasn't bad by any means.
Otherwise I pretty much agree. Renee Zellweger's hair was the wrong colour and Laura Linney's was just bad.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Julie Delpy - Simple elegance.
Kirsten Dunst - I'll bet the intricate patterns look really nice up close, but it wasn't that great on camera. Still one beautiful girl though.
Natalie Portman - She looked like a napkin holder.
Kate Winslet - ahoy matey!
Gwyneth Paltrow - OK dress, bad hair. Not up to her usual standards.
Renée Zellweger - " I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war."
[ February 28, 2005, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: Beren One Hand ]
Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :
I actually liked Hilary Swank's dress. I think she chose it because she's still ripped from doing Million Dollar Baby: did you SEE the muscles in her back?!?
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
No, I agree about Swank's dress. I know she selected it for the back, but the front was BLEH. It was like she was playing one of those funny vaudeville characters, half male clothes on one side, half female clothes on the other -- but sideways, so the front was one, the back was another. The back was all VaVOOM. The front was serious Dowd. If the front had at least complemented the back, it would have been quite a pretty dress.
I thought Julia Roberts dress choice was a bit unfortunate. Her breasts are still really swollen from pregnancy, and it showed. The makeup didn't quite cover the blue veins and such you get at that stage. I'd be all for showing off what she usually doesn't have, but it *looked* like she was verging on engorgement.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
I agree about Julia Roberts. I do not want to know immediately when someone is breastfeeding.
I love Hilary Swank's dress. It wasn't girly or pretty, but she really isn't either. I liked that it was so simple and conservative, and then she turns around and it's shocking, but still not tacky.
Kate Winslet is a goddess, but the color was a little too Malibu Barbie.
Cate Blanchett looked beautiful, and was the only one who looked perfect in the night's signature color. I'm also thrilled that she won. Yay! Oscar loves Katharine Hepburn even after she's dead.
I thought Imelda Staunton looked lovely and classy and sweet.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
quote: Johnny Depp (he's lucky he's pretty)
It was better than the Golden Globes.
But... I think he knows he looks odd and deliberately perpetuates it. It prevents him from having to be super-cool all the time, and takes the pressure off.
That's my assumption, anyway. Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Johnny Depp always looks good. Even with ratty old hats and cold teeth. he is so cool.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote: Natalie Portman - She looked like a napkin holder.
Beren, I think I love you.
I think that dress was just...awful.
Does anyone know of a good picture of the back of Hilary Swank's dress?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
How can you have a picture of something that wasn't there?
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
heh. I just mean, a shot of her in the dress from the back! It's alright, though...I found one. I have to say, I'm not that impressed, though.
And...Renee Zelwegger needs to have blond hair. Really.
Edited to add, on the other hand, Drew Barrymore looks very nice with dark hair.
[ February 28, 2005, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: Megan ]
Posted by sexy_aaron (Member # 7312) on :
Rene Zellwigger has never looked good.
And she continued the trend.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
"No, I don't want a whole bow, just half a bow."
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Normally I hate "fashionable" dresses, so I was pleasantly surprised this year by how many I liked. My favorite was Cate Blanchett, my least favorite was Natalie Portman. There were probably worse dresses there, but I'm a huge Natalie Portman fan so I noticed hers.
I would have liked Selma Hayek's more in another color, blue isn't her color.
Renee Zellweger is just generally ugly. She offends my sense of propriety, if you're going to make millions of dollars as a movie star I think you ought to at least be pretty. Her dress wasn't bad though. Love Annette Benning's dress. If she's not pregnant there's no excuse... Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote:Renee Zellweger is just generally ugly. She offends my sense of propriety, if you're going to make millions of dollars as a movie star I think you ought to at least be pretty.
It's funny...for me, you could replace Renee Zellwegger in that sentence with "Hilary Swank" and I would pretty much agree.
Oh, and because I don't want to just rag on the girls...I love Tim Robbins, but he is looking rough! Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I didn't watch the Oscars, but I am actually enjoying looking at the different dresses. Maggie Gyllenhall's dress looks so unique! But I'm not sure how accurately still photos catch it. It is difficul to tell what is actually happening with the light and color.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
quote:
It's funny...for me, you could replace Renee Zellwegger in that sentence with "Hilary Swank" and I would pretty much agree.
Hilary Swank is never in movies I want to see, so it's incredibly easy for me to avoid her. I like the movies Renee Zwellweger is in, I just don't like her being in them.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Salma Hayeck looks like she's in drag. Emmy Rossum looks really pretty, even if the dress isn't all that great. Johnny Depp ...ok, he does look a little wierrd...but it's JOHNNY DEPP! He can gat away with being a little wierd. Drew Barrymore needs to lay off the dark colors a bit...it doesn't look good with her pale skin. Scarlett Johansson is also really pretty, but should have used a lighter color dress and lipstick. I don't know who this is but...*rofl*... I like Charlize Theron's dress...it's blue...and frilly...and she's pretty. AAAAAH! Not just her dress, but the ones behind her are bad, too! She needs to fire her hairdresser. Him, too. OMG! What was she thinking?! *shudder* I think Melissa and Joan Rivers look very pretty, too.
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
meow.
msquared
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Hillary Swank's dress looks stunning. It works really well on her frame. Wow. Not a lot of people could get that to work well.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Ok, so her dress may have been fugly, but aren't Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas cute? Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :
Was not impressed with Scarlett Johansson's dress nor her hair/tiara.
I think Emmy Rossum's ensamble was more suited for someone a bit older then her
Oh, I forgot to say I thought Jaime Foxx's daughter was perfectly dressed for her age.
[ February 28, 2005, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: Jaiden ]
Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :
quote:Renee Zellweger is just generally ugly. She offends my sense of propriety, if you're going to make millions of dollars as a movie star I think you ought to at least be pretty.
I don't think Renee Zellweger is ugly. She's just way too thin, and her up and down dieting is starting to age her prematurely. The bangs and flat dark hair were not flattering at all.
As for the fashion as a whole, what was the deal with the mermaid bottoms? It seemed every dress was ultra-snug to the knees, then flared out at the bottom.
Cate Blanchet was certainly best dressed.
Hillary Swank put her dress on backwards. She gets my vote for worst.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I have never understood why “formal” for men means covering up as much skin as possible, preferably with multiple layers, and “formal” for women means showing as much skin as possible on the top half of the body while using all the excess material to drag down the bottom half.
I mean, I understand why a style that looks like a woman’s clothes are falling off might be attractive, I just don’t see how it can be considered formal. Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
quote:Ok, so her dress may have been fugly, but aren't Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas cute?
The Onion said it best with their headline "Camera Falls Out Of Love With Melanie Griffith".
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