Lately -- maybe the past decade -- the duds women wear to the Oscar ceremonies have been uniformly awful. They range from wholly unwearable to got-it-at-the-Dollar-Store even though they come from some of the "best" designers.
This year only one dress passes muster and it is, damn it, a knock-out! Instead of looking like a 1950's doll-baby, a Barbie to the Great American Ken, it is a woman's dress. It liberates the body rather than deftly hiding or coyly "enhancing" a woman who's cringeing inside. Instead of being a teenager's dream plastered on a woman's body, this one says "woman" with a capital "W."
strange to find myself commenting on this, bt sure I found it. Too bad it's red.
Posted by: oldfatherwilliam | February 28, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Black! Mind you, there was one acceptable red, maybe two.
Posted by: PW | February 28, 2011 at 01:16 PM
The only red carpet picture I've seen in the last few years that really got my attention was this, which is absolutely jaw-dropping (in my fashion-challenged opinion).
Posted by: Dan | March 01, 2011 at 08:44 AM
Wow, Dan! That's a great picture. Let me see if I can find the one I was referring to.
Here she is with my old neighbor, Matt McConaughey, in a totally simple dress, perfectly cut, without added frou-frou. Granted she has an enviably perfect bod. But what you see is the woman, the person, not some designer's hack-job, or some designer saying "look at me! look at me!" If I'm not mistaken, though, the more fragile-egoed McConaughey is wearing a Dolce-Gabbana.
I'm fashion-challenged, too. I just can't stand fashion bullshit -- which was all over that red carpet, making the women look like idiots.
Posted by: PW | March 01, 2011 at 09:24 AM