There were a lot of beautiful dresses tonight so it’s hard to pick a best. Even the “bad” ones weren’t horrible. But Nerdies need to be given out so here goes:
Best Dressed—Female: (Tie) Anne Hathaway and Marisa Tomei. I usually don’t like “no-color” dresses like beige or silver but these two dresses were magnificent.
Hathaway’s Armani Prive’ looked like a fluid, light-emitting column of tiny mirrors, making Hathaway the fairest of them all.
I’d never seen such intricate pleating like on the skirt and train of Tomei’s Versace gown.
Best Color: Natalie Portman’s pink dress. The color was so soft yet striking in a theater full of neutral colors. Alicia Keys’ dress was of a similar color and style but I liked Portman’s just a little more because it had more interesting tucking and details in the bodice.
Best Dressed Male: Daniel Craig. He ain’t just Bond on screen. He looked lethal-weapon sharp on the red carpet, too.
Most Improved from Previous Award Shows This Year: Robert Downey Jr. He looked like a bum at the SAG Awards, chewing gum, sporting sneakers and dirty hair. Look at him here. Damn! Somebody got a facial and full makeover.
Oldest Gown: Penelope Cruz. Her 60-year-old vintage Balmain was older than most people there. It’s held up remarkably well, though, and makes Cruz look like Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday.
Best Jewelry: Angelina Jolie. I couldn’t take my eyes off her green dangling earrings and ginormous cocktail ring. I don’t know why she looks so pissed here, though.
Most Resembling a Bridesmaid Dress: Amanda Seyfried. C’mon, doesn’t this look like it escaped from 27 Dresses?
Most Unfortunate Bow Placement: Tilda Swinton. The top half’s draping is pretty, but look where the giant ruffle is on her skirt. Unless you’re Cher circa 1987, you should never wear a gown that calls attention to your crotch to the Oscars.
Most Age-Inappropriate Dress: Sophia Loren. She’s still hot but what’s with all the ruffles? Twenty-four-year-old Freida Pinto may have been able to pull it off but it’s all wrong for Ms. Loren. She should take style lessons from Helen Mirren on how to look sophisticated and hot.
Baggiest Mess: Jessica Biel. She looks like someone draped a towel down the front of her dress. She could hide a couple of the Slumdog kids under there.
Who were your favorites? Who looked like they made their own clothes? Discuss!
10 Comments
Harmony
February 23, 2009 at 3:00 pmInside scoop: Tilda Swinton’s bracelets are from the ’60s and had been previously owned by her grandmother!
popculturenerd
February 23, 2009 at 3:12 pmHarmony,
Are you her grandmother, by any chance? 😉
Thanks for the scoop. I don’t think that was mentioned anywhere.
ShelleyP
February 23, 2009 at 4:33 pmPCN, as usual, I agree. {Boring, aren’t I?!}
I also thought Taraji P. Henson in Roberto Cavalli looked stunning … and such a pretty ‘flower’ necklace!
Strapless or monostrap gowns certainly were ‘the go’. And who knew there were so many different shades of beige? Very elegant, though.
Robert Downey Jr looked fabulous! And really healthy. Was it just me, or did Cuba Gooding Jr look unwell? I was worried when I saw him.
popculturenerd
February 23, 2009 at 6:04 pmTaraji P. Henson did look great. I just couldn’t include yet another no-color dress in my recap because I was boring myself.
I didn’t notice if Cuba Gooding Jr. looked unwell, but I could’ve been distracted. Was he gaunt or sickly-looking?
ShelleyP
February 23, 2009 at 7:18 pm{Yes, the no-colour thing was quite prolific!}
To me, CG Jr appeared to have huge dark rings under his eyes and looked like he was more than just tired. Hopefully it meant nothing.
ShelleyP
February 23, 2009 at 7:22 pmMind you, he was paying tribute to Robert Downey Jr., so you’d be utterly forgiven for being distracted …
popculturenerd
February 23, 2009 at 9:29 pmYes, let’s hope he had just gotten a head start on Oscar-weekend partying or something.
And you’re right. I was mighty distracted by how fine RDJ looked (I’ll have what he’s having) and wasn’t paying much attention to Cuba!
yeti9000
February 24, 2009 at 12:29 amCrotch bow or not, I thought Tilda Swinton looked like the hottest extraterrestrial on the red carpet. I know she’s weird looking, but that lady rocks my world…
And I loved how she crossed her chest and looked all “Narnia” witchy when welcoming Penelope Cruz to the Best Supporting Actress club. Awesome!!
Oh yeah, and I hated that towel on Jessica Biel’s chest as well, but, man alive, did she look awesome! Whew…hottest host of the nerdy ass Oscar scientific and technical awards ever! 🙂
popculturenerd
February 24, 2009 at 2:05 pmI like Tilda because she’s unlike anybody else in Hollywood (or Mars, for that matter) but she always wears such weird outfits! At least this one was half-good because the top was pretty but she’s bordering on Bjork territory, fashion-wise. But yes, she’s awesome when she got all Ice Queen on PC!
I beg to differ about Jessica Biel being the hottest chick to ever host the technical awards. I’d have to give that title to Jennifer Garner. She can kick Biel’s ass!
yeti9000
February 24, 2009 at 5:30 pmOooo…you’re right, Sydney Bristow rocked that award show in her day!