1. Erin Fetherston, in her own design: Aside from the little fact that Erin Fetherston is the cutest thing since My Little Pony, seeing her in a diaphanous floral number made my heart skip a beat while the fashion part of my brain lit up uncontrollably. She looks like the perfect flower nymph, ready to party her tush off at the CFDA awards.
2. Chanel Iman with Calvin Klein Menswear’s Italo Zucchelli: She looks all grown up! Who knew an messy up-do and a purple Calvin Klein gown could make Chanel look like the beautiful woman she’s growing up to be? This isn’t a ‘she made herself look matronly’ situation— she looks perfect for her age. Also, most people cant pull off a strip of jewels down the center of a dress, but considering she’s tiny, being cut in half laterally is no problem for her.
3. Kasia Struss, in Rodarte: There’s something about the Fall/Winter 2008 Rodarte collection that makes me swoon, no matter who I see wearing it. I love the perfectly coiffed yet completely ripped apart look of the collection, and the Grecian-esque key hole is sexy and not trashy like it was on Christina Aguilera when she showed some under-boob cleavage at some MTV award show during her X-Tina days.
4. Yigal Azrouël with Katie Lee Joel, in his design: As hard as it may be to ignore Yigal because he’s so cute, let’s focus on the bottom of the dress he designed being worn by Miss Katie Lee Joel. The layered scallop layers either remind me of giant fish scales or flower petals. Luckily, I like both ideas and think the dress is wonderful!
5. Susan and Zac Posen: It’s Zac Posen, need I say more? Three things to note: bow tie, 3/4 length sleeves, and Momma Posen— I love it when guys bring their moms to award ceremonies. It makes me melt a bit, even if Zac and I aren’t playing for the same team, I love him to death!
6. Famke Janssen, in David Meister: Her body makes me jealous because she’s beyond fit, and she can actually pull off the one-shoulder look because, unlike some of us, she doesn’t have that terrible plague I like to call armpit fat. Damn her!
7. Daiane Conterato and Jen Brill, both in Proenza Schouler: I have no idea who these two are, so shoot me, but they look extraordinary in there Proenza frocks, and Jen’s face is either really, really angry or totally fierce.
8. Maggie Gyllenhaal, in Proenza Schouler: Jodhpurs terrify me beyond belief. They’re right up there with shorts, but Maggie G wears them effortlessly. She isn’t quite as dressy as most of the people at the ceremony, but she still looks beyond chic!
9. Ashley Olsen, in Calvin Klein Collection: I’m starting to think Ashley only smiles when Mary Kate isn’t around, but that’s beside the point. I know she looks like a matador, but anyone who can look like they’re going to fight a bull and still make me jealous gets an A+ in my book.
10. Kim Cattrall, in Monique Lhuillier, with Tom Ford, in his own design: Maybe I’m still coming down from my Sex-and-the-City-movie high or Tom Ford’s sexiness is just skewing my view of this photo, but I think both Mr. Ford and Ms. Cattrall look suberb. Did I mention Tom’s a WINNER!

HONORABLE MENTIONS and PICTURES after the jump!

• Alexander Wang with Erin Wasson, in his design: These two were at the top of my list for this year’s Costume Gala, but not this time. The only reason they get an honorable mention is because Erin Wasson manages to look gorgeous in a cast and crutches— oh, and Alex Wang is always fab!
• Naomi Cambell, in vintage Yves Saint Laurent, with Vogue’s André Leon Talley: Naomi and ALT, their shear existence makes them amazing, but they’re my second honorable mention because they look like they’re going to/coming from a party in the 19th century Ottoman Empire.

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My Top 35 favorites

1. Karl Lagerfeld: Let’s just face it. KL is the only person that is a real live superhero, at least I know he’s my hero. The people he dressed were some of my favorites, an he wore a glitter suit jacket, come on!
2. Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture: If I were to give Winny a super power, it would be having the power to make people’s ears bleed with her siren scream because they botched a run through, and having heat vision. Come to think of it, she might already have these powers!
3. Zac Posen and Kate Mara in Zac Posen: These two might not have gone the way of wearing clothes with shapes reminiscent of everyone’s favorite comic book heroes, but the colors they wore screamed, superhero.
4. Max and Lubov Azria: Max is obviously a fan of then “Man of Steel” and Lubov added a cute comic book touch to her Herve Leger bandage dress. That’s how you work a theme without looking as if you’ve dressed for Halloween!
5. Natasha Voinovic in Alexander Wang: Leave it to Alexander Wang to create the most wearable, vampy super-outfit of the bunch. Natasha could go straight to some disco after the Gala, and she probably did!
6. Caroline Tretini: I’m not sure who she’s wearing, but her dress looks like something Poison Ivy would wear except in black.
7. Daphne Guinness and L’Wren Scott: Both Daphne and L’Wren look like sexy evil villains who got dressed to go to some ball, hmmm.
8. Rachel Bilson in Calvin Klein Collection: I haven’t yet decided if Rachel’s dress is more reminiscent of a black version of Aquaman’s wet suit or Iron Man’s robot suit. Either way, she’s totally ready to protect and serve!
9. Victoria Beckham in Giorgio Armani: If her outfit doesn’t scream EVIL VIXEN GONE GOOD, I’m not sure what does. It’s like when Batman dated Catwoman, but her evil urges (isn’t that a song) couldn’t be suppressed.
10. Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen in Diane von Furstenberg and Christian Louboutin: I know this is three people, but in the picture they’re perfect together. The two Olsens look almost undead/robotic which should inspire comic book writers to make a comic about them, and Christian is just out of this world and could be on just about any list I make.
11. Lake Bell in Balmain
12. Andre Leon Tally and Venus Williams in Giorgio Armani and Carolina Herrerra, respectively(both in a cape!)
13. Raquel Zimmerman in Thakoon
14. Guinevere von Seenus and Celia Dean in Rodarte
15. Wendi Murdoch in Christian Lacroix
16. Karen Elson and Jack White in Marc Jacobs
17. Hilary Alexander in ?
18. Naomi Watts in ?
19. Michelle Monaghan in ?
20. Jessica Stam in Proenza Schouler
21. Christina Ricci in Givency
22. Amber Valleta in Atelier Versace
23. Dr. Lisa Airan in Rodate
24. Michelle Trachtenberg in Vintage YSL
25. Tom Welling in Ralph Lauren Purple Label (he plays a superhero, so…)
26. Diane Kruger in Alberta Ferretti
27. Barney’s New York’s Julie Gilhart in Rogan
28. Laura Remmington Platt in Atelier Versace
29. Diane von Furstenberg
30. Kate Bosworth in Chanel Haute Couture
31. Anna Sui
32. Doo-Ri Chung
33. Charlotte Gainsbourg in Balenciaga
34. Taylor Swift in Badgley Mischka
35. Annelise Peterson in Alberta Ferretti (she brought a bow!)

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Top 10 Honorable Mentions

1. Thandie Newton in Chanel: She was almost there with the lacy cape and romper, but something was not quite superhero. Maybe she needed a mask!
2. Kate Moss in Stella McCartney: Miss Moss looked a little less Hero than she did Grecian deity, though I think she was going for a Valkyrie look.
3. Giselle Bundchen in Versace: Ahh, another Valkerie gone flat. I love the cutouts and she looked marvelous, but I wouldn’t want her to come to my rescue if Metropolis was under attack.
4. Mischa Barton in Missoni: I’m not quite sure what her angle was, but she looked gorgeous none the less. Maybe she was trying to play up the broad super-shoulders except with an ethereal flair
5. Katie Holmes in Girorgio Armani: She’s really working the shimmer and bright colors look, check out the neon blue shoes peeking out, but it was her helmet like hair that was very reminiscent of The Juggernaut from X-Men. She’s on the list by default though because that’s her normal hairstyle.
6. Maggie Gyllenhaal in Peter Som: With the feather in her hair, she looked a bit like a flapper, but she was really trying with the bright blue thrown into the purple dress. She looked a bit more like a princess than a superhero though.
7. Jourdan Dunn in Peter Som: I’m not sure any real superhero would wear this many feathers, but I like it. She could at least be a sidekick!
8. Blake Lively in Ralph Lauren: It’s the feathers again. This time it’s a bit more down played, and she kind of looks a bit like a evil vixen, if that’s at all possible coming from Lively.
9. Sarah Silverman in Dolce & Gabbana: She may be wearing polka dots, but look at the extension of that back leg. She’s totally getting ready to fly!
10. Jason Lewis in Dolce & Gabbana: Okay, he’s not exactly wearing tights, but he could be any superheroes alter ego— you know, the good looking rich, Sex and the City hottie, ahem, I mean play boy.

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School is driving me insane. I’m almost done, I have one actual class left and then finals, but just having to sit through an entire class of teachers scrounging for things to do just makes me furious. Instead of notes, I find myself drawing sunglasses for the imaginary sun that’s beating on my face in the cell like classes, writing lyrics to the songs I wish I was listening to while driving in my nonexistent convertible, and imagining the fantasia of costumes I’m sure to see in the pictures from the Met Costume Ball.

Its tonight, and right about now everyone attending is scrambling to get ready , but all that’s going through my head is, “The Olsens in DVF. What?” Apparently though, E! has caught on to the gravity of the Costume Institutes’s Benefit Ball red carpet. Not only can Anna Wintour allegedly demand that Maggie Gyllenhaal is present, wearing Som, and strutting her stuff on Peter Som’s arm (according to Fashionista), but it is a night when designers have multiple high-status dates and everyone, or at least the fun ones will be dressed in a superhero fashion. This may excite me because I’m still coming down from my Iron Man high, but I’m stoked none the less.

E! is going to be front and center on the red carpet rubbing shoulders with celebs, models, designers, and Vogue staffers alike; they’re pretty much doing what most little Wintour loving girls dream to do, and on May 8th at 8PM they are going to do a Met Ball special that according to Fashion Week Daily is tentatively called “The E! Met Special.”

They’ll probably completely trash all the crazy get-ups I’m sure to love, but I think I’ll watch anyway. There’s always a funny joke or two strategically placed in each segment by the all-controlling Hollywood writers.

Trying to figure out who’s coming with who and wearing what? Here’s a little insight:

• Anna Wintour and Audrey Tatou- Chanel
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Peter Som
• Jourdan Dunn – Bill Blass
• Tilda Swinton – Prada
• Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen – Diane von Furstenberg
• Sofia Coppola, Karen Elson, Rachel Feinstein, and Helena Christensen – Marc Jacobs
• Scarlett Johansson and Iman and David Bowie – Dolce and Gabbana
• Molly Sims, Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady – Versace
• Natasha Poly – Phi
• Kate Moss – Stella McCartney
• Lily Donaldson and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – Burberry
• Sasha Pinovarova – Rag & Bone
• Jessica Stam – Proenza Schouler
• Coco Rocha, Anja Rubik, and Joy Bryant – Pucci

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Blah, blah, blah. The Oscars this, the Oscars that. That little gold guy is so cute, I wish I could take him home…wait, what? I watched the red carpet and parts of the show, the parts that didn’t coincide with Rock of Love and The L Word (I need my weekly dose of trash). Now awards season is over, and once again, Johnny Depp got all gussied up to not win. But, that’s all right because one day they’ll be forced to give him a lifetime achievement award, and he won’t show up, HA!

Anyway, let’s talk about what’s really important, Marion Cotillard in Jean Paul Gaultier and Chopard jewelry. She looked radiant while shaking like a leaf during her acceptance speech. The gown was very mermaid-y; the faux scales and mermaid shape added to it’s fantastical nature. It was another one of those dresses people only wear if they know for sure they’ll win because people will be talking about it for ever. I’m calling you out Halle!

I’m also really glad Diablo Cody won for best screen play, because she looked so cute (not that she doesn’t always look cute). While everyone else was wearing red dresses and Louboutins, she wore a leopard print Christian Dior dress and gold flats. To some it further proves she hasn’t truly strayed too far from her past (stylistically), and to other’s it says she has no fashion sense at all, but I chose to think she really just didn’t give a damn and wanted to be herself. Thanks dearie!

Sure, there were other pretty gowns on other pretty people, but…

p.s. Did anyone see Diablo’s skull earrings, I wish they were mine.

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I promised myself, as I was watching the Grammy’s red carpet on E! that I wouldn’t talk about them today. You can’t win them all, because here I am, talk-talk-talking. I didn’t actually watch the Grammy’s for two reasons 1) the internet has all the winners, videos, and pictures the next day anyway, and 2) The L Word was on, and there is much better fashion on there than on the Grammy’s (Jenni’s super cute extra baggy tank + blazer outfit anyone?)

Back to the Grammy’s…

Rihanna wore this gorgeous purple Zac Posen dress— I salivated. Then, I guess she changed into yet another Zac POsen dress adorned with ostrich feathers, that everyone seems to hate, but I love. What!? I’d wear it. Beyonce… Beyonce? Miley Cyrus looked cute-ish, but her hair was too long. Little Mermaid length hair pretty much looks trashy on everyone, sorry Ariel! Carrie Underwood wore a pretty Zuhair Murad. It was pretty, not awe inspiring or anything, but pretty and I liked it. Hailey Williams from Paramore, had on a dress I thought was see-through at first glance and I almost screamed, but then I realized it was just beading and such so I didn’t mind it either way.

Alicia Keys wore a billion different dresses, but the one I like the best was the one she wore during her performance with John Mayer, for the sole reason that Mr. Mayer looked hot therefore making her look hot. A man with a guitar makes me swoon a bit!

The other girls were sort of uninspiring either way. And for the boys I thought Mika looked very Grammy-apprporiate, Mark Ronson rocked his Dolce & Gabbana get up, Spencer Smith from Panic at the Disco looked very cute in a pink shirt and plaid suit jacket and Prince, oh Prince, you can do no wrong in my eyes because you satisfy my ears so well. Oh, and Nas…you’d have to see it to believe it!

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How exactly does one ruin a gorgeous Marchesa dress? Ask Amanda Bynes. She didn’t physically ruin the dress, at least I don’t think, but the essence of the gown definitely wasn’t there. At the SAG Awards, Miss Bynes wore a beauty of a teal, strapless Marchesa gown from the 2008 resort collection. Unfortunately for Amanda, the dress made her look like she was going to the prom. Unless I have things mixed up, I don’t think the red carpet is anything like the prom, though some seem to think otherwise.

I think this may be one of those times when a dress does look better on a hanger or a model who might as well be a hanger than on an actual person, and lets face it, Amanda Bynes is a real girl with a normal dress size, not like Miss Double Zero herself, Eva Longoria-Parker. The top of her dress seemed to squeeze her chest in and the empire waist made her look shorter. Though I’m not saying I could wear the dress any better than Amanda did (at 5’4″ there’s no doubt in my mind she’s at least a few inches taller than me), but I didn’t like that dress on her very much.

Who wore it better, the model or Amanda Bynes?

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The gorgeous Rachel Bilson recently went to the Chanel and P.S. Arts Party at the Chanel Beverly Hills store, wearing a gorgeous black Chanel dress, what else?! So why is this a big deal? Well, she wore the dress backwards, but this time unlike other celeb slip-ups it was on purpose. The dress was originally worn by Lily Donaldson at the Fall 2007 Chanel RTW show, but that time the dress was worn with the front as the front. Rachel told People the front of the dress was a bit to razzle dazzle for her, “I like to be a little bit more subtle, and I was like I’m going to try it backwards – and it works!”

So what do you think? Was Rachel using her noggin when she decided to turn her dress around, or was it a flub? Will we revert back to the Kris Kross era and start wearing clothes backwards, or was that just me? I think she looks radiant, and completely understand why she turned the dress around. But, knowing Rachel, it probably would have been gorgeous if she hadn’t flipped it too!

Rachel Bilson photo courtesy of People.com.
Chanel runway photo courtesy of Style.com.

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There is so much to talk about, but I doubt anyone has the time to go through it all. Entertainment-wise, I think they tried to do too much so you didn’t get to enjoy most of the performances. Now, if we’re talking about fashion, there were definitely hits and misses. My favorite look all night was Jennifer Garner. She looked radiant, and I couldn’t get enough. On the other hand, Lil’ Mama’s Halloween baby costume was outrageous. The mark was in Vegas and she was in Tokyo (no offense to anyone in Tokyo).

For the guys, I’m not sure there was a real miss, but there were definite extremes. On the Rock Star extreme there was Boys Like Girls who went in jeans and a old tee. Then we have mister suave Robin Thicke, who looked very dapper in a black on black suit.

We Wanna Know: Who were your best and worst dressed, and what was your fave performance?

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We Wanna Know: Who was your best dressed?

Uma Thurman in Zac Posen Oprah Winfrey in Ralph Lauren Ellen Barkin: L’ren Scott Rachel Zoe in vitnage Halston Hilary Rhoda in Marchesa Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori & Vivienne Tam in Vivienne Tam Zang Toi & Rachel Smith in Zang Toi Karen Elson & Zac Posen in Zac Posen Monique L’huillier in Monique L’huillier Lily Cole in Valentino Michael Kors & Debra Messing in Michael Kors Mary-Kate Olsen in Elizabeth and James & Miu Miu Clutch Ashley Olsen in Elizabeth and James

Alicia Keys & Eva Mendes in Calvin Klein Jenny Lewis in Rodarte Anna Wintour in Oscar de la Renta Diane von Furstenbergin Diane von Furstenberg Teen Vogue‘s Amy Astley in Oscar de la Renta Heidi Klum in Michael Kors and Fred Leighton jewels Jane Krakowski in Nicole Miller Nicole Miller in Nicole Miller Kate Bosworth in Proenza Schouler Betsey Johnson in Betsey Johnson Irina Lazareanu & Phillip Lim & 3.1 Phillip Lim Hugh Dancy & Claire Danes in Peter Som Marc Bouwer & Petra Nemcova in Marc Bouwer

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]]> http://pinkrockcandy.net/fashion/2007/06/06/picture-post-cfda-fasion-awards/feed/ 1 http://pinkrockcandy.net/fashion/2007/02/26/not-quite-live-from-the-red-carpet/ http://pinkrockcandy.net/fashion/2007/02/26/not-quite-live-from-the-red-carpet/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:33:45 +0000 Chelsea Rae Simmons http://pinkrockcandy.net/fashion/?p=85 I’ve always been a fan of awards season. When I was younger, I would only get to watch the red carpet arrivals and then I would have to go to bed. I would get so bummed out because I wanted to see if so-and-so won. Now, the only reason I actually remember about an award show is so I can watch the red carpet. I usually try to watch a bit of the warad show in between the show I actually wanted to watch. Yesterday, I can officially say I watched none of the actual Academy Awards, but I watched the entire E! Live from the Red Carpet not once but twice. I was really bummed out that Rome was a re-run so I turned off the TV and went to bed early. On to my favorites.
It seems that if you wore a cream/white dress or a deep purple dress I liked it. At first I loved Cameron Diaz’s dress by Valentino, but after further inspection I realized I only like the top half of her dress. I totally loved her hair and make-up. My favorite dress by far was the Nina Ricci dress Reese Witherspoons wore. Reese looked absolutely radiant. I also think Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard looked so cute together. The Proenza Schouler dress she was wearing is completely a testament to their greatness. Maggie always takes chances and some don’t turn out so well, but this one definitely looked great on her.

And for team white, I loved Dame Helen Mirren’s dress. It was by Christian LaCroix. She is always well dressed and classy. I totally hope I look as great as she does when I get older. The dress actually was more of a beigey cream color, but I think Helen owned the red carpet last night. Finally, I love Jennifer Lopez’s empire waist dress from Marchesa. I loved the shorter hair.

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