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Every year we look forward to what the stars will wear as they sashay down the Oscars red carpet.
We highly anticipate what is to come (okay, we actually become quite beside ourselves with excitement!) and at the same time, also wonder how many train-wrecks will appear in amongst the visions of breathtaking beauty.
And this year, the 82nd Oscars didn't fail to disappoint. What's more, they were virtually free of any seriously horrific fashion disasters (for a change!)
Obviously, the celebs' stylists' mantra was "playing it safe". Apart from a handful of stars, no one wanted to take a gamble and risk a look that was too "out there".
This is a very wise move indeed as you really don't want to get something wrong at the Oscars and have a fashion faux-pas that will be immortalised forever!
For us, the Oscars are our Holy Bible of red carpet looks and a fountain of endless inspiration to really get the creative juices flowing.
This is when we really start to get ideas about what we might dress our own beloved TVNZ stars in for the Qantas Film & Television awards held later on this year. Yippee, we can't wait!
At this year's Oscars, the general theme was pretty much the quintessential gorgeous, old-school Hollywood star of yester-year - timeless, elegant, chic and structured within an inch of its life! It is a winning formula that never fails.
There were loads of boned strapless dresses with fish tails, trains and lots of elaborate details.
Colour-wise, the palette was fairly muted with lots of buttery yellows, metallic golds, silvers, silvery pinks, lilacs, champagnes and nude-y blush tones and peaches.
In amongst this were strong white and/or black and reds and burgundies.
The jewels were fabulous and so, too, were the shoes and bags.
As celebrity stylist Rachael Zoe would say: "I die!"
Here's Style Blogs's rundown of Oscars 2010
Sandra Bullock
What a refreshing look for Sandra. She looks so poised and
sophisticated in a slinky lace topped metallic dress by Marchesa.
We loved the punchy lip she had on and her sleek, flowing hair.
Carey Mulligan
Carey looked beautiful in a black strapless Prada dress that was
encrusted with Swarovski crystals.
Penelope Cruz
Pene looked absolutely stunning in a dark red fish-tailed strapless
number from Donna Karen Couture.
Meryl Streep
For an older gal, Meryl got it right on the money and looked
perfect in a beautiful draped white jersey dress designed by
Project Runway contestant, Chris March.
Twilight's Kristen Stewart
Kristen looked stunning in a beautifully sexy midnight blue number
made by Monique L'Huiller. This is Goth done right!
Kate Winslet
Kate the great, is always immaculate and knows exactly what works
for her. Kate looked the height of glamour and good taste in the
statuesque silver strapless gown by Yves Saint Laurent and Art Deco
inspired jewels care of Tiffany and Co.
Demi Moore
Is this woman really 47 years old? It's so insane as Demi has never
looked better! Maybe the key is having an incredibly hot younger
man in her life! Demi looked breathtaking in a beautifully
feminine, sexy strapless Atelier Versace dress set back with Van
Cleef & Arpels jewels. Mama Mia!
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Always left of centre, Maggie chose a strapless printed blue Dries
Van Noten frock that suited her to a "T".
Rachel McAdams
Rachel looked positively gorge in an ethereal dress by Elie Saab
Couture but it may have been a bit wishy-washy on her at the same
time.
Cameron Diaz
Cameron looked the best she has looked in ages on the red carpet -
stunning in an embellished ivory/gold gown care of Oscar de la
Renta and dripping with Cartier jewels.
Diane Kruger
"C'est Magnique, Vive la France!" Diane looked the epitome of chic
in a black and white ruffled dress from Chanel Haute Couture.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Many hated this look dubbed the "Chanel Mumu" and sure, if you
happened to be "knocked up" it would be a tres handy dress to wear.
However, Style Blog actually liked the peachy/buttery toned
"shapeless sack of satin" that featured a beautifully embellished
neckline. J'adore!
J.Lo
While J.Lo looked very beautiful and we totally understood the
sculptural qualities of the silvery pink Armani Prive dress she
wore, unfortunately it highlighted her figure in the wrong place!
But we loved the Cartier jewels, yes please!
Mariah Carey
Oops! Mariah wore a perfectly fine Valentino Haute Couture dress in
a gorgeous blue colour and yet, as always, Mariah made the dress
look ultra cheap and nasty thanks to having her mammaries out in
full glory as per usual and did we mention that massive, customised
slit that went up to her hipbone? Yes, Mariah, you define classy
with a capital "K"!
Charlize Theron
Charlize is such a divine creature and was one of the few on Oscars
night who decided to take a chance and wear something a bit
different. Unfortunately, it all back fired badly on her! The pale
pink Dior dress was stunning in itself, it was just the large
rosettes on her breasts that proved to be highly distracting and
poor Chalize ended up being the prime source of ridicule for the
night. Does Gaultier's cone-breasted corset tops made for Madonna
in the '90s come to mind?
Avatar's Zoe Salander
Gorgeous Zoe wore a frothy-hemmed Givenchy gown that was too much
and had far too many layers on the bottom. The top part was fine,
the bottom was like five dresses stuck on to one. Here was another
example of a look that may have looked great on the catwalks of a
high fashion show in Paris, but in Hollywood, did not register one
bit. It was waaay too fashion-forward and totally didn't translate
on the red carpet. Nobody "got it", that was the problem.
Gabourey Sidibe
What a sassy woman! Gab is so confident in her body and the navy,
grecian-style Marchesa dress really suited her. We loved her
comment that if fashion was porn, then her dress was the money
shot! Love the attitude!
Finally the lads!
There was a lot menswear designed by Tom Ford on the night. Ryan
Reynolds, Colin Firth, and the two Oscar hosts of the night, Steve
Martin and Alec Baldwin all donned Mr Ford's creations.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Seacrest opted for Burberry.
The black tux, white shirt and black bow-tie combo proved to be the men's look "du soir", while others wore the classic black tie look, as favoured by cutie Zac Efron in Calvin Klein.
Style Blog's pick of hottest man at the Oscars was not actually George Clooney but Avatar's Sam Worthington. All we can say is WOW!
Overall, we loved most of what we saw at the Oscars and are now thoroughly in denial that it is over, boo hoo! Roll on next year!
xoxo Style Blog
Oscars Video
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Hollywood rewards its finest (2:44)
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On the red carpet at the Oscars (4:45)
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Oscar in the bag already for Weta whiz (1:41)
