2013 Met Gala Best Dressed

The biggest fashion red carpet of the year and the opening of the new fashion exhibition, this year’s Met Gala was centered around the theme Punk: Chaos to Couture. With such a tricky theme to navigate (spikes or no spikes, cape or . . . cape, that would be a no), only a select few demonstrated their talented fashion sense and blended both concepts beautifully. So I couldn’t help coming up with a few of my own awards for the best dressed.

OVERALL BEST DRESSED TO THE THEME OF THE EVENING:

~Sarah Jessica Parker in Giles Deacon dress, Philip Treacy punk couture hat and Louboutin heels. Only SJP can pull off a couture mohawk. Absolute, stunning confidence and the ultimate fashion muse~

~custom thigh-high tartan boots from Christian Louboutin~

~SJP striking a pose for Vogue photographers with Hamish Bowles~

BEST SIGNATURE PUNK COUTURE STYLE:

~Anne Hathaway debuts her new hair color in a Valentino gown~

BEST MODERN PUNK COUTURE FEMME FATALE:

~Doutzen Kroes in Theyskens' Theory~

BEST EMBODIMENT OF THE SEXY PUNK THEME:

~Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen wearing Anthony Vaccarello~

BEST DRESSED FEMININE PUNK CHIC

~Borrowing a signature piece from Olivia Pope with the gloves . . . Kerry Washington in Vera Wang~

BEST WOMAN OF A CERTAIN DRESSED in THEME:

~Diane von Furstenberg~

While the exhibit is open for the public to view from beginning May 9 running through August 14, the fashions worn on the red carpet are available for purchase this year through Moda Operandi - click here to find out more.

~PREVIOUS BEST DRESSED MET GALA RED CARPET posts:

~2012 Met Gala Red Carpet Best Dressed

~2011 Met Gala Red Carpet Best Dressed

~2010 Met Gala Red Carpet Best Dressed

Images via Vogue, The Gloss & Pop Sugar

Cannes Film Festival 2012 – Best Dressed

The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival which runs from May 16th through May 27th brought out glamour, beauty and much celebration of the festivities. Full of many gowns, dresses and even jumpsuits to include on the best dressed list, my picks are listed below: 

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Met Costume Gala – Red Carpet 2012

To many in the fashion world, as well as myself, the annual Met Costume Gala is the most fashionable and most anticipated red carpet of the year. Elsa Schiaparelli along with Miuccia Prada were honored at this year’s prestigious fashion event appropriately titled “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.”

With pops of Schiaparelli’s most coveted color – pink – showing up in so many of the celebrities and muses (Coco Rocha’s hair and ensemble, Sarah Jessica Parker’s Valentino full-coverage dress, and Karlie Kloss’s Jason Wu gown), the evening was abuzz with energy on this sumptuous May evening in New York City.

Anna Wintour arrived first, donning an updated Prada design of Elsa Schiaparelli's famously known lobster dress (the first time Wintour hasn’t worn Chanel to the Met Gala in six years). With Wintour’s arrival, the flood gates were opened and the designers, accompanied by their muses, as well as musicians, actors, models and celebrities and all in total just over 800 invited guests made their way up the lengthy red staircase to view this year’s exhibit.

Below are my picks for best dressed and most fascinating designs of the evening:

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83rd Academy Awards Red Carpet

Subdued, calm, respectful.  As the New York Times coined it – a “plain jane” red carpet.  And while yes, it was a very toned down Oscars Red Carpet, I found it quite respectful and appreciated the subtle touches of glamour.  There were a handful of favorites on my list, and it seemed as they each stepped out of their car, I was captivated, eager to see exactly who made the dress and what it looked like from head to toe.

While there weren’t a lot of risks taken tonight, another way one might critique it was that the women knew how to dress (or their stylists knew how to adorn them), so that they stood out instead of just the dress doing the talking. Gwyneth Paltrow has to be at the top of my list. To watch her Calvin Klein Collection dress move was enamoring and to wear it, from the audience’s vantage point, looked like it would be wearing silk-like gold, moving with your body with ease.  However, there were many stunning gowns.  Mandy Moore’s dress looked gorgeous on camera and the sheer fabric on her neckline was a beautiful facade (the image below doesn’t do it justice.) Below are ones that I’d like to share. I’d be curious to know what you thought.

Gwyneth Paltrow – Calvin Klein

 

Mandy Moore – Monique Lhuillier

(To see this dress on the runway, Monique Lhuillier Spring 2011 click here.)

 

Anne Hathaway – Valentino

 

Michelle Williams – Chanel

 

Jennifer Lawrence – Calvin Klein

 

Cate Blanchett – Givenchy

 

Mila Kunis – Elie Saab

(To see this look on the runway – Spring 2011 Haute Couture, click here.)

 

Jennifer Hudson - Versace

 

Halle Barry – Marchesa

 

Sandra Bullock – Vera Wang

 

Celine Dion - Giorgio Armani Prive

 

Reese Witherspoon – Giorgio Armani Prive

 

Hilary Swank – Gucci 

All images – People or InStyle

Golden Globes 2011 Red Carpet

Hollywood glamour was alive at the 2011 Golden Globes Sunday evening. With a flurry of gorgeous emerald green, beautiful backless gowns and some stunning red sirens.  While most all of the women looked radiant, I chose the following gowns as my favorites as they demonstrated luxury without going too over the top.  Each of the gowns also maintained a sense of mystery, not revealing too much, but giving a hint at the beauty of the woman wearing the dress. While January Jones’ red Versace dress was fantastically worn, I can’t say it was my cup of tea (however, January wore that dress very well, and if you can pull such a dress off, why not?).

My top three choices would have to be the first three looks you see below: Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie and Eva Longoria. With that said, I was impressed with the fashion forward decisions, and enjoyed the red carpet arrival show as I tweeted with many of you. What were your favorites, out of curiosity?  I’d love to hear. I know I tend to choose dresses I might dream of wearing, so I do believe there is certainly a bias. Do share.

Anne Hathaway – Giorgio Armani Privé

Angelina Jolie in Versace

Eva Longoria – Zac Posen

Claire Danes in Calvin Klein Collection

Catherine Zeta Jones – Monique Lhuillier

Emma Stone in Calvin Klein Collection

Halle Barry – Nina Ricci

Mila Kunis - Vera Wang

Heather Morris - Lauren Sarbu

Olivia Wilde – Marchesa

Kyra Sedgwick – Emilio Pucci

Julie Bowen - Tadashi Shoji

Jessalyn Gilsig – eggplant David Meister gown

Sofia Vergara – Vera Wang

Nicole Kidman – a cream Prada gown

All images courtesy of InStyle

2010 Primetime Emmy Red Carpet

The red carpet for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards in front of the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles was flooded with gowns of navy, champagne, white and shades of purple. A very subdued and classic Hollywood approach seemed to be the theme, and I found it hard to narrow down my favorites to show you.  So below is a lengthy list of gorgeous ensembles that caught my eye from the simply stunning Claire Danes in Armani Prive to Emily Deschanel in Max Azaria Atelier. Have a look.

Claire Danes in Armani Privé

Lea Michele in a navy  Oscar de la Renta resort navy ruffled gown and accessorized with a multi-color diamond Lorraine Schwartz necklace and a Swarovski clutch

Maura Tierney in her first appearance since she began her battle with breast cancer looks amazing in beautiful strapless gown.

Jayma Mays in a sapphire blue Burberry strapless gown

Jewel in a strapless Zuhair Murad gown accessorized with jewels from Jacob & Co

Jessalyn Gilsig in Nicole Miller

Sofia Vergara in a saffron Carolina Herrera gown.

Kelly Osbourne in a slit sleeved Tony Ward Haute couture gown

Julia Ormond in a simple, yet stunning raspberry gown

Gugu Mbatha-Raw looks radiant in a champagne gown with a sweetheart neckline.

Emily Deschanel in a floor-length, one-shouldered gown in a bold, deep purple with tiered ruffles from Max Azria Atelier

Brooke Burke was one of the women who dazzled in a Grecian inspired white strapless gown.

Eva Longoria in a black Robert Rodriguez gown with Loren Jewels

Katrina Bowden in a lovely lilac chiffon gown

Tina Fey in a lace patterned Oscar de la Renta gown black and white gown with earrings by Lorraine Schwartz

Kyra Sedgwick in a Monique Lhuillier plum gown

Julie Bowen in J. Mendel, accessorized with jewelry from Neil Lane, Sergio Rossi heels and Jimmy Choo clutch 

Dianna Agron in Carolina Herrera - Resort 2010 and Christian Louboutin heels and over $1.5 million dollars of jewels

Keri Russell wore a bright pink vintage Jean Louis Scherrer haute couture gown from Decades with strappy gold Jimmy Choo sandals, Judith Leiber box clutch and Jennifer Behr flower in her hair.

Maria Menounos in a custom Ralph & Russo couture gown

What were some of your favorite looks of the evening?  I’d love to hear.

Images courtesy of Zimbio