Issa Collection - Coming to Net-A-Porter

Um hello lovely dresses....

Issa (The favorite designer of Kate Middleton) is doing a capsule collection for NetAPorter.com . I am in love with the cuts and colors I see in this sneak peek above, and I really want one. I wonder how much these are going to cost....and I wonder if they will go with my favorite shoes, me thinks so!

Should be launching late April....can't wait!

Reese's Wedding Dress

So this is really similar to the Monique dresses that I tried on for my wedding. It is pretty, but nothing spectacular....thoughts? Her hair is pretty boring but looks better than it did on the People magazine cover.

Oscar Style Review

I want Mila Kunis's dress. That color is so amazing and the detailing was awesome. Of course it was Elie Saab. Me likey. Her hair and makeup are also so spot on. Good job!! Best dressed for sure.

Interesting - Mandy Moore, I love our dress, but it is too much like something I have seen before on Anne Hathaway a year or so ago. Pretty, but safe. I totally guessed it was Monique Lhuillier, score! So was her performance dress. It is a Fall 2010 bridal dress dyed blue.

Michelle Williams, so pretty, elegant, ethereal and simple. Such an improvement from the Golden Globes (that awful Valentino dress). She so reminds me of a younger Mia Farrow. I think she wins for best makeup by showing off the Spring trend of a clean, dewy face.

Amy Adams, hm, not so much. Love the color, don't love the cut with the hair. That necklace also doesn't work at all. Who is her stylist?? Why are people putting her on the best dressed list? What that high neckline her hair should also be up. No no no. (I do love the color on her though).

Jennifer Hudson, a va voom.With that new body, red was the right choice for her, but I just don't like the way her boobs look. They are hanging out and look like a different color than her skin. So odd. Also,  that half up-do pony tail thing is a no-no from the back. Bravo for color choice, and bravo for losing weight, but not quite there. BTW, the dress was Versace. Who would have thought?

Cate Blanchett?! Wow, so daring. Love the color and the hair. Very ballsy to do something so avant garde to the Oscars. Bravo!! This was Givenchy. Check out the back as well.

ScarJo. Love the color and the dress! Thank goodness to see her in color again. SO SO much better than the flesh toned dress she wore to the Globes. Thoughts on the short cropped do? I am leaning toward not liking it. It looks to messy and not appropriate for this occasion.

Marisa Tomei, oh hell no. That dress looks like someone in a college (or high school) fashion class made it, yet it is vintage. That makes sense. It just seems ill fitting and a blah color. I am all for vintage glamor, but this falls way short.

Gwyneth Paltrow. Love this dress and her look. Calvin Klein, classic Gwyneth dress. So perfect for her.

So overall trends this red carpet season?
1) Red
2) Lace
3) Metallic colors
4) Simple makeup and nude lips
5) Simple, sleek hair

Oh no she didn't....

So here are a few of my LEAST favorite outfits from last night. Feel free to disagree.

This getup, by Loree Rodkin, on Eva Longoria looks awful. She has a super cute figure that is all covered up by yards of fabric. I also wasn't a fan of the high ponytail. I much prefer her look at the Golden Globes. People.com has this outfit as one of the best...um not so much.

A picture is worth a thousand words here...or just one: Ew.

Ok Selma, I know you are pregnant but that is NO excuse to dial it in. This looks like those Theory dresses, but in a long version, that they sell every year that are one size fits all. The color is so drab.

And lastly, Miley. Oh boy. I like the idea of the sequin animal print, but this looks ill-fitted and lose. Is it me, or has she gained some major LBS? I also don't like all the bangles, but I am not in to the rocker fashion look. I like her hair though, does that count?

Beautiful in White

I was just flipping through some of the dresses from the SAG awards that I missed Sunday night. I have to say, this would make one beautiful wedding dress.

Christian Dior - I love thee

My friend Maggie just sent me the link to the Spring 2011 collection for Christian Dior that he just debuted in Paris. My heart skipped a beat, these clothes are absolutely stunning. I love the retro throwback, whimsical look of these clothes. They remind me of a modern Grace Kelly. John Galliano is a genius. How amazing to get to wear one of these concoctions? One can dream...

Check out the collection here:
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2011CTR-CDIOR
# 22 and 25 are my favorites. Which one do you love?

Part of me wishes that women still dressed like this, as I sit here in tourers and an over-sized black sweater at my desk . I was flipping through some old pictures & clothes of my grandmother's recently and I so admired how she dressed. I loved the pencil skirts, silk blouses, crop jackets, kid gloves and matching hats. She took so much pride in her clothes and how she looked. I am lucky if I straighten my hair once a week and put on eye liner. I guess I should start to care more, but it is nice to be able to throw on comfy jeans and a fleece and have no one think twice about it. But I still do love dressing up every once and a while.