So they happened. Relieved? Let's hope the designers were! Christ knows they wouldn't shut up about the prospect of a cancellation. But how well-advertised were their wears?
Well Gaultier will be pleased: Marion Cotillard wore him beautifully, looking much more more '30s siren than '40s chanteuse. Overall though it was all a little... blah. Plenty of pretty frocks but not enough show stoppers. Oh yeah, and a couple of horrors courtesy of Rebecca Miller and Julie Christie (I know, I know. I love her too but... red dress, pink gloves? C'MON!)
Time then, for my pick of the best and worst.
The Good
Marion Cotillard
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Perfectly French, very un-hollywood. Excused for any previous sins.
Penelope Cruz
Elegant, timeless, beautiful.
Anne Hathaway
If Venus went to the oscars, this is what she'd wear. Anne Hathaway, we salute you.
The Bad
Heidi Klum
It's Red! And it's gold! Heidi and the art of Extreme Colour Co-ordination.
Anne-Marie Duff
Yes we all know you guys are low-key but
- c'mon - it's the Oscars! As our inimitable Simon Kelner said, "she
looks like she's going to a book launch."
...And the Ugly
Julie Christie
Is that guy stepping back in shock? We would. She would have looked so lovely if she'd left those gloves at home.
Rebecca Miller
Woah, where to start? The zebra-print
shoes, the strange red straps, the unflattering waistline....or the big
plastic flower around her neck. How did this outfit even happen?
Calista Flockhart
Strange dress, even stranger hair. Has she come straight from the gym?
(All photos: Getty Images)
Cotillard looks like she's wearing an oldfashioned bedspread which has been refashioned to fit a mermaid. Very odd.
Posted by: dan | Tuesday, 26 February 2008 at 12:39 PM