Oscar fashion recap

Gabourey Sidibe starred in “Precious.”

The big news to come out of Oscar’s red carpet fashion parade was color.  Color is back big time.  We saw reds (Sigourney Weaver); navy blue (the “Precious” gals and Maggie Gyllenthaal); and pink and pale lavender (Jennifer Lopez, Anna Kendrick and Demi Moore). 

Anna Kendrick

 Maggie Gyllenthaal

Style Matters Winners  

Sarah Jessica Parker: Very original.  Parker turned her nose up at the Oscar uniform of strapless ruffled gowns and instead went for a Chanel Couture full -length silver and yellow satin sheath with a neck strap that swept behind her back. One suggestion:  Next time hem it very short.

Rachel Adams: Loved the gown –a mélange of gossamer pastel colors.

Kate Winslet: She wore a flattering silver gown by Yves Saint Laurent and accessoried with an incredible diamond pendant. Cameron Diaz: This dizzy dame finally got it right.  She was the epitome of Hollywood glamor.  Usually she shows up at awards shows looking like an unmade bed.Demi Moore:  Don’t know how she keeps up her looks.   It could be a potent combo of plastic surgery and fanatical exercise.  Whatever she does, it’s paying off.

Style Matters Goofy Gowns

Charlize Theron: She chose a pink dress with decorative flowers circling her boobs.  The look was an ice cream sundae with florettes of whipped cream on top.  Where were the cherries?

Vera Farmiga:  She told her stylist how about an electric violet strapless gown with crazy pleating every where.   Looked like she was a refugee from an escalator factory explosion.

Zoe Saldana wins the award for the silliest dress of the evening.  It looked like a home ec. project gone bad. A pale lavender degrade gown darkened to deep purple at the bottom where a frou frou trim snaked up and around her legs and hips.  It was bizarre to say the least.

Jennifer Lopez:  This was a dress concept gone bad.  Someone kept adding fabric to the side train so that it finally looked like a dress sidecar.  What was that thing growing out of her hip?

Other observations:  Miley Cyrus is still dressing too old for her age; Kristen Stewart wore a dreary black dress that she managed to make look goth; Sandra Bullock’s lipstick looked like it took her to the Oscars; wanted to see more necklaces — too many bare necks with tiny earrings. Seemed out of proportion.