May 2013
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Life Lessons from The Amazing Race
- Never give up. You can never be certain where you are in the scheme of things, so always act as if you have more opportunities for advancement.
- Always look for new solutions to problems, and new avenues to get where you are going.
- Ask for help… from many sources.
- Learn how to communicate with others in ways they can understand.
- If there is a map, read it.
- If lost, there...
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No. 1 - Madonna - Givenchy
M… E… T… MADONNA!!!
It’s no surprise to me that the top two spots went to women who actually experienced the 70s punk movement. Westwood in London and Madonna in New York. While Westwood focused heavily on the plaid aspect, Madonna dressed herself in punk love, all over her body: plaid, studs, torn fishnets, chains, and yes… a dog collar....
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No. 2 - Christina Ricci - Vivienne Westwood
Few can wear a corset like Christina Ricci, and no one can make one like Vivienne Westwood. This is a fashion match that had to happen. And what better event for the two join forces? I was sure this would be the winner of the night until…
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No. 3 - January Jones - Chanel
JJ always takes risks so I shouldn’t be surprised that she was willing to ugly her face up with this futuristic glam rock look, but I kind of was, and pleasantly so. By willing to look like a Mad Woman, Jones easily wins Best Hair and Makeup of the night. (In this, she was rivaled only by the always great Emmy Rossum -whose gown, unfortunately, was...
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No. 4 - Daisy Bevan - ???
The dress seems like Renaissance Vinyl and I adore it, but it’s the shoes that best fit the occasion. They don’t appear to be moving in a spiral pattern, yet they’ve hypnotized me. I desperately want to wear them with Sienna Miller’s jacket next time I go to buy cat food at Target.
The Redgravelet even managed to upstage her...
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No. 5 - Sienna Miller and Cara Delevingne - Burberry
The studded wonders! I couldn’t care less about the sheaths under them, it’s all about the tops. I find them spellbinding. And they’re Burberry! Burberry! You know, the house known for the trench coats and the famous check print. Burberry threw down!
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No. 6 - Anja Rubik - Anthony Vaccarello
Hoorah! After last year’s fashion disaster in which I described Rubik as looking as if she had been “pawed by an oversexed lion”…
…the mega model made a very rational comeback in this new wave jacket dress. It’s like she ripped it right of the back of Ric Ocasek, added a tier of grommets, a pair of red heels and...
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No. 7 - Gwen Stefani - Maison Martin Margiela
The irony here is that Stefani has been incorporating a punk element into her ensembles ever since her 1930s dust bowl depression- “I’m in my house dress barefoot but with supermatte red lipstick”- look of her early 90s “Don’t Speak” video days. Yet, punk is not quite on display here. It’s like she’s...
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No. 8 - Carey Mulligan - Balenciaga
I went back and forth on including this because, a) It’s New Wave as filtered through the minimalist 90s and then trickled up to today and b) the styling is too spare. But frankly, I love it so much I just can’t care. I imagine she hogtied Tilda Swinton, took her outfit (and her hairdo) and went in her stead, and really, that’s kind of...
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No. 9 - Rooney Mara - Givenchy Couture
She always looks like this, so you know she probably arrived, looked around and thought “Oh, shit. There was a theme?” On previous red carpets, her goth tinge occasionally got tiresome, but here it worked to her best advantage. A nice marriage of darkness and light. Kudos to Givenchy for working with lace so beautifully and making your...
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MET GALA 2013 - TOP 10
Some women looked pretty as a picture (and some, like Katy Perry, chose to look exactly like one) but if their perfect ensembles didn’t have a hint of edge (I’m looking at you Jennifer Lawrence, Heidi Klum, and Uma Thurman), then they didn’t make the list because the theme of the night was “punk”.
I realized very quickly, however, we would be getting very little of...
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Drumroll (and drumstick, it is a party) please…
No. 1 - Kate Bosworth - Giambattista Valli
I was so hoping to see a couple of women on the Oscar red carpet in Giambattista Valli. If they were there, I missed them. I don’t know why Valli wasn’t more popular. Look at this gorgeous thing! The floral appliqué, the shine, the texture. This is something else. I love...
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No. 2 - Nina Dobrev - Naeem Khan
I’m a little sad that Dobrev had to class this up with the black underlay, but not overly. The black adds terrific contrast, so you can really see the design. It does make me wonder if I had really applied myself in elementary art class, maybe I could have cut this out with paper and my little green scissors. The handbag is perfect, and Dobrev wisely kept...
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No. 3 - Marisa Tomei - Valentino
Jumpsuit? Shit Valentino, that’s all you had to say!
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No. 4 - Lily Collins - Zuhair Murad
Someone didn’t want to get lost in the crowd. The color is vivid, the patterns contrast, and the fabric is see through. It all says, “My father may have been a percussionist, but I move to the beat of a different drummer!” I see you, Lily… bright and sheer.
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No. 5 - Emma Roberts - Oscar de la Renta
Roberts is reliable for good fashion sense, and this does not disappoint. It’s kind of Klimt-ish, yet fluted in cut instead of flowy. The minaudiere is perfect and I like the fact that she didn’t try to compete with the gown by adding bright lipstick or a lot of jewels. The dress has enough embellishment. Tasteful and sparking, like...
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No. 6 - Rashida Jones - Vivienne Westwood
I love the fact that you can see the bling in this photo (either that or she’s pregnant with a glowing messiah). This is some sparkly goodness. It shines. She shines… and we smile.
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No. 7 - Naomie Harris - Monique Lhuillier
In contrast to Heathcote, this gown is not entirely different. But, boy is it pretty. The fabric, both in color and texture, seems light and refreshing. Harris has pulled of the neat trick of looking simultaneously angelic and sexy. ”Why, I’m just a good girl with 40s vamp hair and a shoulder that yearns to break free”.
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No. 8 - Bella Heathcote - Chanel
Chanel is on a seemingly non-stop roll of scaring the hell out of me on the runway, yet pleasantly surprising me on the red carpet. Heathcote, my go-to woman for shoes, also brought what must be the best hair of the night. This is darling and different from anything anyone else was wearing.
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No. 9 - Allison Williams - Valentino
Where Vega’s dress was fun, this one is so serious. It’s all about texture. I just want to reach out and touch it. Then wear it, for a full day, like it’s no big thing.
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2013 Oscar Parties - Top 10 Best Dressed
Okay, the 2013 Oscar Red Carpet was a bit of a bust, but the parties weren’t. So, I’ve assembled a Top 10 List in celebration.
No. 10 - Paz Vega - Stephane Rolland
This wound up on a Worst Dressed List, and I can see that, though I disagree. It’s silly, yes. But, she knows it. Why else would Vega have gone whole hog with what has to be Nicholas Kirkwood spectator...
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No. 1 - And The Winner Is…
Jessica Chastain - Georgio Armani
I love the little wave. ”Oh, hi. Fancy meeting you here.” Who gets to look this good, in a gown that fits this well, with hair that cascades that luxuriously and has the nerve to look so damn casual about it? Chastain is usually hit or miss on the red carpet, and frankly, so is Armani. Yet, together they raised...
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No. 2. Charlize Theron - Dior
Yowsa! Sometimes, when you see such a perfect face, long hair can be a distraction. Apparently, so can necklaces or large earrings. All the bling was at her wrists, which also conveniently rested on the blinged peplum of her gown. The rest is crisp, clean and clear, so it doesn’t block the beauty. It’s like seeing some magnificent deer in the wild, you...
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No. 3 - Stacy Keibler - Naeem Khan
Goodness! She’s a tall drink of water and she knows how to showcase it. This gown is lovely. Beaded and bronzed, she looks like an Art Deco statue. Halle Berry’s dress may have been in a similar vein, but it was harder looking and had Dynasty shoulders. Keibler’s shoulders thankfully, need no embellishment. In fact, she didn’t even need...
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No. 4 - Jennifer Lawrence - Dior
The fall may have been mortifying for Lawrence, but it really helped Dior by displaying the finer qualities of this gown. Clearly the ethic on this piece is “more is more”. Here you can really see the color and the print (thanks to the lighting on the stairs shining through it) and the layering of all that fabric much better than when she was...
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2013 Oscar Top 5 Best Dressed
I was hoping to do another Top 10 Best Dressed List for the Oscars as I had with the SAG Awards. However, I couldn’t find 10 looks that I liked. Seriously, it was that disappointing a night. So I’ve knocked it down to a Top 5.
No. 5 - Sanda Bullock - Elie Saab
This is an exquisite Elie Saab number. It has lovely embroidery and it fits like a dream. Also, kudos for the underlay,...
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Genius Parses Mad Men
I found this on an EW.com website forum discussion of Mad Men’s “Mystery Date” episode:
MadMen254 | 10 hours ago
How do we know that Andrea was a dream? How do we know she is not under that bed? What if Megan is lying and was out cheating on Don knowing he was home with a fever? 1 Like
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Because this is not Desperate Housewives. 111 Likes in reply to...
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