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member · Hermes

Some Oscar Pics

bluediamond · Dooney & Bourke

loved Portia and ditto on Reese! She looked amazing!! I did, however, expect to see a different hairstyle than what she did for the GG. But she still looked so fresh and happy.

HATED Jessica Biel....maybe it was her bad makeup or hair....blah.

bluediamond · Dooney & Bourke

Forgot to add my 2 cents on Jennifer Hudson...what the heck was that jacket thing she was sporting on the red carpet??? AWFUL!!!

sfclinevandy · Coach

My favorite is Maggie Gyllenhaal. I also love Emily Blunt and Isla Fisher. JLO's dress looks a little maternity.

mikacat · Coach

What is going on with JLo-I hope she is preggers

How cute is Abigail Breslin? And her little skit with Will Smith's son was funny. They did a good job.

I think Gwyneth and Reese look good.
Jennifer Hudson's speech was cute I thought. She just seems like a really genuine, cool person. Like you could hang out with her and have a lot of fun and just be yourself. Her hair was a little weird though. I thought it could have looked better. They kept showing Beyonce when jennifer was speaking and Beyonce looked happy for her.

not usually a Leo fan but he looks hot.

-- Edited by mikacat at 08:09, 2007-02-26

lynnie · Chanel

loved kirsten's dress on tv. same with gwyneths, reeses, Helen Mirren and cate blanchetts. I also think emily blunt and isla fisher look pretty. People seemed less orange this year- except for Cameron Diaz and Leo kind of looks orange in this pic. Eh to J lo, penelope's dress, jessica biehl, jennifer hudson, and nicole kidman.

atlgirl · Gucci

I found the Oscars to be such a snooze this year!

I usually love Nicole's choices, but this year her dress/hair weren't doing it for me. I wish she'd go back to that beautiful red hair...the blonde she's been sporting for a few years now just washes her out. I thought she and Gwyneth looked almost like carbon copies. Same hair, same curve-clinging long dress, though some of the details at the neck were different. Gwyneth did have some phenomenal shine to her hair though! *jealous*

My favorites were Emily Blunt, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, and Portia de Rossi. I thought Cate's was one of the "safest" fashion choices I've seen from her though, which was a little disappointing. I remember when she wore the hummingbird dress to the Oscars...just one of many lovely dresses she's worn. Helen Mirren was stunning and graceful as ever - her acceptance speech was one of my favorites.

I like Reese but I found her look a little blah. I felt like she was just carbon-copying her GG look, but with a fancier dress.

Jennifer Hudson was awesome - when they did the Dreamgirls songs, she was outsinging Miss B, IMO. And I thought Beyonce was trying waaaaay too hard during those numbers. She (B) did look lovely though. I liked J.Hud's dress a lot better when she took that icky jacket off.

I don't particularly care for Kirsten Dunst in general, but I enjoy the whimsy of her fashion choices. She doesn't usually do your "traditional" gown. I thought this worked on her, where on almost anyone else it would have been a wreck.

Hated Cameron's dress, but man - when she smiles, the room lights up! She seemed to have the most energy and happy attitude of any of the presenters. I love her with the darker hair, too.

-- Edited by atlgirl at 08:39, 2007-02-26

BellinaJessica · Kenneth Cole

$100 says J-Lo announces a pregnancy in the next month.

shopaholic · Dooney & Bourke

BellinaJessica wrote:

$100 says J-Lo announces a pregnancy in the next month.

she does look like shes packing on a few pounds...

Sevilla · BCBG

My fave was definitely Helen Mirren. That dress was stunning on her... so flattering. FH and I were talking about how good she looks for her age... 62! I hope I look that good when I'm that age

I also loved Jennifer Hudson's dress once she took that pimped out jacket off. She and Helen Mirren consistently dress in gowns that are so figure flattering.

-- Edited by Sevilla at 10:17, 2007-02-26

Kitty · Hermes

Jennifer Hudson should have taken off that weird shrug...

I also seriously dislike Gwenyth Paltrow. It bothers me just to look at her.

luckylily · Gucci

My favorite was Kirsten Dunst. I thought the dress was unique and cool. I also really liked Cate Blachette. I loved Cameron Diaz dress, but I hated her shoes.

Didn't really like Gwenyth. I actually think the photo above looks nice, but on camera, I didn't like the way it moved. I also disliked Jada Pinkett Smith, the dress made her look like she didn't have a waist.

FashionPrincess · Hermes

I thought a lot of people looked pretty, not too many total disasters. There were lots of gold/nude/champagne dresses, which look really pretty when done right.

I also wouldn't be surprised if JLo announces that's she is preggo. But what is up with her face, it looks like she is doing the blue steel look here, hehe:
Jennifer Lopez 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Steve Granitz, WireImage.com

Jennifer Lopez 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Steve Granitz, WireImage.com

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

FP--LOL at Blue Steel. So true.
Sevilla, I agree--Helen Mirren is a f'ing knockout.

I can't stand Gwyneth but I think this dress is really unusual and striking, and she wears it well:
Gwyneth Paltrow 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Lester Cohen, WireImage.com</a

I think this might be my favorite. It's unusual, simple, in a fantastic, flattering color, and it also seems to suit her personality.
Jessica Biel 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Lester Cohen, WireImage.com</a

This dress washes her out abysmally, I think:

Kirsten Dunst 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Steve Granitz, WireImage.com</a</a

love this, it's gorgeous with her coloring:
Emily Blunt 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Steve Granitz, WireImage.com

Love this color on her, but why does she always insist on such severe cuts? A cut like this does nothing but accentuate how harsh her bone structure is, and how aggressively toned she is. I feel like she always looks like a robot!

Jada Pinkett-Smith 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Steve Granitz, WireImage.com

again, love this color on her, but her boobs look like they're about to make a break for it!
Isla Fisher 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Steve Granitz, WireImage.com

Something about this seems off to me, but the colors are incredibly flattering:
Maggie Gyllenhaal 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Lester Cohen, WireImage.com

she looks like a beauty pageant winner with that weird strap! But par for the course... all her dresses always look like pageant dresses... would love to see her in something really classy and understated for a change.
Beyonce Knowles 79th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet Hollywood, CA - 2/25/2007 Lester Cohen, WireImage.com

theotherjess · Chanel

I loved Nicole Kidman's dress. She could wear a trash bag and still look gorgeous IMO.

Also loved Reese, Helen Mirren, and Cameron Diaz. Liked the color of Jessica Biel's but not the whole no bra thing.

BellinaJessica · Kenneth Cole

Empire waist: check
Maternal glow: check
Wider than ususal hips: check
Suddenly an extra 10 or so lbs: check
Fuller boobs: check
Lots of bling on upper half to destract from lower half: check

Let's just hope the baby takes after his/her mom in the looks department.

clothes_horse · Dooney & Bourke

i loved helen mirren (so classy!), nicole kidman (she looks gorgeous in red), reese (LOVE the dress), and penelope cruz (her dress looked better on tv than in the pictures).
i didn't like: kirsten dunst (dress was blah) and jessica biel (didn't look like an oscar dress to me, too casual)

erin · Chanel

even if the dress made jlo look slightly bigger, i think it's a really stunning dress! i actually love kirsten dunst's dress, but not on her.

valenciana · Dooney & Bourke

I didn't know what to make of Gwyneth and Kirsten Dunst's dresses at first...but they've grown on me in a very old Hollywood way.

I think Cameron looks ridiculous. Was her dress made of paper? Because it moved like it was.

As usual, I LOOOVED Kate Winslet. She always looks understanded but amazing, IMO.

Is Naomi Watts pregnant too? It sort of looked that way, but I couldn't tell. I always like what she wears too.

Emily Blunt looked great but Anne Hathaway was a trainwreck! What was that?

And seriously, what was up with that gold shrug? Even DH was like, "who wears a shrug to the Oscars?" I've trained him well...

Oh, I and just want to say...isn't Abigail Breslin's dress exactly what you would have wanted to wear to the Oscars at age 10? So sweet...

NCshopper · Hermes

I want to be Helen Mirren when I'm older. She's so beautiful and she seems like a pretty damn cool lady.

Emily Blunt's dress was totally stunning. I don't normally gravitate toward blue, but that color and cut and everything about it was perfect and it looked great with her coloring.

Speaking of coloring, I loved the color of Jessica Biel's dress, but pretty much everything else about it was not-so-great. I'm not a fan of the braless look under such an unstructured dress--it just doesn't seem appropriate for the Academy Awards. And the shape and lack of detail seemed a little too casual. But I'd kill for her body. Bitch.

Overall though, this seemed to be the best bunch of Oscar dresses I've seen in awhile. Most people were occasion-appropriate and it seems as though most people had their bits covered, so that's a plus.