Night of Winners, really!

Now, let's look at the real red carpet winners starting with Angelina Jolie in Elie Saab. She looks stunning here although its nothing extraordinary. Yes, its just another black dress but she deserves a mention especially after wearing sacks for the last couple of awards! Much better now! Of course, Brad always compliments her.



Another Elie Saab creation is seen on Evan Rachel Wood and yes, its another winner on the red carpet. Love the champagne color and the weave of fabric on the bodice. Simple and very elegant.



Meryl Streep in Alberta Ferreti. She always dresses her age and she always looks sophisticated and stunning. Told you style lasts forever!



Marisa Tomei has been looking good this award season but she barely makes the mark for the Oscars in this Versace number. Perhaps, the picture doesn't do much justice to this intricate dress that looks pretty washed out in this picture. The train, however, looks as if it has a fan blowing underneath it creating that airy feel.



Another white number is this pretty dress by Balmain on Penelope Cruz. It looks like a wedding dress, a vintage one in fact, and there is nothing like a vintage bridal dress. Too much of the waves could have turn it into curtains for my windows but the detailings are the ones that save the dress. They are just splendid. Exquisite!



Beyonce wore the same shape dress as Vanessa Hudgens but lost due to its over the top gold prints while the latter won for its simplistic design. Of course, Zac Efron as an accessory gave her an advantage too.



While most of the celebrities opted for a more subtle and dark colors, Amy Adams decide to be the lady in red (besides the lady behind Penelope Cruz in the picture above!). Carolina Herrera always have beautiful, simple classic designs and it shows here once again! Her gorgeous necklace just makes the outfit I tell you. She looks like a greek goddess! So what was your fav look for the Oscars?

Night of Winners, not!

The Oscars was held on Monday with Slumdog Millionaire winning big this award season. (My parents watched it and has been telling everyone on how good the movie is. So, I think you should watch it!) Even if Slumdog Millionaire won big for the Oscars, I don't think Freida Pinto, the actress for the movie scored on the red carpet!



She may have chosen a John Galliano piece but its like Drew Barrymore's dress that she wore to the Golden Globes. Remember the curtain like finishings at the bottom of the dress?



See the similarities now? I didn't like the one Drew Barrymore wore nor do I like the one Freida Pinto wore but if I were to choose between these two evils, I'll have Drew Barrymore's dress.



Another one that I did not like is Beyonce's dress by, (surprise! surprise!) House of Dereon!Yes, perhaps the cut is very flattering and pretty classic but I am not so sure bout the massive gold prints. It kinda reminds me of upholstery. Sometimes, what looks good on furniture and curtains, don't neccessarily look good on human bodies! Drew, Beyonce and Freida take note! Or perhaps, upholstery is the new fashion?



As much as I love Heidi, I do not really like her luminous pink dress that looks super stiff and has a pretty high slit! To make things worst, she has to have a one shoulder collar. However, if you fancy it, its by Roland Mouret.



I thought its the financial crisis but after looking at many dresses the past award season, everyone seems to be having a little too much extra cloth that they just hang everywhere as seen here. This dress by Prada worn by Jessica Beil is one of those napkin dresses. Perhaps, its a symbol that the financial crisis ain't hitting them at all?



Yves Saint Laurent is known to have stunning works of art but this dress worn by Kate Winslet, ain't exactly what I call stunning. It could be that the picture does no justice but it kinda remind me of dresses that my school girls would wear from prom. Something pretty customade like how they wanna have french lace on the dress but can't really decide on it. This is what happens. Bits and pieces of lace stuck onto the dress.



I think Sarah Jessica Parker shops like a guy. It seems that she always sticks to the same silhoutte for her outfits. The only variation is the length. As a whole, it may not really look that bad but its so predictable that is has just become pretty forgettable. The slight hint with the undercoat showing through and lookin like Freida's and Drew's dresses doesn't help much. As such, I have no choice but to place Sarah Jessica in the winners category, not!



This dress by Valentino is, I don't know, but kinda looks ordinary. I have many of such dresses here in Singapore and somehow they look kinda cheap and what the slightly older mahjong playing ladies would wear. Sorry, Jennifer Aniston, but welcome to the world of wet market aunties!

Vintage Glam for Zac Posen

Yulia Kharlaponova

Zac Posen showed at NYFW with a collection that is pretty romantic with touch of gold and bling to amp up the glamour factor. The blue dress that Yulia wore looks soft and very feminine. Very old school glamour!


Sasha Pivorova wore a dress that, to me, looks a little bit too messy and too much. I don't understand the many mirrors! If you thought the shiny suit by Calvin Klein was like a light reflector, this one needs everyone to wear shades to look at it! This is the ultimate disco ball!


Raqual Zimmermann

This is one of the very few suits in the collection. I do love the color combinationg. The pastel lavender underneath the khaki coloured suit. I also admire the detail on the jacket. This is not so in the face as the disco ball and yet is different.


Magdalena Frackoviak

This dress that Magdalena wore has a great print. Thankfully, the silhouette is very simple and definitely flattering. If that print was cut and positioned wrongly, it could be disastrous. You could end up looking two sizes bigger.


Lara Stone

Most of the collections were based on a subtle color palette except a few strong ones like this red dress Lara wore. This could have went very well with the other dresses at The Truth Red Dress Collection. The ribbon lace up shoe too is very sweet!


Karlie Kloss

This is a little bit too shiny and gladiator like for my liking, especially with the whole gladiator heels! I thought gladiators are so long gone!


Elsa Sylvan

I kinda like this dress, its pretty romantic and definitely very vintage. Pretty but I do not think its something you can keep and wear forever!


Chanel Iman

Chanel Iman! Yes, Chanel Iman graced the runway for Zac Posen! Doesn't she look lovely? I think all Chanel's are pretty glamorous!


Catherine McNeil

Again the prints are cleverly crafted to create a slim silhoutte. However, I am not so sure about the peek-a-boo flap near the boobs!

Clean Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein has always been one of the designers who I love and buy and keep and wear and you get what I mean. His designs are all about clean and simple lines with very subtle details that make it pretty much a keep throughout the seasons. Just take a look at the suits above. They are simply chic. The other thing that I love about the outfit is that its all made up from the same material and yet it doesn't look boring. In fact, it looks kinda fresh especially the grey suit, (which is a good investment).



Having said that, I don't quite fancy this shiny suit although I have been spotted wearing some shiny outfits before! Hee. Guilty! But hey, at least I wore it sparingly not like the whole outfit is shiny that you are like a disco ball on the dance floor or in this case, looks like an action figurine!



I am, however, on the fence with the above outfits. I love the cut of the jackets such that the lines create definition although I am not so sure about the material used. It looks like sponge! I mean the above one isn't that bad until you look at the following one.



Now, doesn't that makes you look more like an action figurine? Perhaps, it might help make some of us who are not blessed with good physique to look better, which I doubt.



And, I thought it was bad enough as jackets, its even worse when they use the material for pants. Somehow, I feel pretty restricted looking at them. I must say though, I love the shirt and tie! Perhaps, I shall get shirts and tie of the same color! (who am I kidding? I don't wear ties to work?)



This last outfit that I chose to showcase is something I love. I love the jacket, its very relaxed, masculine, sporty almost biker-ish and yet looks kinda classy too especially paired with those slim fit pants. That is total comfort! Overall, I love some of the pieces but I won't say its one of the best shows but still, I will buy some of your clothes when it hits stores!

Victoria Beckhams been busy!

Victoria Beckhams has been busy for the past week running around in her fake fur (don't worry PETA!) but not from attending the many fashion shows. She was actually busy putting up a fashion show at NYFW. She has launched a new line which I must say, looks like what she will actually wear!



The collection is definitely chic, simple and absolutely elegant. Very much like Ms Becks. Of course, that made me wonder if she really did design the outfits or she is just selling off all her clothes.



Nevertheless, it is definitely good news to all of you who wish to emulate Ms Becks' style and be many many Posh clones. Good luck!

Richard Chai Fall 09 for NYFW

Remember some time back, I featured Richard Chai in one of my entries and how I blabbed about how good he is? Well, I'm back but I think he has put on a little bit more weight. Must be all the stress from fashion week. I'm back to obsessing over Marc Jacobs now. Anyway, there were a couple of pieces that I love from him and truly hope I can get them here in Sunny Singapore, (though, it has been pretty humid lately) . I always always always love long sweater like the one you seen above but I just can't seem to find a nice one here unless I walk into the ladies' department.



His homme collection is all pretty masculine and covered up which will be a trend for Fall 09 with many other major designers having jackets, sweaters, cardigans, trenches throughout their homme collection.



I wonder if all that protection is a reflection of such troubled times? And all those boots, they remind me of my army boots which, I must admit, I wore out once! Only once! Of course, noone actually knew it were army boots!


Something I noticed in Richard Chai's collection for fall 09 is all the clean lines and checks that he used. I do love the checked trench coat and the short jacket, its pretty smart, aye?

From Paris to New York.

So, the New York Fashion Week was just over and London Fashion Week has just launched yesterday while Milan Fashion Week will come straight after that, one can just expect the amount of traveling I have to go through. Thus, I am fabulously sure many of us have set our eyes on things to buy when the collections hit the stores. For the rest of you, I'll try my best to have a couple of stuff that I do like.



Starting things off is the annual The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection. An annual collection by many big names creating an awareness on the risks of heart disease among women. Tim Gunn, mentor of Project Runway, opened the show before Amanda Bynes walked in with a Daniel Swaroski number. And then it began, one A-list celebrity after the other graced the runway like Susan Lucci in Gustavo Cadille and Daisy Fuentes in Pamelle Rolland as seen above.



From left, Vivica A Fox in Jenny Packham, Natasha Hendrige in Verrier and Kristy Yamaguchi in Vera Wang.



Then, the lady who put 'wonder' in Wonderwoman, Lynda Carter in Carolina Herrera and Tori Spelling in one of the most eccentric designer, Betsey Johnson.




Also catwalking down the runway is Cicely Tyson in B Michael and Catie Couric Carmen in Marc Valvo. Are you seeing red, yet?

First Lady of Vogue

At first they were rumours, but they are rumours no more. Michell Obama is definitely fronting Vogue magazine and here is the cover!

Told you, she grabs more attention than the campaign itself!

C Lacroix for project runway?

While I was reviewing the fashions of haute couture week held in Paris, despite my busy schedule, I came across Christian Lacroix. I reckon by now, everyone would know that Christian Lacroix is famous for coming out with such flamboyant collection. This collection is no exception. However, what striked me was the (nope, not that bronze dress that looks kinda cheap) but the bow hair! It reminds me so much of a project runway cration by Allison. Remember the bow hair like Minnie Mouse?



Do you see the resemblance now? I though it was just a thing on the runways until I come across the next picture while looking for the infamous bow hair made public by Allison.



Lord, please save us! Well, at least Paris Hilton's bow hair ain't that obvious from the front! Thankfully, she did not wear it high!



Of course, the hair done in the Christian Lacroix show is done in braids which at least makes it look half as bad. Although I must say, the colors weaved into the brains are pretty .... well, unique!


In all Haute Couture shows, there will always be a highlight, in Christian Lacroix's case, its the wedding dress. I wonder who will be wearing it for their wedding soon.


So, what has been your favourite for this collection?