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Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Golden Globes 2015: Best and Worst Dressed

Hey guys! Welcome to the first fashion blog post of award season: the best and worst dressed of the Golden Globes. So lets start with out best dressed.
Best Dressed

Emma Stone
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I've decided to pick Emma Stone as my best dressed of the night. I have a feeling that Jennifer Lopez will be a strong contender for the best dressed on most other peoples lists and she is one of my best dressed, but I wasn't really wowed by the dress and my mind kept coming back to Emma Stone. J Lo had that initial wow moment but I figured it wasn't something I would ever think to wear and I didn't really feel that connected to it, do you know the way you can think back to an awards show a few years ago and remember the most amazing dress just like it was on last night. With J Lo out of the picture I had a few strong contenders but my gut feeling was to say Emma Stone. I love that she went for a jumpsuit, unlike anyone else I saw on that red carpet. There were many stunning dresses that were head to toe bling and I loved that Emma had a much more muted look that had a bit of sparkle to give it a bit of oomph. I wasn't sure what I thought about the big bow at first but now I've decided that it really dresses up the look, and at the Golden Globes the jumpsuit on its own might have been a bit too casual. Overall, I love it and love that she did something a bit different to the dozens of women in fitted sparkly gowns.

Kate Beckinsale
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My next best dressed is Kate Beckinsale. This was extremely close to getting best dressed because I think she looks stunning. Everything about this look is perfect. I love the dress, I love the accessories, I love the up-style with it, and I think the makeup is beautiful. This is a bit more me than a lot of the other dresses. I could see myself wearing this dress. It's quite classy and has the lovely jeweled top without looking tacky by having lots of giant, horrible looking gems covering it which sometimes happens.

Chrissy Teigen
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My next best dressed is Chrissy Teigan, who is the wife of John Legend. She is wearing Zuhair Murad. I love the sort of lace effect of this dress but I actually hadn't planned on putting her this high up the list until I saw the photos. This dress looks so amazing in the pictures in a way that I didn't notice in the video footage. The camera really captures all of the intricate details of the dress and it looks so pretty. Loving the hair and accessories too. 

Jennifer Lopez
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Next we have Jennifer Lopez who I've already spoke about a bit. So I've explained why I didn't give her best dressed although I definitely think she will be no.1 on other people's lists. She is also wearing Zuhair Murhad. The cape really adds to the look and makes it more epic. It reminds me a bit of Lupita Nyong'o at the Golden Globes last year. I love capes and they definitely add to a dress' wow factor but since Lupita rocked a cape at this event last year and it was such a big fashion moment, I felt that it kind of took the edge out of J Lo's look this year. I really love her sparkly shoes and earrings. Also, I felt her sultry makeup really added to the look and that it mightn't have worked as well without it. 

Diane Kruger
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Next is Diane Kruger wearing Emelia Wickstead and looking simply stunning. Just because fitted sparkly dresses were quite common on this red carpet doesn't meaning they weren't completely beautiful. I definitely had a wow moment when I first saw Diane in this dress. 

Jessica Chastain 
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Jessica Chastain looks like a stunning siren in this Atelier Versace figure hugging dress. I absolutely love the hair. She is channeling old Hollywood glamour with this look. I find that dress didn't photograph that well and looked a lot more stunning in the live footage. 

Naomi Watts
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I loved Naomi's canary yellow Gucci dress. The belt with the frosted buckle really just added the perfect touch, and to make sure she stood out, she added a diamond Bvlgari statement necklace in the shape of a serpent. Stunning! The only thing I would have changed was the clutch. I felt that the white or creamy colour of the bag slightly clashed with the rest of the look. 


Now let's move right on to the worst dressed. I only have four women chosen to be in my worst dressed this year, although I am sure they're were I few more that I didn't have time to add so I let them off the hook. Here are my worst dressed:

Worst Dressed

Claire Danes
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This Valentino dress just has way too much going on. I hate the amount of feathers on it. It would take like twenty birds to make this dress if they used real feathers. The only way I think this could have worked was if the skirt of the dress was paired with a really simple black top. However, as is, with the crazy feathery top, the plunging neckline and sheer material, it is all way to much and it looks a little bit like big bird threw up on her. Also, the earrings were a terrible addition to the look. Way too matchy matchy. 

Rosamund Pike
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This was the first dress I saw this award season and I was very disappointed with it, especially because it's Vera Wang. The bottom of the dress in stunning but I absolutely hate the top. The fit is horrible, the little crisscross sting straps are horrible and it just gives her a horrible shape. I know that Rosamund has recently had a baby so it's supposed to be almost a version of a maternity dress but I just think it did nothing for her.

Keira Knightley 
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Keira Knightley is the second person on this list with some sort of bird theme in this Channel dress. The strangest thing about this is that most of the people on the worst dressed list are wearing amazing designers. I sort of got where they were going with this dress but I just think they didn't pull it off. It makes Keira look frumpy, which I would have thought to be impossible, but this dress did it. Maybe if the bottom frills were removed, the waistband was lowered and the butterfly corsage didn't exist, it may have been salvageable, but it's a bit of a long shot.

 Lorde
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The last person who made it on to our worst dressed list, and just barely made it on, is Lorde. She is wearing custom Narciso Rodriguez. I liked the idea of what she was trying to do, the suit with the crop top and the diamond necklace, but it just wasn't executed well. The trousers were way too long for her and it sort of seemed like a little girl dressing up in her dad's suit. I also didn't like the jacket or the trousers individually, but I think the look could have been amazing with a different jacket and trousers that fit a bit better. I loved the necklace but the hair ruined everything for me. You can't see it in the picture but it is a long, straight, low ponytail and I just didn't like it on her. I much prefer her curls. I think she was channeling a bit of Janice Ian from Mean Girls with this look and it just missed best dressed because of the execution. 

So that's it for the first big red carpet of award season. I hope you liked this post! Let me know which other award shows you are excited to see my best and worst dressed from, and I will make sure to do them. Also, leave a comment down below, telling me who was your best and worst dressed of the night. 

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Golden Globes 2014: My Best and Worst Dressed

Hey guys! So I watched the Golden Globes last night and I thought that I had to do a blog post of my best and worst dressed of the night. So I'll start with the best looks of the night in no particular order.

Best Dressed

Cate Blanchett















Cate looks so stunning in this black lace Armani PrivĂ© gown. I absolutely love the back of this dress, it's gorgeous. The only thing I don't like about this look if I had to be really picky is the earrings, i'm not mad about them. This is such a statement dress that I probably would have just put some simple studs with it because the dress really doesn't need much accessorizing.


Lupita Nyong'o
This dress is amazing, and so cool. The full length cape takes what would be a gorgeous dress on it's own to a completely different level. I really love how she pared it with such simple makeup and accessories so that everyone's main focus was that amazing dress.



Tina Fey














I loved Tina Fey's first dress during the presenting of the show. I just couldn't help think about how absolutely stunning she looked in this while I was watching it last night. I love the dress, it's very simple with the perfect amount of jeweled detail. So classy!


Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift looked effortlessly gorgeous in this Carolina Herrera dress. I just think the gown is so beautiful, I love the black band at the top and think the redish fuschia colour is gorgeous. The only thing I'm not sure about is the dark red lip with this dress, I think it clashes slightly, but she still looks amazing.



Julia Bowen
I really like Julia Bowen's dress with the red and purple colour blocking and the red clutch bag. I dunno, there is just something that I really like about this, I like the colours, I like the shape, the only thing that i'm not crazy about is the velvety material for the top of the dress and for the belt, I just would have liked the dress a tiny bit more if it was the same material as the skirt part of the dress.



 Kate Beckinsale
I love Kate Beckinsale's silvery metallic Zuhair Murad dress. She looks amazing. This is how you pull off the metallic shiny look without looking trashy.This dress is all class. I love it!



Kerry Washington 
Kerry Washington debuted her baby bump in this stunning Balenciaga maternity dress. It perfectly accentuated her baby bump and she looked gorgeous.



 Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara appeared on the red carpet in this stunning black Zac Posen gown. I really like this gown and I love the idea of the statement necklace with it but I think that I would prefer it with a gold or silver necklace, or even white. I don't really like the turquoise blue necklace with it.


Worst Dressed


Paula Patton
I don't think I need to say much about this dress. It is way too busy and I just don't think it worked. I think the picture speaks for itself.



 Julia Roberts
I love Julia Roberts but this look just didn't work for me. Without the shirt underneath this would have been perfect. The only way I think the shirt underneath could have worked is if there was no belt or if it had just a plain white. The sparkly belt and the shirt together just didn't work at all.



 Drew Barrymore
I know that Drew Barrymore is pregnant and that she loves bright and colourful fun clothes but I did not like this dress at all. I think that the best thing for a pregnant woman to wear on the red carpet is something really simple that accentuates their bump like what Kerry Washington wore. This is way too busy. I do like that she paired red peep toes with it though.



 Jennifer Lawrence
I hate that I have to put Jennifer Lawrence on my worst dressed list. She is my favourite actress and I love her, but no matter how I look at it this is not a good dress by Dior. It would have been fine if there was no second band but I have seen the gifs online comparing her to Ariel wearing a sail with rope wrapped around it and now there is no way I can't take it seriously with the second band. Otherwise I love the clutch bag and she still looks amazing, she would look amazing if she was wearing a bin bag.

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