The carpet wasn't the only thing red at the Oscars this year. Red was definitely a favorite for gowns this year. Red and shades of plum. 
Katherine Heigl, Helen Mirren, Miley Cyrus, Julie Christie, Ruby Dee, Anne Hathaway and Heidi Klum were among the stars in red gowns Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.  Shades of plum were worn by Cate Blanchett and Jessica Alba.
The other common theme was the strapless or off-the-shoulder theme. Hilary Swank in Versace, Olivia Thirlby in Vera Wang, Ann Hathaway in Marchesa and Katherine Heigl in Escada. Amy Ryan's one-shoulder, midnight-blue dress was custom-made by Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein. Jennifer Garner looked amazing, as usual, in her strapless black gown by Oscar de la Renta. It had a flamenco dancer dress thing going on at the bottom. I'm sure the fashion forward critics will say that most of the outfits were nice but 'safe' but I think everyone look great. It's nice to see people looking pretty for a change. Avante guard and couture has it's place but the Red Carpet Award shows should be about Hollywood glamour and achievement. A dress should be a dress not a costume. No draping dead swans, for example. Not that there weren't plenty of feathers around. Jessica Alba and Penelope Cruz, had tasteful feather accents on their gowns. There were very few patterned dresses, mostly solid, sophisticated, darker colors, with the exception of a few. Cameron Diaz wore a pretty light champagne pink strapless dress and Renee Zellwegger surprised no one showing up in a strapless, form-fitting, slit-up-to here, shiny, beaded glamour gown. 
One dress that stood out was Marion Cotillard's ivory-and-silver gown by Jean Paul Gaultier. Did it fit well? Yes. Did she look good in it? Yes. But the scalloped fabric looked like fish scales, so all I kept thinking was Little Mermaid. It was also nice to see dresses that flatter a well toned body as opposed to shrink wrapping it. Why don't you just spray paint yourself and be done with it? 
As for the guys, lots of black tuxedos, white shirts and black ties, can't go wrong with that classic combination.
P. Diddy, Keith Urban, Seal, Sean Penn, George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Jon Stewart, Regis Philbin, Daniel Day Lewis. When Johnny Depp was asked what he was wearing, he said, "Clothes!" (It was Armani). Doesn't he look pleased with himself? | 
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