Fashion: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Oscars

The Oscars were Sunday, and although it’s a very well known show that gives prestigious awards, I find the show to be rather dull.  

Typically, I watch a lot of music award shows, but not many for acting because they just don’t seem as interesting to me.  Nevertheless, I watched the Oscars, but just to check out the looks the celebs were giving for the night.

First, we’ll get into the looks that I enjoyed.  Scarlett Johansson looked absolutely stunning in her emerald green Versace gown paired with her heavy crystal necklace.  The dress captured every curve of her body precisely as she walked the red carpet. 

I thought Oprah looked pretty great as well in her nude Vera Wang custom gown.  Jennifer Lopez turned heads in her Elie Saab gown, although I thought the look was a little too safe for J-lo.  It looked like something I’ve seen her wear a few times in previous years, but she looked beautiful as usual.  

Although I’m sure some people will argue with me about this, I did enjoy Tegan Quin’s tuxedo by The Kooples.  It looked like she had fun putting her look together.  Even though it didn’t give me the traditional Oscar look, it was very cool, edgy, and eye catching.

Meryl Streep is still slaying at 65.  She was wearing a custom Lanvin gown.  Her look was very chique and age appropriate.  By the way, someone should write down her beauty tips, because I’m sure we’d all like to look that youthful at 65.  

Jennifer Aniston graced us all with a beautiful Atelier Versace dress.  She has always given this hot Hollywood mom look, in my opinion.  Reese Witherspoon never really disappoints.  She rocked a custom Tom Ford gown that showed off her curves and gave her a very elegant but modern look. 

Last but not least Lupita Nyong’o definitely caught my attention in her custom Calvin Klein Collection gown.  Lupita has such a beautiful, crisp, crystal clear complexion that she would look good in just about any color.

Now there were a few celebs that I saw that should have consulted their stylist a little further before going through with their looks.  Hannah Bagshawe’s dress was terrible.  I don’t know who is to be at fault for this, her or designer Alexander McQueen.  Those side flaps or whatever were unnecessary. 

Jessica Chastain’s “open chest area” on her dress was not appealing at all.  This is one of those situations where you ask, “Who let you walk out of the house like that?”  Felicity Jones’s dress wasn’t very appealing either.  The top half and the bottom half didn’t match in my opinion, and it looked like she skipped the dry cleaning and just threw it on. 

But overall the show wasn’t bad.  Julianne Moore won best leading actress in “Still Alice.”  Eddie Redmayne won best actor in a leading role in “The Theory Of Everything.”  

J.K. Simmons won best actor in a supporting role in “Whiplash.”  Patricia Arquette won best supporting actress in “Boyhood.”  Milena Canonero won best costume design in “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”  John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn won best musical original song with “Glory” from Selma. 

What I found most interesting, though, was the fact that the show only got 10 million views, which isn’t bad for a TV show, but for the Oscars in particular, it’s not very good, considering how many views the show usually gets.  Hmm.  Maybe I’m not the only one who thought that it was rather dull.