I would wear Evan Rachel Wood’s gown in a nano-second. Wow!

I agree with your assessment, although I would give Renee Zelwegger the worst dressed. It looked like she was wearing the top part of it backwards.

My daughter’s favorite was Anne Hathaway.

I think my overall favorite dress was Drew Barrymore’s, although her hair was a bit odd.

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Angie, I agree with your assessment of the best and worse dressed. I love strapless gowns in bright colors with an A-line silhouette. That would my choice to wear if I ever attended an awards show. I would also wear one piece of statement jewelry like a necklace or earrings.

I think the actress from Slumdog Millionaire is gorgeous, but the dress she was wearing was just was not flattering. I don’t understand how stars with money and an army of stylists end up looking so un-fab sometimes. I think Renee Zellweger was the worst. Did she even look in a mirror before she left?

I also watched the show in high-def, which was great for seeing the details on the clothes, but not always so forgiving for close ups of some of the stars faces!

I think you summed up the evenings fashions nicely.
Kate Winslet looked classic – her makeup was also gorgeously done.
Renee usually chooses gowns well but hers did not come off well on tv at all.
I would have liked to see a bit more color – perhaps the gem tones will come out on Oscar night?

I also agree with your assessment Angie, Evan Rachel Wood’s gown was simply divine. Definitely my favorite of the night. And I loved Eva Mendes’s necklace!

Eva Longoria Parker was absolutely STUNNING! She dressed her body type to the max and looked impeccable. I also loved Drew Barrymore; it was fun to see big hair. My dream gown would be similar to the strapless one Audrey Hepburn wore in Sabrina (I think it was Givenchy), with lots of embroidery and a playful scalloped hem.

All in all it was a good year for beautiful dresses, I think. I agree with your choices for the best and worst list.
I liked Drew Barrymore’s gown. Her stylist gave her bedroom hair which was cute on her.
Angelina Jolie looks like she refuses to try so just threw on any old thing.
I thought Cameron Diaz looked very pretty in her pink gown.
Do you like Rumor Willis’ look? I thought she looked very nice. The belt seemed a little odd though.
I agree that Eva Menendes’ necklace was stunning on her. It looked like it was made for just her. She’s beautiful.
The color of Anne Hathaway’s dress was good enough to eat. Yummy.

Actually, I’m surprised that there is this much consensus. Wow.

Meredith, I’m sure you’d wear a vintage 1930’s gown and look absolutely splendid. Violet, you’d look beautiful in a strapless gown. Which bright colour would you choose? And Tanya, what would you wear? You’d bring out your “inner bombshell tendencies” for sure.

Chris, I agree with you. Renee Zellweger often chooses exquisite gowns and many of them are by Carolina Herrera. I don’t know what she was thinking. Part of me believes she wore this awful frock on purpose – after all, there is no such thing as bad publicity.

San and Tanya, I also loved Eva’s Mendez’s necklace. It packed the perfect fun and ethnic punch to her formal look. I did not prefer Cameron Diaz’s gown – too much going on.

One of my favourite gals, Penelope Cruz, did not seem up to scratch. She looked nice, but nothing fabulous. And my absolute favourite, Cate Blanchett wasn’t even there.

Like Meredith and San, Drew Barrymore’s gown was my favorite. The shape, the color and the retro 50s vibe were perfection. But the hair! It’s hard to choose Drew as the best-dressed when the hair spoiled the look …

As for me, in my next life when I am invited to the Golden Globes, I would wear anything Valentino and ask Angie to accessorize it

You are right Angie, I would certainly wear something very fitted. I couldn’t find an appropriate example online though. This is close, but i’d still like something more dramatic:

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/st.....at20000750

As I confessed on last nite’s thread, I loooove award shows. I always look forward to this time of year; it’s one of the few reasons I still watch TV (the presidential debates, upcoming inauguration, and the Olympics are pretty much the only other things that tempt me into a TV nite.)

Eva Mendes’ necklace was the first accessory that made me gleeful last nite. I also really enjoyed the many great earrings we saw, e.g. Sally Hawkins’ and many others’. There were quite a lot of bold stunning pairs that I would just love to have in my closet!

I liked Kate Winslet’s hair and make-up a lot and found the dress super flattering. I liked the dark dark blue dresses yesterday, including Anne Hathaways (though her make-up was too stark for my taste.) Eva Longoria’s dress was wonderful (though again I didn’t like her make-up).

I really liked America Ferrera’s dress as well; it stood out for me as it was knee length and interesting and just different from the sea of floor length “pillar gowns” (probably not a technical term )

Overall, it would have been fun to see a bit more color.

What would I wear? Oh my. I know more about what I would NOT wear. Nothing strapless – it would make me feel too naked and too worried about the dress falling down or something. Not a princess gown, it’s just not my style. I’d want to be elegant, sexy, comfortable (!), and unique-looking, all at the same time. Probably a dress in a stunning color and/or fabric (I think some silvery sparkle might be part of it…) but in a simple and flattering cut, floor length, and tight but stretchy. And then some dazzling interesting accessories, probably bold earrings and maybe a pin somewhere near the mid section. No idea what I’d do with my hair…

How fun! I loved Amy Adam’s dress – the fabric was so unique! I also loved Eva Mendes’ entire look!

If I were rich and famous, this would be my dress of choice: http://www.style.com/slideshow.....00670m.jpg

I might have it hemmed to about tea length, since I’ve never been a fan of long dresses. But I love statement accessories, and the huge feather on the dress seems so “me”.

I loved the waist brooch… I’d really love a post about those !

Fabulous dress, Shell! I love it long though. It’s SO dramatic and elegant that way.

I too loved Drew Barrymore’s dress, but her hair killed her look for me. Such a shame. Frieda Pinto is beautiful, but her dress wasn’t the best choice of colour either. Another shame.

Laura, I’d settle for vintage Valentino or Oscar de la Renta. I’m not fussy! But wearing a Chanel gown would be the highlight of my fashion and style life. You should wear midnight blue for sure. Blue is your colour. And on that note, I’m the only one that was not wowed by Ann Hathaway’s gown. It sort of looked dated.

You’d rock that colour and style Tanya, and I can see you in a shade of blue too Antje – with the craziest earrings AND pulling it off.

I seem to prefer the look of the vintage gowns, or at least the gowns that look like they’re from another era. My favourite red carpet look of all time was when Michelle Williams wore a mango-coloued vintage frock with marquisate jewelry and red, red lipstick. It was old Hollywood at its best. It was a few years ago when Broke Back Mountain won serveral awards. She made my heart skip a beat. I’d either wear black, bright red, smoky grey or canary yellow to a formal red carpet event. I don’t think I’d wear any other colour. I’d keep my accessories and hairstyle funky to contrast against the vintage dress. The shoes would obviously be a problem and I don’t even want to think about that part.

Thanks Angie! I would wear something in a ruby red or purple or something in fuschia. This color is really pretty:

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/st.....cat9360737

I always look forward to seeing Cate Blanchett too. Her gowns are gorgeous.

Did anyone catch the men? Tom Cruise looked very polished, but Mickey Rourke was a mess. Robert Downey Jr. looked a bit too scruffy as well. I prefer it if the men clean up and wear a nice fitting tux.

That’s an amazing choice of colour for you, Violet. As for the blokes, I’m with you. Tom Cruise, Leonardo de Caprio, Seal and Colin Farrell get my votes for best dressed. Most of the men looked scruffy somehow, and then there was Mickey Rourke. Train smash.

I would think any celebrity award show would be so hard to dress for. If you go traditional/classic, it could be interpreted as boring. If you take a risk, you might end up wearing a dead swan.

I’m taking a moment and being glad I’m not famous today.

That Kate Winslet could look smashing in a gunnysack … but she really chose wisely with that simple black gown. Gorgeous.

I’m with Kristers. I don’t understand the scoring system when it comes to awards shows.

Some of those dresses are just so outlandish and horribly unflattering that I can’t honestly believe the women wearing them thought otherwise. There must be some other motivation.

I loved, loved, loved Kate Winslet and Amy Adams. Loved Drew Barrymore’s dress, but her hair was scary-morning-after-atrocious. Totally cheapened the look. Both the style of it and the dark roots.

I was disappointed in Anne Hathaway. She’s become one I’ve looked forward to in the past year now that she’s got the right stylist. She’s looked gorgeous all year. She rocked the red Marchesa gown last year. I was really hoping to be wowed by her, especially after her photo spread in Vogue this month in which she continued to rock Marchesa. But her dress was just kind of yawnish for me. It was nice, but no wow factor for me.

Hmm, if I were attending the awards show, I’d wear Marchesa. (I know, I’m a broken record, but beauitful is beautiful). Although I did see a gorgeous lavender Versace gown last week that made me completely giddy.

I agree about Kate Winslet—so gracious. But, how could you overlook Demi Moore? I thought she looked stunning. Am I the only one?
Thanks for a great blog—very helpful daily read.

Though it’s not being talked about much, my favorite by far is Kyra Sedgwick’s dress:

http://www.tvguide.com/special.....mp;page=38

I’m so glad to see your annual Golden Globes post so we can rate the gowns!

Based on this photo at WWD.com, I’d say Elizabeth Banks was the worst dressed (a peachy, bad prom nightmare):
http://www.wwd.com/fashion-new.....28/1919072

Based on this photo of Cameron Diaz, I’d give her my vote for best dressed. Love the unusual color choice:
http://www.wwd.com/fashion-new.....28/1919080

Miley Cyrus look frightfully old, didn’t even recognize Drew, J. Lo definitely was trying too hard. I agree that Evan Rachel Wood and Kate Winslet looked amazing despite wearing boring black

I’m happy to disagree on this one. Amy Adams? The earrings were lovely but the gown, meh. Props to Drew Barrymore for trying the Marilyn Monroe, even if it was a little too wind-tunnel for my taste.

Evan Rachel Wood I’ll support. Elegant, but also stood out with a gothy flavour. I also quite like J. Lo – trashy, but she pulled it off, in my opinion.

I thought Eva Longoria looked uncomfortable in that gown, although the colour was stunning, and why the bun? Why so many tasteful buns on this red carpet? I know you’re loving it, Angie, but I’m not feeling it. Why so many boring, tasteful dresses? This was the safest Globes yet, I felt, in terms of fashion.

In other words, I wish for the bad old days when Uma Thurman pulled out the milkmaid outfit and Bjork strutted her swan. Yes, most people looked acceptable last night. But …. zzzzzzzzz. Thank God for Maggie Gyllenhaal. OK so the frock wasn’t great, but at least she tried something a little different.

Oh and Laura’s right, I think Kyra Sedgewick looked smashing. Although, what IS that odd, scruffy accessory on her arm? Oh right. That’s Kevin Bacon.

Me personally, I’d wear saffron yellow, the same color as Michelle Williams in that famous yellow frock, or perhaps limey chartreuse. (I’m very fair with green eyes and reddish hair.)

I hear you Lex, and quite right, the fashion at the Globes was safe. I think it’s appropriate, though. The Grammy’s and Emmys seem to be the occasions in which wearing a tuxedo backwards is fine (like Celine Dion did several years ago). Did anyone see Susan Sarandon in her tux? I think she looked great.

I saw “Fashion Police” yesterday and the mind boggles. They loved Elizabeth Banks’s dress. And to your point budget babe, it too left me cold. It was also incredible to hear the defense for Renee Zellwegers ensemble! Oh well. Each to his own. After reassessing all the gowns yesterday, my order or rating remains unchanged. But if I had to base my ratings on emotion instead of aesthetics, I’d have to put Kate Winslet first because she has always been one of my very favourite actresses. And so, so beautiful.

I agree with your choices for best and worst. For myself, I’d probably have to choose something like Glenn Close wore which was a jacket of beautiful fabric that covers up arms and is fairly structured. Rather than pants, I think I’d wear the jacket in a more fitted cropped version, maybe 3/4 length sleeves, and with a long skirt in a soft fabric that skims the body.

For the most part I agree with Angie on the fashion at the Golden Globes. I have two controversial exceptions though.

1. Renee Zellweger– I kind of like her dress except that the nude bodice spoils the whole thing. I think if it had been black this would have been my favorite. I LOVE the line of the skirt. At first I didn’t like her hair at all, but now it is kind of growing on me. I actually think her dress and hair are very old Hollywood if it just weren’t for that nude bodice under shear black. I’m wondering if that was just supposed to provide modern edge but it flopped.

2. Kate Winslet– While I think she looks perfect (in fact, I think she is the most sophisticated by far) I think her actual dress is on the boring side.

Actually Patience, I loved the cut of the skirt of Renee Zellweger’s dress too, but felt that the top was atrocious in all respects. A black bodice would not have helped in my opinion.

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Angelina’s matronly hairdo ages her unnecessarily. She is a woman who would do well to wear BRIGHT colors, and spirited hair styles instead of pretending she is related to the queen mother–I am very disappointed in the fashions she chooses.

OMG! Miley and Taylor look BEAUTIFUL at the read carpet!