#Margot isn’t a good actress and she is the most basic white girl

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Why does Marg*t R*bbie do the same awful accent in every single role? Whoever told her that she could pull off the accent lied to her. 😭

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Hello! So now that got has ended I'm looking for some tv shows that I could watch after I'm done with my exams. Do you have any suggestions? I'm not looking for anything specific, although if you have watched some good period dramas, I'd love some recommendations. Also wanted to add how much I love your blog, it's really beautiful

tysm that’s so sweet!! i love giving recs so i’ve got a bunch that you might like under the cut; i’ve put a ♡ next to my favs

period dramas:

NEW WORLDS (2014)this one is a mini series, only 4 episodes long, but please don’t let that stop you! it’s about anti-monarchism and rebellion and forbidden love in the 1600′s & is set in both england and america. i cried more than once but the ending is so bittersweet and hopeful!! 

POLDARK (2015—)i have a love/hate relationship with this one tbh. i started watching because of the main relationship but i ended up really into it for the side relationships instead?? the actual political plot doesn’t interest me but i love the drama between the family members. also i adore the women in this show, every single female character is well-written and realistic and you’ll love them all (even if at times you hate them). the men tho? the men are pretty much collectively the worst. “what’s wrong with the women in this family?” “the men.”

SPARTACUS (2010—2013) ♡i started watching this before i ever got into game of thrones but if you like the fight scenes in got, you’ll enjoy this! great characters, great fight scenes, great friendships. this one is based on gladiators who are fighting for their freedom.

THE WHITE PRINCESS (2017) ♡okay firstly and most importantly: jodie comer stars in this so you know it’s good. it’s also got michelle fairly (catelyn stark) in it though tbh she wasn’t my favourite character in this and i didn’t find her likeable at all. it’s not very historically accurate ofc but the relationship between henry/elizabeth is honestly the perfect enemies to lovers rep & always lowkey reminds me of book!sansa/jon possibilities

PAN AM (2011—2012)this one isn’t like game of thrones at all but it’s only one season and it’s super cute and has a lot of famous actresses in it like christina ricci & margot robbie. based on the adventures of a crew of pan am stewardesses, this is a good combination of lighthearted fun and chilling cold-war drama. an old favourite. 

THE MUSKETEERS (2014—2016) ♡i’ll be gushing over this for years to come tbh it’s really just that perfect. the relationship between the musketeers is so lovely, the personification of ‘brotherhood’ really, but also the romantic relationships are really good too?? which for some reason i personally hadn’t expected. my fav couple is aramis/anne (anne is played by the actress who played roslin frey!) because the forbidden love & the respect and adoration between those two is just perfect but really every relationship (even the ones that don’t become endgame) are written very well

OUTLANDER (2014—)i haven’t watched every single episode of this one but from what i have seen it’s very good, and has some similar themes to game of thrones!! the sex scenes are epic, the main relationship is lovely, and overall its a very realistic show that features supernatural elements!

THE LAST KINGDOM (2015—) ♡i’m not going to lie: i started this series by skipping straight to 2x7 because i’d seen gifs of the relationship between aethelflaed and erik but it was so good i ended up going back and starting from the beginning! this show reminds me of ‘vikings’ more tham game of thrones but it’s not as gory and the characters aren’t all assholes. side note: if you love sansa stark as much as i do you’re gonna love aethelflaed, lady of mercia! she’s actually a real person but this show is based on a book series that looks super interesting! honestly the main character also kind of reminds me of jon snow

HARLOTS (2017—) ♡oh my gosh how do i describe this show?? the family dynamics are so! intricate! and! beautiful! honestly just stunning. everything about this show is s t u n n i n g. the costumes are colourful and vivid and honestly i’d recommend watching just for that but the storyline really does keep you hooked!! also: liv tyler and jessica brown findlay are love interests in this which is honestly a dream come true

BLACK SAILS (2015—2017)okay full disclosure; i haven’t actually seen this but i’ve heard very good things and it’s on my list!! it’s about pirates, i think there’s some queer rep (can anybody confirm??), and there’s lots of amazing women. again, allegedly. 

dramas:

THE SOCIETY (2018—)i literally watched the entire first season in a single night so it must be alright, right? basically all you need to know about this is that a town full of teenagers go on a field trip & then return to find all their parents mysteriously missing and their town closed off from the outside world. it’s basically lord of the flies but modern! with some kick-ass friendships! and amazing young women (one literally teaches herself to be a doctor can you believe?)! 

SHARP OBJECTS (2018)if you haven’t heard about this one yet idk what rock you’ve been living under but welcome back! this one is a m a z i n g but also hella chilling and the ending is such a shocker if it hasn’t been spoiled for you yet!

THE BOLD TYPE (2017—) ♡i always describe this one as ‘sex and the city for millennials’ but i’ve never watched a single sex and the city episode in my life so i honestly don’t know how accurate that is?? but it’s about a group of 20-something year old women who are best friends and work mates and they love each other so much?? the relationship between the girls is my favourite thing about the show but the show honestly tackles a lot of relevant issues; trump, age gaps, queer rep, immigration, racism, etc. i can’t recommend this enough!

CODE BLACK (2015—2018) ♡you know those episodes in greys anatomy where everything is life-or-death and you’re on edge for the whole episode? that’s basically every single episode of code black. this is hands-down one of my most rewatched shows ever. i love medical dramas and this one balances well written characters with action-packed medical miracles so honestly what’s not to like?? 

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (2018—)okay admittedly the only reason i watch this show is because of the main couple but i can’t help it when they’re just so gosh-darn cute!! they love each other so god damned much! i wasn’t completely sold on this straight away but by ep 3 i was HOOKED. if you like supernatural romances/dramas that are more mature than your usual cw show, this one is a good choice!

THE OA (2016—) ♡i can’t even put into words how much i adore this?? but also: it will confuse THE SHIT out of you. no matter how smart you are, this one will leave you scratching your head. basically: a group of people who’ve had near-death experiences get kidnapped and experimented on. it’s not as brutal as it sounds, in fact the show is exceptionally beautiful, but it does deal with some hard themes and the good guys don’t always win. 

12 MONKEYS (2015—2018)do you like time travel? do you like forbidden and yet totally-still-devoted-to-one-another-anyway love? then this is the show for you! this one is dark and gritty and deals pretty realistically with the concept of time travel & self-sacrifice and what people will give up to create a better world. it’s got a happy ending & you wont regret watching!

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018)oh this one will make you cry. in a good way though! long story short a family grows up in a haunted house and it affects them in ways they cannot imagine. it’s hauntingly beautiful and poetic and everybody should watch it at least once imo

comedies:

THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL (2017—)okay so this one counts as a period drama as well but it’s about a COMEDIAN so i put it in the comedy section lol. okay so long story short, a woman is left by her husband, she’s worth 1000 of him & everybody else knows it because you seriously can’t help falling in love with this woman but ofc there’s period-typical sexism she has to face as she struggles with being a single woman, a single mother, and an up-and-coming comedian. def recommend.

SANTA CLARITA DIET (2017—2019)drew barrymore is a zombie!! who lives a normal life but also eats people!! it’s only weird for the first couple of eps. the family dynamics are snarky and witty and they manage to make gore funny?? honestly this entire show is legit laugh-out-loud darkly hilarious.

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under the cut is all my chars, links to their pages, and mini bios about them all for plotting purposes. if anyone wants to plot, feel free to hit me up tbh, or like this and i’ll come to you. thxxxxxx.

cordelia genevieve von jenner (gigi hadid fc) - 21, fashion designer, aries, the queen bitch. cordelia has always grown up with more money than she knew what to do with (but that didn’t stop her from trying to use it all). she grew up in beverly hills, california and has the valley girl accent to match. everyone thinks that she’s ditzy and dumb usually the moment they see her. her family life has never been great. her mom is critical of every little thing she does and her father is just absent whenever she needs him most. the person she’s closest to is her twin sister, ziggy. they were raised by nannies and couldn’t have turned out more differently. where ziggy is kind and sweet and caring, cordelia is cold and cruel and cunning. she has a plot for everything and was the classic mean girl in high school. she came to new york university for college and ended up dropping out after two years, being offered a job to design for a major fashion company in the city itself after spending a year there for an internship. good connections for her would probs be ex boyfriends, hookups, best friends, friends from home, friends turned enemies, etc.

margot avery benson (nina dobrev fc) - 23, medical student, leo, the sweetheart. margot is probably one of the kindest people that anyone has ever met. she cares about people to an extreme degree. she’s competitive to a fault, headstrong, and never without a smile on her face. she’s also the biggest klutz known to man and tends to make awkward situations 200x more awkward than they need be. she’s the second oldest of four siblings–the eldest of whom recently died in a tragic car accident over the summer. this really affected margot’s world negatively and made her re-evaluate things. she was dating a boy literally for years–they were high school sweethearts and everyone thought they would go on to be together forever–but after her sister’s death, she immediately pulled away from him, breaking up with him because she realized she hadn’t gotten to experience much of life without a boyfriend. basically, her purpose is now to feel as alive as possible and become the best person that she can. she’s trying to figure out what she wants to do, how she’s going to do it, and what’s most important to her. connections for her that i would love is the ex-boyfriend she dated for years, a good friend group (squaaaad), and academic rivals.

rowan scott vitto (jeremy allen white fc) - 22, investigative journalist at the new york times, capricorn. the stoner. rowan  has a love for the green stuff. overall, he’s not so much different from the frat brothers he left in college–he partied (still does often), he slept around until he met his girlfriend silver–but he is a kind, poetic soul at heart. he spends most of his time reading old literature and writing his own poetry. he has a younger sister, venus, who he protects like no other. his father is a little out there as a person and, in turn, so is he. they’re a close family for the most part, but the death of their mom really took its toll on all of them. when he’s graduated, rowan is  ambitious and romantic and just the sweetest lil southern gentleman  you’ll ever see in your life. he’s also ridiculously rich and is very giving because of it, as he knows that not everyone has the same opportunities as he does. 10/10 guy. would probably make pancakes in the morning for the girls his frat bros slept with in college. some great connections for him would be exes, a best friend, frat brothers from college, coworkers, etc.

chander dawn miller (phoebe tonkin fc) - 21, actress, taurus, the reformed. chandler dawn is a household name. anyone who’s anyone has heard of her. since the age of 12 when she was first discovered as an actress and went to work on a successful kids tv show, she’s been a star. from magazine covers to movie premieres to award shows, chandler never had a normal childhood; she never had the chance, and it very clearly affected her once she hit adolescence. she went a little crazy come her teenage years, especially once she turned 16. she began sleeping around, partying like wild. she wasn’t the sweet, household name anymore. she wanted to show the world that she changed and grown up. this went on for years. all anyone would see in magazines was more articles about her getting arrested for underage drinking or drinking and driving or drug possession. it wasn’t until she finally nearly overdosed on cocaine that she realized that she needed to get her shit together. her dad no longer a part of her life, her mom acts as her agent and isn’t so enthusiastic about her daughter taking it easy from acting and moving to new york, but chandler is hoping that the change will be good for her. that it will be a new beginning. good connections for her are party friends that she used to hang out with, fellow actresses, enemies/rivals, bad influence friends, etc.

miranda angelica lancaster (nicola peltz fc) - 21, business student, capricorn, the executive. miranda lancaster is no one you can push around. while she believes in class and dignity above all else, she will still punch someone in the face if they piss her off. she doesn’t take shit and she’s kind of a bitch, but that comes with the territory of being a spoiled brat. she’s driven and determined and knows what she wants--in life, in a partner, in her future--and she’s willing to go to whatever lengths to make them all happen. her true dream is to take over her father’s business once she graduates, but he seems determined to give it over to her older brother, sebastian, instead, despite the fact that he doesn’t want to do it. some gr8 connections for her would be friends with benefits, unlikely friends, a friend she can protect that doesn’t speak up as much for themselves, enemies, exes, etc.

toby anthony dermott (daniel sharman fc) - 22, store clerk, cancer, the addict. toby’s life hasn’t been an easy one for him. when he was about ten years old, his parents passed away in a random shooting at the grocery store they were at. he’s lived with his grandparents since. they’ve never been wealthy, in fact most of the time they lived a paycheck to paycheck lifestyle, but toby never took it for granted. he was extremely grateful for them, but at the same time, he was depressed. he missed his family and the way things used to be. he turned to drugs in his time of need, only at age 15. though he sucked at actually attending school, he was practically a genius. he had a natural inclination toward mechanical engineering and, thanks to a teacher who knew him well and wrote him a glowing letter of recommendation, he got a scholarship to attend nyu. still in the prime of his addiction, he attended school there, getting an apartment in the city. it was only after a semester, though, that his grandfather passed away from a heart attack. his world was changed once more, and now he was determined to get sober. he went to rehab back home for a few months and ended up returning once more to new york. he’s never seen himself as worth very much, but he wanted a fresh start in the city to take his mind off of all he lost at home. he’s still close to his grandmother, though. some wanted connections for him are exes, cousins/family, friends from home, friends from his time in college, coworkers, etc.

sasha marie underwood (dominique provost-chalkley fc) - 22, dance instructor/student of dance, virgo, the idealist. sasha’s parents gave her up when she was only a few hours old. all they left her with was a note explaining their decision and her birth certificate. sasha had never had the heart to read the letter, even today, but she’s always kept it close to her bed at night, tucked away in a nightstand. she moved in and out of foster care from that age onward, bouncing from home to home. finding a home seemed impossible and making friendships seemed even worse, as she was always moving around, being separated from those she cared about. she made one friend in foster care that she lives with now in new york and they remain closer than ever. sasha’s experience in foster care was a terrible one full of abuse, but the friend made things seem easier for a time at least. she was never adopted, but when she was 18, she left, having earned a scholarship for dance at the new york academy of the arts. she’s a kind, open-minded soul with so much love and heart to give. she puts her everything into teaching kids how to dance and wants to be on broadway someday. some connections i would love for her would be the friend from foster care she lives with, any other friends from it, ex-siblings, exes, parents of kids she teaches, etc.

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Oscar Dresses - Winners & Losers

A few thoughts on the 90th Anniversary of the Oscars!

There were several trends in the dresses at Oscars – the blush, pale pastel feminine dresses are still in.  But, so were bright colors.  That being said – so was bright white and pink.  In other words – everything was on trend last night – except black.  After everyone wore black to the Golden Globes, hardly anyone wore it to the Oscars.

All in all, the dresses weren’t that inspiring this year.  I only gasped one or two or three times.  And one gasp was reserved for Timothee Chalamet – the young star of “Call My By Your Name.”  If I was only 18 again –

Who am I kidding? 

Sadly, even when I was at my best at 18 (?) Timothee would have never looked even once at me!

THE WHITES:

Timothee aka Elio in “Call Me By Your Name.”  Tim wore trendy white hot for the evening.     He’s such a cutie and was definitely the Best Dressed Man Under Twenty-Five winner!!  Even if he was worried about a flash flood at the Oscars.

Mary J Blige looked beautiful – she was also nominated for two Oscars!  Remember when she was rapper – now she is this gorgeous, sophisticated glamorous woman.  Loved her hair, too.  Her makeup – her lips and eyes are perfect for the dress.

Camila Alves was dressed more as a bride than the wife of an actor - Matthew McConaughey.  White with netting means only one thing – getting married.  This was not a great look for Camila, I hate to say.  Thank GOD she doesn’t read this blog.  Wait, Matthew just called me and he’s FURIOUS about what I said!!!!!!!!!!

Laura Dern looked her prettiest ever – in Calvin Klein.  The simple dress was perfect for her beautiful thin frame, and the one detail on the shoulder was genius.   Her hair and jewelry were perfect.   LOVE!!!

Jane Fonda said she styled herself – if true, whoa.   She has a new career.  Dress by Balmain.  Love the earrings and the hair!!    She is incredibly pretty for her age, hell for ANY age!   But, she doesn’t really look very nice  – does she?

 But – the winner in WHITE was Margot Robbie.  She looked gorgeous in her Chanel dress.  It was sexy, chic, and elegant.   I LOVED that she didn’t ruin the line of the dress with a necklace.  Her hair was perfect with just a hint of a wave that accented her gorgeous eyes.  Makeup was perfect   And notice how pretty her coloring was in WHITE.   That’s something I want to talk about today – wearing a color that looks good on you. 

In interior design – when I would choose a color scheme (usually) for a woman – I would try to choose a color scheme that the homeowner would look good living in.  

Wearing clothes is the same principle.  Margot and Jane Fonda both look good in white – their hair color is well matched to the white.  Mary J Blige also looks good in white – and notice her hair color!  Again, Blige’s hair awakens the color or vice versa.  Laura Dern would have looked just a bit better if her hair had some blonder highlights. 

But – notice Camila.  Maybe she didn’t looked as pretty as she is because of the bridal dress – or maybe it is her coloring and her necklace – together, they don’t look that good or flattering in the bright white.    It’s not her dark hair color, because look how good Timothee looks in bright white – and he too has black hair.

Word of warning – always judge a outfit by how the color looks on you, with your skin coloring, your hair coloring, your makeup.

A winner this year:   Margo looked beautiful in her bright white and her mother look so pretty and age appropriate in her colorful dress.

PASTEL AND BLUSH LOOKS:

Elisabeth Moss was blushed in Christian Dior.  She also wore the trend of the Golden Globes which wasn’t nearly as trendy at the Oscars – a belt.  She looked beautiful and feminine.  Again, her coloring and hair worked perfectly with this blush pink dress.  Again – no necklace was the right choice.  And – isn’t this flattering for not a rail thin figure?

Mira Sorvino looks beautiful in her long fancy blush dress – fitting for her comeback after Harvey Weinstein ended her career, basically blacklisting her years ago.  It was a perfect dress for her first Oscars in a long time.

Emily Gordon’s pastel/blush dress had more of a tan undertone.  The belt was black.  But notice how pretty she looks – her hair is a match for the color of the dress.  Very very nice.

Allison Williams in Armani – her dress is gorgeous.  But why does she look washed out in her dress while Elisabeth Moss glows?   Her hair and skin tone just don’t look great in this particular blush color.

It’s not Allison’s dark hair – because the best dressed winner in blush is Gina Rodriguez in Zuhair Murad. Her blush fabric had a hint of brown – giving it a warmer tone – perhaps this is why Gina looked radiant in her blush dress, while Allison looked washed out.

Remember, when buying an expensive dress for a wedding or the Red Carpet – always think of the fabric, your skin tone and your hair color when making the final decision.

PINKS:

Besides the pale blush – there were true pinks this year.  Viola Davis wore a deep, true pink by Michael Kors.  I like her purse and hair – but the dress is too bubblegum pink for me.

This one really killed me.   Soarse Roonin never really looks great in her fancy Red Carpet dresses.  I think the problem is her stylist.  She needs a new one.  The proof of this was her Calvin Klein Oscar dress.  It was a total disaster.  It’s terrible.  It doesn’t even fit!  How could her stylist ever let her wear this????  Why?   In the right dress, Soarse would be stunning.  This dress was just falling off her!!!   Notice how far down the dress is from her armpits. 

  Her stylist does better with other stars, but not with Soarse. 

Her dress looked prettier from the back, she should have just sat in her chair backwards all night.  Or – she could have turned the dress around.   I do love her new short blunt hair cut and her shoes are very pretty.

Danai Gurira shows Soarse how she should have worn her pink dress.  The same neckline – but Danai wears it so, so much better.    Notice how close the dress lays to her armpits – now notice on Soarse, the dress is about 5 inches from her armpit, giving the illusion that is falling down, but it’s not really an illusion – it was falling down.

  Laurie Metcalf wore a true pink dress that had a shimmer to it.   Again – no necklace looked good with this dress.   Her dark hair looks pretty against the light pink color – Laurie looked beautiful, I thought.  Christian Siriano designed her dress which is a shocker.  Most of his dresses are not nearly this good, but he did a great job for Laurie.

THE METALLICS:

Molly Sims wore this metallic silver dress.  Very pretty but too much cleavage.  NOTE:   If you are going to have an open cleavage like this – be sure your breasts are perfect. 

Beanie Feldstein played a smart nerd in Lady Bird – but I barely recognized her here.  She looked so pretty at the Oscars.  BTW – Lady Bird is an especially good movie if you have a daughter. 

Not everyone has to wear a tight dress, but Sally Hawkes dress by Armani looked like a fancy paper bag.  And those shoulder pads.  

PLUS I am still irate that The Shape of Water won Best Picture over Call Me By Your Name!!! 

I swore that if  The Shape of Water won, I would never watch another Oscars.   So, this is my last one. 

Just a warning.

I can never do another Best Dressed At The Oscars now that the Fish Monster movie won.  I’ll just do the Golden Globes or The Emmys from now on.

Lupita Nyongo was in metallic gold.  Everyone loved her outfit, but to me it looked like she was a winner in the Miss America contest with that sash.    Not a favorite.  But I did love her hair.

Zoey Deutch in Elie Saab dress was pretty – but in certain light, her coloring clashed with the silver metallic.  I kept thinking if the dress had a bronze tone to it – she would have been a knockout.

Actually, this dress should be in the “Blush” category, not metallic – but it’s too late to change it now.  On TV it looked like a metallic to me.

In 1961 Rita Moreno won her Best Supporting Oscar for West Side Story.  She kept her dress all these years….and

wore it again last night.  But it would have looked better without the headband, the necklace, the bracelets, and the earrings.  I would have made a skin tight bolero to cover my upper arms, but that’s me.  The dress needed a little fitting.  She’s so adorable and it was a cute idea for sentimental reasons, but I guess I’m not sentimental. 

If everyone was sentimental – we would see this again:

on a 75 year old woman!!   OY!!

This is the best dress I ever saw Sandra Bullock wear on the Red Carpet – Louis Vuitton, no wonder!  But as good as she looked, I almost thought she was wearing the same dress as another star.  Sandra even joked about it on stage.

Sandra’s twin was Gal Gadot.  I thought they wore the same designer and I could NOT believe the designer would allow that!  But Gal’s dress was by Givency and up close, they didn’t look the same.  Gadot was one of my Best Dressed last night.  Total Perfection.   The black and silver looked wonderful on her.   That fringe!!   Those shoes!!!   Her hair was perfect.

As beautiful as Gal’s dress was,  her jewelry by Tiffany was a scene stealer.  I couldn’t figure out if it was vintage or new.  It was stunning.  Her stylist Elizabeth Stewart showed perfect restraint by not putting bracelets on her.   The necklace, by the way, was designed for Gal by Tiffany’s special Blue Book Collection – their one of a kind custom division.

Another runner up Best Dressed was Jennifer Lawrence.  She consistently looks great on Red Carpets because she has a contract with Dior.  The actresses with the contracts usually always look the best.    This dress was perfection.  Her hair, her makeup, the minimal jewelry.   To die for!!   I just love her.

THE WORST DRESSED – THE GIRLS WHO LOOKED LIKE THEY WORKED IN SAN FRANCISCO DURING THE GOLD RUSH YEARS:

Lindsey Vonn in Christian Siriano.  What else would you expect from him?  And as if that dress wasn’t glitzy enough – she added that necklace too!

Renee Bargh.   What IS this?!  It didn’t even fit right – notice how it was pulling at the crotch area.

I always remember the late Joan Rivers.  Her biggest complaint was that Red Carpet dresses never fit properly.  She would see them up close and would rant and rant about how poorly tailored their dresses were.  This is an example of that.

Whoopi.  Guess who?   Yep.   Christian Siriano again.

Why would anyone hire him?   See my Golden Globes recap – where he dressed half the actresses there to see more of his creations.

Maybe on someone else this would have looked better.  Emily Blunt in baby blue.   Did she just have a boy?   Emily did look prettier on the screen.   But yikes!!!!  No!!!

Salma Hayek.   Her dress did not photograph well at all.  The sequins were mostly matte and they made the dress look blurry in photos.  And Elisabeth my daughter hated this.  But I liked the dress itself.   The color was wrong for Salma -  she is on the Worst Dressed – but on someone else….taller, lithe, with no jewelry, slicked back hair – it might have been a better look.

THE DARK FABRICS:

There weren’t that many dark dresses, but the two I noticed were both Worst Dressed:

Zendaya.   I seriously checked to see if this was a Christian Siriano, but it’s not.  That sleeve!  Looks like her arm is in a sling and she’s trying to disguise it.  Terrible.  I did like her jewelry and hair.

Taraji Henson.   Too much going on here.  Too much skin.  Her hair and makeup look great, but not the dress.

  Diane Warren – she wore a square box on her back that was sewn to her sleeves. Seriously.  Look at it.  WHAT IS THAT?!?!?

Wait.  I know!   On her back was an advertisement for “Cigarettes 2 Cents a Box.”

  It’s actually by YSL.  OK, what do you expect from someone named St. Vincent?  It’s not her real name tho.  Sort of like Lady Bird.  Those shoes.  Those sleeves.   The point between her crotch.  LOL.  Seriously this is the worst of the night.  The hat is cute and her hair and make up are cute.  She’s a cute girl, but give me a break!  It’s the Oscars!!!

THE BRIGHTS:

There were a lot of primary bright dresses, like yellow – Eiza Gonzales.  The orange lipstick looks great with yellow – but coral and orange based lipstick makes your teeth look yellow too!!!   Maybe that’s why she kept her lips shut?

Greta Gerwig looked really pretty in this dress, considering what she wore to her last award show.  She’s adorable and I wished Lady Bird would have won over The Sexy Sea Monster!!! 

Lady Bird even co-stars cutie Timothee Chalamet!   LOL.  Nope, Timothee – there’s still no rain.

Look how adorable Greta’s hair looked from the side. Cutest hair cut of the night!

Another primary color was red – here on Christine Lahti who has one of the best bodies in Hollywood.   Don’t care for the shoes, but the dress was made for her thin, tall, lithe build. Can’t stand the purse either.   Hmmm.  Maybe I should just erase her?

We all know she look fabulous.  Think The Devil Wears Prada.  Fab-u-lous.

Remember?

The Devil Wears Prada

I loved what Maya Rudolph wore.  I know it’s weird and looks like something the Devil might wear if he was the pope instead of Prada – but I just liked it.  I thought she looked good and she was funny on stage.  Win.

Allison Janney looked good – she’s another one with a great body for Red Carpet clothes – tall, thin, small chested – everything I am the complete opposite of.   Hmm. 

So that’s what my problem with clothes is?????

OK – Allison’s dress looked very nice on her, I liked her purse and hair.   But her stylist should have left the necklace and earrings off.  I just kept staring at them, not looking at Allison – they were a distraction in a bad way.   That’s why you hire stylists – but only GOOD stylists.

Like I know what I’m talking about.

The Blues.  Jennifer Garner.  I really hated this dress.  It reminds me of a Mother Of the Bride from the 90s.  Or maybe something Joan Collins would have worn on Dynasty.  So matronly.  Not a good look for a young mother now trying to hang onto her career by her fingernails.   Versace.

 Not bright blue, but the periwinkle blue looks lovely on Helen Mirren.  But please, lose the black shoes.  Her jewelry looks perfect – it dresses up the plain outfit.  And her hair!  Fabulous!!!!  Another Best Hair of the night.  She looked great – what an inspiration!

OK – green is not a primary color, but put blue and yellow together and it’s close enough.

Wendi McLendon Covey was one of a very few wearing the oh so trendy green – and she looked good in the color.  It went perfectly with her skin tone and hair.    She looked very pretty –and her cleavage looked even younger than she is.   My only complaint (of which I seem to have a lot!) – her lip needed to be darker.

  Another bright, sort of primary color – Ashley Judd and Jennifer Garner should have their kids marry each other so they can both wear their Mother of the Bride dresses to the wedding.

Like I said, it wasn’t a great night for fashion. 

I didn’t get that WOW feeling too much.  But here they were:

Runners Up for Best Dressed – these made me look up and take notice:

Gal Gadot. 

Margot Robbie in Chanel.

Jennifer Lawrence in Dior

And the only time that I actually gasped was:

Nicole Kidman.  Her body was made for this dress OR was it the other way around?  Perfection!

Armani

  Love the diamond earrings and her white skin that is so stark against the shiny deep blue.

  Here she playfully shows off her shoes.

That bow!  That bustier!  Those arms!!!

Nicole rarely, rarely ever messes up on the Red Carpet.

She and Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Lawrence are always Best Dressed.

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BRIGHT YELLOW HERE

RED HERE

A SHORT ALLISON JANNEY DRESS HERE

NICOLE’S NAVY HERE

from COTE DE TEXAS http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2018/03/oscar-dresses-winners-losers.html