What is Light - Urple?

I know everyone out there in the blog world has already posted about their favorite (and least favorite) dresses from last night's Golden Globes so I thought I'd just post a little bit about the trends we saw.

Purple was definitely THE color of the night:

Versace, Valentino

Elie Saab, Cavalli

Lanvin, Bottega Veneta, J Mendel

Many actresses played it safe with black but they still stood out in the crowd:

Victoria Beckham Collection, Georges Hobeika

Valentino, Elie Saab, Lanvin

All in all, the trends - column dresses, sweetheart necklines and asymmetrical necklines - are silhouettes from last year's award season. They're classic and flattering and my guess is we will see many more in the upcoming award season.

Photos via InStyle.com and People.com

The After Parties

Cheryl Crow and Penelope Cruz carried the evening's trends into the early hours of the morning at the many Oscar parties. Molly Sims' does color well in this grecian like dress. I LOVE Kate Bosworth's look as well as Jessica Alba 's. Short dresses can be worn to dressier events; the key is to get the color, cut and accessories just right. Christine Taylor is one we don't see often but the simple dress looks fabulous on her as does Sharon Stone's black full-length number (and that's the only time I'll probably ever compliment Sharon's attire). I'm an Olivia Wilde style fan and this dress is the reason why. Gorgeous! Reese Witherspoon did not pull off this black and cobalt blue dress. I think it's too much fabric for her small frame and a little too high fashion for her.

Oscar Recap

Here is the remainder of dresses from Sunday evening. I didn't mean to post all black gowns but that's how it turned out. As you can see, the asymmetrical and sweetheart neckline trend continues. I posted the last picture of Marion Cotillard because its pretty much the same dress as Sarah Jessica's but a different color and neckline. They are both belted tulle ball gowns by Christian Dior Haute Couture. I have to say, that after some serious contemplating, I'm not really a fan of either Dior.

After all the recap I've chosen the best and worst dressed of the evening:

Top 3

Melissa George, in Dolce & Gabbana

Taraji P. Henson, in Roberto Cavalli

Halle Berry in Marchesa

*I have to acknowledge Freida Pinto's choice. Not only did she go with a bold color for a newcomer and for the evening but she also chose a somewhat different shape.

Bottom 3

Amanda Seyfried, in Valentino Couture

Heidi Klum, in RM by Roland Mouret

Beyonce, in Dereon

Waiting

I've been looking all over for tonight's dress pictures.

I'm noticing a lot of cream and champagne colors with beading and there appears to be only two major shapes - sweetheart and assymetrical necklines and column and mermaid skirts.









Really the only colors of the evening





There are a few dresses here I'm not crazy about on the carpet but some of them are translating better on stage under different lighting. SJP's mint green gown, which I'm still indecisive about, looked great on stage.

OMG

So I have been severely lacking in my posts as I just started a new job but now, there's so much to discuss. Fashion week, the Oscars...I'll try my best to keep up!

Here's a look at last year's Oscars best dressed (in my opinion)






Red was the dominant color for the evening although we never saw it take off as a trend afterwards. The one shouldered dress was big last year and I think we might see it on this year's carpet. We'll have to wait and see tonight!