brittish academy film awards part I

so this is a hard one. in half the pictures this dress looks really good and in others.. well not so much. so we'll start with everything else first. mischa's hair and makeup are simple and classy, as are her jewelery choices, but the dress is another story. when looking at her straight on, she looks like she's wrapped up in some kind of couture bondage, as she does when seeing the right side of her. however when her left side is facing the camera, with the jeweled strap and some skin showing, the dress seems almost pretty, in a grecian sort of way. another quam? the back of the dress. the fabric draped over her ahem.. butt, falls weird, making her back side look bigger than it is. it'd also be sexier and have a higher 'wow' factor if it went lower in the back, instead of just midway.




does renee ever wear a different style? the neck line and weird skinny straps just help call attention to her ghostly white, semi-bulky looking arms. the back of the dress however, reaches a new degree of weird ugliness. she seems as if she's been wrapped up as a present meant to be placed under a tree, black ribbon and a white bow. renee, repeat after me, 'stylist, you are fired'. she maybe channeling old school angelina jolie with the mortisha adams look, but it's definetly not working (it didn't for angelina either).




this is what glamour should be on the red carpet. the balenciagas, the oscar de la rentas. this dress is show-stopping but without being over the top, the perfect balance. the lilac color brings a feminine touch, with the black accent adding elegance and class. it fits perfectly, and the jewelery is kept simple. the only thing working against this ensemble? the hair. it is too fussy and pulled back, hair sprayed and tight. something like loose curls would have made this dress look more natural. however, the dress and the makeup do their job and outshine the hairsprayed to death hair, and she looks very elegant - a true red carpet glamourous look.




alright, we all know charlize is a red carpet pro, but this dress leaves some of her 'red carpet credit' if you will, up for discussion. the fabric and color are very pretty and the jewel tone definately looks good with her coloring and complexion. however the fit is up for debate on this one. the draping, starting at her waist adds pounds to her hips and gives her a pear shape by narrowing again at her feet. the zipper pull, hanging in the center of the neckline of her dress, looks cheap, something you'd find on a walmart polyester t-shirt and doesn't add any glamour or luxury to the ensemble. another quam, true: it is not always stylish to match your dress and accessories, but charlize's jewel toned dress and lavender clutch? that's too unmatched. however, in all fairness, her hair, shoes and sparse jewelery all look classic and do overpower the eyesore of a clutch she's carrying. the draping of the dress however takes miss theron out of the running for best dressed on the red carpet this time. oh and is it too much work to hold your own umbrella?




this dress is just horribly wrong. first of all, the fabric looks like it cost about 2 cents a yard, and then in a hurried panic it was draped around this poor woman's pregnant belly and pinned in non-strategical places to keep it together. the lump of fabric vertically down the left side of her body looks messy and screams of a poor fit, however the lump is meant to be there, who would've guessed. the neck line makes her chest look likes it's been wrapped up in bondage, never to be seen again. the lack of jewelery and nude shoes just call more attention to that eyesore of a dress. but hey, atleast her hair looks good.

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