Oscars Outfit Frenzy, 2010 Edition

Although I am neither into fashion nor into movies, my annual “Oscars Outfit Frenzy” post is one of the things I am ALWAYS looking forward to (Oscars Outfit Frenzy 2007, Oscars Outfits Frenzy 2008, Oscars Outfit Frenzy 2009).

And now, for the moment we’ve all been waiting for, Hollywood’s plastic wonder people. Presenting:

The Went-to-the-Oscars-

Drunk Group:


Exhibit A:

Do you recognize this couple? I certainly didn’t. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HOT ANTONIO BANDERAS OF MY EARLY TEENS? And what the hell is Melanie Griffith wearing? Black sparkly shit is so passe. Honey, it’s not ’03 anymore.

Exhibit B:
http://www.hirethings.co.nz/photo/image/3262/large/morticia_L.jpg

Wait. I thought she died of a heart attack or a stroke or something a few months ago? Although you gotta admit this dress is the perfect choice for a walking-out-of-grave ensemble. The shape of the dress looks like a cape suitable for Dracula, and if not Dracula, then Morticia from The Addams Family. The sequins on the other hand are a whole different ballgame. Money can’t buy you style.

Exhibit C:

What the hell was Jennier Lopez THINKING? This dress is barf worthy. The material seems to be the same material they wrap fruits in, which when I think about, makes perfect sense. She looks like a wrapped pear.


Exhibit D:

Why people insist on wearing skin-colored, ruffled pieces of crap to the Oscars year after year is not something I can understand. Staying in line with the food analogies, doesn’t Demi Moore like like a pickled jar of ginger?

Exhibits E and F:

Absolutely no comment.

The Fire-Your-Stylist Group:

Exhibit A:

Cameron Diaz usually looks prettier, and she would have been, if the color of this dress looks more like a real color than a soot-covered distaster. Weird-ass fabric must be quite trendy this year.

Exhibit B:

“If you stare long enough, I might start looking like an awesome bullet-proof silver Chicka.”
No honey, you just look funny.

Exhibit C:

Although the shape of this dress is gorgeous, I can’t get over the colors. This is precisely the mix of colors that artists and little kids playing with playdough try their best to avoid. A murky combination of a mixture gone horribly, horribly wrong. Like this:

Exhibit D:

Meh. I never thought that the usually gorgeous Charlize Theron could possibly look so bad. Everything about this dress is wrong, from the fabric, to the color, to the little cup thingies. Even Katie Price pulled that Little Mermaid look better:

http://www.orange.co.uk/images/editorial/Katie-Price-2-PA-061108-480.jpg


The Wow-You-Look-Good-

Tonight Group:

Exhibit A:

The purple, man, the purple. Purple is most definitely an underrated color. Although I have no idea who this Molly Ringwald person is, I absolutely love her look. She looks unique, the dress actually accentuates her figure, and the swirly thingies add spunk.

Exhibit B:

Robert Downey Jr. looks HOT. I LOVE the fact that he’s wearing sneakers. I LOVE his glasses. I LOVE his bright blue bow-tie. Man. I think I’m gonna start crushing on him.

Exhibit C:

Kristen Stewart looks both classy and elegant in her simple black dress. Hear that people? SIMPLE.

Exhibit D:

Hideous sandals aside, Meryl Streep wears her age and her dress with such charm that she probably wins best dressed in my book. Okay, after Robert Downey Jr.

Exhibit E:

You have to start at this dress for a minute to appreciate the fact that it’s actually very beautiful. At first, the colors are a bit shocking, but then you realize that Maggie Gyllenhaal actually looks stunning in it. It’s young, it’s different, and has tons of character.

Check out:
Oscars Outfit Frenzy 2007
Oscars Outfits Frenzy 2008
Oscars Outfit Frenzy 2009

Which of these dresses are your favorites? Who do you think looks the best and who looks the worst? 






  • http://www.ramblinghal.blogspot.com Hal

    I love these Oscar posts of yours too, and I love disagreeing with you, and this year more than ever!! I think this year’s dresses are a HUGE improvement, because people are finally embracing colours other than black an going out on a bit of a limb, fashion-speaking of course. It’s what makes Maggie G’s dress so unique. Sandra Bullock’s dress, under the lights and in contrast to that statue she won, is regal and elegant and a good choice for her, regardless of if I’d wear it or not. I loved Cameron Diaz Oscar de La Renta gown. And my fave dress of the night wasn’t even ON THERE!!! :( This Prada dress:

    The black dress worn by Kristen Stewart I think was just a safe choice that we’ve seen a million times before, worn by women with better posture.
    And you should have made fun of Miley Cyrus’ dress, and her boobs that were about to fall out. I really wanted to like her dress, it’s made by the same designer who made my engagement dress (or so it says so on the tag of my engagement dress), but I dunno.
    And I think Meryl Streep should respect her age and elegance and go easy on the cleavage, the dress would have been PERFECT if it wasn’t soooo low cut.
    What else? Sarah Jessica Parker’s dress! TERRIBLE!!!! I don’t care if it’s Chanel, it’s like a sack of potatoes.

    And I was waiting and WAITING for you to make fun of the dress worn by the Avatar chick!

    I actually think it’s a brave choice that doesnt do too badly, but I was sure you’d rip it to shreds, and you DIDNT!
    Roba why are you doing this to me?!?!?! WHY?!?!!?!
    I love you anyway, just so we can clear things up. :P

  • http://melicieuse.wordpress.com/ melicieuse

    hahahahahaha @Sandra B’s tin foil disaster…..and heeeey nothing wrong with nude dresses AKA the pickled ginger jar…..it’s just the whipped cream ruffles that make them look bad

  • http://one-ugly-duckling.blogspot.com Rand

    Good Lord Jennifer Lopez still has a baby inside that wasn’t delivered :( if u tilt ur head a little u can see her pregnant, what the heck! ok curvy is the new skinny but take it easy!

  • http://www.kinziblogs.wordpress.com kinzi

    Oh wow, I almost couldn’t make it through the list. That BAD.

    Molly Ringwald: Brat Pack. 16 Candles. Before you were born. :P

    Meryl, my celeb lookalike, would def do better with a little higher neckline. @@

  • http://andfaraway.net Roba

    Hala, hahaha amazing how you and I have opposite taste :D

    Melicieuse, I know right, it’s ugly as hell! :/ But come on, the ginger dresses also look hideous :P

    Rand, hehe, sa7? And the dress is so unflattering :/ basha3a!

    Kinzi, lol, now I remember! I wouldn’t have guessed it was the same person :) Of course I’ve watched 16 Candles, but years after it came out :)
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  • http://www,twitter.com/Bardees_s Bardees_s

    Roba I even didn’t recognize Antonio when I went through the pictures early this morning! whta’s the long white beard!!?!
    when I first saw J Lo’s dress I liked it, maybe it’s too puffy on the side,but this is a bad picture you posted here from the left side and I’m changing my mind ,not flattering anymore.
    I agree with you on Nicole Richie I didn’t like her dress at all!
    like Hala I really hated Sarah’s dress,you should see a picture of it from the back! But I loved Miley Cyrus’s dress and Rachel MacAdams’s is beautiful Roba =)

    Penelope Cruz’s dress color was really beautiful but I felt like I’ve seen her many times in the same style, wasn’t impressed.

  • CW

    lool, i love your oscar dress posts as well, been looking forward to that. don’t agree with everything though, but yeah J Lo, Theron and the E and F couple (dont know who they are !?!? ) badly need new stylists ;) the comparison to the fruit wrapping is hilarious an so true………..

  • http://7akifadi.com 7aki Fadi

    Roba, I have to agree with Hal on this one, hehehhe.

    The Avatar’s chick dress was the most HORRIBLE of all dresses.
    I love Demi’s dress, LOVED IT.
    that purple dress looked ugly when she was standing on stage, and the jewelery matching the dress thingy was just ugly.

    The fire your stylist exhibit C and D I agree 100%

    And Hal, what about Sara’s hair, it looked so AWFUL. They wouldn’t even do a closeup of her when she was standing on stage. And her dress is so ew

    And Roba, yes, I started crushing on RDJ after Iron man, he’s pretty cool!
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  • http://ze2red.blogspot.com/ ze2red

    Last night i was telling Gjoe i would do a post similiar to urs, and she told me to wait, you have one out every year. So i waited! and now i will continue the reviews :) bare with me for the long comment ba2a :D

    * i’m with you about what you said about Antonio, better without the beard.

    * J. Lo. I’ll have to disagree a little. True it was too much on the side. I didn’t like it when she was on the red carpet. But on stage with the lights, the dress had a totally different look. And i loved the color.

    * Demi Moore, the dress for HER needed a darker shade or color. But aside from, the dress is nice. and finally she gets to the Oscars with long hair. It was either short or shaved.

    * Abosultely hated Verga’s dress, color and design.

    * Rachel MacAdams, can’t agree more. And what is it with the Blonde hair, she always looked gorgeous as a brunette.

    * Robert Downey Jr. you will just start get a crush… girl you are way too late. You need to watch Sherlock Holmes and fall in love

    * Meryl Streep, I Love!

    * Maggie Gyllenhaal’s dress was nice and unique in every way. I just only didn’t like that the cloth print ended at the bottom with white. My eyes keep going down.

    —-
    The rest of the review:

    * Anna Kinderick: The dress was lovely, the fabric was great. she just needed to wear it in eggplant color, or red-wine color. She would have been stunning. It was the best dress for me this year

    * Elizabeth Bank’s upper part of the dress looked nice, chick and elegant. If only it took simple lines from below the waist till down.

    * Helen Mirren, she always fascinates me with her simplicity.

    * You missed Mariah Carey and how bad she looked.

    * Lociana Barroso, Matt Demon’s wife, she is pregnant yet pulled it off.

    * I hated Sarah jessica Parker. the dress didn’t look good on her. and the makeup for me was a disaster

    * You missed out Tina Fey, the dress was so simple as it was all about the fabric

    * Zoe Saldana EWWWW!!!! fashion crime.
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  • Chris

    Freakin hilarious! I’d love to see you and Cojo on the red carpet, doing fashion play-by-play. Since I’m always crushing on Charlize Theron, she’d still look hot in a brown paper bag. But your right, that dress sucks! What was she thinking! I liked Kristen Stewart’s dress the best. Simple and black, just like her personality. Surprise-surprise… you liked Robert D’s geek chic outfit! :D If you remember it, how about Bjork’s 2001 Oscar swan dress. Yea or nay?

  • http://andfaraway.net Roba

    Bardees, okay, we agree on most things! :P Sarah’s dress was a disaster. It looked like a frock with beads! I didn’t like Miley’s dress either :/ It was too… mismatched? Does that make sense? You’re right about Penelope, plus it wasn’t very flattering on her, though she’s a very beautiful lady.

    CW, lol, we should offer to style them ourselves next time! :D that would be fun :P

    7aki, I actually didn’t mind the Avatar chick’s dress. Okay, it is super ugly, but it is so unique as well. I can’t understand why so many people loved Demi’s dress, it isn’t very flattering. Though she does look 10 years younger. And where’s Ashton? RDJ was in Iron Man…? oh wait, the movie Im’ thinking of is The Man in the Iron Mask…

    Ze2red, lol, your list rocks man! I honestly didnt see JLo’s dress from any other angle, but howeh it’s the fabric that sucks. It really does look like fruit wrap. As for Demi Moore, I just think the whole frilly cheffon design is outdated, no? They’ve been wearing dresses like that for years. Her hair is pretty :)
    I did watch Sherlock Holmes, and you’re right, he’s absolutely AWESOME in it. And he’s so hot in such an endearing way… Tina Fey’s dress was cool as well, but I was missing her glasses!

    Chris, lol, well, it’s a nay in general but a yay for Bjork. That woman is brilliant! :D

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  • http://bagoftreats.blogspot.com Amina

    First of all, LOL @ “Hollywood’s plastic wonder people”, that may be the nicest insult i heard aimed at actors.

    Secondly, funny how most people thought Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bullock were among the best looks of the night while you suggested their stylists ‘be fired’.

    I have to say though, i watch the Oscars only to ohh and ahh at the dresses, i don’t care about the films (because i don’t see half of them), but this year, i’ve taken a sabbatical, and by that i mean, i’m not at home therefore cannot enjoy the pleasure of watching cable t.v. Sigh.
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  • http://www.redlabelfashion.com anna@going out dresses

    Cameron Diaz is as gorgeous as ever ,liked her outfit while the Jay Lo is looking bit bulky in this dress.Come on Jay Lo,,, be stylish

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