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I fell in love with the Gianfrance Ferre dress Anne Hathaway wore to the Critics’ Choice Awards so I’m thrilled there are similar variations in the works aside from the Alice + Olivia one Amber Tamblyn and Khloe Kardashian sported over the summer. At last week’s Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party, Desperate Housewives’ Andrea Bowen also hopped on the trend with a zig-zag strapless. And I cannot wait to see which celebrity will wear Marchesa’s cutout rose creation on the red carpet!
(clockwise from top left) Marchesa, Mathew Ames, Derek Lam, Cushnie et Ochs, Jill Stuart, Tommy Hilfiger
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Last night my best friend and I watched Bride Wars. Anne Hathaway looked gorgeous, like usual, Kate Hudson was adorable but the movie is nothing to write home about. Nonetheless, it put us in marital mode and we spent the rest of the evening looking at wedding dresses and engagement rings online. My favorite is, and has been for years, Harry Winston’s Micro-Pavé Diamong Ring. It’s a cushion cut diamond in a micro-pavé setting. Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?
If you’ve ever opened up a celebrity weekly, you’ve probably seen Alex and Ani bangles on the wrists of Anne Hathaway, Miley Cyrus, Jessica Simpson and America Ferrera, to name a few. The celeb-coveted line was created by Carolyn Rafaelian, who grew up in a family of jewelers and named her company after her two daughters. She uses domestic recycled metals and nothing is thrown away or wasted. The bracelets are a little pricy but these are pieces both you and your daughter can wear, thanks to an expandable design concept that guarantees almost every body type the perfect fit. Alex and Ani also has unique earrings, necklaces, rings and hair accessories.
Visit www.alexandani.com to learn more about the line.
I was pretty disappointed with the fashion at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. There were some pretty looks: Anne Hathaway in Azarro, Jennifer Morrison in Anne Valérie Hash Couture and Freido Pinto in Marchesa. And I loved the gold embroidery on January Jones’ Cleopatra-esque Andrew Gn gown. But nobody made me go, “Wow!” Granted, the SAGs aren’t the Oscars, but I still expected more creativity on the red carpet. As I’ve said before, I encourage getting inspired by what other people wear. But when you have a team of stylists at your beck and call, there’s no excuse to play copycat like these actresses below…
Considering yellow is my favorite color, I love seeing it on the red carpet. Viola Davis’ David Meister gown made her skin glow but it instantly reminded me of the one-shoulder Carolina Herrera Mariska Hargitay wore to the Emmys last September.
Unless she got hit on the head on the set of Desperate Housewives and suffered a mild case of amnesia, I don’t how Eva Longoria Parker could have forgotten that she already wore a coral gown with a jeweled neckline. It was at the Emmys in 2005. And the curve-hugging Angel Sanchez was way sexier than this year’s Jenny Packham.
All I can say is hated Nicolette Sheridan’s Roerto Cavalli just as much as the Gucci Kate Hudson wore to the 2009 People’s Choice Awards.
It’s a different color, but Rosario Dawson’s Dolce & Gabbana is the exact same dress that Rihanna wore to the 2007 World Music Awards. Rosario even did her hair and makeup the same as the singer!
Another exact copycat was Lisa Edelstein. Hers didn’t bother me as much, though, because she likely chose the Reem Acra gown before Gabrielle Union wore it to the BET Awards on January 17t.
This just goes to show that getting the look isn’t always a good thing.
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