So the most fun part about watching the Oscars is of course scrutinizing the fashion choices of those much richer and more beautiful than the rest of us. Following are thoughts on the hits and misses of fashion on Hollywood’s biggest night.

Hits:

Kate Winslet
We love the way midnight blue bleeds into black and flows silkily over her form like liquid.  The added detail of net lace and black florets adds an interesting detail.

Viola Davis
A Grecian goddess in gold, Viola shimmers and shines with a plunging neckline anchored by a diamond brooch.  Totally age appropriate and gorgeous.

Mickey Rourke
Despite the Post-Labor-Day-rodeo-star-meets-Justin-Timberlake look, Mickey Rourke manages to work it.

Anne Hathaway
Simple and sexy, this fashion maven shimmers in a tower of bias-cut pailette-strewn gown.  And who knew about that voice?

Penelope Cruz
Sure, it’s a little bride-y, but the handmade lace and other couture details move this gown out of matrimony into movie royalty.

Sean Penn and Robin Wright-Penn
This couple exemplifies black-on-black chic. The best dressed couple of the night.

Misses:

Angelina Jolie
Looks good as always but the neckline looks like Mickey Mouse ears. Despite the crazy neckline and relatively boring predictable black dress, the turquoise colored jewelry is a nice offset, but looks like she picked it up at Forever 21.

Brad Pitt
When are you going to lose the facial hair?  Isn’t Inglourious Basterds done filming yet?  No excuse.

Miley Cyrus
Look out Titanic, here comes Miley!  An iceberg with a superhero belt.  Bad bad bad.

Jessica Biel
You’re thin lady, you don’t have to do this to yourself.  Don’t tuck a silver satin napkin into your bodice and expect to make it pass for an Oscar-worthy gown.

Natalie Portman
Booring!  Too lilac, too ’70’s - looks like something somebody would wear as a bridesmaid in a 1976 wedding party.

Beyonce
Curtains from a bad Chinese restaurant on Canal Street.

Sarah Jessica Parker
Too much makeup and too much cleavage.

Heidi Klum
A Project Runway challenge gone bad, the skewed bird-in-flight neckline looks like it totally wants to fly away, but her heavy metal bracelets try to anchor the look.

Sophia Loren
You’re a fashion icon and have a killer figure, but you don’t have to dress like Oscar himself for the awards.

Tilda Swinton You look gorgeous in every movie but you continually shock and disappoint us in real life. The bland beige knotted top isn’t the worst part of this outfit, but it comes close since we can barely tell where the top ends and your skin and hair begin.  The shapeless beige-ness paired with the crotch-gathered black satin skirt just isn’t working for our goddess of the period films.

This year we are totally underwhelmed.  No one really broke the mold or motivated us to go shopping. Lots of pretty people like always, but where was the glamour?  Where were the jewels? Where was Nicole Kidman looking flawless?  The show was a little more interesting this year but all in all, the fashion was just blah.

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