i did say last year that gwyneth’s red carpet style is somewhat of a hit-and-miss for me. this year, she’s my absolute favorite. i like it when i don’t have to toss a coin to determine who i think is best dressed.
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just like this time last year, i’ve been too disenchanted to write timely posts about red carpet events. therefore the critics choice awards, people’s choice awards and the golden globes have all come and gone without a trace in my inspiration reserve. i think it also didn’t help that i found the fashion a little underwhelming with a glimmer of hope from emma stone’s tux-inspired gucci ensemble and angelina jolie in atelier versace + brad pitt with a cane. someone tell me please who brad was wearing. angie’s dress is officially a candidate for my favorite dress of the year. as if my opinion matters. but that’s besides the point.
so i have decided to just write about the first thing that came to my mind as i was aimlessly looking at the red carpet arrivals: ladies are still wearing calvin klein with the following details:
is this the look of the decade?
this year, i think the best red carpet looks belong to two ladies. and they’re both named emma.
in no particular order:
i think it was some time in 2008 when i decided that wide-leg pants are my staple outfit. now i have five pairs of them in denim, two pairs in black, one pair in khaki and one pair in cream. as you can see, i try my best to show some commitment to styles i like.
this semi-neglected blog deserves a post with more thought, but these days i’m feeling a little mentally weary. too lazy to even choose which dress i like best in the 63rd emmy awards, a task i used to relish with a glutton’s appetite. besides, the internet connection keeps dipping in and out of its world cup rugby stupor today… could it be the countrymen are clogging cyberspace with emotional remarks after the flying fijians lost to the manu samoa? i was just thinking.
not that the emmys lacked in interesting dress choices. like last year’s underwhelming red carpet arrivals (and i’m talking about all the major awards shows last year), where after the twelfth column dress, i wanted to float uselessly in mid-air like grey sediment. i have to say, this year’s emmy red carpet was a spectacle to feed the part of your soul that’s dipped in glitter.
and because too many beautiful dresses require too many editing, i’m glad pop sugar’s glamorous spawn, fab sugar, decided to make the general public do the hard thinking for them. i mean what can be more fun for ordinary people than judging these beautiful celebrities to determine which of them is the most beautiful? hooray for democracy!
it’s easy. just click on your favorite look in each match-up, go through all six rounds until the pool of sixty-four dresses is narrowed down to your one most favorite red carpet look. at the end, the winningest dresses are ranked one to ten.
fun, right? go, click this now!
i have a thing for classic shoe designs. brogues. d’orsays. loafers. my favorite are mary janes (write up here).
therefore, it should go without saying that my favorite pieces in this season’s new york fashion week (so far) are the mary jane heels at marc jacobs. if i had those in my cabinet, i would stare lecherously at them until they sue me for harassment.
but wait. does this not look familiar to you?
watching the wedding of prince william to kate, and anticipating prince albert of monaco’s to olympic swimmer charlene wittstock, reignited my interest to all things royal. i used to follow the very public lives of royal families as much as a schoolgirl could in the pre-internet era of magazine and newspaper clippings. i am by no means a monarchist (neither am i opposed to the form of government), but i harbor this unfettered fascination for modern day fairy tales as only royalty can realize. i suppose this is one of my guilty pleasures, my little indulgence, the keeping track of people born to a rich history of crowns and sceptres. or at least married into it, whatever.
so i am consequentially inspired to write about the styles of my favorite royal ladies. starting of course with the one whose fashion sense i admire the most, and possibly the closest i have to a girl crush, the current queen consort of jordan, rania al abdullah.
warning: this is a photo-overloaded entry. i am so in love with her style, i couldn’t suffer through selecting only a few of her best outfits. i gave up choosing after the third edit.
victoria beckham
there might be some long sleeve nazis out there who scoff at this dress deeming it inappropriate for a wedding, but this to me is the best dress during an event deluded with overcoats and pompous hats. i believe also the best maternity look i’ve seen on any red carpet: the sleek ponytail, the minimal jewelry, david beckham….. it’s all so polished. and the superhuman powers required to walk in eight-inch heels with a bun in the oven. it’s incredible!
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