And Diane Kruger's dress, too -- another raspberry confection. Both of these dresses were criticized, but I'm not sure why. Lush colors (in a year of lush colors), and soft and with lots of extra bits, not showing a lot of bosom or leg. Maybe that's why: they aren't particularly slutty dresses. If you know what's bad about them, please share with me.
The photo of Diane Kruger provides a segue. I saw Joshua Jackson on some late night television interview (Craig Ferguson, perhaps?). I didn't watch the show that brought him fame, Dawson's Creek, but even I have troubles watching his new show (some ten years later), Fringe. He still looks like the character Pacey to me. But in person, in this interview (which was interrupted -- and deftly twisted into a charming, amusing interlude -- by a cell phone call from Kruger) he came off as debonair, witty, assured... A complete surprise, and he has jumped high in my list of Favorite Young Men Celebrities Whose Career I Will Follow (although I still won't watch Fringe.) Doesn't he give off a charm-vibe here, holding the umbrella for his girlfriend?
Speaking of men...
... where was I? Clearly I have a thing for bad boys (although note, Mickey Rourke is not in this list, and, as a counter-example, James McAvoy wasn't at these awards, and Colin Firth must have snuck in the back door, because there are no publicity photos of him that I can find).
Finally, just a shot of Helen Mirren, the Queen of Great Dressing. I don't think she's ever gone wrong.
2 comments:
I have never been a fan of strapless dresses generally -- usually they are worn by women who don't have much to fill them, so it creates an expanse of shoulder with a flat expanse of dress under it, and often a strap or sleeve would break up the monotony. OR, it's worn by well-endowed women, and I worry that they are about to pop out.
I hadn't noticed that the look was lower on the body this year, in particular, but there was indeed lots of emphasis on showing skin skin skin and cleavage, breasts and bosom -- so when I go back and look again (which I will) I'm sure I'll find what you've suggested.
Thanks for the comment.
Blithe comments on something that also surprised me. The woman in the strapless dress with Colin Farrell is losing her dress; it is slipping right down. Her breasts look saggy rather than voluptuous. That can't be the look she was striving for!
Diane Kruger looks lovely in that color, but the dress itself seems to organza-ed and conservative to my eye. Princess Di had that stiff look in the '80s. Kruger looks beautiful nonetheless which is the point, and interesting about Pacey.
The Saldana dress is a great color, and I like it. It's whimsical...still I find it busy. It reminds me of high fashion, circa 1875-1880. My eye gets tired of all the ruffles, and I think the dress is wearing Saldana, not vice versa.
Mirren looks fantastic.
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