And The Award Goes To... (KY)

WARNING: About 2 weeks overdue!

F/W 10 Paris Fashion Week and the culmination of the the award season, i.e. the Oscars, happen to coincide. And thus a busy time indeed for the style editors/bloggers (pure fashion bloggers are not terribly concerned with the latter) out there.

As for moi, I just sit back and watch the show.

This season, there was a lot of guessing involved with the "what are you wearing?" drama, thanks to Ryan Seacrest of E! failing (or intentionally neglecting) to ask said question for a good portion of the red carpet entrance. It was as entertaining simply monitoring the twitter sphere as (I imagine) seeing the real thing: Is J.Lo wearing Marchesa? (wrong), Nicole Richie in vintage? (wrong, Reem Acra), and so on and so forth.

I had two observations as I vicariously watched the award show unfold. First, why do celebrities wear essentially the same design from the same collection/designer? Naturally the PR folks at Armani Privé knew aforementioned J.Lo and Amanda Seyfried chose the same dress, if not their stylists? Or could it actually be a tactical move on the part of the design house to get on the "who wore it better?" pages of InStyle, etc... With some actresses almost always wearing the same brand (Renée Zelweger + Carolina Herrera, though she seems to be moving on these days), perhaps it is impossible not to clash, but I just find it amusing how these starlets face the same problem as the average high school juniors before their Homecoming dance...

Second is the roles jewelry plays at these events. Naturally the big BLING pieces tend to be spotted near the faces of the celebrities, i.e. earrings and necklaces, which not-so-coincidentally complement the open necklines, but wouldn't it be funny if we can get them to pose gangsta style or peace-ing out to show their extra-bejeweled watches, rings, and bracelets? Just a thought...

Sorry Miley for the blotchy job, but just imagine classic and classy actresses like Helen Mirren representin' for Cartier/Harry Winston/Fred Leighton and the likes...

P.S. An ode to a funny entry at the Oddly Enough Blog about other "less visible" items, i.e. shoes, at award shows...