Hi! Petty fashion moment here! I love award season, and all the amazing clothes I can’t afford to wear and don’t have the body to do so anyway.  I am scheduling all the movies I need to see for the Oscars, and the Golden Globes are often a precursor to both who will win, and what the fashions will be like.  We have some cool names in the running this year — especially in terms of taking risks on the red carpet.

I love the folks who do something new and cool and interesting — I mean, Cher in her acting heyday was the one I would most want to be like if I had the chance, lol.

Today my blog is all about who wore what and what I thought of the outfits.  I am not naming designers (I am sorry — I know they deserve a mention, but honestly: this little blog will neither make nor break anyone’s career), just sharing what I liked, what I didn’t, my opinions on trends, etc.  I tried to put captions on most photos.  Clothes do not make the man: just because I do (or do not) like someone’s outfit, does not equate how I think of their work.  I am sure they are all lovely people.

Enjoy (and let me know if you concur!) Hope

Let’s start with co-hostess Sandra Oh:

Flawless.  Elegant. Smart.  Hair, makeup, jewelry. I love all three looks. If I had to pick one, I would probably pick the red.  I love color.  Which leads me to my first “ensemble” category: Women of COLOR!

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Next group wore my absolute least favorite dress trend of the past too many years: flesh colored dresses.  Yeah, I know the official term is blush, but all I see is mono-chromatic skin tones.

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Two women got the trend right for different reasons:

Leslie Bibb: she did the opposite of Lucy Liu: hid the flesh with a pattern, not covered up one with flesh.

Regina King: on another woman this pink would’ve been too bland. But with her coloring it is lovely!

On the opposite side of the spectrum: widow chic.

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From death’s door to virginal: the prom dress look.

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And then there is Heidi Klum.  I liked her dress at first — then I saw the second picture.  She looks like a teenager showing off her dress at the school dance.  Not a good luck.  Auf wiedersehn.

Now let’s look at something completely different: the guys.  I LOVE that the men are taking chances.  It used to be so boring, and they were just the picture frame for their date.  Now they get to live it up.  Some are all that — some are not that at all.

Starting with the classics:

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Is white the way?

Chadwick Bosnan: is this the costar MPJ is expecting to come doen the aisle? Cuz he looks like a prom kid who made his tux out of mama’s wedding gown

John David Washington: Denzel, teach your boy about fit — and ironing I

Luke Evans: forgive me the obscure Van Halen reference) if he were my ice cream man, I would definitely stop him when he was passing by

How about the velvety underground:

Ryan Seacrest: dashing. Hell, I’d wear this (maybe that is a bad thing– for him?)

Richard Madden: pretty sure this whole suit is velvet. If I were his date I’d have been petting him all night

James Van Der Beek: the suit is great. the grooming? Not so much

And how about a shout out to Idris Elba? All buttoned up or a little loose around the edges, man is foyne. (damn that Fiji water girl in the background)

Young Hollywood is going it’s own way — which is good and not so great.

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Perhaps the best look of the night for men — following in the Cher school of thought: Billy Porter. Yaaas!

And now a look at my three favorite couples from the evening.  I wish HWSNBN and I cleaned up this well!

Ryan Michelle Bathe and Sterling K Brown: so cool

CZG and Michael Douglas: so classy

Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk: so hot

Before I go to the big categories, I’m going to list my runners -up.  The folks that were THAT close to awesome — or hideous.

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And now: the worst looks of the night.  The what were you thinking? The fire the stylist in the morning — or buy a new mirror looks.

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So that of course just leaves my favorites.  For so many reasons!

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Thanks for indulging my inner Joan Rivers.  I’ll try to write about something less trivial next time (oh who am I kidding?)