Corset News Archive - 28-Feb-2007
Stars Make Strong Fashion Statements Instead of Safe Choices for Oscar's Red Carpet
The Good
Actresses skipped necklaces and posed on the Kodak Theatre's red carpet on their way into the 79th annual Oscar ceremony last night in blush-colored and jewel-toned Grecian-styled and strapless gowns.
The common complaint about Oscar fashion choices of the past few years is that stars played it too safe. Not so this year. Jennifer Hudson arrived on the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday in a brown ruched gown with a metallic python bolero by Oscar de la Renta, and Cate Blanchett wore a stunning one-shoulder Swarovski crystal mesh gown by Giorgio Armani Prive.
Amid the whips and horse gear at Milan's Fashion Week, Versace's creations stand out. MILAN ? Who ever thought we would be looking to Donatella Versace as the standard-bearer for good taste and pared-down sophistication? That's what it has come to here in Milan, where Fashion Week ended Friday with another S&M freak show, this time from DSquared designers Dean and Dan Catan.
The common complaint about Oscar fashion choices of the past few years is that stars played it too safe. Not so this year.
It's not the clothes alone that make New York's Fashion Week so fabulous. It's the entire look, with accessories as limitless as a designer's imagination. Fur scarves and corset belts, gignormous bags and tattooed gloves all made their runway appearance.
John Galliano for Christian Dior updated polished old-style glamour, harking back to when a woman's shoes, bag, hat and gloves perfectly matched her neatly-belted suit.
Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquière races beyond retro-futurism in symbols, colors and emblems; Dior outdoes himself in glamour, embellishment and richesse.
Vivienne Westwood -- she of the curly orange hair and decolletage -- is a most playful fashion designer who uses fabric as her soapbox for politics, sexuality, power, class, race and beauty. Now 65, Westwood, who became a household name in London...
