Impossible Conversations, Met Gala 2012

The Oscars of fashion have now come and gone, and it was a night full of gorgeous gowns, hundreds of thousands of feathers and camera flashes for days.  Warning...this one is long, but oh so enjoyable.

 Kate Bosworth in custom Prada

Cate Blanchett in Alexander McQueen

 Bergdorf Goodman's Linda Fargo in custom Naeem Kahn in an ode to Elsa Schiaparelli

 Marion Cotillard in Dior

 Renee Zelweger in Pucci with Pucci's Peter Dundas

 Rooney Mara in Givenchy

 Stefano Pilati with Lucie de la Falaise in Prada, I this take on a Tuxedo for her!

Liv Tyler in Givenchy

Angela Lindvall in Prada, this is so amazing and unexpected.

Candace Swanepool in Rag & Bone with Davis & Marcus of Rag & Bone.

Diane Kruger in divine purple Prada!

Emma Stone in Lanvin with Alber Elbaz.  <3

Ginnifer Goodwin in Monique Lhullier

Jenna Lyons in pink as an ode to Schiaparelli, so perfect for her personality and brand.

Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte

Solange Knowles in Rachel Roy, looking like sunshine.

Eva Mendes in Prada

Kristen Wiig in Stella McCartney

China Chow in vintage Jean Paul Gaultier

Florence Welch is ethereal and perfect in Alexander McQueen.  This dress warms my heart.

Lastly Jessica Stam Stuns in Dior.

The 2012 exhibit documents the impossible conversations between genius Miuccia Prada and the late Elsa Schiaparelli.  I'm so excited to stop by the Met sometime soon to check out the exhibit!

Oscar Party Circuit

I admit...I'm quite late with this one, but I just couldn't ignore all of the bonus dresses from Oscar night.  Nominees, and supporters alike turned it out making me wish that everyone was forced to wear two {or more} dresses throughout the evening.  And by everyone, I mean only a few of the best dressed ladies of course.  

Starting out with a bang, Sartorial Sompass alumni, Diane Kruger in Calvin Klein.

Shailene Woodley in Proenza Schouler

 Mia Wasikowska in Antonio Berardi

 Elizabeth Olsen wearing Chanel

 Emma Stone with a quick-change into this GORGEOUS Chanel dress.

 Sartorial Compass alumni, Zoe Saldana, in a dress by Marios Schwab.

Recent Sartorial Compass alumni, Kate Bosworth wore a dress by Prabal Gurung

Ginnifer Goodwin, Sartorial Compass alumni, also looked amazing at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in a dress by Peter Som.

Did anybody notice anything about those last six?  Apparently I like black, lots of black, sheer and mixed textures, short, long and maybe even with a bit of sparkle thrown in.  Is there anything that you're seeing now that you wish would have been on the Oscar red carpet instead?

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Oscar for Best Dressed...

Quality is absolutely better than quantity.  That's why I couldn't have been more thrilled with the four dresses that wowed me {out of how many?} at Sunday's Academy Awards.  

 Michelle looked divine in this Louis Vuitton, the peplum, the texture, the color!  It was all quite perfect, I was so relieved since her other dresses had been nice, but not stunning.  This dress also reminded me of the red Louis Vuitton that Zoe Saldana wore a couple of awards seasons ago.

 Emma Stone of all people is one we should call on to pull off a massive neck-bow.  She looks gorgeous in this deep pink Giambattista Valli dress, my only qualm with this look was when you saw an up close of her makeup, her eyeshadow was pink...but that's besides the point...best dressed!

 IN LOVE with Rooney Mara in this Givenchy.  The perfect antidote to her dark tresses, and even darker role.

Shailene Woodley looked effortlessly perfect in Valentino Couture.  I love how unexpected it is, a girl under 21 who isn't wearing a sparkly ball gown?!

Of course the evening's honorable mentions are as follows...

Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen, Kristen Wiig in J. Mendel, Gwyneth Paltrow in Tom Ford, and last but not least the coolest girl "who runs the world," as Beyonce would say, Meryl Streep in Lanvin!


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Golden

The GOLDEN GLOBES have come and gone, and I'm gonna get right to it...

 I loved these three looks, Michelle Williams in Jason Wu was formal but not obvious {I may be one of the only people that hated the headband}.  Rooney Mara was true to herself in Nina Ricci, but it is far from boring black.  And Emma Stone is continuing her love affair with Lanvin, I couldn't be happier!

These were all beautiful dresses too, Kristin Wiig always looks great on the red carpet.  This blush Dior dress on Charlize Theron is so pretty but I did have an issue {again with the headband} with it being a little too ballerina.  Jessica Biel looked fantastic in my opinion, I love everything about it.  

My favorites on the party circuit were Jamie King, Shenae Grimes, Shailene Woodley in Calvin Klein & Rachel Zoe.


Overall I was pretty bored by the dresses on the red carpet, I'm really hoping that people will step it up for the SAG awards in a week!  

The September Issues

The dreaded/beloved/massive issues are upon us...so I thought I would post a few of my favorites of the September Issue covers (and some of my...not so favorites).

THE GREAT:

Liu Wen, Fei Fei Sun, Du Juan, Shu Pei, Ming Xi, Sui He for VOGUE China - Love all of the beautiful Chinese models and the rich colors from the Gucci fall collection!

Kirsten Dunst for Elle UK - I appreciate that they did a little something extra with the styling on the cover, and it's just so beautiful!

W Magazine - One of only two celebs in the GREAT bunch, I love it for the fact that Kristen is nearly unrecognizable, and I give W mad props for that!

Katie Fogarty for Vogue Australia - Love the strong, yet simple photo, and minimal words (must be the subscriber cover).

Jessica Stam for Flare (Canada) - When I saved this to my docs it said it all with: "Stam."

THE GOOD:

Emma Stone for Teen Vogue - She looks adorable, so adorable...

Beyonce for Harper's Bazaar UK - Pretty cool cover, love the hair and makeup.

Kate Moss for Vogue US - The dress is pretty cool and there are photos inside from her wedding so...

 THE LAME:

Rihanna for Glamour - I love a Rihanna cover, but this is just awkward.

Jessica Alba for Lucky Magazine - Ehhh I feel as though I've seen this photo of Jessica a thousand times.

Lea Michele for Harper's Bazaar US - They seriously had to put her on the September cover...come on!!

I'm clearly opinionated about the September Issues.  It's just that a mediocre cover in January is acceptable (they're small and nobody buys them), but for the issue that sets the tone for the next 12 months, the highest selling issue of the year, the one that aligns with the autumn NYFW shows.  Editors need to put more of an effort forth to make it the most memorable cover of the year.

Thoughts?