Oscars Fashion 2011 | Pinksquid Clothing

Oscars Fashion, Best & Worst Dressed 2011

March 3rd, 2011 |

Oscars Style Favourites & Flops

If there’s any night in Hollywood that’s truly glamorous, it’s Oscar night! And what a stunning finale to a busy awards season it was!

We were really excited to see who was wearing what on the red carpet here at Pinksquid Clothing (let’s face it, it’s the most interesting part of the show!), and after a little deliberating we’ve managed to come up with our overall best and worst dresses of the evening….

The Best Dresses

Our favourite dress by far has got to be Reese Witherspoon’s Armani Prive gown. Whilst so many others were playing it safe, this 60′s style & black and white number really stands out. It fits Reese’s figure beautifully, and she truly owns the look. Her retro ponytail up-do and naughty smile make her look super cute. The dress is also reminiscent of Julia Robert’s Valentino dress she wore to the 2001 Oscars ceremony where she won the Best Actress award. Chic, Stylish and so next season!

We also loved Gwyneth Paltrow’s minimalist Calvin Klein dress. Many celebs would find it hard to pull off the tight shimmering fabric, but Gwyneth’s super-slender frame is perfect for the dress, and her sexy hair and make-up add the extra wow factor to the whole ensemble.

Mila Kunis looked fresh and youthful in her Lavender Elie Saab creation. The intricate lace, low-cut neckline and flowing layers of chiffon are simply gorgeous, and we love her matching shoes and bag!

Jennifer Hudson once again looked amazing on the red carpet, this time in a deep tangerine Versace gown. The star has lost an incredible amount of weight but this dress proves she’s not turned into a La-La Land stick instect and still has curves most women would kill for! The colour of this dress really brightens things up as well!

The Worst Dresses

Even though the frock frights were in short supply this year (thank goodness the Black Swan dominated proceedings without any sighting of a Björk swan!), there were still a few shockers we couldn’t fail to mention.

To start with-and this truly pains us to say because we LOVE her- is Madonna. Really, what on earth is this outfit about? She probably has one of the most toned bodies in the entire world, access to the best stylists in the world, and enough money to buy out half the fashion houses, but she wears this: A fur gilet and a pair of net curtains thrown over a leotard and tacky fishnet tights. NOT a good look. Lourdes looks lovely though!

Sharon Stone also made our worst dressed list. It looks like a fluffy bird has died on the shoulder of that mournful looking black dress, and the miserable look, severe make-up and painful up-do only heighten the dreary effect. We can only hope she was trying to stay on theme by being a black swan…..

Oscar winner Melissa Leo wore an utterly confounding Marc Bouwer dress. At least this stiff appliqued creation shows us what a giant doily might look like though.

Last but not least is Joan Collins. Ok, it’s not horrendous, even if it is a little bit too Dynasty for 2011, but after reports that she was rushed to hospital at the Vanity Fair Oscars party because her dress was too tight just goes to prove a girl can go a little too far in the name of fashion. After resigning herself to ‘not eating much’ due to the tightness of the dress, and then promptly fainting in her husbands arms and being rushed to hospital, she was told by doctors ‘not to wear such tight dresses — and to eat in future if expected to last the pace’.

Starving yourself to fit into a dress is never a good idea, but to end up feeling faint because it’s just way too tight is not what fashion is supposed to be about. For this reason this has got to be the worst dress of the night. Sorry Joan.

P.S We hope you’re ok now!