Oscars Red Carpet 2010! Styleite Ranks The Hits, The Misses, And Everything In Between

by Ruthie Friedlander And Verena von Pfetten | 7:51 pm, March 7th, 2010

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While our counterparts at Mediaite have been dutifully liveblogging every last moment of this year’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards, we at Styleite gave up before the show even started; we were in it for the red carpet, clearly.

Thankfully, this year’s pre-show fashion fest served up no shortage of sartorial sins, rewarding risks, and, predictably, the usual snoozefest offenders.

The Hits:

Meryl Streep won tonight’s best dressed award, hands down. While our first guess pegged her dress as Valentino, kudos goes to Project Runway alum Chris March for designing such a standout, knockout, all-around stunning dress. Meryl Streep outshone Oscar himself. Period.

Diane Kruger’s cream and black feathered gown was undeniably, iconically, and gorgeously Chanel. Featuring a halter neck, no small amount of Chanel camelias, and a bias cut that would make most actresses run for the hills, Kruger’s dress was a elegant and inspired choice for the red carpet.

Carey Mulligan looked whimsically chic for her first Academy Awards red carpet appearance in a black bedazzled Prada gown. While many consider black to be a bit drab for the Oscars, Miuccia Prada’s design looked perfect against her pale skin and platinum blonde boyish haircut. Accented perfectly with impeccably sized chandelier earrings by Fred Leighton, Mulligan’s dress most definitely earned the actress a place among Hollywood’s “Best Dressed.”

Vera Farmiga’s fucshia Marchesa gown was reminiscent of Diane Kruger’s Christian Lacroix Golden Globe’s dress. The ruffled fanning that spanned from the upper bodice down to the bottom was a unique and perfectly executed accent, which was refreshing considering the red carpet’s surprising lack of originality tonight. The color choice was daring and divine and the gown fit her body like a glove.

Zoe Saldana’s Givenchy gown sets a prime example for what red carpet fashion could and should be. Exquisitely styled and arguably the evening’s most creative, Zoe’s dress was purple, ruched, ruffled, and huge. Also: it had a sparkly top. Good for her for pulling it off, but more importantly, for having the courage to wear it in the first place.

Up next: The Misses…

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathy-Kitt/628413749 Kathy Kitt

Where is Sarah Jessica Parker? Love her or hate her she is always daring in her choices. I think she was one of the best dressed in her Chanel Couture.
Rachel Sklar

I was just about the write the same thing: Where was SJP? That dress was by far the most interesting thing on the red carpet, and she pulled it off beautifully. Wasn’t crazy about the bottom but oh did I love that top. And how can you hurt on Kendrick at all – she looked lovely and classic – and the way that SHOE blended perfectly with it all above was perfection. Was not crazy about Farmiga – hard to TELL that the dress fit her like a glove! – and agree agree agree on Seyfried re: “Bridal Gone Bad.” I think you’re giving Kristen Stewart a little too much credit for not wearing black here (that’s not black???), love love love MacAdams, and you are definitely missing Sandra Bullock. And also Gabby Sidibe, who looked sensational (Mo’Nique did too, actually, in that fabulous blue with the flower). And Kathryn Bigelow and Kate Winslet both chose sophisticated, classy gowns that still made them both look smokin’. p.s. Miley’s gown would have looked lovely on an actress in her 30s. Who was standing up straight.

Also, I would just like to note that Melanie Laurent, the star of Inglourious Basterds, has been pretty much ignored on the red carpet this awards season and I find it perplexing. Well not that perplexing because she has opted to blend in with the Basterds team rather than break out, but her fashion choices have been solid, and I’m just surprised that I cna’t even recall SEEING her last night.

Also, no-show for Brangelina? For shame.

That’s all from me.