My Two Cents Worth

Costumes, costumes, costumes!  I've got dresses and knickers on the brain.  The kiddos are in an upcoming community playhouse production and I'm researching 1920s fashions for children.  Unfortunately, during my History of Fashion course in college I was assigned women's fashions of the 1880s-1890s.  This project does me little good today, but another reason to study.  Any advice on 1920s fashions for six year old girls and eleven year old boys would be accepted with a spirit of gratititude.

Since I'm blogging about clothing I might as well give my two cents worth about the fashions at the Golden Globes.  Who am I to be giving advice as I sit at my computer wearing my "knock around the house" clothes littered with thread from the morning's sewing projects?  It has become very discouraging to listen as the so-called fashion experts proclaim the best and worst dressed.  Apparently, they have some allegience to these celebrities and fashion designers, but I don't.  I've decided I probably have as much right as the rest of the so-called experts.----------By the way- thanks to my Twitter friends for the virtual critique last night- loads of fun and can't wait for the next award show.

Here are my best and worst with a few extra comments:
Worst Dressed:

• Helen Boham Carter- even my six year old said "She looks hiddeous"
• Natalie Portman- design was appropriate- maybe in a different color, but she looked like a Valentine decoration
• Angelina Jolie, Jane Fonda, Leighton Meester, and Anne Hathaway- looked as if they had all shopped the Dynasty wardrobe (one expert I heard from this morning liked Anne and hated Angelina- not much difference to me)
• JLo- as my friend Bevy said "she is wearing the angel costume from my church's Christmas production
• Christina Aguilera- she looked like she wore a costume from her movie- Burlesque
• January Jones-  All I can say is thank goodness for spray on adhesive
• Tilda Swinton- my gosh-my daughter comment "she is scary"- I'm volunteering to dress her for the next show if she would just call
• Nicole Kidman- the earrings as well as the adornment on the shoulder did not go w/the bow at the waist
• Christian Bale- heard him say on an interview that he has been unemployed since The Fighter- he said it, I didn't and he looked like he wasn't looking for work anytime soon
• Julianne Moore- the sleeve???
• Annette Benning- bad hair and please wear contacts
• Michelle Williams- Doris Day
• Scarlett Johansson- hair and dress- not so good
• Sandra Bullock- bangs too long and pale color- needs dark color
• Matt Damon- five o'clock shadow
• All the men wearing hats and black shirt and black tie- yuck!

Best Dressed

• Eva Longoria- she might be going thru a divorce, but she looked dynamite
• Piper Perabo- classic and gorgeous
• Claire Danes and Emma Stone- both looked awesome wearing Calvin Klein (who knew Calvin did anything except black)
• Megan Fox- lovely in a very modern looking lavender dress
• Glee- the entire cast should get a standing ovation- they looked like they were there to win awards- Jane Lynch's dress would have looked dynamite on Nicole Kidman.
• Sophia Vegara- covered herself and still looked very vuluptuous- she claimed that dress was comfortable, but I don't believe it.
• All of the young men (teens and early 20s)- my daughter even said Justin Bieber got a haircut- they were groomed for the awards.   Can't say as much for the 30-45 year olds.
• Alec Baldwin, Michael Douglas, Jake Gyllenhal- classic and groomed

A few more comments- just because:

• Where were the diamonds?
• Long sleeves- snatch the sleeve off Angelina's dress and put it on Nicole Kidmand with her gorgeous strawberry color hair
• The Glee cast haven't gotten too famous- they are still respectful of the dress code for award shows 
• Just because the shoes cost $1700 doesn't mean they go with anything-  Olivia Wilde
• Couture gowns should not have zippers down the back, but instead hidden on the side
• Back to the 1980s- Dynasty and Dallas looks on several as well as the emerald green color
• The French twist is back
• Cover the tattoos  (some might not agree, but this is my two cents worth)
• Guiliana Rancic is too thin- like her a lot, but she needs to put on a few pounds

I must say I don't usually get too excited about who wins the actual awards since I rarely see any of the movies.  Don't get all bent out of shape, but we don't have a theater within 200 miles where you can watch most of these artsy films.  The red carpet is really the only reason I watch.