On red carpet, stars adopt a subdued look
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Penelope Cruz: A great look. -
Jane Krakowski: Well balanced. -
Kate Hudson: Fabulous. -
Tina Fey: 1950s. -
Mo'Nique: Looked like a goddess. -
Christina Hendricks: Ruffled.
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Ponytails. Not much brilliant color but lots of black and neutrals. Rosettes, ruffles -- lots of ruffles -- and tight mermaid dresses that made walking almost impossible. And a few really really out-there tuxedos.
Last night's 67th annual Golden Globes served up a fairly subdued fashion palette of Hollywood glamour on a rainy, damp red carpet mostly obscured by umbrellas due to a rainstorm. Chastened, maybe, by the past year's recession and the recent catastrophe in Haiti, metallic hues -- bronze, pewter, silver -- seemed to be the order of the evening, although Lauren Graham ("Parenthood") and Diane Kruger ("Inglourious Basterds") stood out, almost oddly, in candy pink gowns.
Since the advent of the Hollywood stylist, stars rarely dress anymore like Cher or Bjork (remember that swan dress Bjork wore to the 2001 Oscars?). But there was "Mad Men" Christina Hendricks' hugely ruffled peach champagne dress (by "Project Runway's" Christian Siriano), which set off her cleavage to, um, huge effect. We can't be too catty, though, since she's auctioning it off for charity. Tina Fey went for ironic -- we think -- in a 1950s crinoline in a very busy black and white pattern and big bowed shoes.
And as for Chloe Sevigny, Vogue's favorite Downtown "it" girl of a decade ago?
"It really looked like Chloe Sevigny got eaten by a giant ruffle," observed Cynthia Nellis, author of the Guide to Women's Fashion on About.com, of the "Big Love" star. And January Jones' headband "was very trendy -- in 2006, that is."
"I'm crazy for Maggie Gyllenhaal's fashion sense," Nellis added. "The coral origami asymmetrical dress looked so modern and she stood out from all the spangles and ruffles." Nellis also singled out Kate Hudson ("Nine") who, despite the rain, "traipsed down the red carpet in a fabulous white train dress and still looked perfect. And her tassel earrings were incredible."
But fashion, as with everything else, is ultimately in the eye of the beholder. Jessica Ghilani, a Ph.D candidate in communications at the University of Pittsburgh, blogs about fashion and found Gyllenhaal's gown an odd mismatch of architectural detail in the bodice and a "goofy mermaid skirt. I would have loved it, had it been hemmed to right below her knee rather than flaring out."
First Published January 18, 2010 12:00 am
