This award show season the red carpet was almost more exciting than the actual ceremonies. Okay, who am I kidding, they are almost always more fun. The trend this year seemed to be simplicity and sleekness with a dash of sex appeal - and these words are synonymous with Calvin Klein. If there was one designer that caught my eye this award season it would be without a doubt Klein. My favorite Klein dress would be the fabulous peachy/ pink dress worn by Emma Stone at the Golden Globes. From head to toe it was perfection: The color. Fantastic. The classy up-do. Fantastic - I am even loving her new blonde hue. The metallic Swarovski clutch. Fantastic. New comer Jennifer Lawrence looked nothing short of a bombshell in a sexy red Calvin Klein design. The sleek form fitting gown exuded plenty of sex appeal, but never crossed the line into vulgar. Gwyneth Paltrow, a veteran at looking great on the red carpet, stood out in a cool metallic colored dress. The whole look was styled to perfection - I am especially loving her no nonsense super straight strands.
I never have a favorite look during award season. I always love more than one dress, one designer and one actress. But this year Mila Kunis stuck out like a sore thumb, a very fabulous sore thumb. I absolutely loved all three of the dresses she wore to the major award ceremonies. She looked smoldering in an Alexander McQueen piece at the SAG awards; the red dress was just high fashion enough to be accepted by the picky eyed public and still be astonishing. Her loose curls completed her fiery ensemble. She looked even better at the Golden Globes in a single strapped green Vera Wang gown. The color looked amazing on Kunis' olive skin tone and her bouffant do was a surprising and welcome touch to complete the look. Who can ever go wrong when wearing Wang? Finally, Mila Kunis in Elie Saab at the Academy Awards. My absolute favorite look this award season. The delicate purple color was just gorgeous on Kunis, and I especially love the low, almost drapy neckline and the details on the skirt that showed just a peek of skin through purple lace. Amazing! The dress fit Kunis perfectly and the styling was extraordinary. In one word it was beautiful. A word not used quite as often as it should in today's fierce fashion world.
Oh the hair! The makeup! The dress! The earrings! The cigarette holder!
Tom Ford began as a designer for Gucci in the early 90s and then moved on to Yves Saint Laurent before beginning his own line "Tom Ford" in the mid 2000s. In the past few years he has really blown up, at least in my fashion lovin' eyes. His designs, which are fantastic, are not only in the magazines, but he is in them as well. He has begun modeling his own line - which is completely okay by me. He has an instinct for what is sexy with out being over the top and with being over the top (see his ads for his men's cologne; I don't dare post them myself!) Mr. Ford is without a doubt a very sexy man: that jawline, his five o'clock shadow, that sexy-deviant smirk. And I don't think anyone looks better in a tuxedo. He is polished and rugged at the same time - he is, well, a bit of sex on a stick.
He designs exquisitely for both men and women- his new spring line for women is amazing. Notice the hemlines on the dresses - they hit right below the knee. The white suit shows no skin.Yet they exude sex appeal. I especially love the black backless dress which I first saw in the latest issue of Elle magazine on Katie Holmes; she wore the dress with white pumps and it was perfection. When women and men alike wear Ford they look hot, they look like fun, they look like sex. Very glamorous sex.
Despite all this, it wasn't until early last year that I understood the talent and force that is Tom Ford. His directorial debut "A Single Man" was showing in Landmark theaters everywhere and my boyfriend was taking me (for our anniversary) to see a film about a gay man directed by a gay fashion designer. I was very happy. When I was in the theater with my cherry coke I became astonished. The film was beautiful: the colors, the clothes, the scenery. The 1960s were fascinating to begin with; now they had the genius eye of Tom Ford to boot. Julianne Moore was nothing short of perfection. Each frame as a still could be a Vogue fashion spread. The music, the fashion, the story, the acting: Julianne Moore, Colin Firth - if beauty and fabulousness could kill, I'd surely be dead. Bravo, Mr. Ford, Bravo.
