Pre-MTV Movie Awards Fashion Report

On April 13th at 9:00 PM the MTV Movie Awards will be held, and the nominees have been announced. Take your opportunity to vote in each category prior to the event, which will be hosted by Conan O'Brien. For a full list of nominees and to vote, go to: MTV Movie Awards
and click on VOTE to choose your favorite in each category.

Last year, we saw a lot of golds and metallics, as well as brights in fashion on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards.  Check out Snooki (below), in Snooki Couture, as she walked the red carpet at last year's event: 

Selena Gomez (right) looked amazing in a beaded, flesh-gold toned dress designed by Julien Macdonald that had a metallic hint to it as she arrived last year.  Her hair and makeup were flawless, and she was on many best-dressed lists.

The stunning Kerry Washington (left) showed up in a surprise wearing a black-and-bright yellow (too bumble bee?) Michael Kors number that wasn't as popular with the fashion lists, but shows off the bright trend many wore last year.  

Speaking of brights, does anyone remember what the brilliant and talented Macklemore wore last year?  He showed up really bright in Logan Neitzel, cape and all.  It was certainly spectacular, and has me wondering what he will wear this year.  

So...what can we expect this year on the Red Carpet at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards? Well, as they say, expect the unexpected. Almost anything goes at this awards show (personally, I am hoping we don't see any cigarette hats - but that's just one Film Fashionistas's opinion).

Hana Mae Lee, 2013 MTV Movie Awards

The dress below, designed by Zuhair Murad, is my idea of what could top the best-dressed list.  Worn by a young or up-and-coming starlet (maybe without the exact gold belt that it was shown with on the runway), this one is breathtaking.  A petite actress such as Emma Watson, Shailene Woodley or Emma Roberts could wear this with ease and it would be divine.

Zuhair Murad Spring/Summer 2014 Couture

Let's hope some of what we see is still a bit outrageous, fun but fashion-forward and easy on the eyes.  I'd love to see a couple of edgy black ensembles, but unique pastels and white dresses, as well.  Below are some of my favorite picks from recent runway shows that I wish could make the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet.  

 

Tadashi Shoji Spring 2014 Couture
A Lavender Dream!

Elie Saab Spring/Summer 2014 Couture

THIS is the edgy & black dress that will work

for the MTV Movie Awards.

Atelier Versace Spring/Summer 2014 Couture

A lovely shade of light blue, on the right woman, this

would really steal the show on the red carpet.

Pictures courtesy of mtv.com, vogue.com, and socialitelife.com

This is an awards show where we do see it all, and in fashion there can be a fine line between 
what is considered high fashion and what is deemed a costume.  I, therefore, vote first and foremost for beautifully designed gowns and exceptionally glamorous looks on the red carpet, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the all-too-strange dresses of meat or hats that look like cigarette butts stay at home. 

Do you have a favorite designer or dress you want to see on the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet?  Comment below with your thoughts, and follow me if you love fashion and film.

Also, I'd love it if you'd take a second to take the poll at the top of my blog and let me know who you think will win Best On-Screen Film Transformation at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13th at 9:00 PM.













  

Best & Worst Dressed at the 2014 Oscars

There were so many gorgeous couture dresses on the Oscars Red Carpet!  How will we choose best dressed?  I have a feeling there will be mixed reviews, conflicting opinions depending on personal style and many sites will select a different #1 from the small pool of really GREAT gowns we saw. 

Here are my top six red carpet dresses, in no particular order.  

Lupita Nyong'o

1) Lupita Nyong'o won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave, and she showed up on the red carpet in a custom- made Prada gown in a very pale blue color that Nyong'o said was a "blue that reminds me of Nairobi."  The actual color of the gown is duck's egg blue, but Nairobi blue is so beautiful!  The actress is from Kenya, and her beautiful skin with the plunging V neckline and the unique touch of the small headband makes her a best-dressed contender, and I have a feeling she will come out on top on many sites.

Charlize Theron

2)  Charlize Theron stepped onto the Oscar's red carpet in a black Dior Haute Couture gown with a fantastic train and illusion straps.  It truly was magnificent, and something I would want to wear if I would walk an Oscars red carpet.  Her blonde locks are still short, and the neckline plunge and that long neck of hers, coupled with her short hair, gave her a super-model look.  She definitely picked the right dress, and will top many best-dressed lists.

Jennifer Lawrence

3)   Jennifer Lawrence was expected to wear Dior Haute Couture, and she didn't disappoint.  She is, after all, the face of one of the world's top fashion houses; French fashion house Dior.  JLaw stepped (well, sort of...tumbled, maybe?) out onto the red carpet in a bright red peplum gown, so bright it almost had an orange hue to it.  There was a simplicity to it that was stunning, and wearing the $2 million Neil Lane necklace with 100 carats of diamonds, and wearing it backwards, topped off her look.  This beautiful look puts her high on the list for best dressed once again.

Angelina Jolie

4) Angelina Jolie, I must say, looked incredibly classy, wearing a gorgeous embroidered Elie Saab haute couture gown.  She and her handsome husband, Brad Pitt, truly are a power couple -  if not the power couple, in Hollywood.  During the Oscars, a video was played where Jolie was being given an honorary Oscar, The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which is a much-deserved award for her. 

Amy Adams

5) The lovely Amy Adams walked the Oscar red carpet in a sapphire-blue Gucci gown.  The color was absolutely amazing on her, and her hair was up, which thrilled me.  Perfection.  The Tiffany & Co. jewels she wore were just enough with the dress, and I, for one, am glad that she didn't go for the 70's glam look for Oscar night.  She played it right, and for that, she is also in my top six for best dressed.

Cate Blanchett

6) Last, but certainly not least, is the incomparable Cate Blanchett.  Ms. Blanchett won the Best Actress Oscar for Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.  She wore a stunning Giorgio Armani gown that was embroidered all over with tiny beads and paillettes, which are sequins or spangles sewn that are sewn onto a dress.  She sparkled and seemed to light up the red carpet as she walked it, turning heads.  

Naomi Watts 

Honorable Mention - Best Dressed

Naomi Watts is quite the vision, wearing this white sequined Calvin Klein Collection gown and shoes, Bulgari statement necklace, jewels and Bulgari bag. Red lips and great hair top it all off.

Unfortunately, every awards show has a worst dressed list, and the 2014 Oscars will be no different.  I am putting three contenders below.  I won't give a lot of detail, as a picture is worth a thousand words.  

 Worst Dressed Nominees

Lisa Minnelli wears an electric blue, silky pants suit that was off one shoulder, with a matching blue streak in her hair.  This is wrong on so many levels. 

Bette Midler wore a custom Reem Acra gown on the Oscars red carpet.  I just don't think this is the look for her.  Not the worst, but not the best.  Here is how it looked on the runway: 

 

Reem Acra Fall 2014

Ms. Midler sang wonderfully on the Oscars stage, "Did You Ever Know That Your My Her0."  One reason I am bothered by it is I think Julia Roberts could have ROCKED this gown, with her hair up like the runway model.  I really had hoped she would choose it.

Glenn Close wore Zac Posen, but I never would have recognized the dress she was wearing as his design.  It looked very heavy and with a black pointy  hat, well....I just love her, though.  I can forgive this one dress faux pas.  After all, she is Glenn Close.

You can vote in the polls at the top right of my blog and tell me which starlet you think was the Oscars Best Dressed, and which was the Worst Dressed. Can't make up your mind?  You can vote for more than one.  Also, please use the comments section below if your favorite isn't on the list at all or just to start a conversation about the Oscars Fashion or winners.  I'm excited to hear who you think was best dressed, so comment, follow me if you don't already, let's talk Oscar fashion.