Hello Monday and my Oscar Best Dressed Picks and Monday Mingle

Hi!  Happy Monday!  At least I'm trying to convince myself it is.  It's chilly and raining here and my daughter decided that 5:30am would be an awesome time to wake up.  Of course that wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been up until 3am with one of my insomnia bouts*.  I didn't get to watch the Oscar show itself, but I watched the "pregame" on E! where I saw Sacha Baron Cohen dump the "ashes" on Ryan Seacrest live!  It was so funny because you could tell that Ryan was not amused and was scrambling to act like it was no big deal.  Didn't work.  Hey Ryan, we know it ticked you off and that, my dear, is why Mr. Cohen decided to do it to you.  Did anyone else see it?  Did anyone else notice how Ryan kept bringing it up to everyone he talked to the rest of the night?  He practically cried when he was talking to J.Lo about it.  Tee hee.

Okay, now to what really matters - the fashion!  In my opinion, there were three ladies who knocked it out of the park.  First up, Jessica Chastain in a gorgeous Alexander McQueen dress.  The dress is incredible and her hair was just perfection.  She was my top pick.

Next up is Octavia Spencer.  This Tadashi Shoji dress is perfect, the fit, the color, the way it pulls in at the waist.  She looked amazing! (And how happy was I that she won?  So happy!)

My last pick is Gwyneth Paltrow in Tom Ford.  I love the drama of the cape with the dress.  Without the cape, the dress is okay, but the cape adds an almost architectural element, which I find really interesting.  Her hair was a fail in my opinion, it was weird.

So what do you all think?  Was the show as boring as I've been hearing?

*On a side note, TLC had a "My 600 Pound Life" marathon on last night while I was up and what a riveting show.  Oh man, heartbreaking, inspiring, happy, sad - there's a whole range of emotions that bubble up watching the struggles.  Has anyone else watched that show?  I would love to hear your thoughts.

I'm joining up with my girls over at BonBon Rose Girls today for the Monday Mingle.

Have a great Monday!

Images via UsWeekly and Style.com

Oscars 2010 - my picks for best dressed

I'm a little late to the game with this post, so I'm only going to pick a favorite look from the red carpet and then one from the after parties (along with their runway debuts).  Yes, there were many looks I liked (and disliked) but they are basically the same ones that have already been blogged about thousands of times and I'm sure you're sick of seeing the same things over and over.  I know I am.  Here we go, first with the red carpet:

Rachel McAdams in Elie Saab Haute Couture (left at the Vanity Fair party and right on the Oscar red carpet - notice how the light changes the colors, I like how much warmer it appears in the daylight)  What sold me on this dress was when she walked out on stage, it just looked so divine.

On the runway roughly 6 weeks ago (it was the opening look on Karlie Kloss no less)

Here is my after party pick:

Cameron Diaz  at the Vanity Fair party in Victoria Beckham

Here's the dress from NY Fashion Week just a few weeks ago.

Images via Style.com, WWD, People.com

Happy Weekend!

In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, check out this rendering of the David Rockwell designed set.  Pretty Hollywood glam, right? (read the interview with him about it here)  We've got nothing much planned other than just get outside some with the stir crazy little one, since the temps will be in the upper 60's (yay!).  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Image via Interior Design