Red Carpet Fashion Awards

Monthly Archives: June 2009

Wimbledon starts next week, and as much as I love the tournament there’s one thing that’s guaranteed for the next two weeks…rain.

This isn’t such a bag thing as I can blog between rain delays.

Venus and Serena Williams are both in London and tonight they attended a party held at the Kensington Roof Gardens for the Women’s Tennis Association.

Serena wore a crisp white tank top with a pair of Ralph Lauren sequined harem pants from the Spring 2009 collection, with the same runway low slung belt and gold ankle strap heels.

Sister Venus opted for a very elegant dress with a pussy bow collar. Her beige dress is also from the Spring 2009 collection, but was presented as a sleeveless blouse.

Strappy gold heels completed the look and her hair was styled into a classy updo.

This has to be the best I have seen the sisters look in a long while. They both normally over do it and try to look like barbie dolls, but here they both look beautiful and elegant.

Credit: Style.com & London Features

Today was Ladies Day at the Ascot Racecourse. This is when we get to see an array of stunning hats at the annual event, and it seems the ladies are getting more and more inventive each year.

Erin O’Connor was elegant as ever wearing a white Chanel jacket with black trims but she opted not to wear the runway chained brooch.

Of course she donned a black wide brimmed hat and completed her look with wide black pants.

A giant ice-cream cone, a trio of chocoholics wearing hats shaped like Quality Street sweets, and a hat used to put across a political message were just a few of the exotic hats on display.

This lady dressed up as Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady sporting a magnificent headpiece made of blonde hair.

Credit: Getty & style.com

Taylor Swift was the big winner the CMT Music Awards, walking away for the second consecutive year the evening’s top honours: Video of the Year Award, and Female Video of the Year.

Taylor joins Keith Urban and Toby Keith as the only three artists to win twice for Video of the Year.

Taylor closed the show by joining the UK’s premier arena rock band, Def Leppard, for an electrifying rendition of “Pour Some Sugar On Me.”

The young star danced around the stage wearing a black Rachel Gilbert three-tier fringed tank dress with bead and sequin embellished neckline.

Her trademark curly hair and black knee-high boots completed the look.


A purple version of her stunning dress is available from Net-A-Porter international for £355/€435.66.

Credit: Wireimage

Ali Larter looks very sexy in her white printed Herve Leger Fall 2009 mini dress with a plunging neckline and padded shoulders.

Ali tried to diffuse the uber sexiness of this dress by adding a stunning statement necklace by Erickson Beamon with a large orange pendent.

Love the dress, hate the heels.

They’re so clunky for this dress, plus I would have preferred a taupe strappy sandal.

A Nancy Gonzalez gold clutch completed her look.

Alexis Bledel also wore a plunging neckline Herve Leger Fall 2009 bandage dress. Hers was in chocolate brown with shimmering gold panels.

Alexis always seems quite shy so I’m really shocked that she’s wearing such a sexy piece and without the runway blazer.

She completed her look with a sparkling Judith Leiber clutch and pewter Giuseppe Zanotti heels.

Lake Bell opted for a futuristic look wearing a red BCBG Max Azria Resort 2010 dress with grey embroidered details which is a cross between Star Trek and Spidergirl.

She wore her dress with silver sandals and a lemon Herve Leger Spring 2009 clutch.

The dress will grow on me, but the shoes and the clutch. No.

I really wish Maggie Grace hadn’t held her clutch so close to her skirt because I love the tulip shape on the skirt of this teal blue Christian Siriano Fall 2009 asymmetrical dress.

I’m glad Maggie opted for something we haven’t seen from Christian Siriano, as I’m so tired of seeing the same dresses in various colours.

Maggie is looking fantastic lately which makes me ask the question. Does she have a new stylist?

Her look was complete with Christian Louboutin Carnaval heels with a leafy embellishment at the rear.

Hilary Rhoda looked sexy but sweet wearing a pale blue Max Azria Spring 2009 plunging draped toga dress.

Silver sandals were the perfect complement.

The red carpet always lights up when Camilla Belle graces it with her presence.

Wearing a green one-shouldered Max Azria Resort 2010 dress with ruffles cascading from the shoulder the actress looked simply gorgeous with seemingly not much effort.

Amber Tamblyn wore a black and white Alice + Olivia fan dress, which I blogged about recently, saying it looked very much like the Gianfranco Ferré dress Anne Hathaway wore to the Critics Choice Awards.

I would have really liked this look if it wasn’t for the tights.

Yes I know I go on about disliking tights so much, but it’s a real bug-bear of mine. You all must have something that you really dislike too.

Max Azria’s BFF Melissa George was of course at this MaxAriza event.

The actress wore a white haltered Herve Leger Resort 2010 bandage dress with matching heels, a gold clutch and a gold stack of Samantha Wills bangles.

As much as I want to say I don’t like it, Melissa really makes it work surprisingly.

Selita Ebanks is such a pretty woman so I’m dumbfounded as to why she opted for so much make-up.

It really takes so much away from her natural beauty.

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Whilst I’m still bewildered at Kellie Pickler’s red carpet Badgley Mischka brown gown, she managed to redeem herself by wearing a Zuhair Murad Spring 2009 Couture dress when she performed at the CMT Music Award show.

The finalist on the fifth season of American Idol wore a sexy strapless silver paillette beaded dress to dazzled the crowds, as sung her hit single “Best Days of Your Life”.

Her blonde wavy hair and Christian Louboutin Differa silver sandals completed the much improved look.

Credit: Zuhair Murad & Wireimage

Who:Amber Tamblyn wearing a black and white Alice + Olivia strapless fan dress
Shop:Net-A-Porter US $367
Net-A-Porter International £340/€417
Shopbop.com $367
Where:2009 Whitney Contemporaries Art Party And Auction, New York


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