Best Dressed Award
When Cate Blanchett stepped on the red carpet at the 2011 Oscars tonight the competition for Best Dressed ended.
This is why I love Cate Blanchett; she glided down the red carpet wearing Givenchy Spring 2011 Couture gown looking sensational.
No one has even come close to matching this type of perfection tonight.
Her pleated lilac chiffon gown is embroidered with pearls details. I love the yellow as a contrasting colour.
Cate’s super short boyish crop has grown out. I much prefer this length as it’s more feminine.
Van Cleef & Arpels jewels completed her look.
If I was an actress on this red carpet I would grab my coat and go home.
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I agree with you! The moment I saw her I thought the same thing! She looks sensational!
I agree. Everything about her is perfection
flawless.
When I saw this dress I screamed “YES!!”
The entire look is pure perfection. I love the dress — it isn’t like the other “uniform” award dresses and completely matches her personality.
Yes, agree completely 100 percent with FC. And Godiva, “uniform” is a great word to describe a lot of the dresses we see. This could easily be my BDOTY.
I agree. But I was hoping her McQueen. I call this Restrained Elegant Drama a la Blanchett.
I saw this and gasped, and not in a good way, but in the What arrrrrrrrre you wearing way. Two big thumbs down!
Glad to know I’m not the only one who didn’t like this look. I’m sure it is going to be at the top of many worst dressed lists tomorrow. Waist down it is lovely. Waist up is a train wreck with much to much going on.
Definitely on my Worst dressed list. I wonder if that circle above her waist has some special meaning. And what’s with yellow pearls and the origami shoulder covers…
I could probably like it if it weren’t for the circle, the shoulders and the yellow beading. Not love it, mind you, but like it.
This is terrible. I usually love what Cate’s wears but is one of the worse gowns on the red carpet. Horrific.
Had this dress not been Givenchy, but rather the creating of a lesser-known designer, no fashion conoisseur wannabe would have liked it. At all. When have the “experts” ever liked innovation? However, if you attache a household name to it, it becomes “genius”. Ugh.
I totally disagree with you. You are basically saying we are so stupid that we only like brands rather then the dress and the person in the dress.
Really insulting
Okay so I take back everything I said. This picture does not do this dress service. I saw a clip of Cate on TV and she is hands down the best dressed of the night. Her gown is breathtaking.
THANK GOD FOR CATE!
I feel this years Oscar’s very mellow, fashion wise…
There’s been one boring dress after another, and if the gown’s been OK something else with the styling has been off..
And then Cate Blanchett appears. Pure heaven!!
My jaw just dropped! I am amazed at how she pulls off these amazing couture looks.
I don’t know about everyone else, but this is on my mental BDOTY list.
She, Mila Kunis and Mandy Moore are tied at the top for me. Stunning ladies.
Im loving seeing celebs in Givenchy Couture!
OMG!!!
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Yes Catherine, best dressed award.
She is completly unique and fashion forward but still so elegant and feminine… just LOVE IT!
She will win the best gown of 2011 (again!)
yes indeed. and she does it with such ease..
She is the queen.
Now bow down.
The dress looks significantly better on Cate than the runway model. I never would have selected it from the lookbook, but dang! Cate rocks it! Love the simple hair and accessories as well.
I TOTALLY AGREE. I’M SPEECHLESS!
Admit you’re biased! lol. I am too! Come on if someone like Reese Witherspoon of Mila Kunis wore this, they would be trashed. But it’s Cate Blanchett, only she could pull off this! (well or Tilda Swinton). Still not my best dressed of the night but hail Cate!
OMG!!! This is exquisite, flawless!!!
OMG!!! Absolutely stunning, best dressed by far. Love her, so proud to be a fellow Aussie!!!
Right with you FC, she looks incredible. By being a little different in her choices she always knocks it out of the ball park.
I love this dress from far, the colour is amazing, so are the shoulders! but when looking at the pictures taken in close distance, I really find the pearl disturbing especially the yellow ones. I am really sad…
“If I was an actress on this red carpet I would grab my coat and go home.”
This is why I love you FC: not only is your knowledge of fashion Nobel worthy, you have the most AWESOME sense of humor ever!
Arrrrrrghhhh she is amazing!! perfection!
Excuse my language but, F@#KING AMAZING!!
THEY CAN END THE RED CARPET COVERAGE NOW, CAUSE SHE HAS SNATCHED AAALLL WIGS
PERFECTION.
As soon as I saw this, I knew she would be your best dressed. Im loving this. The dress is so exciting but in a low key sort of way:D
Stunning!
queen Cate!!
I really don’t like the top half of the dress though. I think it’s the sleeves.
But
“If I was an actress on this red carpet I would grab my coat and go home.”
LMAO. that was a good laugh. I cold just imagine Nicole Kidman looking at Cate and saying ‘oh, well. i tried. Keith, get the limo, we’re going home.”
LMAO…at your Kidman comment
*SQUEALS* I KNEW THIS WOULD BE YOUR FAVORITE.
God, she looks flawless. The second I saw her I was so glad, cos she redeemed the entire red carpet show for me (the watching could get a bit boring at times).
Beautiful unique artistic Gowns like this were meant for women like Cate Blanchett! Bravo!! Will she be BDOTY again??
Gorgeos! (I think it’s the other look, number 5, not 7)
I love Cate as much as you do but she is definitely not the best dressed. the color washes her out and the embroideries look weird
OMG!I couldn’t agree more!She looks absolutely stunning!Regal and oh! sweet i might add!Best Dressed for sure.
Im actually blown away… its a perfect gown.. its givenchy, its couture, its on trend.. its nt lost in the sea of chintzy looking dresses… i wud put her up for BDOTY.. toooooo beautiful… other than amy adams and hilary swank.. its been pretty boring till nw.. thanks for this vision of perfection , fc
Dear FC, Kate has worn a different dress, it’s number three from the presentation:
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/S2011CTR-GIVENCHY?event=show2242&designer=design_house44&trend=&iphoto=4#slide=4
Just take a look at the decoration and collar.
thanks..you are right
Always welcome) You have a very hard night today, I wish you are OK after it!
And thank you for your posts – as always)
Yep, I agree, the best seen, so far anyway, and it would be hard to top the perfection of this….
She looks fabulous and quite youthful.
Wonder how many people predicted lilac as a red carpet trend for these Oscars!
Such a regal and worthy best dressed. Cate works Givenchy like no one else can. A stunning choice. They talked to Jessica Paster on E before the red carpet. I wonder if she styled Cate. If she did, she did an amazing job.
BRAVO!! SO LOVING THIS
Completely agree! This is why I love her too. No tired pouffy princess ballgowns for Cate. She looks edgy and different but also really pretty at the same time. I love the back too although we can’t see it in this photo.
arrggh!! Love her! Love this!!!
I’m so glad she’s there this year!
This is flawless, this is faultless, this is perfection. Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw Cate in this gown. Style. Icon.
Stunning and unique.
BDOTY!!!!
She just owned the night with this gown
Dazzling! I love that she always does something unexpected and looks extraordinary!
Another thing I wanted to say is that she has this great quality of appearing completely relaxed and effortless in couture. I don’t know how she does it but she somehow manages to make everyone else look like they’re trying too hard. Tonight is no exception.
absolutely
It is a very unique dress and it matches her personality perfectly, but I am not wowed for some reason. I am longing for some color but it would’ve ruined the look completely. Just a little bit underwhelming.
Stunning. Love the embroidery!
WOW this is my favvvv dress from that collection & i m sooo glad it has made it to the oscars & she did it justice! awesome, just awesome. 100% agree on the best dressed
but FC, isnt it look #5? cuz u have a pic of the next look
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/S2011CTR-GIVENCHY?event=show2242&designer=design_house44&trend=&iphoto=4#slide=4
There is no star/actress with the same elegance, confidence and sense of self like Cate. No one other woman in the bussiness owens a look like her. Therefore, she is a winner.
And the short do? WIN.
As soon as I saw Cate hit the carpet, I knew she was wearing Givenchy and she looked incredible.
I love Cate, I love this gown, I love Cate in this gown, but I picture this gown more for an event like the Met Gala. I had hoped she would wear Elie Saab or Alexander McQueen but this is a pretty incredible gown.
You are SO right. Sorry babes, Queen Cate is kicking ass and taking names in this dress. Mandy Moore alllllllmost had a chance, but then BAM! What a night of underwhelming, basic looks… We probably psych ourselves up more than these actress, because after one hour looking at style.com I’m sure everyone here could pick up better choices than them.
I lost my breath. This is the moment I live for. Pure perfection!!!
Wow, she’s on a whole nother level. This is perfection. So unexpected and so different from the standard red carpet oscar dress, but so beautiful. Only Cate.
I HATE this dress. I guess that I am not fashionista enough to appreciate it this. I think if the bodice were plain or that big circle was not on it, maybe I would like it. As it is, that circle looks like a big target.
You really made me laugh, mochababe. I feel much like you about this dress. Maybe my couture appreciation system has short-circuited.. The color is beautiful and I love the skirt, but the bodice decoration looks to me like an Aztec sun god symbol. I’m also not a fan of the yellow embroidery on the back and shoulders. Too Easter-eggy.
When I saw Cate stepped out of the limo, my jaw dropped on the floor. Then, I had a “couture orgasm” after seeing her full shot wearing this dress. All I can say at that moment was “Oooh! Ahhhh!” If Elie Saab is your King, Cate Blanchett is my Queen!
Wherever Cate is, no one stands a chance.
She’s just exquisite.
xo Nadia
The gown has a feminine color palette but it’s a very sculptural look. Just like Cate – delicate and strong, edgy and regal all in one. I’d call her “divine,” but not really Oprah. This look is definitely the best dressed winner!
i like the cut of the shoulders. i like how it is different.
however. and this is a big however. the adornments look like big, plastic, cheap beading that could have been done at kmart or target.
i wld have liked it if the beading looked more intricate, expensive, elegant.
CC
On tv her hair and makeup was spectucular too. And she wore beautiful yellow diamond earrings.
I thought this dress was beautiful. I got a glimpse of the back and loved it even more
STUNNING!
This is the best look so far this year let alone the oscars.No need to comment on any other of the other perfectly executed but unexciting looks of the evening: Michelle Williams in white? Who would have thought? Nicole in couture Dior? Wow that’s a new one. Reese lady like? Who woulda thought? Sequins? Whoa steady on.
You are right. If I was there saw this I would put my coat on and go home.
This photograph doesn’t do it justice – on television (red carpet and presenting) this dress looked amazing!
Im quite angered to read elsewhere that Blanchett is getting criticed for her Givenchy Couture dress. What on earth?? She looks incredible and so different from anyone else
To me she is fantastic any way
It’s not surprising it’s divisive, I mean the likes of Joan Rivers would never get on board with something this conceptual or different. (Thank God for that, though!) This dress is very “high fashion” too, so people who love high fashion adore it but people who don’t are perplexed by it or think it’s weird. Personally I wish more stars had been bolder with their choices. This year’s looks were a bit of yawn, sadly.
I don’t think it’s photographed well, but on t.v. (red carpet and presenting) she looked amazing.
I don’t know how she makes it,but she always looks incredible ! I liked the fact that she wore Givenchy,she looks outstanding.
My first reaction was WOW. and i just can’t stop saying WOW. Perfection!
Strangely I don’t like this look. I think the bodice detail makes her bust look a bit strange and the colour is a bit off too. Don’t hate me!
gorgeous. no one could’ve pulled off this dress except from cate. she looks adorable…love the baby pink colour with her hair which looks great as well. this dress suits her personality so well. A++!
LOVE LOVE LOVE! She is divine!
Wow. Just wow.
I agree, this is a perfect look. She can pull off gowns like this so easily, she has a fashion gift.
When I saw her walking the RC last night my first thought was “Finally someone brought Cannes to Hollywood”. And for that she is my best dressed too!
totally agreement
I actually sighed when I saw this! Absolutely stunning, love love LOVE! Definitely best dressed by a good mile!
Yes, yes, yes! A sci-fi/armour/target-disc/lavender-yellow colour combo is not an easy thing to pull off! – How does she do it?!
I was watching the red carpet on tv and I saw somebody passs behind the interviewer, I just caught a glimpse of neon yellow and lilac and I litterally screamed! I grabbed my boyfriend’s lap and I was like: OMG OMG OMG somebody is wearing the givenchy dress OMG OMG OMG. And when I saw it was cate it was just the icing on top of the cake. She blew me away, this is going to be my BDOTY….flawless. Bow down before the queen, she did it again.
absolutely did it again
i just can’t help revisiting the picture.
Holly gods of fashion! She’s just in a league of her own, the rest shouldn’t really bother! I just found my BDOTY. Lets all bow before Queen Cate
Sublime – love it love it love it. Love the colour on her, and the delicate pleated fabric, and the pearl embellishment with the hint of yellow – it all sounds so wrong but on her is so right. Her hair is gorgeous, BDOTY and it’s only February!!
Nobody feels a little biased to this dress on Cate? I love her, but this dress is no good with the weird circle my eyes can’t help but being drawn to and the puckering at the top of the circle? We would condemn someone else with that going on. I love her hairstyle and the pearl detail is beautiful, but I can’t get past the weird circle.
I thought she looked amazing- truly. However, the dress did not come across as well in most photos (washed out) which is why I think it’s causing some flak.
I’m crazy about it though!
I was really hoping that Cate would wear a vintage Alexander McQueen but picking Givenchy was just genius.
I would’ve gone with a more toned down version (more bejewelled in the crotch area) of this dress from F/W 10 Couture collection:
http://www.style.com/slideshows/2010/fashionshows/F2010CTR/GIVENCHY/RUNWAY/00010m.jpg
but her choice on the night was equally stunning.
Hehe and I totally agree with you on your last comment about going home. Although If I was an actress on this red carpet I would’ve grabbed my coat, gone home, dialled the number of my boring run-of-the-mill stylist who squeezed me into my predictably pedestrian red one-shoulder gown and given them a damn earful!
She looks so incredibly gorgeous! When she came out to present the award there wasn’t enough time to catch all the beautiful details on this gown!
Oh, I so agree……..cate was sensational…….
a real statement this Givenchy Couture dress that it was draped on this creative lovely beautiy
seriously?? she looks like a chair.