Red Carpet Fashion Awards

Monthly Archives: December 2011

Who:Amber Heard wearing Salatore Ferragamo chained bow suede flats
Shop:Luisa Via Roma $1,124
Where:Out & About, LA

Credit: Fame Pictures

Olivia Palermo was your fashionista of the year.

She wasn’t part of the original choices, but you used the other option to cast your vote for the stylish New Yorker.

Even though some of you either don’t know who she is or don’t get the appeal, Olivia travels the world over in the name of fashion, and this year she became a style blogger.

She has collected many standout accessories along the way which instantly make a £40 Topshop dress look incredibly stylish, but her best accessory is always boyfriend Johannes Huebl.

Olivia has so much style that Stuart Weitzman commissioned her to create a shoe for their ‘Hollywood Cares’ collection.

She caused a stampede at Zara, as fashion lovers rushed to buy her floral print dress and her yellow Topshop dress sold-out online the very day she wore it.

Her favourite brands this year were Topshop, Charlotte Olympia and Giambattista Valli.

Runner up: Anna Dello Russo

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For Salma Hayek the never-ending promo tour for ‘Puss In Boots’ started with Gucci back in May and ended with Gucci in November.

Throw in some other Gucci Group brands like Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, YSL, Balenciaga (who is not your friend, Salma), and Stella McCartney, plus some other brands such as Antonio Berardi, Ferregamo and Elie Saab, and you have one of the longest and, frankly, most painful promo tours of all time.

This tour was so long that Salma was able to give red carpet debuts to Gucci groups brands from both the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 seasons.

It would’ve been more fun had her stylist and tailor given her a helping hand, but alas this wasn’t to be the case.

Between the unflattering, the unsuitable and the ‘we can see your twins from Mars’ ensembles, instead of excitedly looking forward to the next look, we were praying for this promo tour to end.

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I’m going to do what most fashion blogs will never do: give Alexa Chung the ‘Most Overrated’ award.

If there was a fashion blogger rule book, rule #5 would be ‘Thou must love Alexa Chung’s style’.

Sorry but not only do I not like it – at times I just don’t get it.

Who in their right mind hits the red carpet wearing a Chanel dress without even taking a comb to their hair?

Shabby chic just doesn’t cut it for me. Give me the flawless Fan Bingbing any day.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge won your votes wearing a sleek black velvet Alexander McQueen strapless gown to The Sun Military Awards this week.

This was my third favourite look from Catherine this year, following her Alexander McQueen wedding gown and her gorgeous Jenny Packham gown.

Jennifer Hudson was my favourite wearing The Blonds to the VH1 Diva event.

Her multi-coloured crystal-encrusted gown and perfectly complementary sandals was a real diva moment.

Diana Ross would be proud.

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Who:Zoe Saldana carrying a Michael Kors Quinn leather envelope clutch
Shop:Net-A-Porter International (in black) £197.50 / €225
Where:The opening of the new Michael Kors boutique, LA

Credit: Pacific Coast News


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