OSCARS 2015

YAAAAAASSSS!!!! The Oscars 2015 came and went. And so many deserving winners especially for Best Actor and Actress with Eddie Redmayne and Julianna Moore who are both fashion darlings. WOOHOO!!!!

Anyways, here you go. I was counting on Marion to slay but she didn't. And an unlikely heroine stole the show. My best dressed is...

ROSAMUND PIKE IN GIVENCHY COUTURE

Rosamund Pike in Givenchy Couture - Let's face it, girl was a mess during awards season but quickly redeeemed herself and rightly so at Oscar night. To be honest, I was quite disappointed with this red carpet. This is the best dressed. Not really a revolutionary one, don't you think?

Jessica Chastain in Givenchy Couture - My 2nd best dressed wore Givenchy couture as well. And yes, I see Vivienne Westwood. But who cares? Gurl looked fierce! Mwah!

Julianne Moore in Chanel Couture - Nothing like collecting your Oscar in Chanel. No biggie. Also, the phrase "Karl designed this for me" will live in Oscar history and the fact it took something like 972 hours to finish this dress. J'adore! Yes despite the unflattering silhouette. Because it feels classic. People from 3015 will be ooh-ing for this photo!

Marion Cotillard in Dior Couture - I'm lukewarm about this. Well, the back is interesting but still. Marion can do better. I wish they fitted that dress like her Gaultier when she won her Oscar. That would've changed it.

Sienna Miller in Oscar de la Renta - This is part of Peter Copping's first collection for de la Renta AND IT'S GORGEOUS! I love it even with the sheer part. It's a great fit and Sienna did good in the hair and makeup department.

Emma Stone in Elie Saab Couture - Now, while I was browsing photos from the red carpet, I was like "Where's Emma?" And there she is. She looked great. My problem is the color and the slit. A little lighter or even darker shade would've been better and she actually flashed her nude panties when she lifted her skirt. Still, girl looked good.

Lady Gaga in Alaia - You can't be shocked she wore those gloves. Bitch needs to make it cooky! But she did slay her performances in that Sound of Music bit. She's a popstar who's classically trained. Honestly, she's better than Beyonce as GaGa can hold a lot of notes while Beyonce can do high pitch ones. Great classical singers are trained to hold low and high tones and she is one of them. You go gurl! Hoping for a flavor of this (a flavore) on your next album.

Scarlett Johansson in Atelier Verscace - Looking good, feeling gorgeous.... then this happened.

 After last year's Adele Dazeem, seems like John isn't done. The explanation for this photo is that John thought Scarlett was a gay man. You know, because John Travolta is gay. I SWEAR!

Anna Wintour and Bee Shaffer - Don't know who they're wearing but they looked good. At first glance I thought Anna's necklace was an ID pass. Like they don't know Anna.

 Here she is seated next to Harvey Weinstein wearing sunglasses because of course she does!

 Anna Kendrick in Thakoon - Love the coral color and that neckline, J'ADORE!!

 Karolina Kurkova in Marchesa - I'm honestly distracted by those creases.

 Tim McGraw without his hat.... Mmmmmm... Lick!

 Dakota Johnson in Saint Laurent - A for effort. Goregous color on her skin.

 Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmaybe both in Alexander McQueen - congrats Eddie! You deserve it! And girl looks good.

 Naomi Watts in Armani - Hmmm... This is surely a risk and it paid off. Love this dress!

Chloe Moretz in Miu Miu - I don't know about this one. Girl, you have access to a lot of fashion houses. Get into it.

 Behati Prinsloo in Armani Prive - I am not loving that necklace. Adam looks handsome, though.

 Zendaya in Vivienne Westwood- Hate the hair. That's all.

 Felicity Jones in Alexander McQueen - Mmmmm, me likes! Love this! 

 Patricia Arquette in Rosetta Getty - Congrats on your win gurl. That's all.

 Cate Blanchett in Maison Margiela - YAAAASSSS!!! This is a Galliano creation and I love those torn details in the sleeves. And that Tiffany necklace, I want!

 Rita Ora in Marchesa - Girl you look good. Continue this.

 Lupita Nyong'O in Calvin Klein - Meh! Je deteste! Yup didn't like this.

Ansel Elgort in Prada - Bitch stole Eddie's look. But he looked handsome nonetheless. 

 Crissy Teigen in Zuhair Murad - Of course she is. Love her husband's acceptance speech.

Zoe Saldana in Versace - Girl gave birth to twins and now this eleganza.... Enough said. 

 Reese Witherspoon in Tom Ford- Me likey! Love the color!

 Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji - Match made in heaven, he knows her body so well and this looks good on her/

 Jennifer Lopez in Elie Saab Couture - The twins are out!

 Solange Knowles in Christian Siriano - Gurl is wearing pants. But me not likey.

 Kerry Washington in Miu Miu - I am liking this for some strange reason. Oh well.

 Nicole Kidman in Louis Vuitton - Nicholas Ghesquiere and Nicole Kidman have made an Oscar moment back in 2006 with that red Balenciaga gown. This is just ok. Love the torn details at the bottom of the dress.

 Keira Knightley in Valentino Couture - So romantic, J'ADORE!

 Jennifer Aniston in Versace - She looked good. And they look good as a couple. I'm happy for them.

 Jennifer Hudson in Romona Keveza - Slow clap! Love the color on her. 

Gwyneth Paltrow in Ralph & Russo Couture - Had she worn the runway version, she would've been my best dressed. She can carry it.

Meryl Streep in Lanvin - I have nothing but love for this look even with that blazer. You go gurl!

Them Celebrity Lifestyle Bloggers

So, after word got out of Blake Lively's new lifestyle brand, everyone was like, What The Goop? As you know, Gwyneth started it with Goop in 2008 and is now one of the biggest lifestyle brands.

I love Goop. People think it's pretentious but don't we all want the high life and Gwyneth is sharing it with us. Read her posts and watch her interviews, I don't see a change in tone. Basically, she grew up rich. Obviously, she's accustomed to the rich life unlike us who has to work for a living. I like Gwyneth. And that "consciously uncoupling" was smart. Now, everyone is relating that phrase to Gwyneth. Love her or hate her, Goop is here to stay and is the one to beat.

Martha Stewart actually was one of the pioneers but I'm not a craftsy guy so I don't pay attention to it. :)

Another blog/website lifestyle site I read is oliviapalermo.com. I love Olivia Palermo so I love this site. I love her outfit posts and I want her closet and her husband. LOLZ. What's great about Olivia is now she has her own collabs with Westward Leaning and Aquazurra.

Here are 2 other sites, What the Chung by Jamie Chung and Tomboy KC by Kate Cassidy. It's nice to know D-listers also are hopping on this train. Eeeek! Sorry. I love their styles though. :D

Let's go to Blake's site. I get where she's going. It's just that there are 3 problems:
1. THE NAME: Preserve? Really? I think it's too trying hard to be eloquent or deep.
2. THE URL: Preserve.us? You will get more followers if you have a dot com site which is why you don't use the word Preserve.
3. THE LAYOUT: It looks dark. It's not inviting. Change it please. :)

I love the articles, though. They are well written. :)

Oh yeah, Reese Witherspoon will launch one too by 2015 named Draper James. It is her version of Goop. I don't know if I see Reese a style icon. At least Gwyneth had some great fashion moments. But Reese? I don't know. I'm sure she won't write the articles so I hope there are great and affordable selections there.

THE ACADEMY AWARDS FASHION: THE VERDICT!

OK! I'm back for the Academy Awards fashion. And I must say this is an improvement from last year wherein Cate Blanchett was the sure win for best dressed. This year, everyone stepped up and was close to winning my best dressed. What's shocking is just like last year, this year's best dressed is not even nominated. I guess it's because their heads are clear from the nervousness of the competition. If you've been following me on twitter (twitter.com/marknessgel) you already know who she is!

Best Dressed:

Gwyneth Paltrow in Tom Ford: This is from the super secret Tom Ford Fall 2012 presentation held in London. My gosh! The cape is killing me!!!! It's soooo gorgeous!!!! i love this, a very fashion forward yet minimalist and clean look. If this is what's on Tom Ford's collection this season, then we should all save our money and go buy some of the dresses!!!! Tres chic!!!

Second best dressed: Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace. I love the fact that she was smiling and posing like a young actress and working that slit! She looks gorgeous as always!!!! She was posing like she was possessed by Blake Lively and Megan Fox! You go girl! :) I also love the fact that Angelina randomly picked tthis dress (out of a hat). She's that gorgeous that whatever she picks, it still looks great on her.

3rd Best Dressed: Rooney Mara in Givenchy Spring 2009 Couture --> This girl just gets it! She maintains this ever since "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" promo tour. This is the epitome of minimalist couture! Rooney Mara is surely a star to watch not just in acting but in fashion. I expect more magazine covers for her so that she'll be more exposed to expanding her style. Maybe a bit of jewelry? :)

4th Best Dressed: Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton- I super love this coral number!!! I just think it complements but upgrades that "quirky" style of hers! I can't explain it but we all agree she's in our best dressed list right? :)

5th Best Dressed: Emma Stone in Giambattista Valli Couture and now...

Please compare and contrast. Nicole Kidman in Balenciaga at Oscars 2006. This dress is so iconic I can't believe Emma Stone had the guts to wear that. But, I TOLD YOU BEFORE ABOUT GIAMBATTISTA VALLI RIGHT? His collection is a rip-off of every red carpet trend that works. Remember his first ever couture collection? Now visit his Spring 2012 couture. God, another fashion show composed of rip-offs. So sad. But Emma saves this with the styling. I SUPER LOVE THE VUITTON CHAIN BRACELET!

Those are my 5 best dressed. Now the others are special mention in the bestness or the worstness of their dresses. ;) YOU DECIDE!

Melanie Griffith in Yves Saint Laurent - I love it. The boobs need support though :) It's a bit slanted?

Sandra Bullock in Marchesa -meh! Boring.

Anna Farris in Diane Von Furstenburg- Looks like a shining garbage bag or something. If it was sleeveless and had a great sporty cut on the neck it would've been gorge for sure!

Berenice Bejo in Elie Saab- another sleeve story and it makes her look old. Sorry.

Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Muhrad - it looks like a Grammy Dress doesn't it. Should've worn something you bought JLo. :)

Shailene Woodley in Valentino Couture --- sleeves sleeves sleeves! It's cold that's why! And it makes her look old doesn't it? Wish she would've gone Marchesa or Givenchy or those finale Prabal Gurung fall 2012 dresses. :(

Busey Philips in Dolce and Gabbana- It's a great maxidress not appropriate for the Academy's (just my thought)

Cameron Diaz in Gucci Premiere - great dress! I'm starting to like her hair. It's actually her hair that prevented her from getting into my top 5. I wish it was a little bit longer. :) Still love Cameron though. WE SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY!!! WOOT! WOOT!

Ellie Kemper in Armani Prive - Di ko mawari ang kulay gel! It means I can't figure out the color!!! it's rusty, it's copper, it's gold, it's Armani bow! :)))

Glenn Close in Zac Posen -Zac! You go girl! I love this with or without the blazer! The blazer's a nice touch of being comfy because it was getting cold (according to the red carpet reporters!)

Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen - Cameron Diaz was #6 and Jessica was #7 on my best dressed! This is a risk that worked! I just loved it! She's been on a McQueen tour lately and this is the perfect way to go out with a bang! :)

Kristen Wiig in J Mendel - fits her personality actually. I love the fact that Kristen is so MEYNTEYN in her Cali girl image and making it very glamorous! I love the fact that her nails are black! I love it! The hair is just relaxed and I'm fine with that. :)

Melissa McCarthy in Marina Rinaldi- Don't worry I don't know who Marina Rinaldo is too! :))) It looks like a 70's prom dress though. But I love the bejeweled parts. :)

Meryl Streep in Lanvin -FINALLY! SHE WON! I believe she should've won for The Devil Wears Prada though. But she was amazing in The Iron Lady. She is dedicated to every part she plays and it is very recognized! I super love this dress to! It's that appropriate for her age but too glamorous that only she can wear it! :)

Mila Jovovich in Elie Saab- Love the shoulder pad! 

Natalie Portman in Vintage Dior -How vintage? 1954 VINTAGE! YES, MR. CHRISTIAN DIOR HIMSELF MADE THIS DRESS! I LOOVE IT! Natalie is #8 on my best dressed list! :) You go Nina!

Octavia Spencer in Tadashi Shoji- Brand ambasadress much? Well, I don't hate don't love this dress but I must say it takes full commitment to wear a dress by one designer to all the awards events. YOU GO OCTAVIA! CONDRAGULATIONS!

Penelope Cruz in Giorgio Armani- Princess si Mars! Kfine! The color is gorgeous though! :)

Rose Byrne in Vivienne Westwood - Take notes Anna Faris. This is how to wear a sequin gown. I super love her hairrr. Drama mode! Meynteyn lang! :) Fashion forward as always!  #9 on my best dressed!

Stacey Keibler in Marchesa - I still remember Stacey sashaying on the WWE ring and entering with those long legs and teasing the audience with her small butt. How time's changed. She completes my best dressed list as #10. I super love the dress. Trophy girlfriend = panindigan! 

Tina Fey in Carolina Herrera - I love this! Simple yet elegant! Tina looks beautiful here!!!!

Viola Davis in Vera Wang - I seriously thought Viola was thinking she won because when Colin Firth announced the winner, Viola stood up first before Meryl. Feeling much? Kudos to her for wearing her real hair! You go girl! soooo empowering! And I love the dress how the taffeta and then the chiffon just goes like that! Super adore! good job Vera! :)

Til the next pose! ;)