Figures in Fabric: Oscar Night

My boyfriend, who is film mad, decided that he was going to stay up until 5am last night to watch the Oscars from start to finish. He also decided that I was going to join him in this maddness. I was slightly suprised that The Social Network didn't receive more awards, especially considering it completely missed out on all of the big ones (I was particularly suprised that David Fincher missed out on Best Director).

But of course it's not really about the films. It's all about the fashion. There were fewer train wrecks than usual this year, and whilst I wouldn't call Penelope Cruz's dress a disaster, I was significantly underwhelmed by it and thought it looked more like a dress you would wear to a house party than to the Oscars.

Cate Blanchett in Givenchy

In fact, I did find myself underwhelmed by a lot of dresses this year, there seemed to be a theme of playing-it-safe-classic-cuts which I did start to get bored with. And then along came Cate Blanchett. This dress divided the critics, but I absolutely adore it. It's a dress by Givenchy (but I can't help feeling it's geometric style is similar to that of Holly Fulton) that personally I can't actually fault! To me the cut, colour and innovation are all perfect.

Others than I feel worth mentioning are Mila Kunis in Elie Saab Haute Couture, Jennifer Hudson pioneering the red trend in Versace and Gwyneth Paltrow in a gorgeous gold Brian Atwood number. But Cate is by far my favourite of the night. Red was definitely a huge trend for the Oscars but I found myself being drawn to the more demure colours that created more interesting gowns.