This Year At...The 84th Academy Awards (The Oscars)

Ooooo the moment finally arrived - the moment everyone had been waiting for, the moment every actor in Hollywood had been waiting for and the event everyone had stuck firmly in their fashion calendar. Yes I'm talking about the coveted Oscars, a night of celebration and jubilation as everyone who's anyone comes together dressed to the nines to find out who was the best out of all the rest.


As well as dying to know who would walk away with the best leading man, best leading lady and best picture awards, we ALL wanted to get a piece of the action from the most famous red carpet in the world, and boy they did not disappoint (well some did but we'll get to them later).


And now, the nominees for best dressed female...

L-R: Gwyneth Paltrow, Milla Jovovich, Octavia Spencer and Rooney Mara (Click to enlarge)

We begin with the glistening snowy angels that graced the carpet. First we see Gwyneth Paltrow who alongside Robert Downey Jr. presented the award for Best Documentary in a perfectly structured Tom Ford Gown. The gown featured an asymmetrical neckline and Gwynnie teamed it with a matching floor length cape.


Next we have Milla Jovovich, who presented an award in gorgeous, embellished one shoulder Elie Saab dress from her Haute Couture range.
Now here's a lady not to be ingored - Octavia Spencer dazzled the crowd and tearfully received her Oscar for best female in a supporting role for The Help, in an extremely flattering Tadashi Shoji embellished gown. Octavia beat fellow The Help actress Jessica Chastain for her prestigious award.


And finally, we have the girl with the dragon tattoo herself Roony Mara, stunning everybody in an effortlessly chic Givenchy gown.

L-R: Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, Emma Stone, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis (Click to enlarge)

On to the more colourful of our Hollywood starlets now with nominated Michelle Williams a.k.a Marylin Monroe in a gorgeous coral coloured Louis Vuitton dress and presenters Natalie Portman in a vintage red polka dot Dior gown and Emma Stone in warm pink Giambattista Valli couture gown featuring a large hit or miss bow (I'm saying hit!)


Following these first class acts are golden girl Cameron Diaz, who presented the award for best make-up alongside Jennifer Lopez, in a nude coloured Gucci gown. The dress held tight to her svelte figure before flowing out into a cascade of glittering ruffles. 


Also making an impact on the red carpet were The Help co-stars Jessica Chastain who wowed in an Alexander McQueen creation and nominee Viola Davis, who in her eye-catching Vera Wang number just missed out on best leading lady, which instead fell to the unstoppable Meryl Streep.

Angelina Jolie (Click to enlarge)

If I had to pick one fashion miss of the night it is probably Angelina Jolie. It's not even that she really looked bad, it's just that we are so used to her wearing strapless floor length dresses in black or white, it would just be nice for her to step out of he comfort zone a little bit and splash on some colour. That and it looks like if that dress was any heavier it would snap her in half and she seemed so dead set on making sure everyone saw her leg. Seriously! In every picture, hell even while presenting an award, there it was, the leg, uncomfortably stuck out of the slit in the dress. Oh well, better luck next time Ange.