And the Award Goes To…

So the Oscars happened Sunday night. I totally forgot about them until I walked into work Monday morning and people were talking, not about the winners and losers of the actual awards, but instead about the winners and losers of the fashion wars. Never wanting to miss an opportunity to voice my opinion/judge people, I used the interweb to quickly brush up on the wardrobe choices of the evening.

During my “research,” I stumbled across Yahoo’s breakdown of the best and worst dressed. Not so surprisingly, I disagreed with a large percentage of it. So I thought it would be fun to play “Best or Worst: You Decide” and see how your opinions stack up with the “experts” over at Yahoo.

Answers are at the bottom. Don’t cheat.

BEST OR WORST: YOU DECIDE 
 

 

 

 

 

And here are the answers according to Yahoo (and ATG):

Lady Gaga in a custom piece by Azzedine Alaia

Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: The dress is okay - I like the sparkle, although the armholes look a little odd – but the plastic dishwashing gloves have got to go. She looks like a homicidal Cinderella who took out her stepmother and a sister or two on the way to the ball.

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Chloe Grace Moretz in Miu Miu

Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: Seriously? Did she have a Sound of Music moment and make her dress out of drapes? Perhaps she couldn’t stand to have Lady Gaga steal all of the Sound of Music’s 50^th anniversary glory.

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Gwyneth Paltrow in Ralph & Russo

Yahoo says: WORST DRESSED

ATG says: This dress is by no means spectacular, but it’s easily less aesthetically offensive than some on the “Best Dressed” list.

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Jessica Chastain in Givenchy Couture

Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: This is a beautiful woman with a beautiful body, but the dress is ill-fitting and looks slightly too small. Her ensemble certainly isn't the worst on the list, but when you have so much to work with, it’s a bit of a shame to look anything short of spectacular.

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Emma Stone in Elie Saab

 Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: I love Emma but this dress is slightly bipolar. The top half says, “80s wedding chic” (all it’s missing is the shoulder pads); and the bottom half looks like a Jessica Rabbit castoff. Sometimes dual personalities are fun; this isn’t one of those times.  

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Gina Rodriguez in an "eco-friendly dress" by fashion student Suzy Cameron

   Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: I don’t hate the bottom, it almost looks Grecian-esque, but the top is awful. It’s too big and poorly constructed. In fact, it looks like I sewed it myself – and that ain’t a compliment.

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Patricia Arquette in Rosetta Getty

 Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: I actually don’t hate this dress, but I hate it on her. Surely with all the butt-kissers–slash–stylists that she inevitably has in her life, someone could have come up with a more flattering option.

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Kelly Osbourne in Rita Vineris

Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: This is a woman who gets paid to critique other people’s fashion choices. I can’t. I really just can’t.

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Scarlett Johansson in Versace

Yahoo says: WORST DRESSED

ATG says: No kidding. This was a Worst Dressed pick, allegedly because of the necklace. What? I hate ScarJo and even I think it’s bogus.

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Naomi Watts in Armani Prive

Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: Did she run out of time after her pre-Oscar workout and just throw a beach cover-up over her sports bra? In case you’re wondering, Yahoo referred to this look as “stunning” – and they meant it as a compliment.

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David Ovelowo in Dolce & Gabbana

Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: So, apparently colored suits are in. I hate it. All I see when I look at this tux is red velvet cake. And I gave up sweets for Lent. Now I’m annoyed.

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Marion Cotillard in Dior Haute Couture

 Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: Perhaps it’s just the way she’s standing, but all I can think of when I see this picture/dress is a poopy diaper.

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Zoe Saldana in Atelier Versace

Yahoo says: WORST DRESSED

ATG says: I don’t love the color, but a Worst Dressed pick? I think not.

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Margot Robbie in Saint Laurent

 Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: Did she steal Elvira’s nightgown and pair it with the Heart of the Ocean? And speaking of the Heart of the Ocean, where did she even get it? I thought the old lady dropped it into the ocean in the end. Someone must have went down and got it for her. Or Britney.

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Dakota Johnson in Saint Laurent

 Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: Again, it’s not terrible, but it’s certainly no better than Gwyneth, who landed on the Worst Dressed list. I just find this girl to be entirely uninspiring. She’s just blah. Her look is blah. Her acting is blah. Her personality is blah. She’s like oatmeal. There’s nothing terribly offensive about it, but there’s nothing particularly memorable about it either.

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Felicity Jones in Alexander McQueen

 Yahoo says: WORST DRESSED

ATG says: I would like this dress more in a different color; the current color blends too much with her skin. Other than that, though, I like it. Truly, if you can’t indulge your inner princess when attending the Oscars, then when can you?

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Kelly Ripa in Christian Siriano

 Yahoo says: WORST DRESSED

ATG says: I get it. This is a big dress on a small woman and her hair is awful. That said, I have four words for you: Naomi Watts. Best Dressed. I rest my case.

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Rosamund Pike in Givenchy

 Yahoo says: BEST DRESSED

ATG says: Maybe I’m biased because I just don’t like her. Watching her act is like watching paint dry – except more boring. And painful. In fact, I can’t even be sure if this picture is actually of Rosamund or if it’s a cardboard cutout. Same difference, I suppose. That said, this dress looks like something you would find in the clearance bin at Tuesday Morning. And I’m not even talking about a clothes bin. It reminds me of one of those decorative velveteen hearts – the ones covered in fake roses and suspicious-looking stains and smelling of failure. 

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Feel free to leave yours in the comments section below. If you’re a reader of ATG, you’re obviously much hipper and more qualified than those “style experts” at Yahoo to be critiquing, well, just about anything!