GET THAT LOOK: TYRA BANKS

Tyra on the red carpet of Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Award - March 29, 2010

Tyra Banks looks stunning in a body conscious Daryl K dress and bright yellow accessories. The former model and t.v. personality wore the sunny ensemble to this year's Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. Achieve this look by checking out variations below. From shoes by Elizabeth and James to Converse, to a clutch by Santi and a dress by Preen; click on the item in the lookbook below to be directed to the retailers!

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67th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES

The 67th annual Golden Globes Awards took place at the Beverly Hilton hotel tonight. Celebrities braved the rain to walk the red carpet!

As was expected, most, if not all, of the dresses were long, but there was such diversity of color!

Almost every hue was represented From Anna Paquin's and Jaime Pressly's embellished gold frocks to January Jones', Vera Farmiga's and Penelope Cruz's highly structured black gowns, to Christina Hendricks' and Nicole Kidman's draped nude goddess gowns, to Kate Hudson's architectural white dress. Cameron Diaz wore red in the form of a bias-cut Alexander McQueen, while Amy Poehler wore a fire engine red one shouldered gown.

Continue reading (click read more below) to see pictures of the red carpet and to find out more about my favorite and not-so-favorite looks of the night . . .

COLOR THERAPY

Letoya Luckett, formerly of Destiny's Child, on the Grammy red carpet.

The 51st Grammy awards came and went with much fanfare and drama. Of course, all of music's greatest wore fashion's finest on the big night. But, Letoya Luckett's colorful ensemble is the most memorable. It seems that fashion's response to the gloom and doom of this financial crisis is to counter with cheery colors. One look at the outfit above and I feel all sorts of endorphins being released. Letoya's sateen fuschia minidress is pretty great in and of itself, but her accessories took the outfit up just a notch. Similar finds are below . . .

Tom Binns' "Dumont" crystal necklace on net-a-porter.com, Christian Louboutin's "Rolando" python pump in aqua, available at Barney's and a colorful Angel Jackson "Rainbow" clutch, from on asos.com.

Chromotheraphy, more commonly known as color therapy is a science that uses colors to promote physical and mental health and harmony. Letoya's outfit is a sign of what's to come. I predict that lots of bold, bright, fun colors will be on the runway for Mercedes-Benz Fall 2009 Collection Fashion Week!

Click on the label below for vintage Style Trends and Award Shows posts.

GOLDEN GIRLS @ THE GOLDEN GLOBES

And, the winner is...Dior! Looks like everyone and their mother was wearing the house's designs. The 66th Annual Golden Globes was last night, and while I'll have to catch it on youtube, that won't stop me from writing about the outfits! Check out my slide and what I'd like to consider stream of conciousness, ahem, colorful commentary below.

Eva Mendes rocked my world in the white silk taffeta Dior and Van Cleef and Arpels jewelry.* Eva's dress was rivaled only by Cameron Diaz's Chanel Haute Couture and Jennifer Lopez's gold beaded Machesa. January Jones' blue Versace was fierce! Drew Barrymore brought it in that custom-made Dior Haute Couture! Demi looked fab and tanned in a peach Dior, and Kate Bekinsdale's Mendel was yum!

Poor Bey Bey...Beyonce (my favorite celeb, usually) and Blake lively were both victims of the same ill-fitting, too-high-slit contraption. America Ferrara (or her stylist) is still stuck in the era of the short bubble dress...that was like, so when the Dow was still above 11,000. Olivia Wilde kept it interesting in the violet Reem Acra. Angelina's Atelier Versace gown bores me, but I guess when one's life is so interesting the clothing shouldn't be. Anne Hathaway's Armani Prive was yawn, I swear I've seen that dress before!

* "You can learn how to dress by checkin' my fresh..." - Jigga. I see that Cameron Diaz kicked off the white fluffy dress and turquoise jewelry trend! Check out her outfit from the 2007 Golden Globes and compare Eva Mendes' and Sandra Bullock's white fluffy Dior dress and turquoise jewelry from this year's Golden Globes.

COLOR CONSCIOUS: GRAMMY AWARDS 2008

The 50th Anniversary of the Grammy Awards packed a punch...in more ways than one. My favorite of the night was Rihanna, who was darling in Zac Posen!

Rihanna wears a Zac Posen dress accessorized with day glo nails; Fergie wears a butter yellow strapless Calvin Klein.

Natasha Bedingfield wore a glamourous Reem Acra gown, and Tamyra Gray wore a shiny green cocktail number.

Celebrities were intent on making a statement, one way or another...from Kelis & Co. who donned outfits emblazoned with the "N" word, to Chris Brown in that red and white tuxedo (reminiscent of Ronald McDonald), to Beyonce in that frothy Elie Saab concoction, to Aretha who wore the same hideous dress twice in less than 6 months.

A startling number of attendees were blah in black: Faith Hill, Fantasia, Keyshia Cole, Solange, Cyndi Lauper and Toccara.

2007 OSCAR AWARDS

I watched the show and took copious notes! I was truly impressed, it was hard to find a worst dressed of the evening, so I'm just going to double up on the best dressed! I would have loved to see Charlize (was she there?), but alas...no such luck!

Best Dressed #1: Cameron Diaz

No explanation necessary. Her Valentino gown, was hands down, the best in show! The Cartier earrings were a nice (only cameron would) touch!

Best Dressed #2: Gwenyth Paltrow (and to think she doesn't have a stylist...some people are just gifted!)

Gwenny's apricot Zac Posen dress was dope, but why is she just standing and staring at the camera like that? I couldn't find a better pic...she looked like an uncomfortable soldier in every single one!

Keisha's Best Dressed: Cate Blanchett

She looked devine, really, she looks otherworldy (could be her ears) in her gunmetal grey Giorgio Armani Prive!

Honorable Mention: Nicole Kidman


Most people hated it, but I was so excited by her color choice...yes, the fire engine red Balenciaga made her look paler than she already is (and that's hard, as she's quite pale), but something about it just worked! And that bow trailing behind her was just too good to be true. She brings it every time!

Reminds me of Charlize's bow moment (John Galliano for Dior), a year ago...I loved that one as well!


E for Effort: Celine Dion!


I loved her green vintage James Galanos (from Lily et Cie) dress and Van Cleef accessories, but she really bowled me over with the salmon colored dress below, go Celine!


Ambivalent: Penelope Cruz


Yes, I said it. The dress was nice, don't get me wrong, I mean, seriously, it's Atelier Versace! But I couldn't help feeling, eh...shrug. That was just my visceral reaction. There's nothing wrong with it, and if someone gave it to me, I'd wear it all the time, even to the office, but eh...yawn.

I really liked Maggie G's Proenza Schouler gown! It was understated elegance at its finest! but I could have done without the feathers!

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HOT NEW HUE: GUNMETAL

Vanessa Minnillo shines in one of the season's most popular colors. Natasha Bedingfield, Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Fergie followed suit in gunmetal greys and golds at tonight's Grammy Award Show.

Add sparkle with pailletes or sequins...or opt for understated glam with a muted satin or silk fabric. If you're not attending the Grammys, or any such similar event, pair a gunmetal tank with a suit for work, or wear with jeans and metallic stilletos for after-work fun.

This color looks great on all complexions! Get some gunmetal make-up too...try Chanel's Lumiere d'Artifices eyeshadow for gunmetal lids...this looks best with nude lips.

See below for celebrity style inspiration...




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GOLDEN GLOBES

The Golden Globes went down last night and I actually watched the show!

Best Dressed: Best Actor Award Winner--Forest Whitaker! He and his wife Keisha were styled by Q! Go to Honey Magazine online to see my inaugural article about, and interview with, the styling guru!

Yes, you read it right! I'm so psyched to contribute to Honey Magazine, it's a dream come true!

If you know me, you know that I secretly want to post a picture of Beyonce (in her gold dress no less!) under this caption, but I don't want y'all to think I'm biased or anything!

Honorable Mention: America Ferrera...

...because she's cute and new and smart and she looks like she's the kind of person that brings out the best in people ... that's all way more important than great clothes! But her dress is hot too!

Worst Dressed: Jennifer, why are you dressed so scary???

WTF? I've got no words...

Ambivalent: Cameron Diaz. I think one would really love or hate this dress...I definitely feel a little bit of both...I'm glad that Cameron took the risk, but I think this would be better suited for Nicole Kidman!

Shrug, Yawn, Yay or Eh?

Check out previous coverage of awards shows by clicking the "Award Shows" label below, or click here!

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

The Billboard Music Awards went down last night. As usual, I didn't watch the show--who has the time?!?!?! Here are my two cents:

Best Dressed: Rihanna... though she can stand to benefit from the bangs discussed infra.

I'm a 'sucka for sexy!

Honorable Mention: Chris Brown looks great!

Worst Dressed: Vida and Fergie, why are you dressed so scary?

Yikes...she's livin' la Vida loca!

Not so delicious here, huh Fergie?

Ambivalent: I'm not loving these wigs (yet)...why so bouffant-ish? No matter Rihanna, I still think you should sport the bangs.

The aforementioned wigs 'kinda remind me of this look:

E for Effort: Please note that my comments pertaining to Mary's outfit are applicable only from her waist up!

This ensemble is classy, classic AND age appropriate! Mary looks Spectacular!