The first round up of the double awards ceremony weekend. The BAFTAs were held in London this Sunday with many a Hollywood starlet flying from across the pond to brave the cold British weather. If I was completely honest, the red carpet looks for this event didn’t blow me away as much as they did last year, I definitely felt a lack of female attendees at the awards this year, but hey ho! There was still plenty to look at…
There was no competition with who my favourite was this year. There are two actresses in the world that have just keep looking more vibrant the older they get, one is Helen Mirren, the other is Meryl Streep. Tonight she proved to me that you don’t have to be 21 with a size 0 body and flashing your privates here, there and everywhere to get my attention. She flaunted it on the red carpet in a gorgeous Vivienne Westwood gown. Also congratulations to her for winning the Best Actress Award too, looks like an Oscar might be in the bag for her too!
Another great look from the night came from Michelle Williams. The gown is gorgeous and so is her styling, plus I love her clutch too. But the most surprising thing of all is that the dress is H&M…yes H&M. Granted it’s H&M Bespoke but still…wow.
Christina Ricci and Emilia Fox both glittered in gold ensembles. I’m on the fence about Christina’s look, her Givenchy Couture gown looked great when she was presenting on stage but looks an awful lot like gold tinfoil in the red carpet photos. I much prefer Emilia’s Luisa Beccaria gown, it’s wonderfully elegant and the detailing is beautiful.
In contrast we have Kristin Wiig and Tilda Swinton. The last time we saw these two on the red carpet was at the SAG’s and I was hoping for little more from both of them. Well…they’re certainly on their way up. I loved Kristin’s Alberta Ferretti gown and her styling looked extremely elegant. Tilda was back on form after a ‘meh’ look at the SAG’s, going back to her minimalistic roots in Celine.
It’s almost like the gowns came two by two on Sunday because both Fearne Cotton and Viola Davis were both sporting coral looks on the red carpet. I love Fearne’s Moschino dress. And true to Fearne’s style she has accessorised and styled this look in her own unique way. Viola look equally as amazing in a Valentino gown and with more classic silver accents added to her look.
One lady who brought the va va voom to the red carpet in the absence of such stars as Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence or even Scarlett Johansen was Melissa George. Melissa wore a sleek black Victoria Beckham gown, with side swept hair and bold pink lips.
The two most dissappointing looks actually came from two of the youngest attendees. I’m a huge Potter fan so when one of the actors hits the red carpet I keep everything crossed in the hope that they look great. With Emma absent from the awards tonight I was hoping Bonnie Wright would do me proud but oh no. She wore a vintage dress with Prada accessories and I felt like she was trying too hard to be different. It just doesn’t work. Sorry Bonnie!
Shailene Woodley’s look has a lot of potential but it just fell a little flat for me and I have no I idea why. Her Dolce and Gabbana gown is beautiful, but the hair doesn’t sit right with the styling and the look itself feels a little void of some sort of jewellery or accessories.
Not wanting to end on a low point, we have two very elegant looking ladies in the form of Penelope Cruz and Holliday Grainger. Penelope sported a sophisticated Armani Prive gown, whereas Holliday chose a stunning Valentino dress.
[Images via Digital Spy and The Fashion Court]
