Tuesday Links: After Oscar Edition

When not navigated carefully, the Internet can suck you into a veritable post-award-show black hole. There is A LOT to look at; for instance you could spend easily 3-5 hours just looking at Jared Leto hair posts (better to not ask how we know this). Two days post-Oscar, here is what we thought worthy of your precious time.

1. The best party photos to come out of theVanity Fair Oscar Party. Feel free to write to us if you know where we can purchase that Hollywood Issue inspired lamp shade. Check out these stunners while you're at it.

2. You can Travoltify your name here. We are Laurence Hernt & Christian Wailson.

3.This could have saved you a lot of time on Sunday and that hangover on Monday.

4. Stay strong Leo.

5. Cate Blanchett is terribly trusting. Also we would have died and immediately broken out in the speech we've been perfecting since age 5.

6. Peter Nyong'o was out there living your dreams all award season and you had no idea.

Morning After: 86th Academy Awards

The Academy Awards took place last night, and, like all good samaritans, we gathered to watch in Lauren's condo's party room and ate our weight in cheese, respectively. And drank cocktails of course!

Anyway, the show was great and Ellen did an impeccable job and had us laughing out loud! Honestly though, we thought she'd be dancing more. There were some awkward moments (most winners/presenters really struggled with the double kiss) and some truly inspiring moments (we liked Lupita's and Jared's speeches), but most of all there was a lot of glitz and some amazing frocks! See our judgements below.

Best Dressed Ladystars: Kate Hudson in Atelier Versace. She is looking bomb diggity these days. Keep it up gurlll! Anne Hathaway in Gucci. Although the shape is reminiscent of last year's dress, this one is much much better. Consider yourself redeemed Anne!

Best Dressed Ladystar Runner Up: Lupita Nyung'o in Prada. She looks beautiful and the colour is to die. But we were expecting a little more from her and that neckline is a tad broad for our tastes.

Surprisingly Worst Dressed Ladystar: Anna Kendrick, what happened? This J. Mendel gown was far too busy and not at all what we would have expected.

Non-surprisingly Worst Dressed Ladystar: Whoopi, no. It didn't work when Julia attempted, and it's certainly not working for you.

A Visual History of Oscar Dresses

This pictorial list of all the dresses worn by Best Actress Academy Award Winners from 1929 to 2013 is phenomenal.



Infographic by MediaRun Digital

5th Ever Bangin' Awards: Oscars 2014

It's that time of year again star-gazers, so get your red carpets steam cleaned because they are about to be the home of the greatest (and worst) of celebrity fashions! But, before scrutinizing and arguing over what we loved or loathed, let's focus on the best fashions presented on the silver screen this year. We had the opportunity to covet styles from all different decades, including the future, and some were pretty bangin'!

The envelope please...

Best Dressed Leading Male Character
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, The Great Gatsby
Go to look: Cool, crisp, beautiful shirts
Enviable Accessories: Cufflinks, pocket Squares, straw boater hats & wingtips. Intense longing accompanied by glitter
We'd like to see: More appealing swimwear
Style Rival: Ryan Gosling as Sgt. Jerry Wooters, Gangster Squad

Best Dressed Supporting Male Character(s)
BJ Novak and Jason Schwartzman as The Sherman Brothers, Saving Mr. Banks
Go to look: 60's prep
Enviable Accessories: Waistcoats, cardigans, skinny ties & those sweet high notes
We'd like to see: Bowties!
Style Rival: Justin Timberlake as Jim, Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Dressed Lead Female Character
Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser, American Hustle
Go to look: Lower than low necklines, Diane Von Furstenburg wrap dresses
Enviable Accessories: Gold jewellery, feathered hair, faux British accent
We’d like to see: This exact look executed in a more exciting and tolerable heist plot
Style Rival: Cate Blanchett as Jasmine, Blue Jasmine

Best Dressed Supporting Female Character
Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Go to look: Capital Couture
Enviable Accessories: Bold dye jobs, dangerously high heels, fascinators of the future
We'd like to see: Her walking in the Cinna S/S 2214 show
Style Rival: Elsa, Frozen

Best Future Fashions in a Feature Film
Her
Go to look: High waisted trousers on the men, and high neck tops on the women. Red everything
Enviable Accessories: Operating systems, ear pieces, that adorable card case looking smart phone equivalent
We’d like to see: Perhaps a more demure fly length on the men's trousers…
Style Rival: Gravity, har har we most certainly hope not

Best (cough, worst) Perm in a Feature Film
Bradley Cooper as Richie DiMaso, American Hustle
Go to look: Permed hair, don't care
Enviable Accessories: Hair rollers presumably
We’d like to see: Better hair, obviously or Justin Timberlake style highlights
Style Rival: Emma Thompson as P.L Travers, Saving Mr. Banks (almost too close to call!)