SAGS TRENDS AND BEST & WORST DRESSED

Heading towards the Oscars, tonight was the SAGS – the Screen Actors Guild Awards.  The actors always seem truly thrilled to win a SAG which they often say, that when first issued their SAG card, they truly felt like they were actor.  The SAGS and the Global Globes give a hint to whom might win an Oscar, so these awards are important to the press and odds makers.   To us?  It’s just another night of beautiful men and women dressed up in beautiful and ugly outfits.

 

First Award of the Night:  Worst Speech.  Andrew Garfield, hands down.  His speech introducing Sally Field and awarding her the Lifetime Achievement Award, was so cringe worthy.  Why did he have this honor?  He was so condescending.  She has won TWO Oscars, for God’s sake.  It was just awful – laughing about Gidget and The Flying Nun.   Even Sally looked embarrassed.  Yuck.

Best Speech was James Hong of Everything Everywhere All at Once.  In his 90s, he gave a wonderful and very funny thank you speech and was awarded the time to ramble on and on as long as he wanted to, a rarity in awards shows.

FASHION:

At the Golden Globes – Silver was the star of that night, silver that looked like wrinkled aluminum foil.  So many stars were dressed like old TV dinners.   The stylists obviously noted this overuse of that look and abandoned it for the SAGs.   I saw only one wrinkled aluminum foil dress at the SAGs:

 

Jessie Buckley wore this terrible, wrinkled piece of aluminum foil.  Her stylists must not have gotten the memo that this look was so overdone at the Golden Globes that it was not to be seen again.  Despite the wrinkled tin foil outfit,  she is such a wonderful actress (see her in her Oscar nominated role in The Loving Daughter) – but I hate to say, that orange hair is just terrible. 

Onto the Best and the Worst of the SAG Awards Looks

The Year of the Matronly Breast Dress.

  Usually the breasts in these dresses are exceptionally large, high up on the chest, and are - well - just too revealing.

Jamie Leigh Curtis’ breast were really overflowing and voluptuous.   What kills me is how beautiful and smooth and unwrinkled her chest is compared with her normally aging face.  And kudos to the ONE star who has refused plastic surgery.  But look at those chalupas!  Wow.  I wish mine looked that good and we’re almost the same age.  Besides the Breast Trend, hot red dresses were another popular choice tonight.

Jennifer Coolidge’s breasts were also out there with a huge cleavage that reaches up to her chin, probably because of the major shapewear she wears.  She looked gorgeous as usual.  Wearing unadorned  black, she went against the trend of the adorned black dress that was all the rage tonight.  Saint Laurent.

Joely Fisher was in another Matronly Breast exposure, but I’m not sure what was going on with her right (or her left) breast.  It just looks odd, like there’s a cup over her breast but it doesn’t fit and half the breast is coming out the bottom of the cup. 

Patricia Arquette’s cleavage was camouflaged a bit under sheer fabric that went all the way almost up to her chin.   Too much fabric on the arms and hem, it would have looked better had she tailored the dress and cut half that sheer trim away.  It had the makings of a pretty dress which is a shame.

 

Lisa Ann Walter aka Scarlett O’Hara.  See?!?!?  There were so many of these pushed up big boobs tonight.  What’s the deal???  Without the pushed up boobs this was actually a beautiful dress, but all you could see were her pushed up breasts – with the tiny bit of netting between those massive globes.

Do you recognize her???  She was in The Parent Trap, playing the housekeeper Chessy.  Her date for the SAGs was the actress who played Meredith Blake.

Amazing.  Best movie ever!!

 

Gennera Banks and Jonathan Banks

Now here is a Breast Dress that needs a pushed up bra.  How do you walk out of the house like this?????   Sew up a seam a few inches.

Audrey Plaza.  The opposite of the matronly bosom is the Empty Cleavage.  God almighty this is hideous.  When she was onstage for her ensemble win for White Lotus – Plaza’s costar told her her under breast was showing and she tried to fix this fiasco.  She looked  typically extremely angry. Her dress was too long with too little material.  Terrible.

 

YELLOW DRESSES:

Besides all the red dresses, yellow or gold was a major trend. 

Angela Bassett was stunning in this bright yellow net dress. I would have done her hair in a tight bun, but she was gorgeous regardless.

Giambattista Valli – LOVE HIM!!!

Viola Davis was gorgeous in this shade. She has worn the color before.  She was stunning and look how she handled her cleavage!  Thank you Viola!  LOL

Custom Valentino

Niecy Nash was another in yellow.  And notice how big busted she is, yet,  she looks so elegant. 

Vera Wang.

Claire Foy in goldish yellow.  Just limp and unfitted and awful.  This is another “EMPTY CLEAVAGE” dress.

BLACK EMBELLISHED DRESSES

Ana de Armas in a silvered black embellished gown with unnecessary bows and a ta-da EMPTY CLEAVAGE!   Just don’t like this look at all.  Louis Vuitton shocker.

Haley Lu Richardson in pearls and black sequins.  Meh.  Carolina Herrera. 

Jenny Slate.  Dress falling off her arms with her bra showing.    What is with these designers today?????

Zuhair Murad – he is so much better than this.  Much.

Kerry Condon

In custom Louis Vuitton.

Beautiful.  I would have put her hair up, but very very pretty.  Chic.

Amy Pohler.  She never disappoints.  Always in a bad dress.  Always.  She needs a new stylist in the worst way.

Lucia Aniello

Oh Lord.  What IS this???

Quinta Brunson

In Jean-Louis Sabaji

A giant clam shell.  Another terrible dress.  But, I have to say, Quinta was a wonderful host, so funny and with an adorable personality and aura.

Laura Linney.  Embellished silver and black.  Weird neck design. Christian Siriano.  I should have known.  Most overrated designer in Hollywood.

 

Cate Blanchett looked beautiful.  Her dress was prettier onscreen, less dominatrix.   Again, her cleavage was respectable.

ANKLES ON DISPLAY

 

Another trend seen was shorter dresses, finally!  After years and years of dresses that were so long you couldn’t even see the pointed toe of the shoe – ankles and shoes were on display.

Here Kathryn Newton looked darling in her 50s inspired Carolina Herrera dress.

Seth Rogen’s wife’s shoes were barely showing.  I would have made the hem shorter still.

Sarah Burns

Mid calf here.

Rynia Kando

Another 50s style, complete with the frame purse. But, yet another terrible stylist:  hair, jewelry and dress.

THIN TRAIN

Another strange trend were thin trains.  Amanda Seyfried wore this short dress that was ill fitting along with a train????    Prada.

A train, not a bow.

Hong Chau

In Fendi Couture

Don’t ask.  Ill fitting with the long train that looked ripped and stepped on.  Of course it was!  Idiotic. 

 

And Claire Foy again, with the tiny train.

The Harry Styles Wannabes

Paul Mescal.  Runner up Harry Styles Wannabes winner with his sheer embroidered coat.

Paolo Camilli.  Harry might wear this, but it’s probably not chic enough for him.

Mark Indelicato in something I think Harry Styles would definitely wear.

Jordan Firstman.  This is more Machine Gun Kelly than Harry Styles.  Again, not chic enough for Harry.

 

Tyler James Williams.  Harry might wear a suit like this. 

I don’t think Harry would ever wear this, but who knows????

Well, there you go.

Eddie Redmayne

In Saint Laurent

I can see Harry wearing this exact outfit with the exaggerated bow.  It’s very elegant, not camp. 

Winner of the Harry Styles Wannabee Award!

Runner Up Worst Dressed Award:

Julia Garner in Gucci.  Gucci???  So awful.   Clam shell breasts.  Shell sleeves.  What????  The chain work is stunning but otherwise, it’s b-a-d.

Jessica Frances Dukes

In Marc Bouwer

Another Empty Cleavage dress, Jessica looks like she is choking.  Maybe she is hiding a neck brace from an accident?  Is that it????  I googled it but didn’t find any news of an accident.  Maybe the only accident is the dress???

If she has a neck injury I am very sorry.

  

Jessica Williams

In Rosie Assoulin

Is she awake????  This is just terrible.  Terrible. The runner up worst dressed of the night, poor thing.  Maybe she was sleeping and didn’t realize how bad her dress really was.

 

THE WINNER OF THE ABSOLUTE WORST DRESSED

Winner of two SAGS tonight, Michelle Yeoh.  OMG.  Those sequins.  This is just beyond terrible!  It looks like shredded documents.  Remember when we had shredders for our tax returns, etc.  They looked like this when shredded. 

Schiaparelli Couture.

Close up of the shredder paper.

RUNNER UP BEST DRESSED:

Michelle Williams in Dior.  Always classic.  It’s simple, but pretty and very elegant.  Love the bow.  Very 40s Hollywood.

Close up of her black velvet bow.  It looks like the dress might be a lighter black or dark navy.  Pearls with red lip.

Cara Delevingne

In Carolina Herrera and De Beers jewelry.  No one cleans up better than Cara. 

Look how absolutely gorgeous she looks in this wonderful dress with pants underneath.  The red lip is beautiful.  Runner up best dressed. 

It’s hard to believe she is the same person that was photographed in L.A. just a few months ago by the tabloids looking like a homeless person.

Just a few months ago, people were questioning her mental status after these photos of Cara in dirty clothes and socks were published.  

Here she stunned again at Princess Eugenie’s wedding, wearing a man’s morning suit with tails and top hat!  And a toothpick!  The toothpick was the most important accessary!!!  LOL.  Now this is someone with a great stylist.

Gorgeous.

Runner Up best dressed:  Emily Blunt in Oscar de la Renta.  I think the dress is a bit too long, but it’s so pretty, very Oriental in design.  I’ve never seen anything like it – in a great way.  Her red lip is perfect.  I would have styled her hair differently, but compared to all the other dresses and looks at SAG, she was a standout.

Close up.  Her movie – The English – is excellent.  My favorite this year.  A must see, two or three times, to totally understand all the detail and mystery.

HAND DOWN.

Rooney Mara in Alexander McQueen.  Beautiful.  Different, but interesting and what divine fabric.

I’ve rarely seen Rooney look bad.  She has a wonderful sense of style and a great stylist.

 

BEST DRESSED OF THE SAGS,  HANDS DOWN.

 

Zendaya in pink roses.  Valentino.  Zendaya is always the best dressed at every award show.  This dress was a gasper.  It fit her coloring perfectly and her hair was styled wonderfully for the dress, like a Marilyn Monroe hairdo.  Her jewelry was beyond beautiful.  This is just perfection.

She even changed and almost upstaged herself, but this is the runner up of the evening for Zendaya.  This necklace reminded me of the iconic tiara that Princess Eugenie (again) wore at her wedding.

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The tiara inspired necklace with the center emerald.

Her makeup was reminiscent of Twiggy with the drawn on bottom eyelashes.

Can you imagine being her????

Sigh…