emmys: my best dressed!

These are my favorite looks from the Emmys this year.  Meaning, gown is gorgeous, hair and accessories work well with the gown, and the overlook works on the person wearing it.  For example if the whole look is great for a 50 year old and a 20 year old has it on...just doesn't work!!!  I did see this happen with one Glee star (not pictured), everything was fab, but the whole look was much too old for her!!

It's hard not to post every dress that i love.  There are so many beautiful people in beautiful dresses, but so often the entire look is thrown off when one component (like hair, or shoes!!) doesn't work with the dress.  To those gorgeous people, better luck next year?

yay!! favs. both hot and stunning!!

gorgeous navy and midnight blues! gorgeous!

stunning, beautiful, hot!

honorable mentions, very nice!!

and honorable mentions, nice!

Love these award shows!
(photos from: nydailynews, yahoo, and harpersbazaar, huffingtonpost)

..Betty Suarez!!

I was just caught up on a few of the last episodes of discontinued, Ugly Betty on ABC.com.  What a great show!  It just made me laugh and smile!!  All of the main characters were so quirky and cute.  The series finale was great, tying each story up neatly and ending on happy notes!
Best line of the last episode:  "..you have big balls Betty Suarez!!" - Wilhelmina Slater, congratulating Betty on following her dreams.

photos from ABC.com

I'll miss you Betty!!! <3

Quakes

My mother was interviewed by the NY Times yesterday. The reporter didn't know that he had found one of the best people to ask about Morris County, - my mother has lived there her whole life. The inquiry of the day? Earthquakes! It is as strange as it sounds, earthquakes in NJ! These were just little tremors, - three within the last month. The full story at the NY Times site.

Unfortunately, Mom's face didn't make it into the article, so here is a recent shot.

Fun Finds from the SAG Awards

The dresses that showed up at the SAG Awards were glamorous, sophisticated, and fun. More risks were taken here than were a few weeks earlier at the Golden Globes. To accompany these photos, I've decided to let my inner-critic run wild, so here come the comments; I do it in private anyway, why not write about it? The mentionables are...



Is there something similar going on here? Two different designers. Both dresses have gorgeous criss-crossing around the back and shoulders, fresh, sophisticated, sleek, really nice.


KW. is gorgeous, this royal blue is beautiful. Simple hair and makeup looks great.

This look is super sexy, in white. All around right. Nice cut-outs make this white look fresh. Cute, easy hair works.









Beautiful all around. This is a great color for FP. nice, simple hair and makeup work with the ripples and pleats of this flirty dress.


















Glamor-ific! All around, coloring, draping, hair, makeup, accessories really roaring.
















Very sexy. Simple hair and makeup keep this look refined.
















This look is fun! Beautiful color, nice cut to show off a great upper body, cute hair and accessories.














Didn't like this dress at first. On second, it works better. The cut, drape, and black sash are great, and hair, and makeup are really nice, but the taupe is a little close to AF's skin tone.













Another duo. Close up, there is some nice lace-beading around the collar and waste, nice vintage-modern revival looks. In white this dress is really sophisticated. In black: funkier, eclectic, and feeling Cleopatra inspired.





















Fun, nice color and cut, simple hair and makeup work works.


















These ladies went for blouson-one pieces, billowy tops and flowing skirts. The look is fresh and relaxed. Done nicely.














Edgy silhouette, punchy color, and the right hair, makeup, and accessorizing. Between this event and the GG, I think her stylist has got her pegged.















Sexy, and glam, like the hair, and eyes, but the red lips are too much, making the look a little costumy.

















Love this dress. This peachy-orange doesn't create enough contrast against the EL's tan skin-tone. It's kind of a wash.

Really loved this dress and coloring, great retro look going on..just do not like these shoes. Amethyst and evergreen are just fine, but these heavy, strapy-heels are chunky and clunky!

Love this gown for an evening gala...

Golden Looks from the Globes

There were loads of lovely dresses at this year's Golden Globes. Here are all of my favorites looks, I hope I didn't miss any:



And last but not least..