Mr. Blasberg's Best-Dressed List: January 18th, 2013
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By Derek Blasberg
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Kirsten Dunst in Louis Vuitton
Here's a little game I like to play with my editor friends during fashion week: Guess the next day's headline after your favorite show. Louis Vuitton's show this season was one of my favorites, and sure enough, "Check-Mate," my suggested headline, showed up on the cover of Women's Wear Daily the next morning. I'm going to use the same phrase to describe one of my favorite actresses in one of my favorite dresses from that favorite show: Kirsten Dunst in a brown and white block print square neck evening dress, which she wore to the Art of Elysium Gala. Check mate!
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Sienna Miller in Valentino
What I find so inspiring about fashion is that it's constantly evolving. Every few months, something new is happening (and something old is out). Which is why I'm happy to see Sienna Miller moving on from the boho look she helped create. Remember that moment? All those voluminous shirts and floppy hats and beat up boots? It looked like hippies were the last thing on her mind when she wore this pin-tucked, fabulous pink Valentino dress to the BAFTA Los Angeles 2013 awards season tea party. To be fair, I don't think the boho look is bad, and I'm sure we'll see Sienna looking fabulous in another floppy hat soon. But it's nice to see a range in an actress, even when she's getting dressed.
Jessica Alba in Louis Vuitton
Kirsten wasn't the only Hollywood starlet who played chess with Louis Vuitton this week. Jessica Alba found another checkerboard dress from the same collection that I thought was divine. I like that Jessica did something graphic, almost minimal, and seemingly conservative. We all know that girl can turn the sexy on, so it was super chic to see her in something unexpected.
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Jennifer Lawrence in Valentino Couture
I can remember the first time that Jennifer Lawrence showed up on my best-dressed radar: The red Calvin Klein dress she wore to the Golden Globes exactly a year ago. Wham! She looked fabulous. This was a good year for her, and she proved that she wasn't a one trick pony when it came to dressing up. This week, my favorite look of hers was this Valentino couture long sleeved, cocktail length dress, which she wore to the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. In a review I did of the film The Hunger Games, I said that Jennifer Lawrence reminded me of a young Elizabeth Taylor. I stick by that in the in the fashion department too. She's handled red carpet dressing with ease.
Felicity Jones in Miu Miu
Have you ever seen Like Crazy? Well, if you haven't, you should. Felicity Jones is great in it, and it made me completely fall in love with her. In real life, though, not only is she super pretty with her pouty lips and blue eyes, she makes smart choices on the red carpet — which is reason enough for me to fall in love all over again. I loved this Miu Miu strapless dress that she wore to a party after the Golden Globes. There's a vintage feel to the shape, and I like that a young girl was bold enough to wear a long dress. Young Hollywood could always use a little more sophistication.
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Naomi Watts in Gucci
I'll always like Naomi Watts because she's a girl that didn't give up. While some people (like her Aussie bestie, Nicole Kidman) found success while they were quite young, Naomi didn't hit the big time until Mulholland Drive, the David Lynch creeper film that she made when she was 33 years old. (That's considered a little long in the tooth by Hollywood standards.) But she has made up for lost time, and this year is once again an Oscar-nominated actress. Off screen, she has been just as impressive, having some major moments on the red carpet, often in Calvin Klein (since she is buddies with the designer Francisco Costa). I also loved her in this pink Gucci dress, with it's lovely color and flattering halter shape.
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Princess Beatrice of York in Jonathan Saunders
Princess Beatrice has been on her fair share of worst dressed lists. Bless her heart. But even though she wasn't in LA or at any sort of function having to do with Hollywood films, when I saw this picture of her in this flirty green Jonathan Saunders frock, I knew she had to make an appearance on this week's list. She looks fabulous. And more than anything, she looks happy. And that's how I like to see princesses look.
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Kate Mara in Christian Dior
It's been fun to watch the Mara sisters' styles evolve. Just like any ol' pair of sisters, there's like and dislikes. Both are cute and brunettes, but their styles are much different. We got a dose of Rooney's gothic look when she wore so much Givenchy during awards season last year, whereas Kate, the older sister, has always been one to keep it much more bright and peppy. I thought this canary yellow Christian Dior dress was fabulous and, with the asymmetrical hem, a little bit fun too.
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Tina Fey in L'Wren Scott and Amy Poehler in Stella McCartney
Last but certainly not least, two of the best dressed babes on this week's list prove an adage I've always believed: A smile is your best accessory. This year's Golden Globes hostesses, Tina Fey, who wore L'Wren Scott, and Amy Poehler, who was dressed exclusively in Stella McCartney for all of her appearances, knocked it out of the park. These two ladies are the best friends that everyone wishes they had. And not just because they can tell a mean joke and do a good impression: They seem like genuinely good girls. And they approach fashion in a functional, normal way. They aren't anorexic or make major faux pas (and if they do they laugh about it) and they make Spanx jokes. I will root for them every time I see them on a red carpet. Why? Because a sense of humor is always in fashion.
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