FASHION Magazine

By Corinne Perez-Abergel

The jury is still out on whether Anne Hathaway and James Franco were in fact worthy hosts at last night’s Oscars, but at least we had Anne’s constant outfit changes to keep us entertained.  Which one was your favourite? [Blackbook]

The glam factor was out in full force at last night’s 83^rd Academy Awards. If a little restrained, the Hollywood A-list came out swinging in frothy Marchesa (Halle Berry and Hailee Steinfeld), sultry body-hugging red (Jennifer Lawrence in Calvin Klein Collection and Scarlett Johansson in Dolce & Gabbana) and archival poofed hems (Maria Tomei in vintage Charles James and Anne Hathaway in vintage Valentino… but more on her later!)

Our top picks? Cate Blanchett’s Givenchy Couture⎯”a real fashion dress unlike anything else on the red carpet,” says EIC Bernadette Morra⎯and Gwenyth Paltrow’s ultra-modern metallic shimmery Calvin Klein Collection column dress paired with Louis Vuitton jewels. Who was your favourite on the carpet?

Vote and view the full looks after the jump! »

By Siofan Davies, Rani Sheen and Lesa Hannah

The Oscars air this Sunday, and let’s be frank: It’s a competition determined by a bunch of narcissists—is the piece important enough, is the actor deserving, what does it mean within the context of cinema in America? We won’t be considering these lofty questions, but rather, who do we want to win? (In the Best Foreign Language category, it’s obvious: Canada’s Denis Villeneuve and Incendies FTW!)

The voters are…

Siofan Davies, assistant editor/research and cynical film-industry watcher
Rani Sheen, features editor and lover of good stories
Lesa Hannah, beauty director and ringmistress of FASHION’s annual Oscar pool

Let the games begin!

While the performances of Christian Bale and Melissa Leo are, deservedly so, sweeping the awards circuit and may do so again at the Oscars this Sunday, it’s the hair and makeup achievements of Leo’s Alice Ward and her seven scrappy daughters that I haven’t been able to stop lauding. A study in blue-collar beauty, the big hair and unflattering makeup was absolutely mesmerizing. Obsessed, I tracked down the head of the hair and makeup departments for the film: Johnny Villanueva and Donald Mowat—a Canadian—to grill them on the looks of the real life ladies from Lowell, Massachusetts.