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This picture makes me miss my red tights. Perhaps it is time to invest in another pair.
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I love this dress from Issa. I am so ready for summer.

I am so glad everyone stepped it up for the Oscar's. There was no shortage of beautiful and interesting dresses, that is for sure.
Hailee Steinfeld looked fantastic and gets bonus points for choosing an age appropriate dress.
Loved Sandra Bullock's red dress, gorgeous.
Cate Blanchett gets an honorable mention since her dress looked awful on TV but it photographed well.
Camila Alves with the best black dress of the night, no question.
I love Hillary Swank's dress but she needed earrings or a necklace or perhaps even a bracelet to go with it. It is the Oscar's after all.
I thought Mandy Moore looked glam.
Rhea Durham had one of the most beautiful and interesting frocks of the night.

Who was your vote for best dressed? Mine is a tie between Sandy and Camila Alves.

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I love Kate Middleton, or Princess Catherine as she will soon be known. There is some debate about whether she will be a style icon or not. My vote is definitely, if for no other reasons than stores that sale/sold the clothes she wears are re-issuing and selling out of those clothes.

I love her fascinators and hats particularly. And how she tied this scarf.

I am going to have a wedding watching party and I am thinking it should involve hats and fascinators...

I am presenting a research paper next month for a graduate research fair. I need a professional look, here is what I am thinking...

I think I want to pair this cardigan with one of the first two dresses for a professional/scholarly look...

The finer things dress gives kind of a sailor-ish look. I love this dress.

A classic little black dress

This kalanchoe blooms dress is way out of the price range but so lovely.

The cause for celebration dress- a little too short for me but so gorgeous.

Here are some of my favorites from the Grammy Awards last night. Who was your favorite?
Jada Pinkett Smith- this dress makes me think of the roaring twenties.

Selma Blair- arguably the best pregnancy dress of the awards season so far.
Julianne Hough
Heidi Klum
Jennifer Hudson
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Over all I would say the blah, blah, blahs continued with the dress choices. Thankfully more color was thrown in, here are the clear winners of the night...

Mila for taking a risk that paid off beautifully.

Here's to hoping everyone else brings their A game to the Oscars...

Have you seen the "visited states" map? It colors in the states you have been to, you can also do Canadian provinces and Mexican states. Here is my map. I have visited/driven through 41 states, thanks in great part to my Dad's job. What is your favorite state you have visited? Mine might be North Carolina.

Other fun things today include the launch of Matchbook, an online magazine. They have two pages of trivial facts on Princess Margaret (Queen Elizabeth's sister) like:
"for reasons unknown to the press, the young Margaret's disco-going set of friends called her 'Yvonne'."
The magazine also has some great compilations of fashion staples and new books to check out amongst other things!

And one more thing, 13 weird things that happen at Sundance Film Festival. The Shine has had some great articles lately, this one is no exception.

I have to be honest, none of the dresses blew me away. A lot of neutrals, a lot of simple lines, which is fine but when paired together equals blah. They could have taken notes from Eva and last years Emmy favorites... Despite that here were my favorites of the night.

Dianna Argon

Honorable mention to Julie Bowen. Her dress looked a lot better on tv than it does in the pictures...

I love this look as seen on the Sartorialist. I love it even more because I can tweak it to my closet constraints.

The purple was a nice alternative to all the black and white dresses.

A friend sent me an article on the burgeoning style movement of the modern Elaine look. The floral's are coming back with a vengeance. I am not sure how I feel about this new trend, granted the dresses a less granny looking but still, I had hoped small print floral patterns had gone away forever. I recently saw evidence of the returning floral on A New Dress a Day. Is any one excited about this returning fashion?

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I think Anne Hathaway looks lovely in this yellow dress. I love her lipstick.

These pictures from Glamour make me want to invest in a shirt dress. A style that is here to stay?

I went shopping last week with my Mom and we picked up a summer scarf (a contradiction according to my husband). I have been scouring the internet on ways to wear summer scarfs. I love this diagram of 28 ways to wear a scarf. Ruche also has various techniques showcased.
I think the bow is my favorite.

I also love the way Cameron Diaz and Jessica Alba wore theirs.

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I thought Rachel McAdams looked wonderful on stage, the color of her dress isn't my favorite but the shape and details are amazing.

I loved Demi Moore's dress.

Mariska Hargitay looked lovely. Blue was the color of the night.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little shocked to see Kristin Stewart pulled together, her dress was gorgeous. Possibly my favorite of the night.

Not a favorite dress, but I was really excited The Young Victoria won an award. They won the costume designing Oscar, and truly the costumes were amazing.

Michelle Obama announced that she will be donating her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian for their First Ladies Dress exhibit, a personal favorite of mine at the Smithsonian American History Museum. I am excited to see her dress added, it was gorgeous.