Naomi Watts was one of the many women in white last night.She was in a cap sleeve Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein collection gown. The dress is too simple, in my opinion, but I like her Bulgari statement necklace and earrings and I sort-of like her styling. Naomi’s makeup is perfect but the poof in her hair was a little much. Still, she looked gorgeous as usual. She wasn’t nominated so she probably didn’t want to bring out the big guns.

Julia Delpy wore draped metallic Jenny Packham to the Oscars and switched to a navy v-neck cap sleeve dress for the Vanity Fair Oscar party. Both gowns were impressive and fit each event well. The Packham really stood out on the red carpet and I loved the brooch-like detail at the waist. Delpy’s party dress was just a bit more casual and comfortable looking. Delpy was up for Adapted Screenplay, for Before Midnight, which went to 12 Years.

Laura Dern supported her dad Bruce last night. She was in a too-tight pale pink Alberta Ferretti gown. With a different bodice, one that wasn’t so tiny and high, this dress would have worked. The gown has impressive structural details and it does look great in these photos. On camera it looked very tight and uncomfortable though. I loved how supportive Laura was of her dad, that was nice to see. On ABC’s otherwise disappointing pre-Oscar show, they interviewed Dern’s Nebraska costar June Squibb and she told a funny story about how Bruce Dern went around telling everyone that she (June) used to be a pole dancer. June had to clarify that she was a stripper, not a pole dancer, and that it was on Broadway. You could tell that they gave each other a lot of grief on set.

I’m throwing Emma Watson in here because I didn’t know where else to put her. In photos, this dress looks very plain, but on camera it was kind of amazing. She was in metallic and black Vera Wang. When she presented for the Visual Effects category (which went to Gravity, natch) I noticed how incredible her skirt looked. It’s hard to see in pictures because it’s so dark. That was the problem I had with a lot of the fashion last night: it was either too light or too dark and the details on these beautiful gowns didn’t stand out well enough.

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