The Female Superbowl

I've heard the Academy Awards broadcast referred to as "The Female Superbowl." I guess that would make the rest of the awards season "the playoffs." And I have to admit I love watching the red carpet coverage to see what everyone's wearing....love hearing rants about the "worst dressed" people after the fact. And this year, the red carpet was all that really captured me about the Academy Awards! I actually didn't see ANY of the movies nominated for the Best Picture award...I don't think I saw many of the movies nominated, period! We don't go to the movies much, but Savannah theaters also don't (sadly) show independent films! They've been released recently in conjunction with the upcoming Awards season, but generally we get kids' movies and big blockbusters. So I need to get some movies queuing on my Netflix and get caught up.

So, I return to the red carpet portion of the evening. I wasn't really obsessed with anyone's look this year, but Heidi Klum definitely caught my eye. I thought, "has she worn that before?" So I googled my way to the conclusion that she had not worn this Roland Mouret dress before...

Picture from stylefrizz.com

but she DID wear this John Galliano frock to the 2008 Academy Awards. Pretty similar, right? Obviously different, I can appreciate the differences...but yeah, they're a lot alike.

Photo from fabsugar.com.

I think she looks great! She was wearing red on both occasions in support of a women's heart health awareness group, so even better. Last year I think you could bid on the dress for charity, but I'm not sure about this year. I am, however, sure that I would have nothing to wear the dress to even though I love it (and look good in red, heehee).

But maybe if I was going to a pretty chic wedding I could get this Carmen Marc Valvo number from Bluefly and hope to channel the lovely Klum...without, hopefully, prompting people to openly discuss the numerous ways that I do NOT compare to her.