Monday, 14 February 2011

It was a soggy night for style at the Baftas,MISS FB LYIMO .SAY IF THEY DONT HAVE TO PURCHASE THEIR GOWNS',,IM SURE THEY SHOULD LOOK MUCH BETTER THAN THIS..mbuta nanga""

It was a soggy night for style at the Baftas

By Liz Jones
Last updated at 2:30 AM on 14th February 2011

Yes, it was raining. Yes, it was freezing. But these women have limos, and someone to hold an umbrella above their lovely heads.
They don’t have to purchase their gowns, they merely borrow them. So why was the fashion at the Baftas such a wash-out?
What these female movie stars don’t seem to understand is that it is their job not just to act in movies, but to cheer the rest of us up.

Could do better: Helena Bonham Carter in Vivienne Westwood looked positively predictable, while Jessica Alba's sky-blue dress looked totally out of place

But as I stood on the rather soggy red carpet last night, very few outfits made me go, ‘Wow!’
Quite a few outfits made me mutter softly, ‘Oh dear.’
Take Helena Bonham Carter’s black Vivienne Westwood creation. Predictable. Which is the last thing I thought I’d ever say about a woman whose style is normally so adventurous. And how many birds were nesting in that hair?

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Tilda Swinton’s man’s tuxedo? Ditto. Jessica Alba’s strapless Versace dress the colour of a summer sky? Totally out of place.
And why did our British stars not wear British designers?

Disappointing: Tilda Swinton's man's tuxedo was uninspiring and although Emma Watson looked like a beautiful fairy in her Valentino gown, why on earth didn't she select a British designer to showcase?

Emma Watson looked like a beautiful fairy in a cream chiffon asymmetric gown by Valentino, while her gamine crop made the women with bouffant hair extensions look very old fashioned.
But she should have worn a British label like Burberry.
And why on earth was she wearing such extravagantly false eyelashes? (She admitted it took her three hours to get ready, which is surely far too long for such a very young and naturally-beautiful woman).
For me, it was Gemma Arterton who stole the show in black YSL, but couldn’t she have found something by Alexander McQueen, or Stella McCartney?

Best of British: Gemma Arterton stole the show in black YSL but couldn't she have something by Alexander McQueen or Stella McCartney?

Do these women not know that there is a recession, and our home-grown talent needs all the help it can get?
And I couldn’t help but notice how tiny all these stars are up close. No wonder they froze.
I didn’t see one voluptuous body all night. I became so bored by the lack of imagination in the sartorial choices I started to count ribs.