Oscars 2014 Fashion: The Best-Dressed and Worst-Dressed Women Over 40

Oscars 2014 Fashion: The Best-Dressed and Worst-Dressed Women Over 40

 

 

 

 

 

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BEST: Sandra Bullock, 49
Does the Gravity star ever make a mistake? A year before her 50th birthday, Bullock hit the red carpet in a midnight blue gown by Alexander McQueen that was right out of classic 1940’s Hollywood.

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WORST: Liza Minnelli, 67
The following words should not be used together: electric blue, satin, off-the-shoulder, pants suit, braless. But leave it to Liza to break all the rules. Oh, and she had a matching blue streak in her hair

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BEST: Cate Blanchett, 44
It wasn’t just that this embellished nude sheath by Giorgio Armani was gorgeous, it was that it fit Blanchett so beautifully that the glittering blossoms seemed to cling to her of their own free will

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WORST: Glenn Close, 66
There was nothing to redeem this dress. The too-tight sleeves and the bulky flared skirt weren't saved by a scoop neckline or distracting jewelry, leaving poor Glenn Close trapped in all that black fabric.

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BEST: Portia de Rossi, 41
In a cream fitted Naeem Khan gown with lacy cut outs, the wife of Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres should win best dress of the night.

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WORST: Kim Novak, 81
The legendary star of Hitchcock’s Vertigo is now over 80, so she gets break for looking a little puffy and perhaps like she’s had a little too much work done. But her 1980’s blue tuxedo pants suit has no excuse

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BEST: Viola Davis, 48
Another win for Davis, who wore a teal satin gown that showed off her shoulders and a 1930’s wave in her hair that played up her eyes.

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WORST: Julia Roberts, 46
The dress was lovely from the waist up, but then the black lace in a frenzy of pleats. You’d send anyone else home to change, but this Givenchy Haute Couture Roberts’ usual effervescence mitigated the disappointing gown

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BEST: Naomi Watts, 45
Watt’s super simple white cap-sleeve Calvin Klein Collection sheath was stunning she set it off with a distinctive spider-web necklace by Bulgari.

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WORST: Julie Delpy, 44
The ethereal French actress and star of Before Midnight looked like she might float away in all the beige sparkly pleats in this gown by Jenny Packham. It almost worked

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BEST: Meryl Streep, 64
Streep favors draped gowns and she didn’t deviate this year with this white on top, black on bottom simple look. Mostly it worked — because she wore it with aplomb