Mara Hoffman Resort 2011

Loving the eye motifs and patterns in Mara Hoffman's resort 2011 collection.

Image via Mara Hoffman.

SAG Awards Red Carpet 2011

My favorite looks (click to enlarge)

So the Screen Actors Guild Awards were two nights ago and I had a much more difficult time narrowing down a list of favorite looks than I did with the Golden Globes. I feel like the attendees really upped their wardrobe game on this one. As you can see in my collage above, this made my selection of noteworthy looks rather large. Since I don't want to overrun our page, the individual reviews and info on who's-wearing-what are below the jump.

MOMG MObama Wore McQueen!

We don't usually bring up the first lady's style on Les Deux.  Mostly because it is generally great and needs no discussion.  I personally loved this Alexander McQueen resort 2011 look that Michelle Obama wore to the state dinner for Chinese president Hu Jintao.  However, it seems to have caused quite a stir with fashion critics and designers alike, each of whom has their own analysis of the look.  Cathy Horyn of the Times and Robin Givhan of The Daily Beast both seemed to view it favorably.  Givhan went so far as to say that she thought it was, "a broad statement about the new realities of the fashion industry," and went on to describe in great detail exactly what the dress was communicating.  Oscar de la Renta, however, was not so pleased with the outfit.  As the dinner was about promoting trade between American and Chinese industries, ODLR found it in poor taste that the first lady chose to wear a European brand.

I find all of their in-depth reviews somewhat humorous, though.  Does everyone really think that every outfit Michelle Obama wears has to be a political statement?  I mean sure, when I saw that she wore red, I thought that could be a nod to China, but I didn't think much past that.  I might be totally wrong, but I just assume that when the first lady is wearing a great dress such as this, it's because her stylist brought it to her and she thought that it looked nice.  Or maybe I'm just too shallow to comprehend the intricacies of dressing politicians' wives.

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Fresh Powder

katie and i both had mixed feelings about the 2010 chanel cruise show.  one thing we definitely liked about it though, was the nail polish.  on the models it looked like a very light powdery blue, but it in the bottle it appears slightly more turquoise.  the actual color is nouvelle vague by chanel nail vernis, limited edition of course, and is not something i can qualify spending my lousy waitressing paychecks on right now.  tomorrow katie and i are going on a quest to find an acceptable substitute.  i'm not sure how many readers we have anymore (did we have any before?  ha), but if anyone has any brand/color suggestions, we would really appreciate them.  i've only come up with a couple viable options through my online research so far, o.p.i.'s "what's with the cattitude" and essie's "turquoise and caicos" among them.

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