Best Dresses: Golden Globes 2009

Kyra Sedgwick in Oscar de la Renta.
Blah blah blah, you've heard it before, this is a true Hollywood classic silhouette. I've be obsessing over sweetheart necklines for the past season, so I'm a sucker for this dress already. The angled rusching is testament to the superior construction of this dress. And I love mermaid tails - a skirt cut close to the curves, then flaring out to show off the dress fabric, a touch of excess? Yes please. 
And when is the belt with a dress EVER a good idea? It's NEVER a good idea, but the belt is the best part in this design. It looks finely made, and provides a clean, casual wear feel to a very formal silhouette and design. For me, it's almost a nod to formal menswear, selling the modernization of a classic well. I want this dress! 



Amy Adams in Oscar de la Renta.
It's really difficult to resist Oscar de la Renta - he works the big pouffy skirt onto a woman's curves expertly. This gown is grown-up goth to me, and I would like to see it goth-ed out to the max, but whatever, Amy is a sweetheart and probably isn't down with that shit. She successfully invokes the symbol of a Hollywood film noir siren. Garbo could wear it with small tux jacket with satin lapels and kill people with looks.
The fact that Amy Adams wears it fortifies her stance as one of the fashion-savvy stars in current entertainment. Classic, but updated. Prim but sexy. An icon, but still modern - note the loose hair and natural make-up palette.

Just some MAD MEN love:


January Jones in Versace.
January Jones tends to rebel against her Betty Draper persona in real life, but I see this blue structured gown as a nod to her character. Icy, refined, disciplined and elegant. January also wears the Mrs. Draper red lipstick and blonde bob curls, so she's in character in my head. I want to see her smoking out of a diamond-encrusted cigarette holder with this dress.