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Admiring from the Backseat: 10 Best Red Carpet Looks from 2012

by The Backseat Stylers | December 11th, 2012


Diane Kruger in custom Nina Ricci at Cannes International Film Festival

From awards shows to movie premieres to fashion parties, it’s been quite a year on the red carpets. We saw new sartorial heroines emerge, like Jennifer Lawrence during her Hunger Games promotional tour, as well as established greats like Michelle Williams and Diane Kruger continue to bring their A games. With stunning look after stunning look to choose from, selecting a short list of the 10 best dressed of 2012 was a near impossible task. With much deliberation, we finally settled on the 10 that made our jaws drop and raised the red carpet bar.

What do you think of our top 10 best dressed of the year – did we nail it, or did we miss some of your favourites? Do tell!


Ginnifer Goodwin in Monique Lhuillier at the 64th Prime Time Emmy Awards


January Jones in Zac Posen at 64th Prime Time Emmy Awards


Jennifer Lawrence in Christian Dior Couture Fall 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival


Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton at 2012 Academy Awards

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Admiring from the Backseat: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in Teal Jenny Packham

by The Backseat Stylers | May 12th, 2012

I was just privately lamenting the lack of blog post-worthy ensembles from Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge of late, and it seems she got the message from over the pond. Kate stepped out in a stunning Jenny Packham number yesterday at the British Olympic Association concert in London.

The teal silk dress with lace cap sleeves and a jewel-embellished belt was an inspired choice, and easily one of her most glamourous looks to date. It’s right up there with the pink sequin Jenny Packham she wore last summer to the ARK gala.

Do the upcoming London Olympics mean many more fabulous looks to come from the Duchess? Here’s hoping!

xx, S

Images via Just Jared, Daily Mail


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Admiring from the Backseat: 10 Best Red Carpet Looks from 2011

by The Backseat Stylers | December 29th, 2011


January Jones in Carolina Herrara Pre-Fall 2011 at the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The end of a year always brings about an overabundance of ‘best of’ lists, so of course we had to contribute one of our own. Putting together a list of the top ten red carpet looks of 2011 was a surprisingly easy task. These 9 women – 8 actresses and 1 real life princess – and their 10 ensembles (Emma Stone is listed twice!) were clear standouts in our eyes. So much so that we’re not even going to bother to explain our choices – these stunning looks speak for themselves. Plus, we’re still recovering from our holiday turkey feast.

From Anne Hathaway‘s sequin Armani Privé to Cate Blanchett‘s lavender Givenchy, these are the types of clothes that make us wish that we too were Hollywood actresses or fairy tale princesses whose job descriptions included gracing red carpets in couture. But, alas, we are not…yet. So until such day that fact changes, we’ll settle for daydreaming about strutting our stuff in January Jones‘ gold lace gown by Carolina Herrera and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge‘s blush sequin dress by Jenny Packham instead.


Cate Blanchett in Givenchy Haute Couture Spring 2011 at the 83rd Academy Awards


Emma Stone in Giambattista Valli Fall 2011 at the ‘Friends With Benefits’ New York premiere


Evan Rachel Wood in Elie Saab Fall 2011 at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards


Ginnifer Goodwin in Topshop at Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala


Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in Jenny Packham Spring 2011 at the Annual Absolute Return for Kids (ARK) Gala Dinner in London


Emma Stone in Tom Ford Fall 2011 at the ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ World Premiere


Anne Hathaway in Armani Privé Fall 2010 at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards


Mila Kunis in Elie Saab Spring 2011 Couture at the 83rd Academy Awards


Sandra Bullock in Alexander McQueen Spring 2012 at the ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ New York premiere 

xx, T & S

Images via Celeb Whereabouts, Vogue UK, Just Jared, Just Jared, Zimbio, Celebitchy, Just Jared, tlfan, Celebrity-Paradise, Celebitchy


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Admiring from the Backseat: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in Jenny Packham

by The Backseat Stylers | June 10th, 2011

Over the month and a half since the royal wedding, you’ve likely become either obsessed with the new Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa’s respective styles or completely turned off by the incessant reporting of their grocery-shopping outfits. Whichever side of the fence you happen to be on, Kate’s ensemble to the 10th annual Absolute Return for Kids (ARK) Gala Dinner yesterday at Kensington Palace is definitely worth a gander.

The Duchess looked absolutely stunning in a Jenny Packham Spring 2011 sequin-embellished gown and matching LK Bennett bow sandals. Evidently, I wasn’t the only one to think so, because the dress, which was still available on sale for $3,515 (regular $5,015) yesterday at mytheresa.com, has now since sold out. And no, sadly, I wasn’t one of the buyers.

xx, S

Images via TFS

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