Didn't end up watching the Oscars, but had a jolly good gander at all the gowns yesterday. Stylists must have had a summit meeting and handed around a memo on nudey sparkly. Everyone looked perfect... but truthfully I miss the old cray cray concoctions from the likes of Bjork laying eggs in her swan number and Cher in her spiderwebs.
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| Stylists got the nudey-gauzy memo then. Who wore it best do you reckon? |
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| Angie's stylist got the memo too. Angie loves her elasticised waists, doesn't she? I don't blame her, it's a jolly long night |
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| Here's that snap I took of Angie at the Berlin Film Festival two years ago. See, she had an elasticised waist for that too. |
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| As Inge says Lupita Nyong'o is a breath of fresh air, she always gets it right doesn't she? |
Huge segue...Teddy, our 6lb Maltese, had an audition with his dog trainer's playgroup. As you might know both Teddy's knees were operated on 10 weeks ago (a common small dog issue) and since then he's been neurotic, grumpy and very badly behaved. Up he trotted to the dog whisperer's house. How would it go? We were on tenderhooks.
We appeared at the dog trainer's house two hours later with fingers and toes crossed. The dog trainer emerged from her house. What was it to be? A thumbs... Up! Apparently Teddy had sniffed appropriately and played appropriately. I could have wept. Oh praise be! No prouder parents as we drove home
as if on a cloud.
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| The old Tedmeister (right) walking to the coffee shops with his new friends |
Culotte suit arrived at my sister's house in Auckland after flying First Class scoffing champers and nuts and guarded by El Shorty's former bodyguards (
intuited those details from pricey postage) My sister Shazza was very excited and decided to give Coolots a whirl right that very night - an outing to her book club apparently. I am waiting to hear how Coolots behaved, it's the type of pant who does not read the book, but still has an opinion.
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| Shazza, off to her book club meeting in Coolots. Bet you good money Coolots did not read blimin book |
Have you heard that song
Let It go by Idina Menzel? (one of the Oscar performances) If you have a daughter of any age doubtless you have heard it a trillion times. After a soccer team summit meeting at our house on Sunday (we have all the important meetings here) we could hear Tallulah, 12, and all her team mates gathered together in the living room singing it A cappella. What a lovely moment...
The song is all about unleashing your secret power. I'm thinking I have one, I know I have one...(besides the hand bending thing of course) just give me a moment. What's yours, do you think?
Can't say the dresses do anything for my bay
ReplyDeleteBut I will nod and give an okay lol
And awesome for the pup too
Now he has lots of butt sniffing to do
Aaaapropriately sniffing butt
DeleteYay Teddy! Our Serena does not play well with others unless they acknowledge her champion status. She'd have been sent home in shame, i suspect. Coolots look refreshed post flight: obviously spritzed with Evian water mid-flight. Loved the nude gowns. I think I'll have to pull out my Jenny Packham non-wedding dress if only to channel a starlet vibe at our local Whole Foods.
ReplyDeleteTodally! Yes dog whisperer says Teddy does not know he's a small dog and he is alpha in our house (apparently that is a bad thing) Re dressy frocks whilst shopping...Just keep the Oscars going, WF will thank us for it!
DeleteSo glad that Teddy made you proud! My son's Maltese Yorkie mix boys are absolute terrors whenever confronted with any dog large enough to eat them. Can't wait to see what Joan Rivers has to say about the Oscar Fashions! Wonder what Clinton and Stacy from What Not To Wear would say about Angelina's elastic waists - it's one of their big "not's".
ReplyDeleteOh interesting Beryl about elasticised waists not being flattering, actually her dress was supposed to be worn with a belt and think it might have been more flattering with. (Maltese's just have no idea how small they are - don't they realise they're looking up at everyone else in the world?)
DeleteSmiled at your comments re Teddy. Have my hands full with this puppy dalmation. Feels like another child. (although promise I don't chain my children up outside while I go shopping!).
ReplyDeleteSomeone did warn us before that a puppy is a third of a baby - not sure which third??
DeleteTed and his buddies look adorable.
ReplyDeleteWhat was with so much cream/nude/ivory dresses this year? Although I liked Naomi Watts' dress a lot. Also liked Julia Roberts', even though the critics didn't.
I do love how Julie Delpy actually looks like she has a proper figure in hers.
DeleteGo Teddy! Wow, like getting into college, no? I hope he'll be happy the little bug. He looks so darling in that snap
ReplyDelete. Funny about your Red Carpet comments- so agree. I even said we need Bjork and Cher again!! Too much styled and bland and these darn nude frocks look blah in photos. Everyone's just too safe..I just wrote my post about how the wrinkly and grey haired girls rocked the night. They were looking best! xx
I love your post on that. Totally agree about the grey hair gals. In contrast those photos of stretched and botoxed Liza and Goldie Hawn are just very frightening indeed
DeleteI must stand alone in my opinion, but I disliked Lupita's gown. She is stunning and talented, but the back looked like the front anatomically and in fabric. Angelina is stunning, but the gown was too long waisted on her and needed alterations. It didn't blouson that much when it went down the runway. Claws in now...bravo for your little fellow. I'm glad he made you proud:)
ReplyDeleteNow I see what you mean when I see it from the front. Don't think the blouson is Angelina's best friend from the front, not sure why she didn't wear the gold belt with that dress
DeleteI did not Oscar at all; not very interested in celebs or their red carpet gowns. I am interested in reading other people's witty commentaries on Awards Ceremonies, though.
ReplyDeleteI don't really get the whole beige/nude dress thing.... Hard colour to wear.
Glad your dawg is socialising, and very pleased that the coolottes had a good trip - Shazza is rocking them!
My secret power still remains hidden to me, but I am v good at picking up languages, and I can do the splits.
A veritable double threat. Have never been able to do splits despite years at Mrs Shirley Dibble School of Ballet. As for languages I inherited my mother's gene - she said "Costa Eacha" when shopping at a fruit market in Portugal
DeleteI thought everyone looked great, but I always love the crazy outfits some stars wear like Bjork or Helena Bonham Carter, but everyone was too mellow for me really. I would have liked to see more excitement and creativity!! I hope you're having a great week so far xx
ReplyDeleteYes, usually Helena Bonham Carter usually dresses like a milkmaid who's got into the bourbon
DeleteI din't like any of the dresses this year.
ReplyDeleteMy secret power is freezing people with a single touch, I have the blood of a reptile.
Mine is boiling, though I am always cold, maybe that's a secret weapon, confusing everyone
DeleteAw the Oscars. Ellen was dead nuts on about the most important is youth. Poor Kim Novak got quite a beating, along with Liza. Ya know Sandra is also getting work done, the neck never lies, it just hasn't been over done...yet. Oh well, a whole other topic. Yay Teddy. I do have a big dog and it is always amazing when the pipsqueak with the Napoleon complex yips and yaps at her.
ReplyDeleteEven Reece Witherspoon has had surgery (she was photographed with bandages around her face last year) but very good. Apparently the big thing is layering the botox and fillers on top as seen by how they have gotten rid of Liza's "Clown lines" which I think are always best left in!
DeleteI have never been much of a fashion guru but I do enjoy seeing the people on the red carpet. Especially Jennifer Lawrence. I heart her.
ReplyDeleteI loved how she deliberately wobbled her arm fat - technically knows as bingo wings, though she is too young to have them.
DeleteI never watch the Oscars, but I do look out for the gown. Like you I was disappointed that there was nothing crazy. There was that guy in shorts, but he just came off as obnoxious.
ReplyDeleteGood news about Teddy, I can appreciate the relief you must have felt. Sugar and Dustin are very disagreeable toward other people and dogs. And horses.We tried whispering them ourselves, to no avail.
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ReplyDeleteI never watch the awards shows but I do look out for the gowns. I was disappointed that there was nothing crazy. There was that guy in shorts, but he just came off as obnoxious.
Good news about Teddy. I can appreciate the relief you must have felt. Sugar and Dustin are rather aggressive toward other people and dogs. And horses. We tried whispering them ourselves to no avail.
Hi Bebe, sorry because of comment moderation sometimes it looks like it disappeared...Teddy went up to another big dog and growled at him today, our work here is not done yet by any means. (and the humiliation continues...)I might try the dog whisperer on the kids next
DeleteOh my gosh-- even my munchkin, who is only 15 months old, is obsessed with Frozen (and thus the song Let It Go). We watched it On Demand the other day when she wasn't feeling well and now she want to watch the songs on YouTube constantly (seriously she goes and gets my notebook and whines until I put one on)…. I hope this isn't a poor reflection on my parenting!
ReplyDeleteI was touched and kind of amazed that 12 and 13 year olds would love a song that was so theatrical, broadway rather than pop-py which is kind of cool. Yay grlpower
DeleteYou obviously have great figures in your family!!
ReplyDeleteYes I miss Bjork and Cher too!!! I think they should have a ceremony where they ban stylists and you have to dress yourself. But I never get to see it live here bc of the time difference and then I get all the results so then it does just become about the dresses. I thought A Jolie's dress was like a lampshade. Congrats on Teddy - that is canine equivalent of Harvard! x
Yay! someone in the fam got to go to ivy league institution! yes would be much more interesting to see what they all come up with - they're all supposed to be in performing arts but it doesn't play like that. Apparently even cate B (I know!) said she made lots of blunders before her stylist, I suppose for them its insurance.
DeleteI haven't watched the Oscars since since Unforgiven cleaned up. Your HBC milkmaid comment gave me a giggle and is right on the money; when somebody else dresses her, she
ReplyDeletecaptivates me.
You do come from an impressive gene pool.
Hi GSL, Sharon will be chuffed by your comment! Loved how the sister blister paired coolots with seagull cardy, argentinian bag and pointy shoes, I get very stuck in one style.
DeleteTell My Sharona that while the outfit is quite nice overall to not make the coolots anything more than a occasional change up. My rsearch shows them to be a refuge for problem thighs and her champagne flute ankles tell me everything north is well in order.
DeleteYes she got Dad's nicely turned ankles, the best that Manchester row houses could produce. A colleague who used to work at Tatler said the editor there used to say slim ankles were a mark of good breeding, which means I've pushing the cart behind the lady.
DeleteI can never manage to stay awake to watch the Oscars.
ReplyDeleteMy hidden power is making other people feel good about themselves. As long as they are good people. I don't bother with bad people. Also, I've got pretty good intuition. Or maybe I am just more attentive than others?
That's a lovely hidden power.
DeleteAre your girlies hooked into the song yet?
DeleteGoodness - that photo of Angelina you took looks just like you were at Madam Taussauds - is her skin really that plasticky perfect in real life??
ReplyDeleteSo happy that Teddy is back on track with his behaviour. Have you tried him out in a real life situation at the park yet - just you and him? You know what they say about needing to train the owner, not the dog....?!
I loved Cate's nude dress the best, some of the others were more revealing than I'd care to wear (even if I had the body for them). Loved Lupita in her blue Prada - so elegant
Teddy looks a sweetie - congrats on his success.
ReplyDeleteAll the girls look great - in their own way. P'raps Kate is my favourite marginally. I think at the end of the evening she would still look cool.
I love the video - new to me.
Secret power is difficult but I do value the ability to pulverise anyone who has treated me rudely or ignored me - with my voice.
Your sister looks terrific. The coolots obviously travelled well as they don't look too jet-lagged :-)
ReplyDeleteI am like you just look at the fashion I find the oscars too long , boring and a little self indulgent . I enjoy watching Joan rivers fashion police review on the oscars the best. Oh memories I wore culottes in my first job thought I was so trendy so how old am I when they are back in fashion.
ReplyDeleteI was struck by the number of nude sparkly gowns but it is a colour I like and I thought Cate looked particularly good in hers. Lupita's powder blue dress was stunning. I also miss those outrageous, quirky outfits which get everyone talking and they add a bit of fun to the event.
ReplyDeleteNot too keen on a nude colour dress, more of a bright colour myself.
ReplyDeleteMy secret power is being able to zone out completely - I can be in a room full of busy noise and be completely away with the fairies inside my head - quite a useful power at times!
Oscars? Oscar de al Renta, yes. But are there more?
ReplyDeleteThe bottom half of your suit seems to suit your sister very well. So that's good news. Hasn't read the book but has an opinion? Thats when you wore it. But now. . . .
blessings and Bear hugs!
You get to get up close and personal with the celebs at awards shows and take their photos? That's something I'd like to do just once. I don't know why.
ReplyDeleteYour sister looks like a fun person. I don't know how I've come to this conclusion based on appearances alone, but I have. Both of you look like fun people. Never heard the song you were talking about, though. No kids in my house to play it for me.
Just so happens I was seated near the aisle she came in
DeleteThe big question is...has Teddy read Shazza's book? "The Cowboy Dog' sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteJust thinking the same thing. Teddy and me are the only big readers in the house, makes sense just to have an in-house bookclub at this stage. have never heard of the Cowboy Dog , those kiwis find funny things...
DeleteI like a little more colors on the gowns also but most of these were really pretty.
ReplyDeleteI tried to comment twice on Sunday and my silly old iPad just erased them. Back to my trusty computer....Your super power is always making me laugh when I stop by-or a good old chuckle. My super power is being able to spot anything and everything from the airplane-the family home, the corner drug store, my old house, my college....our favorite beach. It's odd but I usually score the window seat. :)
ReplyDeletexx, Heather
Sorry about that heather, hope not a problem at my end, blogger is so tricky sometimes...Wow, what 20-20 eyes you have - The CIA should recruit you on missions. Many of my friends are starting to wear eye bobs, some even if they don't need them, to disguise the wrinkles
DeleteI don't think I could carry off culottes. Cut-offs yes, culottes are too voluminous. They look great on your sis though.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what my secret power is. Is it supposed to be secret from others or from oneself too? In which case how would one know...