Golden Globes 2015: The Dark Side, The Light Side and the In-Between

There will never be a shortage of dark and light gowns at these awards shows. Never. So it was nice to see a crop off well dressed ladies show up to the Globes this year in their blacks and blues, whites and nudes, metallics and mixed fabrics-- seriously, it was a smorgasboard. (YAY! That's my first time using that word on my blog. It's about time.)

In the battle between light versus dark, I think the light colors win it for me this year; there was just more sophistication, more glamour and more risk in the light/nude category than there was in the darks. The women in black just really played it safe for me. I loved Frances O'Connor. Joanne Froggat and Allison Tolman best, but other than that, everyone else just looks good. Mostly. Laura Prepon has no excuse.

FRANCES O'CONNOR

GINA RODRIGUEZ

ALLISON TOLMAN

JOANN FROGGATT

TARYN MANNING

LAURA PREPON

RENE RUSSO

PARICIA ARQUETTE

AMAL CLOONEY

KATHY BATES

EDIE FALCO

LORDE

JENNIFER ANISTON

DANIELLE BROOKS

CALIRE DANES

SOPHIE HUNTER

KELLY OSBOURNE

KATHERINE HEIGL

JESSICA CHASTAIN

KATIE CASSIDY

EMMA STONE

MELISSA MCCARTHY

MICHELLE MOGNAHAN

UZO ABUDA

JULIANNE MOORE

DAKOTA JOHNSON

REESE WITHERSPOON

DIANE KRUGER

EMMANUELLE CHIRIQUI

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUSS

KRISTIN WIIG

EMILY BLUNT

KATE HUDSON

LOUISE ROE

ROSAMUND PIKE

SALMA HAYEK

AMANDA PEET

ELLIE KEMPER

CHRISSY TIEGEN

SIENNA MILLER

ANNA KENDRICK

GREER GRAMMAR

ANNA FARIS

KATE BECKINSALE

JENNIFER LOPEZ

JEMIMA KIRKE

KIERA KNIGHTLEY

Golden Globes 2015: And The Ladies Wore Red!

And other primary colors as well, but red was the color of the night. It was on every woman of every age, of every genre of every medium. Red has been the IT COLOR of the awards circuits for a few seasons now, so I am surprised it had as strong a showing this go around, but I guess that's a testament to its truly classic nature-- no woman can go wrong in a red dress.

Other thoughts running through my head:

• More women should be wearing that creamy yellow color. Jenna Dewan Tatum and Naomi Watts both prove that the color is perfection. 
• Is it just me or does Quvenzhane Wallis and Lupita N'yongo totally look like a before and after shot. I mean, did they coordinate? I feel like there is a total #tbt going on there.
• Why is Kate Mara wearing that hideous belt? 
• Did Lena Dunham insist on looking pregnant, or is that just an unfortunate consequence of that dress?

 ALLISON WILLIAMS

CATHERINE ZETA-JONES

HEIDI KLUM

HELEN MIRREN

TAYLOR SCHILLING

JULIANNA MARGULIES

VIOLA DAVIS

KATE MARA

ALLISON JANNEY

LENA DUNHAM

CHRISTINA BARANSKI

MAURA TIERNEY

KATIE HOLMES

KERRY WASHINGTON

JESSICA LANGE

CAMILA MCCONAUGHEY

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

AMY ADAMS

JULIA GOLDANI TELLES

NATASHA LYONNE

CINDY CRAWFORD

NANCY O'DELL

MARIA MENUNOS

FELICITY JONES

LANA DEL REY

RUTH WILSON

JENNA DEWAN TATUM 

NAOMI WATTS

LESLIE MANN

LUPITA N'YONGO

 

QUVENZHANE WALLIS

ZOSIA MAMET