You See These Lights are Blue

 We've made it one week since this year's Oscars, did any of you happen to tune in?  I only saw two of the movies nominated, well, one and two thirds.  I had to turn off Elvis because it was so bad, and Avatar was my first movie theater experience since before Covid.

Anyway, that's not really why I watched it.  The real reason is of course, the fashion!

I wasn't overly impressed with this year's selections, most being your standard Red Carpet fare, even though they went with a champagne carpet, instead.  You'd think with an update like that our celebrities would have thought a little more outside of the box.  Oh well.

I really liked these three cream to white dresses on Zoe Saldana, Halle Berry, and Tems.  I love a good, lacey slip dress, the flower details on Berry's dress make it much more interesting, and the sculptural quality of Tems' dress is quite refreshing.

These two-tone color dresses stood out as well on Monica Barbaro and Fan Bingbing.  The light and dark pairing for each is exquisite and dramatic, while also bringing some much-needed cheekiness to the affair.

But none of these compare to the detailed beauty Kartiki Gonsalves wore.  It's a map, a story, a pictorial explosion of color and light!  And she looks fabulous in it.

I actually started following the designer, Rahul Mishra, about a year ago on Instagram, and every single piece is this stunning.  The amount of work required for each must be astounding, as they are all handmade.  With collection names like The Enchanted Garden, The Tree of Life, and Cosmos, you really see his reverence towards nature and the beauty that surrounds us.  If you have some time, his Instagram page is worth a perusing.  I mean, these images below are just a hint at what's on the page!

(photos collected from Celebmafia, justjared, Vogue, etonline, celebmafia, reddit, and instagram)