Avant-Garde 83rd annual Academy Awards

James Franco, in Gucci, with Anne Hathaway, in Givenchy Haute Couture.

Isn't she adorable? Just look at the glow!!! Pregnancy looks so cute on Natalie Portman, even though she doesn't look pregnand here. She is wearing Rodarte gown, with Tiffany & Co. jewels and Jimmy Choo shoes.

Dear Jenny Lawrence, next time you should wear something more glamorous! Jennifer wears Calvin Klein red dress, with Chopard jewels and a Judith Leiber clutch.

Oh Cinderella!!! Hailee Steinfeld, in Marchesa, with Salvatore Ferragamo shoes and clutch. So adorable.

Mila Kunis, in Elie Saab Couture, with Neil Lane jewels. I don't know, but somehow this dress looks like lingerie? Altough, this gown suited her perfectly.

Amy Adams in L'Wren Scott, with Cartier jewels. Everything suited well on her, especially the Emerald Cartier jewels combined with amazing dress, looks wonderful on her!

Mandy Moore, in Monique Lhuillier, with Harry Winston jewels. Same goes for Mandy too, she has to choose another color of the dress next time, this nude color makes her look like white cheese. But Monique Lhuillier is always a perfect choice for the red carpet.

Anne Hathaway, in vintage Valentino Haute Couture, with Tiffany & Co. jewels, and Valentino Garavani. Anne looked gorgeous in red - she changed into 4 different gowns and a Lanvin suit.

I don't know the Sunrise Ruffalo's dress from which designer is, but this dress fits her very well.

The super thin Jennifer Hudson, in Atelier Versace, with Neil Lane jewels. If someone starts complaining that he/she can't lose weight, must see Jennifer as a perfect example, she lost 30 pounds!!! Jennifer looks beautiful on her new shape and orange dress, except the décolleté!

Cate Blanchett was always my favorite and she knows exactly what to wear for the Red-Carpet. This time she wears Givenchy Haute Couture, with Van Cleef & Arpels jewels. Splendid, I just love love love it!

Michelle Williams, in Chanel Haute Couture, with Harry Winston jewels. Next time she has to choose another color for her dress, this nude dress makes her look even more pale.

Jeremy Renner, in Yves Saint Laurent, and Scarlett Johansson, in Dolce & Gabbana.

Can you believe she gave birth to TWINS just a few months ago?
As usually, very elegant Celine Dion, in Armani Privé, with Bulgari jewels.

Halle Berry, in Marchesa, with Neil Lane jewels.
 Something is happening to Halle! As we saw her on Golden Globes last time, she was wearing a totally not elegant dress, for the Academy Awards Halle shows us a nude swan look-a-like.

Does Martthew McConaughey know that his wife Camila Alves is one of the most attractive woman/mother on Earth! Camila in Kaufman Franco, with Matthew McConaughey, in Dolce & Gabbana. Most beautiful couple and a perfect match.

Holy Mother of God, few months ago Penélope Cruz gave birth and looks baginn' hot in L'Wren Scott together with her best accessorie Javier Bardem, in Gucci.

C'monn Sharon keep smiling, you look great!!! Sharon Stone, in Dior.

 I love her! Hilary Swank, in Gucci Premiere, with Anna Hu jewels and a Roger Vivier clutch. No matter what she wears, looks good on her. She has the perfect body!

Red looks great on Sandra, good choice! Sandra Bullock, in Vera Wang.

Always fashion-forward Gwyneth Paltrow, in Calvin Klein Collection, with Louis Vuitton jewels.


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All That Glitters Is Gold

All That Glitters Is Gold—And Diamonds, Usually—At Paris’ Haute Joaillerie Day

Chanel: After her lover Boy Capel’s death, Coco Chanel traveled to Venice for a change of scene. The trip to the great port city opened the door to a new love story—one with exotic cultures (and their jewelry), from Istanbul to Russia and points East. Chanel’s haute jewelers channeled the visit with a colorful array of rubies, emeralds, and pink sapphires worked into an articulated necklace for the Mosaique suite and the Persian cuff (pictured). The house’s signature Camellia takes a lacy turn with delicate arabesques in white gold, diamonds and pearls, a creation that required untold hours of painstaking laser desig.

Dior: Chez Dior Joaillerie, the setting, too, is a gem. When Peter Marino refurbished the house’s hôtel particulier on the Place Vendome, he complemented the jewels by incorporating exceptional pieces of art from the LVMH collection, like a gray butterfly relief by Damian Hirst and one-off lamps by Véronique Rivemal. It made a fitting home for Dior’s Crystal Vendome watches, and new additions to the Coffret de Victoire collection, like the bejeweled poissons combattants—or as we’d call them in English, Siamese fighting fish (pictured).

 Boucheron: Creatures both mythical and real join the signature Adam snake in the Boucheron bestiary, among them Pegasus, a dragon, gazelles, pandas, swans and a one-of-a-kind Aurelia Auriata jellyfish with a body in carved rose quartz. A scarab’s wings spread to reveal the hour on the diamond-encrusted Khepri bracelet watch, a yellow sapphire lion clutches a 7-carat gem as if it were prey (pictured), and in keeping with the graceful bird theme spotted here and there this season, ruby-eyed swan rings—one paved in diamonds, the other in black sapphires—pair off with wings spread.

Van Cleef & Arpels: The original Zip—the brainchild of the Duchess of Windsor, who sketched out an idea for a platinum and diamond necklace in 1938—took 12 years to create. But by the time it came out of the atelier in gold and diamonds in 1951, the Duchess had lost interest. No matter—the necklace passed through other famous hands, including those of Aristotle Onassis and the Empress of Iran. For the season, Van Cleef & Arpels reinterprets the theme (pictured), from a faithful diamond and gold bracelet rendition to necklaces set variously with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, onyx, pearls, turquoise, lapis lazuli, chloromelanite, and chrysophrase.

Gripoix: Gripoix continues to build its comeback with statement pieces such as the marine-inspired Aqua cuff bracelet and a necklace made of pearly beads, a red poured glass flower and, in a move toward rock ‘n’ roll territory, a lashing of carbon chains (pictured). The house made its name by creating vrai-faux jewelry, notably for Chanel, and although no one’s talking, word has it that a fashion connection or two is in the works. Keep your eye on the runway this spring.

 Fabergé: The house more frequently associated with precious Easter eggs has recently been reborn as a high jewelry house. The eggs are no longer part of the story, but the Belle Epoque, the work of Peter Carl Fabergé, and the grand balls in Saint Petersburg a century ago certainly are. This Mazurka bracelet (pictured) from the house’s second high jewelry collection, known as Le Carnet de Bal, counts 1,409 diamonds for a total weight of 30.58 carats and is set in white gold with a hidden clasp.

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