The CFDA awards are tonight, when style stars and the designers they love come out to toast the best, most trend-setting designers of the past year.
Fitting for a gala designed to honor forward-thinking fashion design, celebs really turn up the wattage on their outfits for the night. Below, we picked the looks we loved from years past — and hope to see topped tonight.
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Heather Graham’s worldwide chic streak for the Hangover Part III press blitz has had us talking even more than the buzzy film. She’s knocked every appearance out of the park in looks ranging from super-sexy to high-fashion — and shown that while her movie may be a comedy, her killer bod is no laughing matter.
Graham called us from her latest destination, Rio de Janeiro, to dish about how much fun she’s had working with her new stylist, Tara Swennen, whom she met on the set of a Maxim shoot. “It’s crazy, because the clothes were really just bathing suits, but I loved her personality,” Graham tells PEOPLE. “Dressing for red carpets can be very nerve wracking, but I wanted to have fun with this.”
And with three stuffed bags jam-packed with gowns, jewels and roughly 20 pairs of shoes (“I feel like Elizabeth Taylor, traveling with all these shoes!” she laughs) she is doing just that, and taking risks she wouldn’t have taken before. Below, she chats about five of her favorite looks from her whirlwind week.
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We all know Tabatha Coffey, Bravo’s sharp-tongued Aussie style pro, from her newest show, Tabatha Takes Over, which is in its fifth season! And now, she’s bringing her talents online, joining us at PEOPLE StyleWatch each week to dish on some of the best – and worst – celebrity looks of the week. Keep in mind the opinions below belong solely to the stylist … though she’s probably saying what lots of you are thinking, anyway!
I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get a lot of inspiration for hair and fashion.
This week I’d like to take a moment and give my two cents on the lovely Miss Zoë Saldana.
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–Karlie Kloss took on the runway in a golden goddess toga for Carine Roitfeld’s amfAR runway show, which paid homage to Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra [Fashionista]
–Liv Tyler reveals a time when she had a very intimate moment with a bra-less Gwyneth Paltrow [Huffinton Post]
–Julianne Moore explains her unfortunate “toe-mageddon” incident from Cannes [Late Night With Jimmy Fallon]
--Mariah Carey‘s pink sequin Versace gown pops open on Good Morning America. And, whoops, she follows it with some NSFW language [Entertainment Weekly]
–Guess which Hollywood blonde bombshells are going head-to-head? January Jones says she and Diane Kruger fight over the same runway looks for red carpet events [The Edit]
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Cannes is usually just a gorgeous parade of one amazing dress after another, and this year certainly didn’t disappoint. After much discussion, four of our fashion editors picked their favorite gowns from the gala — and in one case, avoided gowns altogether. Check out our picks below, then see all the looks from Cannes by night and day, plus the amfAR gala, to decide whose ensemble takes your top spot.
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When we saw Nicole Kidman glide down the the Cannes red carpet in this striking ivory lace Valentino Haute Couture gown, we thought for a moment we were seeing the best. Fashion Faceoff. Ever.
Then we realized: This dress hadn’t been worn before. In fact, it had reportedly rather famously been unworn by Anne Hathaway, who was said to have had it all lined up for the Oscars before ditching it at the last moment for a pale pink Prada column.
PHOTOS: See all the unbelievable Cannes fashion in one place!
Hathaway’s decision to change Oscar gowns was so last minute that Valentino even sent out an announcement that she would be wearing the look before she hit the Oscars red carpet, prompting the Best Supporting Actress winner to release a remorseful statement. And though everyone kissed and made up, we couldn’t help but feel a little hurt that we’d never see the lovely look on the red carpet.
Fortunately Kidman came through for us, continuing her streak of knockout Cannes looks by donning the elegant, embellished confection to the premiere of Nebraska — and looking amazing while doing so. Jaw-dropping dangling earrings and a Princess Grace-approved sideswept chignon completed the look.
Tell us: What do you think of the gown? Should Hathaway have worn it to the Oscars?
–Alex Apatoff
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The infamous film Cleopatra was a smashing success for Elizabeth Taylor in at least two ways: It introduced her to two of the loves of her life, Richard Burton and Bulgari jewelry. Burton commemorated the start of his scandalous on-set affair with Taylor by purchasing her a massive emerald ring from the jeweler, which he followed up with a matching necklace and brooch for their engagement a few months later.
So it seems only fitting that Taylor’s Burton-selected Bulgari jewelry would return to the red carpet for a 50th anniversary Cleopatra viewing in Cannes, worn by another great beauty of her time, Jessica Chastain.
PHOTOS: See even more stunning star styles from the Cannes red carpet!
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