History of Best Actress Oscar Dresses

I adore this illustration and would happily have it as a giant framed picture on my wall.

My favourite dresses are:

1997
Frances McDormond – Richard Tyler

2003
Nicole Kidman – Jean Paul Gaultier

2003
Charlize Theron – Gucci

2011
Natalie Portman – Rodarte

I think those dresses are all so classic and would create a beautifully feminine silhouette.

I find it rather cool that Katherine Hepburn didn’t turn up to collect her award from The Academy four times!

If you could choose one of these red carpet dresses, which would you wear?

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Vamp It Up Mcr (Chrissie)

Chilled Northern lass into veggie food, cruelty free beauty and personal style. Sort of geeky, sort of street, not a hipster.

11 responses to “History of Best Actress Oscar Dresses”

whatwewear

March 12, 2014

what an amazing picture!! we would definitely hang this up too!!
xoxo Vera & Rony

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1. manchesterflickchick
  
  March 12, 2014
  
  I let The Bloke know and he was chuffed and said “Oh, thank you!”
  
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Niranjana

March 3, 2014

Amazing! 🙂 Très chic!

Honestly, I can’t choose my favourite dress, there are so many I love! Though the top four would probably be:

Vivian Leigh, Susan Sarandon, Hilary Swank (2000) and Jennifer Lawrence.

Natalie Portman’s dress is beautiful, too. 🙂

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1. manchesterflickchick
  
  March 3, 2014
  
  The Hillary Swank one is so grand, it is stunning.
  
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  1. Niranjana
    
    March 3, 2014
    
    Very true. 😀
    
    I like to stick to classic, feminine looks that give an air of elegance to the person wearing the dress. 🙂
    
    I guess I’ve a bit of fairy-tale style too, because I simply love gowns that look all princess-y.
    
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  2. manchesterflickchick
    
    March 3, 2014
    
    I was actually going to say that as it reminded me of Bell’s dress in Beauty and the Beast :0)
    
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Wife After Death

March 3, 2014

1938 – Luise Rainer. Great poster, thanks for sharing.

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1. manchesterflickchick
  
  March 3, 2014
  
  Ooh that one is so glamourous!
  
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Kajsa Josephine

March 1, 2014

I love Katharine Hepburn, such a smart and beautiful women of her time. I´ve learned a great deal of lessons from her! She was truly magnificent in “The African Queen.”

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1. Kajsa Josephine
  
  March 1, 2014
  
  *woman
  
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2. manchesterflickchick
  
  March 2, 2014
  
  I only know her from Whatever Happened To Baby Jane. I’ve read some quotes and she sounded like she had such a dry and astute sense of wit. I’ll read more about her a watch The African Queen – thanks!
  
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