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Get Ready For The Academy Awards 2014 With Our Vintage Oscars Flashback!

Be Inspired By Our Pick of Vintage Oscars Moments!

It’s that time of the year again! Yes that’s right, it’s Oscars time! While we’re waiting to see who wins what (and equally as important, who wears what!) we decided to take a trip back in time and look at some of our favorite vintage Oscars moments. With the first Academy awards show being held in 1929, the show has had a long and glittering past. There’s no denying that although the stars of today know how to wow with their glamorous attire, you just can’t beat the stars of old Hollywood. Their timeless elegance and style transcends fashion, and would look just as gorgeous on the red carpets of today. So take a look at our pick of vintage Oscar moments, and get in the mood for the biggest show of the awards season tonight!

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Shirley Temple presents Walt Disney with an Oscar and seven miniature Oscars in 1939 – awww!

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Elizabeth Taylor surrounded by admirers as she arrives at the Oscars in 1961

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Bette Davis who presented Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly with their Oscars in 1955

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Producer Buddy Adler’s Academy Award waits for him in the cloak room of an Oscars after party in 1954.

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Marilyn Monroe on her way to the Oscars in 1951

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Audrey Hepburn surround by paparazzi as she cradles her award for “Roman Holiday”

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Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn wait backstage at the Oscars, 1956.

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Joan Crawford receives her Academy Award in bed in 1946 after she feigned illness because she was sure she wouldn’t win!

So, do you have any favorite vintage Oscars moments of your own?

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Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine: When Woody Allen Meets Cate Blanchette

If you’re a Woody Allen fan, like we are, then you’re probably pretty excited to see Blue Jasmine, the latest offering from the famed New Yorker. This time Allen has chosen the pristine and damn near perfect Cate Blanchett as his leading lady and we are already in awe of her beauty just from the film’s stills.

Blue Jasmine is in cinemas on September 27th.

Liz Taylor's Oscars

Oscars Red Carpet Style: What Should We Wear To Our Oscars Party?

Liz Taylor's Oscars

Liz Taylor shines on the Oscars red carpet

Awards season has arrived and we just love all the glitz and glamour that comes with this time of year. The Oscar nominations were announced this week and we are loving the Best Actress category. Three of the most stylish women in Hollywood, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence and Naomi Watts,  have received  nods from the Academy, as well as the youngest ever nominee, Quvenzhané Wallis, and the eldest, Emmanuelle Riva. We can’t wait to drool over this year’s red carpet style, so we’re looking back at some classic award fashion to gear up for the big show on February 24th live from the Kodak Theatre.

Jessica Chastain, who is up Best Actress for her role in the compelling Zero Dark Thirty, is quickly becoming a Hollywood fashion icon for her staggering sense of style. We loved her in Givenchy at the 2012 Golden Globes.
Naomi Watts has been sparkling on the red carpet since she broke out in David Fincher’s 2001 film Mulhollond Drive. Ms. Watts is nominated in the Best Actress category for her role as “Maria,” in The Impossible, an inspirational true life account of a family torn apart by the 2004 tsunami.  We adored her truly magical look at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
Jennifer Lawrence has proved that she’s a whole lot more than “Katniss” from The Hunger Games. The 23 year-old actress could be taking home her first golden statue this year for playing “Tiffany” in David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook. She wowed the world in 2012 with her golden garb at The Hunger Games premiere.
 
The youngest actress ever to receive a nod from the Academy went to 9 year-old Quvenzhané Wallis for playing “Hushpuppy” in Beasts of the Southern Wild. Wallis hasn’t had much experience on the red carpet just yet, but we loved her in this sweet ballet dress at movie’s premiere.
Finally, 85 year-old Emmanuelle Riva earned a spot in the Best Actress category for her role as “Anne” in Michael Haneke’s critically acclaimed Amour. We loved the French actress in blue at Cannes last year.
We’ll definitely be throwing an Oscar party on February 24th to celebrate Hollywood’s biggest night. Just like the silver screen stars we’re already planning our outfits. Check out some of our ideas for our Oscar party and let us know which dress you think we should wear to watch the 85th annual Academy Awards!
Our ruby red swing dress!
The classic Emily and Fin Grace dress!
Go SusieQ in the Susan dress!
Maybe we should go vintage in this Dotty Not Mad number!
-Sasha Hamrogue