Golden Globes 2012 best & worst dressed.

Sofia Vergara in Vera Wang & Harry Winston jewellery. Despite having missed out on ‘Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy’ to Jessica Lang, Sofia Vergara was still my winner of the night. My favourite Colombian comedy actress walked the red carpet at the 69th annual Golden Globes last night in an astonishing curve grabbing, mermaid-esque strapless gown. In a red carpet interview, Sofia explained that she felt “like 5 million bucks” in her midnight blue Vera Wang ensemble. Sofia went on to have a successful night stealing the show with her memorable acceptance speech for ‘Best TV Series’ on behalf of the rest of the Modern Family cast. The native Colombian accepted the award in Spanish explaining that as the prize was international, they will be receiving it in two languages, and received a fantastic reception from the audience.

Lea Michele in Marchesa and Lorraine Schwartz Jewellery: After Lea’s successful night in her white all-fringe Marchesa dress at the People’s Choice awards on the 11th of January 2012, she continued the trend wearing a gown from the Marchesa Spring 2012 Collection, at the Golden Globes last night. Michele - along with the rest of the Glee cast - were all there to support Glee’s nomination for ‘Best TV Series’, that unfortunately lost out to Modern Family. The Glee cast however were not left disheartened  as Lea went on to tweet her congratulations on twitter after the show “Congrats to everyone who was nominated and won tonight! Especially the amazing cast of ModernFamily!” @msleamichele

Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace & Christian Louboutin Clutch: Angelina - who attended the Golden Globes last night after her film ‘In The Land of Blood and Honey’ was nominated in the ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ category as well as in support of her husband Brat Pitt, who was nominated for ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture’ for his role in ‘Moneyball’ - bedazzled us all in her red and cream Atelier Versace number. She paired it with a Christian Louboutin clutch and wore dark red lipstick to finish the look. Despite Brad Pitt losing out to George Clooney and ‘In The Land of Blood and Honey’ failed to win, Angelina was definitely the talk of the night.

also loved…

Sarah Hyland Dolce & Gabbana, Nicole Kidman Versace, Ariel Winter Dolce & Gabbana, Shailene Woodley Marchesa.

You may be wondering why I have included Ariel Winter in the purple Dolce & Gabbana number amongst these other exquisite gowns. However, being 13 years old I feel Ariel’s dress was really age appropriate and fun. I can imagine it being quite the task to style a 13 year old without seeming too babyish or too grown up and I feel this dress was the perfect choice.

and the worst…

Natalie Portman Lanvin, Sarah Michele Gellar Monique Lhuillier, Freda Pinto Prada, Julianna Margulies Naeem Khan.

Julianna Margulies once again makes it into my worst dressed list in a tight fitting unflattering gown that frankly reminded me of some kind of slimly serpent/monster whilst Natalie Portman disappointed me in this Lanvin badly fitted bright pink dress, which annoyingly clashed against the red carpet, however I must mention how great she looks after becoming a new mom.

Blog layouts that stand out

This space is not for the best blog layouts, but the ones that have really stood out to me during my blogging time. Many people ask me about my layout and for me it is one of the most fun aspects of blogging, I have never studied web design but I have always practised it and even did it as work experience whilst at school, this lead to studying photography at college and now media at University, they all connect in their own way. There are some obvious candidates that we can all think of, I want to include the obvious and the less obvious. Layouts that really impress me are the simple ones with no advertisements, I believe advertisements can really ruin a layout and when choosing bloggers for this post I really kept that in mind. 

ShiniParkandcube.com

Shini from Park&Cube has to be the master of all graphics design and fashion blogs, an influence to us all… Her blog is known for the amazing photography and organisation. It shows how she takes pride in the appearance and layout. I love black & white layouts and you can’t get better than this one.

LillyLlymlrs.com

Lilly from LLYMLRS is another obvious contender, her layout is always perfect. Clean and unique an her posts are always so well layered out. Lilly does include advertisements but very tastefully and I applaud how she hasn’t let her advertisements ruin the look/

breaneflattery.com

Flattery is a blog that I always remember and it is always immaculate, I spoke with Breane and she told me that the inspiration was from a random photograph she saw on the website. She loves how delicate and pretty paper cranes are, so she decided to add some in to the photo as well as some watercolour techniques because she says watercolour is her art style :) She did this all using a tablet, illustrator and Photoshop.

carriewishwishwish.net

Carrie is the 19 year old behind the majorly sucessful WishWishWish.net. She says “i’ve been creating “websites” for myself since I was about 13 years old. It’s something i’ve always loved, having my own little piece of the internet.” She uses photoshop to edit her pictures. However her blog theme was designed by: http://www.estudiocabron.com.ar/

ShariAviatorshades.blogspot.com

Shari is a 21 year old Management student from the Philippines, It was her blog that actually inspired me to do this post and research some other great simple layouts that I envy. Shari’s is another clean monochrome layout and I love nothing more than black & white layout with a flash over colour that is consistent throughout the blog.

lissdaydreamlily.com

Liss’s new blog design, was created by blogger That Unreliable Girl, and her sister created the banner.

Jesswildtortoise.blogspot.com

Jess from Canada’s layout is my favourite of them all.. I have always loved visiting the cleanness and simpleness and based around typography with some fantastic fonts.