> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Flashback: Who Wore What to the 2007 Oscars - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/flashback-who-wore-what-to-the-2007-oscars/ - Published: 2017-02-24T14:57:14.000Z - Updated: 2017-02-24T17:42:29.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:49 ## Cate Blanchett in Armani ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47391_73418078-compressed-1487798074.jpg) I don't know that I can say anything better about this than the haiku I wrote originally. Here: *Cate loves metallics // like I love potato chips. // But, can’t wear those. Boo.* *Sexy iron sheath// makes Camelot wish chain mail// could look this gorgeous.* *Out of Diet Coke.// Sad. Tortured. Crushed. Off-topic.// Cate: Bring me one? Please?* *Guess it’s errand time// For Intern George. Cans, please, love! // Plus, I should post this.* ## Jennifer Lopez in Marchesa ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47471_73420102-compressed-1487798110.jpg) I am about to say something super mean. I don't INTEND it to be. But looking at this photo... you know how we joke that people who don't age have a portrait under their beds, a la *The Picture of Dorian Gray*? What if Marc Anthony himself is *her* portrait under the bed? ## Gwyneth in Zac Posen ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73418305-1487798226.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) I feel like this should have been prettier. But I really hate that we can see the bustier underneath it, and how wrinkled it got, and how it it's a bit too tight on her waist. Her hair and her lipstick, though, are great together. ## Naomi Watts in Escada ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73418461-1487798239.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Naomi Watts attend the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) This also should have been lovelier, but it needs a hoik. Maternity Chest needs extra love. It IS reassuring to see that Naomi has always been consistently good at neckwear. ## Kate Winslet in Valentino ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73421038-1487798267.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Kate Winslet attends the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) This would have been better on her if she still had her Rose-from-*Titanic* hair. ## Beyonce in Armani Prive ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73420125-1487798253.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Beyonce Knowles attends the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) This strikes one as a minty knockoff of Winslet's 2002 red Ben de Lisi gown. Also that fabric looks VERY David's Bridal in quality. ## Lauren Hutton ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47321_73418886-compressed-1487798033.jpg) Wow. Her waist is vomiting something that is, itself, barfing. ## Joy Bryant in Elie Saab ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47511_73425532-compressed-1487798116.jpg) I was double-checking an ID I found for this see-through Elie Saab, and [there are some dresses in the 2007 collection](https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2007-couture/elie-saab/slideshow/collection?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I would love to see again. Check out slide 27\. I want someone to wear THAT on Sunday. ## Rashida Jones ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47261_73418655-compressed-1487798157.jpg) Hmm. So she has a long history of not picking the best dresses, and not quite handling her hair. ## Kirsten Dunst in Chanel ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47221_73419218-compressed-1487798129.jpg) Oh Kiki. I feel like the top of this dress and the bottom aren't aware they're part of the same garment. The bodice also manages to be mad unflattering to her chest. ## Cameron Diaz in Valentino ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47241_73417745-compressed-1487798144.jpg) I forgot about her brunette phase. I did NOT forget that she wore this too-tight tablecloth. ## Anne Hathaway in Valentino ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47281_73419225-compressed-1487798164.jpg) Apparently it was a REAL BAD year for Valentino. (There was a matching big black bow in the back, right under her bum.) This is genuinely possibly the worst thing she's ever worn. Although I may eat those words someday. ## Penelope Cruz ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47421_73424621-compressed-1487798089.jpg) Penelope changed into this after the ceremony -- we'll get to that dress in a second -- and it seriously looks like she just found a disco pillowcase and belted it over her nightie. ## Kerry Washington ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47451_73425463-compressed-1487798104.jpg) I can't find a credit for this -- someone said Escada? I don't know. It's evocative of, but less successful by far than, [Lauren Hutton's 1975 Halston](https://www.whowhatwear.com/tbt-throwback-thursday-lauren-hutton?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), though, which makes all kinds of "iconic Oscar gown" lists. ## Katie Holmes in Armani ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47331_73421092-compressed-1487798040.jpg) Katie Holmes looks like she, too, is trying to figure out why this looks so weirdly sewn, and where the wrap stops and the skirt begins. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47331_73421769-compressed-1487798047.jpg) The stitching is less jarring from the side. But I still don't know quite how long the back really is. ## Penelope Cruz in Versace ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73421595-1487798297.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Penelope Cruz attends the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) This has always been the Oscar look of hers that I remember. ## Jessica Biel in Oscar de la Renta ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73417939-1487798212.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Jessica Biel attends the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) This was so close. Great color, but it's wrinkly and nipply, and her hair is crispy-fried like KFC. [Jennifer Lawrence did it better, also in Oscar de la Renta, in 2011](../../sag-awards-fug-or-fab-carpet-plus-dgas-jennifer-lawrence-01-2011). Hey, wait... was he copying himself? ## Nicole Kidman in Balenciaga ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47291_73422782-compressed-1487798172.jpg) At the time we made all kinds of cracks about whether the dress was holding her head on, but I've mellowed on that a little bit just because it fits so well. I do wish she had red hair but DON'T I ALWAYS. ## Reese Witherspoon in Nina Ricci ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73421044-1487798281.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Reese Witherspoon attends the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) I believe this means Reese wore Nina Ricci to all three of the big shows this year, shortly after Olivier Theyskens took over the brand with an eye toward appealing to a younger audience. I'm sure this helped. I actually rather like this dress, but it might need a tiny hoik and an updo and a necklace. ## Michael Buble and Emily Blunt (in Calvin Klein) ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73417727-1487798198.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Singer Michael Buble and actress Emily Blunt attend the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) This is pretty, but went wonkus on her when she posed with him. ## Maggie Gyllenhaal in Proenza Schouler ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47301_73417573-compressed-1487798180.jpg) We were nice to this at the time, but I don't stand by that opinion today. Too much about it is just slightly off. ## Faye Dunaway ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47251_73418303-compressed-1487798150.jpg) OH FAYE. Actually the workmanship in the poofy parts is really cool. I just.... don't know that I would have pieced it together thusly. Also, remember when she had a WB reality show, *The Starlet*, where the prize was a role on One Tree Hill? Good times. At around that time, the NYT wrote a story about her that included this line: "Ms. Dunaway recently played a dinosaur disguised as a human in a Sci Fi Channel pilot." I NEED TO FIND THIS. ## Meryl Streep in Prada ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47361_73418627-compressed-1487798060.jpg) Is the necklace the MOST to blame here? ## Rinko Kikuchi ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47531_73417624-compressed-1487798123.jpg) I need a macro on my computer for "It's pretty but please hoik it." ## Jennifer Hudson in Oscar de la Renta ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47371_73417771-compressed-1487798068.jpg) This was infamous. Andre Leon Talley apparently "sponsored" her and worked with her this year, and when she balked at wearing this, her stylist had another gown custom-made -- but ALT freaked out, and Jennifer put this on to calm him down, and it's TERRIBLE. WHAT WAS ODLR DOING. Even *People*, which is generally very nice, [compared this to 2013 and called it "From Dowdy to Diva](https://people.com/style/jennifer-hudsons-oscars-transformation-dowdy-to-diva/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)." It SUCKS for her that she felt disempowered to wear something she really liked. Her stylist maybe should have sucker-punched ALT ## Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ross McCall ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47441_73420532-compressed-1487798096.jpg) Hey, remember when *The Client List* was dating *Band of Brothers*' Liebgott? BOY were they into bronzer. ## Kelly Preston ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47311_73418711-compressed-1487798187.jpg) This was not long after her infamous "Scientology ROCKS" exclamation. The universe may have been getting back at her. ## Rachel Weisz in Vera Wang ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-73421655-1487798312.jpg) HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Rachel Weisz attends the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 25, 2007 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) Very lovely, but VERY bridal. ## Sally Kirkland ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47231_73420167-compressed-1487798137.jpg) Contrary to what this photo implies, the most important thing to know about this Sally Kirkland ensemble is that THE TOP WAS SEE-THROUGH. ## Sarah Michelle Gellar ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2017/02/47351_73419369-compressed-1487798053.jpg) And then Buffy showed up, trying to look beautiful in a paper bag. Her head certainly is working it. [Flashback: Who Wore What to the Oscars in 2007?Reese's Ricci, Penelope's princess skirt, and Biel's Oscar (de la Renta).![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2017/02/oscars2007collage-1487904815.jpg)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/flashback-who-wore-what-to-the-oscars-in-2007-02-2017/)