Oscars 2008

Marion Cotillard in Jean Paul Gaultier

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Marion Cotillard arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

This was, as you probably remember, the year that Marion won for La Vie En Rose. This is one of my favorite Oscar gowns of all time.

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse was nominated ten years ago for Atonement -- I have to think her green dress is a nod to the famous one in the film -- and is nominated again on Sunday. I wish she would rewear this! (Imagine the headlines!) She is thirteen here, the same age as Mille Bobby Brown, for reference.

Amy Adams in Proenza Schouler

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

You can tell most easily by looking at the train, but this dress is a glorious emerald green. Additionally: Amy Adams has not aged.

Nicole (Balenciaga with a L'Wren Scott necklace) and Keith

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Nicole Kidman and husband, musician Keith Urban arrive at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

That dress is really just background for that fab necklace; what a loss it was when Scott died.

Renee Zellweger in Carolina Herrera

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Renee Zellweger arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

When this originally happened, we were kinda bored by this dress, because it was SO typical of what Renee always wore, but in retrospect, she looks great and we were nuts.

George Clooney and Sarah Larson

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actor George Clooney (R) and Sarah Larson arrive at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Remember when Intern George was dating Sarah Larson, the Vegas cocktail waitress? She seemed so nice, and she looked fantastic in this. I wonder whatever happened to her; I have heard that Cloons is fairly generous when a long-term relationship runs its course. (They broke up fairly soon after this.)

Jennifer Hudson in Cavalli

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Singer Jennifer Hudson arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

J. Hud won the year prior, so was in attendence to hand out best supporting actor (to Javier Bardem for No Country For Old Men, as it turned out). I wish the waist accent on this was a bit wider.

Jessica Alba in Marchesa

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actresse Jessica Alba arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

This was the height of Marchesa's power -- arguably -- and this gown on pregnant Jessica Alba IS pretty.

Anne Hathaway in Marchesa

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Anne Hathaway arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

And Annie H. looks very pretty in a dress that feels like she came to the Marchesa studio and asked for their best take on Kate Winslet's most famous Oscar dress. It works on her, though.

Anne Hathaway and Raffaello Follieri

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Anne Hathaway (L) and Raffaello Follieri arrive at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

UGH, poor Anne. So much photographic evidence of that time she was dating a con man who defrauded the Vatican. We all make bad choices.

Diablo Cody

I didn't enjoy this at the time nearly as much as I enjoy it now.

Amy Ryan in Calvin Klein

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Amy Ryan arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

This is always how I imagine Calvin Klein, even though current Calvin Klein is, like, really into garbage bags. (Amy was nominated this year, for Gone Baby Gone, in which she was great.)

Heidi Klum in custom Dior (by John Galliano)

This is great on her -- it was later auctioned off to raise money for heart disease research. This was almost exactly three years before Dior fired Galliano for his anti-semitic outbursts at Paris fashion week; I'd argue they've never been the same, although firing him was absolutely the right thing to do.

Heidi Klum

This feels like Klum As Usual

Cameron Diaz in Dior

Before you get too nostalgic about Galliano, this is also his work and Cammy looks like an unmade bed.

Helen Mirren in Georges Chakra

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Helen Mirren arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Well played by our Queen. For which she had won the previous year, and ergo was there to present best actor, to....

Daniel Day Lewis and Rebecca Miller

...this man, who is also nominated this year.

Jennifer Garner in Oscar de la Renta

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Jennifer Garner arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

J Gar was in attendance in support of Juno, in which she was quite good, and the real star here, I think, are her many diamonds.

Eva Herzigova

Apparently, sleeves have been attacking for YEARS.

Penelope Cruz in custom Chanel

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Penelope Cruz arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

She look FAB in this, and was present both to look fab, and with Javier Bardem, because they had just started dating.

Miley Cyrus in Valentino

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Miley Ray Cyrus arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

Yes, that is Miley Cyrus. She could EASILY drag this out again.

Miley and her mom

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: (R-L) Actress Miley Ray Cyrus and mother Leticia "Tish" Cyrus arrive at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Tish looks pretty great too, TBH.

Johnny Depp (in Armani) and Vanessa Paradis (in Chanel)

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actor Johnny Depp (L) and Vanessa Paradis arrive at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

This seems quite par for the course. (He was nominated for Sweeny Todd.)

Hilary Swank in Versace

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Hilary Swank arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

This is quite reasonable, in retrospect.

Laura Linney in Michael Kors

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Laura Linney arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

This is beautiful and understated; she was nominated for The Savages, a movie I'm not sure that I EVER knew existed?

Kate Beckinsale

She almost always looks like this, and that's not a complaint. She looks good here.

Sharon Stone

I was DELIGHTED BY THIS went it happened. And I still am. I love you, Shazza.

Faye Dunaway

"Just WAIT nine years. Shit is going to get real on my watch at the Oscars."

Ziyi Zhang

This is so charming and she looks like a TEEN.

Katherine Heigl in Escada

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Katherine Heigl arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Too much makeup, perhaps, but this dress was steller on Heigl -- who I admit, I kinda miss these days.

SWINTON in Lanvin

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Tilda Swinton arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

Deliciously in character. (She won this year, for Michael Clayton.)

Cate Blanchett in Dries van Noten

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Cate Blanchett arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

La Blanchett just wants to take off her shoes; she was double-nominated this year, for Best Actress in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which is A TERRIBLE MOVIE (although she's good in it), and for best-supporting for I'm Not There.

Rosamund Pike in Roland Mouret

HOLLYWOOD - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Rosamund Pike arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

I have NO IDEA why Rosamund Pike was at this Oscars, but this....is not her finest. She did not have a movie out OH I FIGURED IT OUT. She was engaged to Joe Wright in 2008, and he was there in support of Antonement. I'm an Oscars Detective.

Sofia Vergara

I think this was before Sofia truly mastered the wrangling of the cleav.

Zoe Saldana

That is an aggressive floral note on Zoe, who was, at this time, about a year away from breaking out in Star Trek and Avatar. I've always loved you for Center Stage, Zoe. ALWAYS.