Bafta Best Dressed 2011

More often than not these awards do's are becoming incredibly boring with everyone pulling out the stops and calling every stylist known to man to make sure they look good - well baring The Only Way Is Essex cast that is! (I think that's a whole different post though!) The BAFTA's to me have always been classic, left, right and centre dress after dress and suit after suit exhumes elegance and I have to say quite a few didn't disappoint.


(l-r) Presenter Cat Deeley in Christian Dior, This is England '86 actress Vicky McClure in Alberta Ferretti, The Only Way Is Essex's Lydia Bright, E4's Inbetweeners star Hannah Tointon in Valentino, and Amy Nuttall in BIBA.

Cat Deeley and Vicky McClure for me were the creme de la creme in different, yet slightly similar ways. Vicky chose an Alberta Ferretti dress that screamed classic, matching it with accessories that were understated but with just enough dazzle to sparkle for more than five minutes. Seriously Essex girl take not - Vicky is definitely a walking advert that less is more and it completely works. She looked gorgeous, how I and maybe many others expect BAFTA-goers to dress like. Whilst Cat Deeley did exactly the same but in a more on trend way, lace being the leading fabric of her Christian Dior LBD (LONG black dress), the red lip allowed her to appear flirty at the same time as structured.

I am going to comment on one Essex girl, Lydia Bright who dazzled in a silver-grey dress. Out of all four Essex girls, in my opinion, Lydia is the best fashion wise. She let her dress do the talking, rather than piling on copious amounts of fake tan, letting herself become dripped in Cubic Zirconia and backcombed her hair to high heave. Like the other Lydia did a less if more look, (more being the key word), with a twist playing it down. Taking in what I said earlier, I would still give her dress a thumbs up because it was pretty and she wore it well.


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