Red carpet fashion was a hit

The 89th Academy Awards was exactly one week ago and people are still buzzing about the red carpet fashion. Of course, every fashion correspondent had their personal picks of who should have been on the best and worst dressed list.

Aside from the controversial talk about who was to blame for the best picture on-stage announcement flub, the fashion was the next-best talked about thing at the 2017 Oscars and is an essential part of the show.

So, who made best dressed? Well, it depends on who you ask. Emma Stone, Ruth Negga, Viola Davis and Jessica Biel were, to name a few. The most talked about gowns gave us a theatrical feel. There wasn't a shortage of full body-covering gowns, embellished with jewels and sequins. The naked dresses gave it a rest this year with subtle sheers.

The look of the carpet was vintage inspired glam, with long sleeves with a little poof to accentuate the shoulders. This look was worn by recent red carpet favorites like Dakota Johnson and Ruth Negga, Johnson making the worst dressed list and Negga making it on the best dressed.

My favorite long sleeved gown was the Kaufman Franco dress worn by Jessica Biel. It was a shiny silver and gold dress with a built in choker-inspired neck piece that was very cute. She wore her hair dark, parted down the middle and pulled back with thick black eyeliner. She and her husband, Justin Timberlake, were said to be amongst the best dressed couples.

There were some celebrities who fell short with their ensembles. Sometimes one simple detail can kill an entire look. Although her gown was beautiful, Halle Berry was a fashion miss on this year's red carpet with her big curly hair. It looked lopsided. I'm a huge fan of big hair, but Berry's wig choice was just not a good look. Her wig was reminiscent of an 18th century powder wig. She would have fared better with her signature pixie cut. She is one of few beauties who can pull off boy-short hair.

It’s OK to try different things, because that's what fashion is all about, but even the most fashionable get it wrong sometimes.

Overall, the 2017 Oscar's red carpet was a fashion hit. There were, and always will be, the few questionable avant-garde looks, but nonetheless, most of the looks were glamorous and well put together.

D’Nieka Hartsfield writes for The Eastern New Mexico News. Contact her at [email protected] or find her on Facebook.