Well folks, the telecast might have been a complete yawn, but the red carpet gowns were enough to keep me glued to the tube for the full three hours! Time well spent if just to see the risky fashion choices that walked the usually predictable red carpet last night. There were certainly some clear-cut trends being favoured by the lovely and talented starlets at the event, however. Check them out and let us know who you though looked great (and not so great) after the jump.

The word tendril itself induces a shiver up the spine for me. The physical incarnation of this classic 90’s hair trend, however, scares me more than a world in which team U.S.A. takes gold in men’s Olympic hockey (yup, I'm still gloating). Sure, Brenda Walsh and Kelly Taylor could work the tendril like no other, but they also worked spandex bike shorts with suspenders. No one's asking us to accept that look again are they? Sound off about the tendril after the jump.

I know a lot of ladies have strong feelings about her, but I genuinely like Kristen Stewart. She is not, however, someone I would consider to have an innate sense of style. In fact, during her greasy mullet, tied up t-shirt and ill-fitting jeans phase I would say she was subscribing to an anti-style—and not in the “I don’t give a damn, but still look impossibly cool” way.  Over the last couple weeks, however, KStew seemed to be going through a bit of a ladylike transformation—she even washed her hair and traded in her Converse for heels! See what I’m talking about after the jump.

Sometimes, simplicity is drop-dead sexy. This was most certainly the case with Anna Paquin's Brigitte Bardot inspired half up look at the recent Screen Actors Guild Awards. Of course, Paquin's plunging neckline didn't hurt her sex appeal at all, but it was her carefree coif that really caught my eye. I caught up with Vancouver hairstylist, Carolynne Collyer, to get the lowdown on recreating the look at home. With V-day just around the corner, this might be just the look to take your night from sweet to saucy—if you know what I mean? 

Basic black and pops of jewel tones (even rather questionable orange shades) are red carpet regulars, but lately there has been a huge shift—and I mean huge— towards blush tones and nude shades being a celebrity's go-to formal wear hue. While nude is a subtle choice, these dresses have been far from simple. In fact, I think the softer shade is leaving a little more room for experimentation in texture and silhouette. You be the judge after the jump.

The Grammy Awards are notorious for having one of the wildest red carpets of the year. Those that usually top the best dressed lists are known to take some pretty serious risks and those that usually dominate the worst dressed list, well to be honest they stay true to form. This year, the stars played it pretty safe when it came to their red carpet wear and saved the questionable choices for their performances (Pink’s barely there nude unitard may have scarred me for life). There were no showstoppers like Jennifer Lopez’s cut down to there, tropical print Versace circa 2000, but there were still some very important style lessons to be learned. See what I’m talking about after the jump.

First things first: I never understood that joke. I mean, orange really does not sound close enough to aren’t for it to be effective. All right, now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, on to the fashion element of this post. By now, all you trendsters have likely heard Pantone’s prediction that turquoise will be THE colour of spring 2010, but last week I noticed a serious drift towards the warmer side of the colour spectrum. No, I’m not talking about ravishing reds—scarlet gowns I could get behind—but not since the early nineties have I seen this much orange making the rounds. And frankly, I’m none too pleased about it.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards definitely fly a little under the radar compared to its bigger, bolder award show counterparts, but the red carpet this year was anything but dull. I wasn’t expecting everyone to pull out all the glamourous stops for the show (I didn't actually even know the show was on this past weekend, honestly. Talk about a lack of publicity!) but ladies and gents alike were dressed to the nines on Saturday night. The most noteworthy red carpet trend was definitely the lack or classic black and the serious presence of saturated colours for gowns. Even more interesting than the fuchsias, purples and teals were the reoccurring shades of indigo and navy. See what I’m talking about after the jump.

Award show season is now officially upon us, but let's be honest, we are much more interested in the red carpet coverage than who takes home the statues at the end of the night. Sure, the Golden Globes are a fantastic show, but I don’t really mind who takes home the prize for Best Actress in a Drama as I’m too distracted by the fantastic (and sometimes tragic) ensembles all the nominees are wearing. Awarding excellence in the dramatic arts is well and good, but in honour of the official start of awards season I decided to dole out a few accolades of my own celebrating excellence in rocking the red carpet. And the styleswept winners are...

It seems to me that for the last few years designers and style watchers alike have been looking to the same group of ladies for style inspiration. Come winter and spring, there these ladies are sitting in the front row of every pivotal show, simultaneously being influenced by the clothes walking the runway and influencing the designer that created them with their own unique styling abilities. I won’t say that I am tired of this crew, but I will say that a bit of new blood in the world of style muses is never a bad thing. Especially if the newbie has the quirky vintage style of Zooey Deschanel, the rebellious vibe of Megan Fox and the classic beauty of Gwyneth….