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Gemstones were the trend on the red carpet at the Oscars this year! Big drops, colorful facets and very few hot messes! This was an overall generally pleasant Oscars, which for those that love a hot mess, equals boring.

Amy Adams led the pack of colored drops with her Tiffany & Co. gold earrings with rhodochrosite, lapis lazuli, turquoise and diamonds from their Blue Book 2014 Collection. They were paired with equally colorful ring and bracelet featuring yellow diamonds. Accenting her structural Gucci gown in deep royal blue.

Proving to the world that her earlobes are better than ours, Cate Blanchett wore enormous drop earrings by Chopard in white gold with opals and diamonds. No one seemed to loooove her Armani Privé dress, as is the usual practice with 'Red Carpet Cate Blanchett'. But we can certainly appreciate it, just not sure how she sat comfortably in it for over 3 hours. All those crystal shards... She had a friend in the clustered diamonds department in Charlize Theron who wore an almost matching Y necklace with clustered flawless diamond drop by Harry Winston.

Illusion cuff earrings made an appearance. Oscar winner, Lupita Nyong'o wore tiny cuff silhouette diamond earrings from Fred Leighton, Sandra Bullock in pear shape diamonds that curled up her ear by Lorraine Schwartz, and Maria Menuenos wore cuff like earrings from Dove jewelry that complemented her romantic beauty look and slightly bridal dress.

Girl-Next-Door/Most-Popular-Girl-In-School/Consistent-Klutz Jennifer Lawrence repeated two years worth of Oscar looks with a red column gown by Dior and a backlace look from. It seems cutting your hair short in Hollywood makes you 'brave' and 'fashion forward'. In Lawrence's case, it just looks 'old'. She's a beautiful girl, but that cut is not flattering. Leave it to Annette Bening.

Overall, we're excited to see how this year's red carpet will reflect in the tastes of the regular people of the world. Colorful drops? Large diamonds? More backlace?

The "Superbowl" of Hollywood

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And so another Oscar show has come to pass and we are left feeling much better than we did last year. Billy Crystal returned and brought back all the oldies that are still goodies. The night was really a tribute to the Oscar tradition and Old Hollywood, although many are grumbling about the Academy being a bit too old and out of touch.

One curious observation, why does a notoriously long awards show start a half hour later than all the other awards shows at 8:30?

At least the fashion was a mixed bag last night so let's recap!

Making a Statement...With Jewelry

This year's Academy Awards once again proved one major fashion habit about the Hollywood elite: When it comes to jewelry, they stick with what's safe. And what's safe is diamonds on top of more diamonds.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with diamonds. They are in fact, a girl's best friend. A fact that has been reiterated throughout pop culture (ie. Marilyn Monroe to Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge) Diamonds are sought after not only because they sparkle for the cameras, but more importantly they match every outfit. The traditional white diamond goes with any choice and therefore make a great accent to the "dress".

In the red carpet rule book, it's all about the dress. That is the question first and foremost on the mind of every correspondent. But every once in a while, a daring individual will flip that rule on its head and make a statement with the jewelry.

The perfect example would be Angelina Jolie's 2009 Oscar look. She wore an elegant black Elie Saab gown that night, but the only thing people could talk about was the pair of large emerald drops at her ears. Of course, being Angelina Jolie, a stream of imitations flooded the market the next morning. Although, who can blame them?



Some of our other favorite individualists:

Cate Blanchet wearing a vintage necklace

Cameron Diaz being inventive by using a vintage necklace as a belt.

Eva Mendes making a bold statement in a turquoise bib necklace.


So all you celebrities take note: Be bold with your baubles!