The stars are out on the red carpet! Jax Russo of Fashion Deal Diva is blogging live on the best and worst of this year’s Oscar fashion.

Hello to my fashionistas out there!  It’s Oscar night!  I’ll be here for the next two hours to live blog about the best, the worst, and the “what were they thinking.”  For the lovers of fashion, the real winners and losers are decided before the show begins!  So let’s set off down the carpet as watch the splendor that is Oscar fashion!

I’m watching on E!, so you should, too!  UPDATE: Now that it’s after 8, I have switched to ABC!

6:03 pm: First couple of the red carpet!  Like the silver mermaid…I don’t know how I feel about that shape of dress in glittery silver.  Right now, leaning toward “not a fan.”  The gent looks fabulous in that skinny tie.  Bravo.

6:04 pm: Zach Efron…I could never say anything bad about Zach.  Clearly, the trend is tuxes with skinny ties.  No surprise there for folks who watch men’s fashion trends.

6:06 pm: Giuliana, EAT A SANDWICH!

6:07 pm: Oh Jay…that blazer is not good.  not good.

6:08 pm: Lets talk about Giuliana’s gown while they re-hash the the fashion of the Grammys and the Globes…absolutely beautiful!  I love the deep blue color, the cross bodice ruching…I am totally in love with that dress.

6:09 pm: Anna Kendrick…beautiful dress.  It’s a shame that you forgot to take a shower.

6:10 pm: Mariska Hargitay YOU CAN DO NO WRONG!  I love that color and material!

6:11 pm: I feel bad for Mo’Nique.  That is a beautiful dress, but it’s not good for her arms, and some of the ruching is in the wrong place  It’s so important to buy a dress that is beautiful AND good for your body!

6:13 pm: I love Giuliana’s dress even more after seeing the up and down they just did for it.  That giant bow…so in style right now, but she did it in a creative way by putting it lower on the dress than on the traditional waist or back.  Commercial break!

6:17 pm: Mariah looks beautiful.  Her dress is PERFECT for her body.  She knows how to show off those curves.  I really like her earrings, too.  Oh you can barely see her shoes, but they are great!

6:19 pm: Oh E!….you and your fluff.  Giuliana’s dress is by Marcello Cardillo…I want to see more by him!

6:20 pm: More commercials!

6:25 pm: Blarg…I don’t really like Zoe Saldana’s dress…I absolutely love the sparkle, but the bottom…THE BOTTOM!  She looks like a cross between a tutu and the costume for Mrs. Potts.  Who let her go out in this?  Also, I don’t like the purple.

6:27 pm: Yeah, Ryan Seacrest saying it looks “unreal.”  Yeah, what you mean Ryan is “HORRIBLE.”

6:28 pm: Wow, Nicole Richie went to bed and woke up elegant.  Very beautiful dress.

6:28 pm: Vera Farmiga…there can be such a thing as too many ruffles, and this is it.  It’s a shame, too, because the color is absolutely stunning on her.  What really saves the whole look from being truly horrible is the color, which really compliments her tones.

6:31 pm: COMMERCIAL

6:34 pm: I am so glad that Ryan Reynolds went with a bowtie.  I think it fits him better.  Wait, he just called her Sandy?  I had no idea they were friends.

6:36 pm: Jason Reitman can pull off scruff.

6:38 pm: James Cameron’s wife looks like a corpse…there is such a thing as too thin, especially if you are over 50.  Also, she is too old for a baby doll style…she should be wearing Nicole Richie’s dress!  James Cameron tried to match his handkerchief to his wife’s dress, and failed.

6:40 pm: I absolutely love Maggie Gyllenhal’s dress.  It is damn near impossible to pull off a red carpet floral, and she is doing it.  Stunning.  Dris van Noten, the designer of the dress, is really brilliant!

6:41 pm: The color of Elizabeth Bank’s dress is perfect for a blond.  A grayish/lavendar dress that really complements her hair and eyes.  Wait…go back to the bottom of the dress!  What is going on down there????

6:43 pm: Of course, Versace, who made Elizabeth Bank’s dress, knows how to handle a whole lot of tulle at the bottom.  Very classy.

6:43 pm: Carnation…nice touch!

6:44 pm: Jay’s bowtie should not be black!

6:45 pm: COMMERCIAL

6:49 pm: Sigourney just knocked it out of the park.  I love the black ribbon creating a waist, and those shoulder jewels are absolutely perfect.

6:50 pm: Oh Tina Fey, you are so beautiful and wonderful!  OH MY GOD SEASON FIVE OF 30 ROCK YAY!  Her dress is Michael Kors and that is clearly why I am in love with it.  I just wish she had something around her neck.

6:52 pm: COMMERCIAL:

6:56 pm: Kerry Mulligan really is pulling those pleats off well.  I’m not even sure how.

6:57 pm: I love Sanra Bullock’s dress.  I will discuss it more when she inevitably runs into Ryan.

6:58 pm: Diane Kruger….what were you thinking?  This is definitely the worst dress I have seen yet.  The top is great, and then it looks like she set off a bomb in a rosette shop.  What a mess.  For shame!

6:59 pm: I love Sandra Bullock’s dress.  That gold is phenomenal, and she has a hell of a body to be able to pull that off.  She has such beautiful hair…I’m glad she left it down!  Who made it?  Ryan ask her!

7:00 pm: STOP JINXING SANDRA.

7:01 pm: That tux should fit Tyler Perry better…it’s tailored weird on the bottom.  Prada or not, bad tailoring is bad tailoring!

7:02 pm: I like Faith Hill’s dress, but it’s a little goth-y…I need to see it up closer.  I have a weird obsession with lace.

7:03 pm: Amanda Seyfried’s dress is wonderful.  That bodice is so different from everything on the red carpet.  This dress borders on art piece.  Armani Prive.  You know, this just further proves….you cannot go wrong with Versace, Armani, Oscar de la Renta…you know, just in case you’re ever going down a red carpet :p

7:04 pm: I hate Giuliana’s earrings.

7:05 pm: Quinton Aaron looks great!  I loved him in the Blind Side.  I take back what I said about Faith Hill’s dress, it’s horrible.

7:06 pm: Jake Gyllenhaal, will you marry me?  Oh, and I love the thin bowtie.  It’s a good way to hipster out the traditional!

7:22 pm: Ha!  Jay hate’s Vera Farmiga’s dress.  I, too, hated it Jay.

7:09 pm: Sandra Bullock is 45?  I hope I look like that when I’m 45.

7:10 pm: COMMERCIAL

7:12 pm: Miley Cyrus, you are a young girl, why do you dress like an older one?  Her hair is beauitiful, though, and I love those earrings.

7:14 pm: Yes, let’s talk about trend.  Everyone is wearing gold, and that is no surprise.  It also really solidifies my theory on fashion that we are heading towards a 40′s-esque “Age of Glamour,” which began at last year’s red carpet.  You heard it here, folks!

7:15 pm: Matthew Broderick looks bored.  Sara Jessica Parker looks like she is wearing a sack.  That came from the house of Chanel?  I am sad.  However…Sarah Jessica Parker has the most amazing hair style ever.  Like a modern, updated Princess Leia.

7:17 pm: Katherine Bigelow…my pick for Best Director!  The dress is not bad, but it’s not spectacular.  It looks like something you could get in Jessica McClintock.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Jessica McClintock, but it’s not good for Oscar night.

7:19 pm: Stanley Tucci…lapels are too big.

7:19 pm: Charlize Theron’s dress is absolutely horrid.  It looks like the rosettes are groping her.  Like she is being sexually assaulted by her dress.  Also, that pink is the color of my Aunt’s bridesmaid dresses from her wedding in 1987 (i.e. it’s outdated).

7:21 pm: COMMERCIAL

7:25 pm: See, Matt Damon can pull off a big lapel, because he has broad, square shoulders.

7:27 pm: MR. DARCY!  Looking absolutely wonderful.  I could listen to him talk for hours and hours…wow Tom Ford was the big designer.

7:29 pm: I really like Queen Latifah’s dress.  She can pull off pink!

7:29 pm: George Clooney’s date looks bored.  I don’t know how I feel about George’s tux.

7:31 pm: Meryl Streep….age appropriate, lovely in white, 40′s era glamour.  YES!

7:32 pm: They are totally right about the jeweled strap on Queen Latifah.

7:32 pm: I want Rachel McAdam’s dress!  She looks like a beautiful living watercolor painting.  I repeat, I want that dress.

7:33 pm: Jury out on J. Lo’s dress.

7:34 pm: In general, I am loving the natural tones look of the Oscars.  Although no one sent Sandra Bullock that memo, and she showed up in red lipstick.

7:35 pm: COMMERCIAL

7:35 pm: Don’t forget to stay tuned for Adam Spunberg’s live blog of the Oscar’s, coming up at 8:30!

7:37 pm: Here are some of my thoughts while we are in commercial.  First, I absolutely love that people aren’t wearing black.  It’s a happy night, we’re slowly coming out of a recession, it’s great that folks are wearing lighter colors!

7:38 pm: Did Keanu Reeves have a shaving accident?  If your beard doesn’t grow evenly…you shouldn’t keep a beard…

7:38 pm: Of course, right as I say people aren’t wearing black, Kristin Stewart comes in in black.  But you know what, I don’t like Kristen Stewart, at all.  I am happy that she now feels awkward as the only one in black.

7:40 pm: It is really hard to dress a bigger woman, and they nailed it. Gabourey Sidibe looks wonderful.  They are doing everything right to hide the bad, and the detailing is beautiful!  She is a hoot, that dress is the money shot!

7:41 pm: I don’t like George Clooney’s tux.

7:42 pm: I need to sleep on J. Lo’s dress to really assess how I feel.

7:42 pm: I love the colored bowtie!  It’s different, it’s new, and it’s very Robert Downey Jr.

7:44 pm: Look at Giuliana feign surprise and interest.

7:45 pm: COMMERCIAL

7:46 pm: Gerard Butler always looks good.  Tonight is no exception.  I go ga-ga for that accent.

7:50 pm: Jason Bateman…attack of bad tailoring.  His wife looks great, though, but again…I’m not into black this year.

7:52 pm: Jeff Bridges looks like Jeff Bridges.  He is overcoming the formality of the tux!

7:55 pm: Even though we were just in commercial, they showed me Kate Winslet, and she looked stunning!  Can’t wait to see more.

7:58 pm: Cameron Diaz looks AMAZING!  I love that dress!  She usually doesn’t go as feminine, so I like the change.

7:59 pm: Chris Pine looks the best so far, in my opinion.

8:00 pm: Switching over to ABC now!

8:01 pm: Kathy Ireland looks like she is wearing a dress version of the game “tetris.”

8:01 pm: Penelope Cruz’s dress is really amazing. Also, generally, minimal jewelry on everyone.

8:03 pm: I like the flower in Mo’Nique’s hair, so springy!

8:03 pm: Um…is George Clooney on drugs?

8:04 pm: George Clooney can’t commit and admits it, in front of a lady who doesn’t speak english well.

8:06 pm: While the dresses may generally be hit or miss, I am very happy that no one is over-tanned or over-make-upped.

8:11 pm: Lavendar is really Helen Mirren’s color!

8:11 pm: The Producer of “Invcitus” looks great!  Way to pull off a strong red!

8:15 pm: Sarah Jessica Parker’s dress looks different now.  I don’t know why!  Before it looked like a sack, and now it actually works.  Ahhh this is throwing me off!

8:15 pm: I like Sherri Shephard’s dress….I just wish she was wearing a color    Of course Cameron Diaz’s dress is Oscar de la Renta!

8:21 pm: I can’t wait to see this movie with both of them.  THEY ARE AWESOME!

8:22 pm: I love Miley Cyrus’ eye makeup.

8:23 pm: Very nice age appropriate dress from Monique Llulhier for Jeff Bridges’ wife.

8:24 pm: Kate Winslet is always a vision.  I love the color of her dress.  Like a soft metallic silver?

8:25 pm: Taylor Lautner could have used bigger lapels on his tux.

Signing off!  ENJOY THE OSCARS FASHIONISTAS!!!!