Italian designers proved a popular choice for stars at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this year. Actors and actresses hit the red carpet in looks from Versace, Armani, Giambattista Valli, Gucci, Marina Rinaldi and Valentino.
Valentino dressed young stars Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller. Ellie Kemper wore Armani, dazzling in a form fitting rust sequins gown and holding a Salvatore Ferragamo gold Swarovski-encrusted minaudiere. Melissa McCarthy wore a peach-coloured frock created by Marina Rinaldi.
Emma Stone went for a more va-va-voom Giambattista Valli number, hitting the award show stage in a red hot evening dress. Cameron Diaz walked the red carpet in a nude Gucci gown and Salvatore Ferragamo blush satin peep-toe pumps.
Our favourite was Penelope Cruz who wore a princess-like Armani blue gown set off by twinkling diamonds and a classic, old Hollywood-stylehairdo.
Without a doubt, Agelina Jolie stole the show on the red carpet in a full-skirted black velvet gown with a thigh-high split by Versace, her unusual and very revealing pose causing quite a stir.
Italian Oscar Winners for Art Direction, Dante Ferretti and Francesca Loschiavo, wore the best of made-in-Italy with an Armani tuxedo and a wonderful silver gown by Italian maison Sarli Couture. Francesca Loschiavo wore a black and red Sarli's dress even at the Bafta award (British Academy Film Award) in London on the 12th of February where she won the Bafta for Best Production Desing for Hugo by Martin Scorsese. She concluded that Sarli's gowns bring good luck!
