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The Golden Globes have kicked off the award’s season. Who got it right and who got it wrong on the red carpet?

May we present FiFi’s Top Five Favourite (and Frumpy) Frocks!

FiFi’s Five favourite Frocks…
Michelle Williams
This is a girl who obviously lurves fashion. She instinctively gets the trends without letting them overwhelm her (Such as big bustles and tacky trains: yes we’re talking to you Sarah Michelle Gellar). This look gets all the ticks. Long sleeve dress. TICK. Cobalt blue velvet. TICK. A narrow slinky cut. TICK. A cute crop do and a cute headband. Tick-a-licious. Head to the top of the class.

Emma Stone
Lanvin: how do we love thee? Let me count the ways. Love the colour ( burgundy is THE shade for winter). Adore the cut and the pretty pleating. Crying over the over the top Wonder Woman belt. (Maybe she was inspired by Spiderman?). Love the simplicity. This is so fashion. She rocks.

Charlize Theron
A pale pink asymmetrical dress with a big fat bow/thingy on the side? Who’d think that would work? But Charlize looks like a glamorous movie star in this divine Dior. Even the double sided tape was immaculate. I die!

Zooey Deschanel
With a name like Zooey she can afford to be showey. She’s an Indie actress. Some might describe her as an arty, intellectual Bohemian with a kooky edge. It’s a match made in heaven with Prada. This is chic, modern and a little adventurous. Just ignore her tuxedo manicure. Wrong!

Freida Pinto
Doesn’t she look adorable? Who needs a frou frou frock when you can glide glamorously up the red carpet looking like this. It’s Prada. Shut up. Nothing else to say.

Top Five Frou Frou Frumpy Frocks (What were they thinking?)

Erin Wasson
As the fugly girls pointed out she was “celebrating things in which she did not star, at a ceremony where she was not a nominee, in an industry for which she barely works — to wander around like a stripper who got in a knife fight in the hosiery section of Macy’s.” Nuf said.

Lea Michele
Is that dress something to sing home about? Is that Halle Berry? Is that J.LO? No, that’s just a girl from Glee. Bless.

Sarah Michelle Gellar
“My 2-year-old [daughter Charlotte] walked in, walked up this dress and said, ‘Mama, wear this!’ Then mummy gave her daughter a texta to draw and said go for it. (It’s Too Dye for). Frou Frou. Frumpy. Forget it.

Cameron Diaz
So she wasn’t technically on the red carpet but she was at a Golden Globes after party. Now it’s the question we all want to ask: Why did you chop it off? Why, sob, sob, why Oh why? I cry!

Jessica Biel
Here are some words used to describe her lace Elie Saab dress: Miss Havisham. Matronly. Grandma. Little House on the Prairie. Fell out of someone’s attic. Musty, dusty 70’s Bridesmaid dress. Plus you can see her undies. Just saying.

Yours fashionably,

FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au

Summer means hot, sunny days. It means Christmas is over and the New Year hangover has drifted away.

Summer means early mornings. A quiet stroll down for a leisurely pre breakfast swim. Sand on your skin. Bright Neon orange toes. Wet hair. Bare feet. Slipping into the perfect little Review dress. A stripe Tee. Denim shorts. Dreaming about Chanel’s latest under the sea inspired collection. (And wishing you were Florence Welch in your own oyster shell.)

Summer means saying goodbye to platforms and happily skipping along in thongs. Throwing on new sunglasses. And throwing away makeup.

Summer means a fresh face. Lashings of Crème de la Mer and just a dash of lipgloss.

Summer means eating food to match your clothes. Fresh watermelon. Peaches. Apricots. Strawberries. Mangoes dribbling down your cheeks. It means freedom. Bike rides, boat rides, wave rides. It means strolling to get the paper. And stopping for a chat.

Summer means losing yourself in a fabulous book (The Cat’s Table!) and a pile of glossy magazines. An afternoon doze in the hammock. Cicadas chirping. A chocolate Magnum ice cream for afternoon tea. A refreshing dip before dinner.

Summer means a gin and tonic with a dash of lime at sunset. Watching someone else cook. It means bowls of BBQ prawns. It means always inviting more to the table. It means long, unhurried dinners. Cherry tarts. Dollops of frozen yogurt. It means having just another glass of wine. Long lazy late nights. Summer holidays. Easy.

Yours fashionably on holidays,

FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au

…adulterated from Donna Hay.

A perfect little square of delightful deliciousness to give as a gift for Christmas or just serve at the end of a fabulous Christmas dinner!

You need for 8 stylish Santas, 30 happy helpers or 50 merry models:

500g white chocolate, chopped
250g Turkish delight, chopped
½ cup sweetened dried cranberries

• Slip into Review’s pretty ‘Middleton’ dress.
• Climb into new pink Prada platforms.
• Pour a huge glass of Dom Pérignon.
• Relax! It’s Christmas.
• Ask George Clooney to chop up the Turkish delight and the white chocolate.
• Now taste it just to check to make sure it is delicious.
• Now find a heatproof chic bowl and toss in the chopped chocolate.
• Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir the chocolate until it’s melted and smooth as a Gucci bag.
• Dip finger to test again that it is delicious. Do not think of bikinis at the moment.
• Remove the chocolate from the heat and stir through the Turkish delight and just ¼ cup of the dried cranberries. Save the rest of the cranberries for accessorising on top.
• So pretty! It will match the Review Geisha dress.
• Now direct George to spread the gooey chic mix onto a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper and sprinkle with the remaining dried cranberries.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour or until set.
• Sip more French Champagne until you are set.
• Re-apply Chanel lip gloss.
• When the white choc mix is set you can cut it into chic little squares.
• Arrange on a beautiful platter.
• Serve with coffee or French Champagne at the end of a long happy day.
• Merry Christmas!

Yours fashionably festive,

FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au

It’s time to dream! FiFi’s Ultimate Christmas wish list for 2011.

C… is for Chic de la Chic bottles of Chanel No.5.

H… is for Happy to start Holidays wearing an Hermès cuff.

R… is for Review’s divine black lace ‘Petunia’ dress.

I … is for Invitations from George Clooney (when you wear it!).

S… is for Sexy, silver, stud Louboutin stilettos.

T… is for Totally loving Review’s Tabitha dress.

M…is for Marvellous Missoni beach towel.

A… is for Amour Fou: the amazing documentary on Yves Saint Laurent.

S… is for the Sophisticated Smython fashion diary.

W… is for Wacky and Wonderful Tom Ford Sunglasses.

I… is for “Irreverent” the fabulous book on uber fashionista Carine Roitfeld.

S… is for Silver glittery Jimmy Choo clutch bag.

H… is for Heavenly hand cream from Crème de la Mer.

L… is for Lovely La Perla Lingerie.

I…is for I want the Incredible Review black Petunia lace dress!

S… is for Sparking ‘diamonds by the yard’ from Tiffany & Co.

T is to give Thanks for a healthy and happy 2011.

Yours Fashionably,

FiFi.
www.FiFi.com.au

“We all get dressed for Bill,” says American Vogue Editor in Chief and queen of fashion Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. Bill Cunningham New York is a fabulous film – or rather a documentary – about this wonderful man. I have seen the film twice and insist all Review-istas head to the Cinema this weekend to catch it on the big screen.

This touching and heartfelt film chronicles the life of Bill as the original street photographer and a “cultural anthropologist.” Now over 80 years old, he has been photographing the New York social and street scene for literally decades. Designer Oscar de la Renta said, “More than anyone else in the city, he has the whole visual history of the last 40 or 50 years of New York. It’s the total scope of fashion in the life of New York.”

It’s an engrossing movie intertwining interviews with heavy weights like Anna Wintour, Tom Wolfe and David Rockefeller (who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill) with snippets of him shooting high society soirées, the Paris shows or just lingering on the street capturing emerging fashion trends. He is known and respected by all the major fashion players all over the world. In one amusing incident at the Paris shows he is called “the most important person on earth” as he is pulled out of the queue and whisked to the front row. (In 2008 he was awarded the title Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture which is very prestigious).

A very eccentric person, he lives alone in a tiny flat in Carnegie Hall. He sleeps on boxes surrounded by books and cabinets filled with photos. He wears a bright blue French workman’s jacket. He rides his bicycle everywhere with his camera slung around his neck. He knows everyone and everyone loves him. He calls everyone “kid” and says everything is “maahvelous”. He eschews anything that might seem frivolous and superficial like restaurants, shopping and furniture. The antithesis of the people he photographs.

He is not interested in celebrity. He says “money is cheap: liberty and freedom are what are expensive.” He is funny, charming, kind and his one obsession is shooting fabulous clothes. A sometimes unassuming, shy man, he comes across as someone with integrity and incredible strength of spirit. Oh and he has the best eye in the business. This is “a poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.” A must see.

Check out the movie website here.

Check out “On The Street” slideshow on The New York Times here.

Yours fashionably,

FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au