Mariah and Halle: The battle of cleavage on the 2010 Golden Globes Red Carpet

Fashiona was actually able to watch the Red Carpet Live because her work schedule changed at the last minute.  She has turned into a bonafide crackberry attempting to effectively coordinate her increasing hectic schedule. But hey in this slow to recover economy, busy is good.


Ok so back to fashion, Miss Fashiona chose to follow the Red Carpet on E with the super annoying Ryan Seacrest and adorable Giuliana Rancic. 

Fashiona, not a fan of Ryan Seacreast, in part due to  the uhh inappropriate Jessica Alba interview when she was preggers, does concede that he did indeed pull off the best line of the Red Carpet. 

Mariah and  her too-tight dress designed by Hervé Léger by Max Azria  dress prompted this zinger from Seacrest,

"Mariah brought her OWN Golden Globes"

Classic, Ryan truly classic.


Now Halle Berry, back to her signature short hair donned a low cut (front and back) black dress also.  Hers was a bias cut gown with lace inserts by Kaufman Franco.  Technically, her dress bared more cleavage than Mariah's but the overall look was more elegant.

There are quite a few articles on-line pitting Mariah against Halle.  But really there was no contest...fashion voyeurs including Fashiona know that Mariah doesn't ever really go for elegant!!

Photos: Jason Merritt, Getty Images/Steve Granitz,WireImage.com

See Alicia "aka" Fashiona's favorite looks from the Red Carpet  on her column on the Examiner.com.

Fashiona on the 36th People's Choice Awards

Like all award shows, the People's Choice Awards had  its highlights, lowlights and  OMG moments. 

Lovely Mariah Carey, she is pretty and the dress by Ysa Makino is pretty, watching her hobble up the stage to accept her award in a dress as snug as a sausage casing...not pretty...not at all.

AP Photos

Fashiona loved the following:

Taylor Swift in  a white Jenny Packham dresss, Neil Lane earrings and bracelet, Odette ring and Christian Louboutin shoes.


A pretty preggers Paula Patton in black, Kate Walsh in gold and new engaged Carrie Underwood wearing Christian Cota.

Following pictures from the Huffington Post

And some bride somewhere is missing her veil, Francia Raisa apparently wore it to the awards.

What was Fashiona's favorite Red Carpet Look for the evening? She reveals her top choice on her Urban Style column on the Examiner.com.

Precious: the movie and the message

There is nothing light about the themes in the movie Precious.  In fact they are still taboo even in  this tell-all age:  covering incest, obesity and illiteracy.  Precious has every disadvantage in life imaginable but what she also has is a thread of hope in spite of it all.  With all the pain and neglect in her life, she has every reason to be as bitter and as morally corrupt as her mother but she overcomes it all and prevails.  Her mere survival allows her to claim victory over her circumstances.

Monique, Mariah Carey, Gabourey Sidibe as Precious and Paula Patton all give emotionally gripping performances.  Pretty women in their own right,  they give up notions of vanity and pour themselves into the roles. Director Lee Daniels deserves accolades for tackling such controversial material in such a honest unfiltered manner. Precious is based on the gripping novel "Push" by Sapphire a New York based author and poet.

Everyone feels a sense of  hopelessness at one time of or another and in this economy even the most optimistic of people are being tested to their limits. The meaning of faith in any religion or spiritual belief is  to somehow see past the present and believe in the hope of better times ahead.   It is the willingness is to believe that there is light at the end of even the deepest and darkest tunnel.

Alicia "aka"