Oscars Fashion: Five Dresses We Want to See on the Red Carpet

By Becky Bartkowski Wed., Feb. 22 2012 at 1:00 PM

Categories: Fashion, Film

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Sally Field in a great Oscar moment ... or the greatest Oscar moment.

Like all good celebrity worshippers, we enjoy the Oscars telecast, the jokes from Billy Crystal, the awkward mispronunciations during foreign film awards, feigned surprise, looks that could kill, and incidental swearing in acceptance speeches.

But, we gotta say, our favorite part of the movie-maker merriment is the red carpet.

Our penchant for dress criticism rivals that of Joan Rivers, and makes us both the most fun person at Oscar viewing parties and also the bitchiest.

That's why we've selected a handful of gowns -- nothing less than stunners -- for the five Best Actress nominees to parade around in during the pre-show, while posing pretty and answering Ryan Seacrest's inane questions. Should the ladies don these duds, we'd have no choice but to shut up (no matter how difficult that might prove).

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5. Meryl Streep For her portrayal of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Streep is nominated for Best Actress.

It's her fourteenth Best Actress nomination, and the craft's modern matriarch has won a total of two golden guys. But Streep hasn't made an acceptance speech since 1982's Sophie's Choice.

Seems like the lady's due for another win, and what better than a slinky but romantic Valentino gown with an airy, white bodice that blooms with lily pad-like appliques from the house's Spring 2012 Couture line.

Next: Michelle Williams

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