Regardless of how I feel about her gowns, I have to confess that I freaking love Taraji P. Henson. First of all, her haircut is very cute, and I am easy wooed by good hair. (Just ask Patrick Dempsey.) Plus, she seems so funny and charming any time she's interviewed. Also, according to Wikipedia, during college, "she worked two jobs--in the morning as a secretary at the Pentagon and in the night as a singing and dancing waitress on a dinner cruise ship," and if that's not the set-up for a charming sitcom, I don't know what is. But let's talk about the gowns, anyway. Here's Taraji's Oscar dress:
Like half the stuff from Oscar night, I was unsure at the time and now I have mellowed and kind of dig it. It DOES kind of look like Formal Wear For Mummies, but I covet her necklace and I think she might be pulling it off.
Like so many Oscar-going ladies, Taraji changed for the parties. This thing is getting long, so click through for the rest.
Like half the stuff from Oscar night, I was unsure at the time and now I have mellowed and kind of dig it. It DOES kind of look like Formal Wear For Mummies, but I covet her necklace and I think she might be pulling it off.
Like so many Oscar-going ladies, Taraji changed for the parties. This thing is getting long, so click through for the rest.
This one, I have not mellowed on. Like, at all. To me, you change for the parties if you don't want to deal with a giant princess dress while you're trying to do the lambada with Tom Cruise while juggling a martini and meat on a stick. But this, while allowing for more mobility in case you need to, like, kick Ryan Seacrest in the shins or something, has a train, which means that people would be stepping on you all evening. And basically, to me it looks like kind of a poor man's version of her earlier dress. While I like the idea that they're cut from the same cloth -- pardon the pun -- I would have just stuck with Dress Number One all evening.
