ALL THE RAGE: Red carpets aren't what they used to be
There is no better place to romanticise and sentimentalise fashion like the red carpet. Of the many gowns that have been worn, only a chosen few get that hallowed place in the fashion 古記録s; 収入 a dream-like 控訴，上告 as women across the globe picture themselves in these mythical 創造s.
Celebrities and designers are all 井戸／弁護士席 aware of the charm and the 力／強力にする of a gown on the red carpet; the dress maketh the 星／主役にする.
However, the red carpet 滑走路 in 2013 has seen a rather humdrum line up.
This season, fashion on the awards 回路・連盟 has - surprisingly - not wowed in the least. Unfortunately, it has been the thigh-high slit that equals sexy.
Miranda Kerr
Jennifer Lawrence
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
The style was made popular last year by Angelina Jolie's 悪名高い 黒人／ボイコット Atelier Versace choice at the 84th 学院 Awards, but went on to become the butt of all jokes.
In 2013, however, it seems the 傾向 支配するs the red carpet, with most 星／主役にするs flaunting the fad. Everyone from Eva Longoria, Heidi Klum, Halle Berry and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley chose to don the style. While they looked sexy, no one really turned up the heat.
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The only pleasantly hot and risqu? surprise was supermodel Miranda Kerr in her plum Zuhair Murad gown which had all the 成分s of 'the one' - the belted waistline, the ruffles, a 急落（する），激減（する）ing neckline and a thigh high slit.
When it comes to feminine styles, Anne Hathaway's Chanel couture （機の）カム の近くに to unforgettable 創造s like Audrey Hepburn's belted Givenchy flower patterned dress in 1954 or Gwyneth Paltrow's pink Ralph Lauren gown in 1999.
Priyanka Chopra
Deepika Padukone
Katrina Kaif
選ぶing for glamorous gowns can be daunting, but Golden Globe-勝利者 Jennifer Lawrence in her red Christian Dior Couture, 破産した／（警察が）手入れする 高めるing dress got our 投票（する）.
Last but not the least, it seems our desi celebrities are clueless on the red carpet. When it comes to making an 入り口, five factors come in to play - the wow factor, individual taste, the 創造 & design, styling and experimentation.
On the rarest-of-rare occas イオンs we may see Deepika Padukone pull a rabbit out of the hat, but most often our tinsel town celebrities fail in most 部類s.
Take the celebs at the 最新の 始める，決める of award 機能（する）／行事s - Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra might be wearing big 指名するs like Naeem 旅宿泊所, Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli それぞれ, but their 選択s 欠如（する） 重要な elements and are as far off the レーダ when it comes to 傾向s.
No thigh-high slits, no red on the red carpet, no nudes, creams or whites, and 急落（する），激減（する）ing necklines are a far away dream. If by sheer luck they do make a 声明, then their boring styling - or the 欠如（する） thereof -almost always lets them 負かす／撃墜する.
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株ing the スポットライト
Former actress Esha Deol - the daughter of Bollywood 広大な／多数の／重要なs Hema Malini and Dharmendra - recently walked the 滑走路 for the BETI charity fundraiser show in a 珊瑚 lehenga along with her hubby Bharat Takhtani, who looked smart in a 控訴 and 屈服する tie.
It's not a new practice for have-beens to turn to the 滑走路 but what is surprising is that now they their beaus 株 the スポットライト. にもかかわらず, Esha looked every bit the young happy bride flaunting her arm candy.
Yummy mummy
Unlike Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who turned a deaf ear to her critics during her enormous 地位，任命する-pregnancy 負わせる 伸び（る） and chose to stay bloated, Shilpa Shetty is almost 支援する in 形態／調整.
After just 6 months of giving birth to baby Viaan, Shilpa is wearing bodyhugging dresses. Recently on the 始める，決めるs of a TV reality show she wore a 有望な green-and-gold anarkali by Preeti Kapoor.
にもかかわらず the wide and flowing silhouette the diva looked thin and トンd. Though she （人命などを）奪う，主張するs to snooze in her 解放する／自由な time rather than 攻撃する，衝突する the gym, she definitely looks fit and fabulous.
Victoria Beckham tries out new diet
'Honestly' healthy fad
The svelte and skinny mother of four, fashion designer and paparazzi magnet Victoria Beckham is the 最新の 犠牲者 of the new celebrity diet.
the 'Honestly Healthy Alkaline Programme' is designed by Vicki Edgson and 有機の chef Natasha Corrett.
Not that she needs to lose any more 負わせる.
The ultra-strict 政権 entails eating alkaline-rich foods, like fruit and vegetables, to 持続する the 団体／死体's pH levels between 7.35 and 7.45.
However, it's not just her 星／主役にするs like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Kirsten Dunst have also taken to the new fad diet.
