Oscar Fashion Numbs Down for '09

It didn't hit me until Best Actor Nominee Mickey Rourke graced the red carpet at the 81st Annual Academy Awards...someone must have choked off the route to Harry Winston's this week in Hollywood.
The throats dripping in diamonds that we normally see on Oscar night were almost no where to be found.
Necklines were fully exposed, with strapless or single-strapped goddess gowns being the most common choice among actresses Sunday night. But it appeared as if most leading ladies Twittered each other on their way to the Pavilion and agreed to ditch the gaudy necklaces.

From Beyonce to Alicia Keyes to Sarah Jessica Parker to Angelina Jolie to Meryl Streep to Penelope Cruz (mentioned on a scale of talent, if not stylishness) it was evident that there was a nod to the catastrophic economy when the starlets' stylists plotted their outfits.



That's where Mickey Rourke comes in. Rourke accessorized his milk-white Jean Paul Gaultier tux with a leather-strung pendant dedicated to his 18-year-old Chihuahua Loki, who passed away in the week leading up to Oscar night.

"The Wrestler" star may have made the most outlandish fashion statement of the night, as it turns out.



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