Academy Awards 2015 Best Dressed

Awards season ended on a dizzying high at last night's Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

As far as awards go, everything either went exactly as predicted or was surprisingly tense. There were the obvious and expected lock-ins: many technical awards going to the outstanding The Grand Budapest Hotel; 3 of the acting awards merely completing a formality and actually handing over the virtually pre-engraved golden statues to J.K. Simmons, Julianne Moore and Patricia Arquette; and CitizenFour taking home Best Documentary. But at the end it all boiled down to a clash of the titans: it was Eddie Redmayne Vs Michael Keaton; Richard Linklater Vs Alejandro G. Iñárritu; and the main event, Boyhood Vs Birdman for Best Picture.

I might have been sleep-deprived and a little delirious by the time the winners of the major awards started to be announced, but I found them to be as tense as last week's episode of Broadchurch. I clutched the arm of the sofa and hid behind a cushion with my heart in my throat as Redmayne - brilliantly - won for his turn as Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (I was fearful either Keaton would clinch it or in a nightmare scenario Bradley Cooper would sweep from nowhere and be rewarded for American Sniper…). Honestly though, I was majorly disappointed that Birdman soared to victory in such a spectacular manner - scooping Best Picture/Directing/Original Screenplay/Cinematography. I loved it as a film but was ultimately routing for Boyhood: the astonishing 12 year masterpiece. It's a shame, but not the end of the world!

The red carpet was pretty impressive too: fashion-wise every awards show over the last few months has led to this point, and the stars pulled out all of the stops, as anticipated.

Critics' Choice Awards Best Dressed 2015

In all of the excitement in the morning with the announcement of the Oscar nominations I ridiculously almost forgot about another awards show held later on in the day in L.A. Many of the stars that had been recognised several hours earlier by the Academy came together on the blue carpet along with those that were controversially snubbed (Selma director Ava DuVernay and those involved in The Lego Movie come to mind immediately…) to celebrate the 20th Annual Critics' Choice Awards.

Boasting 24 categories, the winners are decided by a panel of nearly 300 reviewers in the Broadcast Film Critics Association. There's little overlap with Academy voters, but the top prize - simply titled Best Picture - has matched 12 times in the last 15 years, which bodes extremely well for this year's winner: the remarkable 12-year production, Boyhood. A full list of the winners can be found here, and if you're in the U.K. then Lifetime are screening highlights from the red carpet at 8pm, followed by the awards at 9pm, this evening (Sky channel 156).

As it's the first public appearance of many of the newly anointed Oscar contenders the fashion on the red (blue) carpet was pretty impressive indeed. As ever a full selection of looks can be found on the Vogue website here, but I've shifted though a couple of other galleries too to collate my Best Dressed list below.

Primetime Emmy Awards 2014 Best Dressed

I'm concerned I'm starting to say this every year, but there's no getting away from the fact that it really does feel like we're currently in the throes of a golden age for television.

From Breaking Bad to The Good Wife, Veep to Orphan Black, Sherlock to Parks and Recreation, Downton Abbey to Game of Thrones, House of Cards to Modern Family and everything in between, there really is excellent television for every taste imaginable these days. I've always been a devout film fan and never really had much interest in the small screen, but thanks to a Netflix subscription and recently discovering the box sets available on Sky I'm starting to seriously get into television. I devoured Breaking Bad like a meth addict last summer; made my way through two series of Orange is the New Black in a fortnight after my exams finished; desperately caught up on Scandal before the start of the new series on Sky Living a few weeks ago; rewatched all of Downton Abbey after Christmas as "dissertation research"; and fell head over heels for the fictional town of Pawnee in Parks and Recreation. I'm officially addicted.

Move over cinema, my lounge is now the place to be. What a time to be alive!

Cannes 2014 Best Dressed

No film festival does glamour quite like Cannes.

For twelve days the beautiful and talented descended on the French riviera for one of the most anticipated events in the film industry's calendar.

Met Ball 2014 Best Dressed

The most fashionable time of the year has arrived once again in the form of the fashion world's Oscars: the annual Met Ball. Last night saw the world's most famous and beautiful don their finery to celebrate the exhibition dedicated to couturier Charles James at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The dress code was strictly formal and elegant, with attendees expected to adhere to Anna Wintour's pre-determined theme of 'White Tie and Decorations'. This meant gowns and gloves for the women and top hats and tails for the men: Hollywood glamour at its absolute finest.

Academy Awards 2014 Best Dressed

It's that time of the year again: the Oscars are back in town.

SAG Awards 2014 Best Dressed

The awards season marathon continues, and last night saw the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards at Los Angeles' Shrine Exposition Centre. The SAG awards are the only televised awards ceremony to exclusively celebrate the best of film and television acting, with 13 awards for individual performances and ensemble casts. American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club fully cemented themselves as the front runners in the awards race (as if it wasn't already apparent…); and in television Breaking Bad has ended on a total high, continuing to sweep up awards following the explosive series finale last year.

Critics' Choice Awards 2014 Best Dressed

Last night saw yet another glittering red carpet in Hollywood, this time for the Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The accolades are awarded by the Broadcast Film Critics' Association (BFCC) and claim to be the most accurate predictor for the Academy Awards - nominations for which were announced yesterday morning.

Golden Globes 2014 Best Dressed

Our cinemas and television screens are currently fit to bursting with more incredible films and exceptionally gripping and enthralling programmes than normal, so it must be that time of the year: awards season is finally upon us! The a-list are going to be out in full force over the next few weeks and they kicked off the season in spectacular style at last night's Golden Globe awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Primetime Emmy Awards 2013 Best Dressed

Television really is having a moment.

I normally merely have a passing flirtation with television shows and can take them or leave them, only choosing to mildly obsess over Downton Abbey or Grey's Anatomy or Sherlock, and occasionally indulging in the odd mini-series. I don't watch many shows - helped by my lack of a TV - and have long since accepted that I'm in a long term relationship with films. Recently, however, thanks to an obsession with Breaking Bad akin to the effects of meth onscreen I've become more and more aware of, and interested in, the television world. It may just be because I'm suddenly more attuned to it, but it seems to me that television is better than it's ever been. The calibre of acting, editing and directing has sky-rocketed, and I'm continually having to re-revaluate my preference for film over television in the face of overwhelmingly stunning shows.

Arqiva BAFTA TV Awards 2013 Best Dressed

Tonight marks a celebration of all things television with the annual BAFTA TV Awards. The categories are extremely strong this year, and I'm excited to see a full list of the winners in about an hour... I have my fingers crossed particularly for Olivia Colman (Supporting Actress for Accused / Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for Twenty Twelve), Graham Norton (Entertainment Performance / Entertainment Programme) and all nominees related to The Hollow Crown and Parade's End. There's been a lot of fantastic British television this year, but they have to be my absolute favourites. My fingers and toes are crossed!

The red carpet was predictably soggy and umbrellas were out in force as London showed that the last few weeks of glorious sunshine were a total fluke and it's back to business as usual. That being said, a spot of rain didn't affect the fashion, and there were plenty of stand out looks this evening unhindered by the weather. Suspense was building all afternoon thanks to the #BAFTAStyle hashtag on Twitter, so it's lovely to finally see the outfits in full now instead of teases on Instagram!

Met Ball 2013 Best Dressed

Arguably the most exciting event in the fashion calendar, the annual Met Ball is the fashion world's Oscars, and each year the sartorial bar is raised higher and higher. This year, the Costume Institute exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum pays tribute to the punk era, and so last night's theme was Punk: Chaos to Couture. Leather, studs and safety pins were all over the red carpet as revelers embraced the theme with aplomb, but overall the fashion tended to lean more towards couture.

MTV Movie Awards 2013 Best Dressed

I've been buried in revision since I got back to London and haven't surfaced for a while, but nothing will drag me back to the real world like the pull of a red carpet and a celebration of film. Last night was the MTV Movie Awards, and there were many examples of excellent style on show.

Oscars 2013 Best Dressed

It's the biggest night in the film industry's calendar: the Oscars are finally here! If I didn't have a French class tomorrow morning I'd stay up all night and follow them live, but as it is I'm going to have to settle for red carpet coverage now and thoughts on the winners/embarrassing speeches/snubs in the morning. As I said in my post about the BAFTAs, awards season is my favourite time of the year and I'm expecting tonight to be incredible. Not only are the Oscars the awards everyone's been building up to, but with the fashion world in the throes of fashion weeks the sartorial stakes are exceedingly high. The red carpet is - quite frankly - going to be out of this world.

EE BAFTAs 2013 Best Dressed

Awards season is - without doubt - my favourite time of the year. Fashion and film collide beautifully, with never ending red carpets displaying all of the latest designs from the fashion world, and hundreds of gold statues handed out to the film and television industry's finest.

Tonight is the EEBAFTAs, the biggest night in the British cinema calendar. As I type, the ceremony is well underway at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Results are being tweeted live, but the show is recorded and will be broadcast at 9pm on BBC1, so disconnect your internet if you don't want to be spoiled! The red carpet, however, has finished, and as there have been so many stand-out looks tonight, it only seemed appropriate to take a quick break from work to document the best dressed here. I'll discuss the awards results later this evening (and mostly on twitter as they happen: @emma_forth) but for now it's all about the fashion.