Especially stunning was the black silk faille and ivory swansdown dress on Andreea Diaconu (above).
Jean Dujardin (also sporting a beard) looked dapper in his black suit, forgoing the bow tie for a black silk necktie.
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Every prayer that a Muslim performs is offered in the direction of the mysterious building, draped in black silk, forever surrounded by pilgrims.
Best actor nominee Daniel Day Lewis easily won Best-Dressed Man in his modern fit navy tuxedo with a black silk shawl collar from Domenico Vacca.
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Kardashian, who is pregnant with a child by her boyfriend Kanye West, appeared in a black silk puffy sleeveless maternity dress embellished with sequins on the skirt.
For fall, she gets a black-and-oyster lame dress, a metallic tweed suit and a jet-black silk and wool gown with a beaded back, cutout bodice and mermaid hemline.
The archbishop, known in the Orthodox faith as a Metropolitan, is a tall man, with a long flowing white beard and dressed in a robe of black silk.
It was Major General Nathaniel Coles' hat that made the boldest statement: a beaverskin chapeau de bras, with a black silk grosgrain ribbon cockade, gilt-metal eagle pin and 20-inch ostrich feather plume.
No doubt, the dress was stunning: a brilliant red silk organza ballgown with black swirls and an asymmetrical neckline.
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He ended the show with a series of silk crepe dresses in red, olive, black and navy, which though soft, showed a woman who was in full command of who she is.
That has meant a romantic red silk dress, a luxurious dressing gown and a fitted black dress.
Elsewhere, and as always at Oscar, the proof is in the details: Stunning were a silver lame mousseline caviar beaded fringe gown, a black chantilly lace threadwork and ostrich feather embroidered gown, and yellow silk faille silver bullion floral- and bead-embroidered gown.
Having taken my turn at the faucet, I proceeded to the prayer area and knelt on the silk carpet, behind an extremely thin young woman in a black dress and head scarf.
It won't take much work to "convert" Ralph Lauren 's antique grey flannel three-piece suit, Oscar de la Renta's black double-faced wool dress or Tommy Hilfiger's high-waisted silk pants paired with a draped sweater into office attire.
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