You know how the saying goes: better late than never! 

Even if it’s been a few days since the Grammys and the BAFTA took place last Sunday we just had to reveal our Best Dressed list for the night and gush some more about the pure and simple perfection that was Rihanna’s dress – didn’t she look so good you just wanted to eat her up in her cupcake-like dress? – or the major diva moment that French actress, Léa Seydoux had while walking the red carpet in a magical Prada gown along with her Spectre co-star Monica Bellucci. So, without further ado, here’s the best looks from both the Grammys and the BAFTAs!  

If someone were to ask me what’s my favorite season, my immediate answer would be “award season, of course!” I love having to stay up until five in the morning – yes, I live in the “wrong” part of the world- just to see who wins, I love betting with my sister on who is going to give the most awkward yet somehow adorable speech and I love laughing at jokes that grow funnier and funnier as my sleep deprivation grows deeper. But what I love most about award season is the fashion. I mean, come on! Gorgeous people wearing gorgeous (and sometimes not so gorgeous) gowns? Who could resist! Yesterday’s Golden Globes marked the beginning of this season: all-nighters were pulled, awkward and adorable speeches were spoken and not-so-funny jokes became hysterical and then there was the main reason most people even know what the Golden Globes are: the red carpet. From the regal, fairy-tale-like ball gowns beautifully worn by Felicity Jones and Anna Kendrick (who looked like a real life, modern Cinderella) to the dazzling and shiny looks sported by Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon and Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson, the fashion on last night’s red carpet was on fire! Speaking of fire, both Taylor Schilling and Allison Williams rocked one of the biggest trends of the night, the red dress, turning what could have been a safe and boring choice into a true fashion moment. Nevertheless, the true winners of the night were Lorde and Emma Stone, who both decided to ditch the traditional gowns and go for pants: they looked powerful, stylish and sensational and reminded us all of how fun breaking the rules can be!

Click inside to see the complete Best-Dressed list!

They say Haute Couture is dead. It first died in 1957 along with Christian Dior, one of the best and brightest designers of his generation, who had single-handedly brought back to life French fashion with his “new look” after the Second World War. It died again with Yves Saint Laurent’s last show in 2002, when the designer – who had been Christian Dior’s dauphin – forever left the runway and the fashion house that he had created. The same happened in 2007 when Valentino, the last remaining designer of that generation of couturiers who had shaped and formed our idea of fashion and couture, retired after celebrating the 45^th anniversary of his label. It probably died again in 2008, when our economy was crashed by yet another financial crisis and the few people who actually bought Haute Couture became even rarer. Yet, here we are, still talking about couture, still fascinated with its beauty, its construction, its impossibly elaborated fabrics, still irremediably drawn by the unspoken promise that what we are about to witness is indeed an art form, that those walking down the runway are not just incredibly expensive clothes but art pieces. It’s this unspoken promise that has proven to be Haute Couture’s driving force, the reason why, after more than one-hundred years and countless so called “deaths”, Haute Couture still stands, why, for the extent of twenty-something minute show, we gladly forget that what is being presented doesn’t really have to do with most women’s modern life and just enjoy the spell created by the designer. Couture week it’s not the time to think how wearable that garment is or how much that other garment is going to cost, it’s a time when the best designers in the world present us with something to dream about so we should just close our eyes and start dreaming.

It features more than 100 pieces of clothing and accessories that showcase the beauty, richness and, most importantly, glamour of Italian fashion the exhibition that opens tomorrow at the Victoria and Albert Museum of London. Curated by Sonnet Stanfill, the exhibition follows the evolution of Italian fashion through the last seven decades: from the first, iconic catwalk show organized by Giovanni Battista Giorgini in the “Sala Bianca” at Palazzo Pitti, Florence in 1952 -which effectively propelled Italy onto the world stage-