We’ve just had the announcement of this year’s Academy Awards nominations, and while we don’t feel like there’s as much buzz surrounding the Awards’ Season as there was last year, we’re still feeling fashion theme come through, especially when it comes to Actress in a Leading Role, Supporting Role and Best Picture….

My Week With Marilyn has boosted Michelle Williams from ‘the girl from Dawson’s Creek’ to completely credible chameleon after transforming herself into style icon, Marilyn Monroe for the Simon Curtis biopic. The voice, the mannerisms, the hair, the beauty spot and of course, the wardrobe! Those amazing waist cinchers and voluminous skirts that Monroe made famous just had us in a fashion frenzy throughout the film.

Then there’s the biggest contender, Meryl Streep, up for yet another portrayal – Margaret Thatcher. A woman who one wouldn’t look at instantly and think ‘style icon’, but there are many fashion tips to be picked up from The Iron Lady with Stylist Magazine pointing out her pussy bow blouses and structured handbags, power dressing and finishing touches with pearls and vintage brooches.

If her style in The Help wasn’t fashionable enough, Jessica Chastain found out about her Oscar nod while in the FROW at the Armani Couture show in Paris – could there be a more stylish place to find out such news? We fell in love with her character, Celia Foote, on paper and on the big screen in the movie that brought back 1960’s, Deep South style back into our lives with her tight floral shirts, loud skirts and totally unapologetic optimistic take on life, which lets face it, will never go out of fashion.

The Artist, the silent movie taking the modern world by storm is a reflection of the glitz and Charleston era of the 1920’s - a delight to take in with the soft curls, imaginative head pieces, slinky dresses and fur stoles.

We’ll be watching the Red Carpet for the big night at the Kodak Theatre for the 84^th Academy Awards, soaking in fashion’s leading ladies’ gowns and tweeting about our favourites of the night, but we’ll also be appreciating the most stylish decades they brought back to us through the big screen.

xJane