Marlene Dietrich had her smoky le smokings. Joan Crawford, her padded linebacker shoulders. But as for their contemporary Bette Davis, who would have celebrated her centenary on April 5, fashion was hardly at the forefront. In fact, she's quite famously known for shunning that whole Hollywood glamour-gal persona. The actress frequently kicked vanity to the curb to bravely play an assortment of ghastly looking characters, from a dying syphilis-stricken moll (Of Human Bondage) to a cake-faced vaudeville has-been (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane). Nevertheless, Ms. Davis still managed a fair share of sartorial moments on the silver screen. Take, for instance, Fashions of 1934, in which she's a platinum-blonde glamazon á la Jean Harlow while embroiled in a counterfeit couture conspiracy creating knockoffs of the latest Parisian fashions. Several years later, Davis won her second Oscar for her role in 1938's Jezebel; its plot is based around a red gown she rebelliously wears to the Olympus Ball. Then there's that cocktail dress in All About Eve (1950) which Davis made famous while uttering the oft-quoted line, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night." As it turns out, the Edith Head gown proved Davis's impromptu styling prowess: It was too big when she first tried it on, so the actress simply tugged the whole thing down a bit, transforming its roomy bodice with a square-shaped neckline into a sexy off-the-shoulder number. Now, Davis is about to make a posthumous fashion turn when, in September, the U.S. Postal Service releases a commemorative 2008 stamp in her honor. The image, of Davis dolled up in diamonds and a lush fur coat, was painted by Brooklyn artist Michael Deas and is based on a photograph taken during the filming of All About Eve.

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We know who took home the Oscars, but what about the fashion winners? W editors thought Heidi was hot in John Galliano Haute Couture, while Renée was the epitome of chic in Carolina Herrera. And two thumbs up for Tilda, who looked lovely in Lanvin. See the rest of W's picks, and vote for your red-carpet champs.

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Renée Zellweger, Katherine Heigl

Cate Blanchett

Talk about saving the best for last. The final twenty minutes of the E! red-carpet coverage offered us the top looks of the evening. Renée Zellweger was so glam in her Carolina Herrera silver gown. Cate Blanchett looked chic and modern, as always, this time wearing Dries Van Noten, while Katherine Heigl was beyond gorgeous in Escada. Still, I have one question: Did Ryan Seacrest really wipe his brow and flick his sweat at the camera?

Photos: Zellweger, Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com; Blanchette and Heigl, Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

Keri Russell, Cameron Diaz

Second-installment time. My mood is lifting as things on the red carpet are looking up. Cameron Diaz in Dior and Keri Russell in Nina Ricci both are stunning. The greater opinion—at least in my living room—seems to be that the more natural the hair (Diaz's ponytail, for instance), the more we're liking the woman and her overall look. As for the most-improved category, Jennifer Hudson is, so far, the current winner, hands down. But when it comes to Marion Cotillard in that Jean Paul Gaultier scale-like number, she looks like, well, a fish.

Jennifer Hudson, Marion Cottilard

Stay tuned: wrap-up to come in twenty minutes.

Photos: Diaz, Russel and Hudson, Steve Granitz/WireImage.com; Cottilard, Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

Heidi Klum, Amy Ryan

First things first on tonight's Oscar red carpet. Ryan Seacrest's tux looks horrible but at least the E! team is hitting a theme as Kimora Lee and
Giuliana Rancic appear to have hired the same stylist. I'll make my first observations quick since the fashion highs are tip-top and the lows are bad, as in ice-skating-costume-bad.

As of 7:15 EST in order of appearance: Heidi Klum is fantastic in red
John Galliano Haute Couture; Amy Ryan looks so, so chic—and minimal—in Calvin Klein, and
Amy Adams is very cool and sexy in Proenza Schouler.

As for the so very bad: Saoirse Ronan. My best friend wore the exact
same dress to her eigth-grade piano recital. More to come...

Amy Adams, Saoirse Ronan

Photos: Heidi Klum and Amy Ryan Lester Cohen/WireImage.com, Amy Adams and Saoirse Ronan Steve Granitz/WireImage.com