Highlights
- Black and white ruled the red carpet at the 65th British Film Academy Awards on Sunday as glamorous stars decided to keep their fashion understated.
- The black brigade was led by the evening's best actress award winner Meryl Streep, who arrived in a corseted Vivienne Westwood gown with a plunging neckline. She teamed the number with a short cropped jacket.
- Streep was followed by Mad Men star Christina Hendricks who was true to form in her equally plunging black number by the same designer, with bright red lips to match her fiery hair.
- Actress Melissa George dazzled the red carpet with her gothic mermaid style wet-look sequinned black gown by Victoria Beckham, similar to Angelina Jolie's style at the SAG awards earlier this year.
- Even Helena Bonham Carter stuck to dark colours with a midnight blue knee-length dress teamed with a black cropped jacket.
- The jacket-over-dress trend was followed by best actress nominee Berenice Bejo as well who wore a black cropped fur jacket over her dark maroon gown.
- Michelle Williams struck a balance between black and white with her elegant dress customised by high street chain H&M. The My Week With Marilyn star perked up her red carpet appearance with her quirky clutch bag - a tribute to Arthur Miller's work The Misfits - by designer Olympia Le-Tan.
- Even the supporting actress BAFTA winner Octavia Spencer wore a black and white outfit by Tadashi Shoji with a wide belt dividing the two colours at the waist.
- Adding colour to the monochromatic appearances on the red carpet were Viola Davis in a bright pink custom Valentino, Naomi Harris in a bright yellow dress and Penelope Cruz in a simple dark red column dress by Armani Prive.
- Best actress nominee Jessica Chastain glammed up the event with her golden Oscar de la Renta. The metallic colour proved to be a popular red carpet trend, with stars like Christina Ricci, Emilia Fox and Gillian Anderson dazzling in glittering metallics and Grecian-style silhouettes.
Black and white ruled the red carpetat the 65th British Film Academy Awards on Sunday as glamorousstars decided to keep their fashion understated.
The black brigade was led by the evening's best actressaward winner Meryl Streep, who arrived in a corseted VivienneWestwood gown with a plunging neckline. She teamed the numberwith a short cropped jacket.
Streep was followed by
Mad Men star Christina Hendrickswho was true to form in her equally plunging black number bythe same designer, with bright red lips to match her fieryhair.
Actress Melissa George dazzled the red carpet with hergothic mermaid style wet-look sequinned black gown by VictoriaBeckham, similar to Angelina Jolie's style at the SAG awardsearlier this year.
Even Helena Bonham Carter stuck to dark colours with amidnight blue knee-length dress teamed with a black croppedjacket.
The jacket-over-dress trend was followed by best actressnominee Berenice Bejo as well who wore a black cropped furjacket over her dark maroon gown.
Michelle Williams struck a balance between black andwhite with her elegant dress customised by high street chainH&M. The
My Week With Marilyn star perked up her red carpetappearance with her quirky clutch bag - a tribute to ArthurMiller's work
The Misfits - by designer Olympia Le-Tan.
Even the supporting actress BAFTA winner Octavia Spencerwore a black and white outfit by Tadashi Shoji with a widebelt dividing the two colours at the waist.
Adding colour to the monochromatic appearances on the redcarpet were Viola Davis in a bright pink custom Valentino,Naomi Harris in a bright yellow dress and Penelope Cruz in asimple dark red column dress by Armani Prive.
Best actress nominee Jessica Chastain glammed up theevent with her golden Oscar de la Renta. The metallic colourproved to be a popular red carpet trend, with stars likeChristina Ricci, Emilia Fox and Gillian Anderson dazzling inglittering metallics and Grecian-style silhouettes.