Oscar Fashions: Best And Worst Dressed

Keira Scores, Charlize Bombs; Style Experts Rate Best And Worst

(CBS)  Style experts were watching closely when Jennifer Aniston made her big appearance. Always a darling of the fashion crowd, Aniston was under closer scrutiny than ever, since her news-making split from Brad Pitt. And Evangelista thought she could have done better than the streamlined black Rochas gown.

"She must still be in mourning," he said. "This is her chance to come out. I would have probably worn a red dress that said, 'I'm here, I don't care what happened to me. I am woman, hear me roar!'"

Best actress award went to Reese Witherspoon for "Walk the Line," but she got only a lukewarm fashion rating for her Christian Dior vintage gown. Evangelista thought she would have done better with an American designer.

"She's an all-American girl. It's so hard for her to wear European designers ... I thought the dress fell so flat," he said. "I would love to have seen Reese in a Ralph Lauren or Calvin Klein."

Schwartz thought the dress was beautiful, but not the most flattering cut. "I think she should go for something a little big straighter. I didn't think it was perfect for her," she said.

Naomi Watts wore an ethereal flesh-toned confection by Givenchy, which Evangelista thought was a fashion miss.

"She tripped on the fashion red carpet. It's hard for a blonde girl to wear a nude color and everything just melds into one another," he said. "You didn't get a chance to feel the whole essence of her. It was too much going on on the shoulder, the bodice. Just way too much for her."

Schwartz agreed, though she thought Watts got it at least partly right.

"I wanted to shoot her from the head up with those gorgeous David Yurman earrings," she said. "Her hair was beautiful. The top of the dress was really pretty. But, head to toe, I think it overwhelmed her, that dress."

Nicole Kidman, another fashion darling, also chose a pale color, but looked a little too bridal for the fashion experts.

"She looked like she was ready to go to her wedding in that white strapless gown," said Schwartz.

Evangelista agreed: "All she needed was a bouquet of flowers and the wedding behind her."