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Move over Joan and Melissa Rivers! Fleshbot's John d'Addario and I have evaluated the fashion of the the 22nd Annual "Porn Oscars" in all its boobalicious glory. From Bollywood-inspired gowns to disco nostalgia, here's our take on the Best and Worst Dressed of the 2005 AVN Awards.

TT: My best-dressed list reflects my preference for simplicity and style, two words that many women of porn don't always grasp. Too many of our favorite stars went overboard with cleavage, sequins, lace, and peek-a-boo cut-outs-there is such a thing as too much. Others wore tacky strip-club "gowns" that make the argument for spandex being banned at events like these.

JD: Sometimes, though, the whole off-duty stripper looked worked-like Krystal Steal, who looked like a porn star should look at a porn awards show. But yeah, there were a lot of questionable wardrobe choices.

TT: Still, those who looked fabulous should be acknowledged, and at the top of my list is Rayveness. I just adored her beaded, burnt orange raw silk number. It was  unique, unexpected, elegant, and sexy without being a skinfest. It was something you could easily see on a Hollywood red carpet. Very Bollywood Couture. My only disappointment is that she made several changes throughout the night, and none of them were as wonderful as her first ensemble.

JD: She looked great, as did Hannah Harper, who was also working the whole Eastern-inspired embroidery thing. Her incredible rack didn't hurt matters either.

TT: And speaking of racks, Jesse Jane looked great throughout the weekend (I really dug her corset-and-jeans combo at the Pure Play party), and at the awards she definitely stood out (and her boobs nearly popped out) in a fetching orange dress with lace detail. Orange is clearly the new black...in porn.

JD: If she were a mainstream movie star, that dress would've totally counted as a nipple slip. But do porn star nipple slips count if they're, like, part of what they do for a living? Still, it was funny seeing the top of her larger-than-life areolas on the video screen during the awards ceremony.

TT: I think nipple slips do count for porn stars! On the other end of  the spectrum, I really liked some of the girls who went for a more understated look. Nautica Thorn is a true beauty who'd look good in practically anything, and her turquoise slip-inspired dress and yellow flower in her hair were understated and stunning-even if she does have one of the strangest names in porn.

JD: Yeah, she looked gorgeous. Sarah Blake was also sporting the good-girl look: I told her she looked like porn's answer to Audrey Hepburn in that dress she was wearing. Ditto for Aurora Snow, who always looks fresh and innocent ... even when she's doing really nasty things onscreen. Lanny Barbi was giving pure porn glamour-total  knockout. And even if Felix Vicious looked like she was recycling what she wore to her high school prom, it was still nice seeing some girls  dressing against type for the awards.

TT: See, that's always a danger with a big dress up event: there is a  fine line between prom queen and red carpet bombshell. Sydnee Steele, the most underrated of the Wicked contract girls, has a knockout body and her simple, slinky red dress showed it off fantastically. Also in red (this time leather) was Nina Hartley, who, as one of the wisest women working in adult, looked gorgeous; I love that she embraces her age and experience rather than fighting against it.

JD: Nina looked amazing, as did Vicky Vette, another one of the elder stateswomen of the evening-at 38, I love the fact that she was nominated for Best New Starlet. There was also that woman in the black leather dress with the  cruciform studs whose name I didn't get, but I liked her outfit. And then there's Katsumi, whose outfit you weren't crazy about...

TT: First, let me say that Katsumi is one of the most beautiful women in porn, and she looked stunning. Her leather mermaid dress that laced up  the back-butt cleavage opportunity!-looked fabulous on her, but I've seen that dress (and variations of it) a lot in a different context, namely at SM events. In fact, I've worn that dress. It was just a little late 2003 for me.

JD: You're so fashion-forward. I just thought she looked great. And her acceptance speech was adorable.

TT: There were a few other people who weren't the worst dressed, but who just slightly missed the mark. I really liked Jenna Jameson's hair and makeup, and the overall aesthetic she was going for (classic old Hollywood), but the brown velvet number fell a little short for me. It highlighted her boobs, which looked faker than they usually do; I mean she has one of the better sets.

JD: I didn't recognize her as a brunette at first-it was the boobs that tipped me off. But the classic glamour look really suited her. Too bad it looked like her boobs were on the verge of escaping from their velvet confines all night.

TT: As much as I love Cytherea, and her win (and acceptance speech) was one of the highlights of the evening, that glitzy Cleopatra-on-crack number did not work for me at all.

JD: I don't know, I think she had a sense of humor about it. It was very 1977 disco diva. All she needed was a few coke smears under her nose to make the look complete.

TT: OK, I get it, Studio 54 nostalgia, I'll buy that. We spotted the same red dress on two different women, as well as various variations of it on others...

JD: Actually, I think we saw it three times, in different colors. Maybe even four.

TT: I loved that you called it the "shipwreck dress" for its asymmetrical tattered ruffles; I actually tried on the exact same dress in black and white polka dots-so glad I didn't choose it. The lavender two-piece version of that dress was worn by a woman whose date was dressed in a red velvet suit with gold thread accents; his choice was undeniably bold, but if the two of them were going together, they should have coordinated looks, like you and I did.

JD: Well, we're older than most of these kids. We think about these things more.

TT: The worst dressed was obvious to me, and it didn't go to one woman, but an entire stable: the Jill Kelly Productions contract girls Cindy Crawford, Tyra Banxxx, Jenna Haze, Tyler Faith, and Nikki Benz.  Someone forgot to tell them that this was a dress up event-cut-up t-shirts and mini-skirts with PIMPS & HOS written all over them? Please. It made them seem cheap, and I just did not get it.

JD: And? That whole "pimps & hos" thing is so very frat boy humor circa four years ago. It's just tired. Jenna Haze looked better signing autographs on the expo floor than she did at the awards.

TT: Maybe, since they are Jill Kelly girls and are supposed to be  classy, they were trying to dress against type like you talked about before. But somehow I'm not convinced that between them they came up with a plan for an ironic fashion statement.

JD: Maybe they're being post-ironic or something, or perhaps post-post-ironic.

TT: Somehow I doubt it.


 


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