Navy blue Guy Laroche dress of Hilary Swank

Navy blue Guy Laroche dress of Hilary Swank
Designer	Guy Laroche
Year	2005 (2005)
Type	Navy blue backless dress

The navy blue Guy Laroche dress of Hilary Swank refers to the navy blue backless Guy Laroche dress worn by Hilary Swank at the 77th Academy Awards on February 27, 2005. In a poll by Debenhams published in The Daily Telegraph the dress was voted the 16th greatest red carpet gown of all time.^[1] Cosmopolitan magazine cited the dress as one of the Best Oscar dresses of all time, saying, "Making a serious comeback from that pink gauze number two years before, Hilary shows off her flawless back in this stunning sapphire gown by Guy Laroche. Appropriately, this is the year she won the Oscar for Best Actress in Million Dollar Baby, because that's exactly what she looks like in this dress."^[2]

References

↑ Urmee Khan (9 October 2008). "Liz Hurley 'safety pin' dress voted the greatest dress". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
↑ "Oscars Best and Worst Dressed". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

Notable dresses worn on the red carpet at the Academy Awards

1950s	1954: White Givenchy (Hepburn)

1990s	1991: Red Versace (Crawford) 1995: Lavender Prada (Thurman) American Express Gold card (Gardiner) 1999: Pink Ralph Lauren (Paltrow)

2000s	2000: Crimson Alberta Ferretti (Thurman) 2001: Black and white Valentino (Roberts) Swan dress (Björk) 2002: Elie Saab (Berry) Red Ben de Lisi (Winslet) 2004: White Marc Bouwer (Jolie) 2005: Yellow Valentino (Blanchett) Navy blue Guy Laroche (Swank) 2006: Dark plum Vera Wang (Knightley) Saffron Vera Wang (Williams) 2007: Silver Giorgio Armani (Blanchett) Pink Versace (Cruz) Christian Lacroix (Mirren) 2008: Vermilion Escada (Heigl)

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