Golden Globes trends: red, blue, white

Paint it red: Unusually, the Golden Globes red carpet was a veritable sea of red, a colour the celebs normally shun because it clashes with the background. Jennifer Lawrence and Claire Danes, in Dior and Versace respectively, led a bevy of brave beauties who bucked the trend. Zooey Deschanel's red Oscar de la Renta was very much like Jennifer's Dior pouf, Jennifer Garner wore high-octane Vivienne Westwood and our very own Tabu was elegant in a bright red sari.

Black magic women: There was no dearth of black, the red carpet's all-time favourite colour. Julianne Moore dolled up in Tom Ford, Kate Hudson and Nicole Kidman hit the right note in Alexander McQueen, new mom Adele made her first post-baby public appearance in Burberry and Eva Longoria wore custom made Emilio Pucci.

Moody blues: Every shade of blue made an appearance this year with Rosario Dawson and Nicole Richie covering bases in between Jessica Chastain's icy hued Calvin Klein and Sally Field's navy.

The snow whites: Anne Hathaway was a knockout in Chanel as she led the white brigade on the red carpet. Heidi Klum maintained her sexy streak in Alexandre Vauthier while Lea Michele was white hot in Elie Saab.

Nude portraits: Jennifer Lopez took the honours in a show-stopping sheer dress by favourite designer Zuhair Murad. Megan Fox was a perfect 10 in Dolce & Gabbana and Amy Adams wore Marchesa. Amanda Seyfried wore Givenchy while Kaley Cuoco was seen in a Katharine Kidd dress.

Metallica: Emily Mortimer went head on for silver while Jodie Foster glittered in Giorgio Armani. Connie Britton also looked gorgeous in this shimmering number and Emily Blunt shone like the Golden Globe trophy in a Michael Kors dress.

Fun with prints:Love them or hate these dresses, you certainly can't ignore them! Halle Berry and Lucy Liu went for bold with some help from an eye-popping Versace and a can't-take-your-eyes-off-it Carolina Herrera respectively.

Strapless: Shoulders were the body part du jour, shown off to best advantage in a line-up of strapless dresses. Right from Jennifer Lawrence in her Dior dress, Anne Hathaway in Chanel to Sofia Vergara in Michael Cinco, Olivia Munn in Giorgio Armani and the host of the evening Tina Fey in L'Wren Scott.