From award-winning Mo'Nique in electric blue to a very pregnant Paula Patton in pretty tangerine, the stars dazzled on the red carpet at Sunday night's Academy Awards. But their gowns were as beautiful as they were inaccessible and unaffordable for the average woman. So what's a fashionista to do if she wants to replicate a leading lady's red carpet look on an everyday budget? We put together a collection of gowns that can help you get a show-stopping red carpet look that will rival your favorite star's Academy Awards style. Click through to see how you can get the look for less!

Black Hollywood seems to be in familiar territory this awards season with two surprisingly talented women nominated in top categories. With stakes high, Mo'Nique and Gabourey Sidibe will have the world's eyes on them at the Academy Awards this Sunday night and they can't disappoint on the red carpet. If the Golden Globes Awards were any indication of what we can expect to see them wearing at the Oscars, then these 'Precious' stars will surely dazzle in bold-hued gowns that complement their curvaceous bodies. Because Mo'Nique and Gabby are 'Precious' to us, we can't help but root for them to rule the red carpet in style! BV has come up with Oscar gown predictions that will surely help the two leading ladies blindside their fashionable competition.

Black beauty was celebrated for the third season at the ARISE African Collective Part III. ARISE is the first global style and culture magazine to celebrate African achievement in fashion and arts. This season, they selected South African designers Jacques Van Der Watt and Danica Lepen for Black Coffee, Nigerian designer Deola Sagoe and Tanzanian designer Anisa Mpungwe for Loin Cloth & Ashes, who presented their collections to a packed house at the main tent at Bryant Park in New York City. Show producer Jan Malan transformed the tent into a virtual African day-and-night landscape with elaborate staging inspired by award-winning poet Ben Okri. Black Voices was there for the gorgeous show and backstage excitement.


We ran into one of our favorite Dominican beauties, Arlenis Sosa, who shared the reasons she loves walking in ARISE. "What I love about ARISE is that it highlights the beauty of so many different brown skin tones. Women everywhere can see someone who looks like them on the runway, and that's inspiring."

We chatted with the always sweet Sessilee Lopez, a haute young American girl, who is currently ranked the #13 model in fashion, about fashion week moving to Lincoln Center. "It's sad to leave the tents, but it's a new beginning. I'm excited since I live in Harlem that everyone is heading Uptown!"

Ladies in red ruled the runway at the 18th annual Red Dress Collection, held in the main tent of Bryant Park in New York City. The Red Dress is the symbol of the Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The goal of the campaign is to increase awareness and to spread the word about heart disease -- the number-one killer of women. This festive runway show celebrated the designers and celebrities who help bring the Red Dress to life. Twenty-seven of Hollywood's hautest stars, including Estelle, Kimora Lee and Regina King, set the runway ablaze decked out in everything from Oscar de la Renta to Tracy Reese.

Are you ready to rip the runway with BV at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York? If the answer is yes, buckle up your stiletto booties, because it's going to be a stylish ride! We jetted to the famed tents of Bryant Park, where designers will show for the last time this season before heading Uptown in September to MBFW NY's new home at Lincoln Center.

Although, temperatures are low, excitement was high backstage at Mackage, our first show of the day. We caught-up with Alicia Keys' mane woman Tippi Shorter, who was getting the models' tresses in order.

"The inspiration for the models hair is this bed-head sort of walk-of-shame kind of do," said Shorter, who flew in for Fashion Week from Brazil, where she was taping a music video with Keys. "Our girl is sophisticated, she's sexy and she's chic, but because it is her walk of shame, the hair is a little messed up -- it was some static, a little oil and greasy. Definitely not perfect."

Shorter and the AVON team went for a diagonal deep side part and, using AVON'S Advanced Techniques Volumizing Mousse ($4, avon.com) on dry hair created a low side ponytail on the same side of the bang. Two ponytails were created to look like one and stylists used their fingers instead of combs to give that gritty bed-head effect, which was finished off with Avon's Advanced Techniques Mirror Shine Spray ($5, avon.com).

British beauty Naomi Campbell is set to bring her star-studded runway show and auction, Fashion for Relief, to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York to help the people of Haiti after the nation's devastating earthquake last month.

"I am deeply saddened by the recent tragedy in Haiti," said Campbell, who last held the event in 2005 to aid those affected by Hurricane Katrina. "So many have been killed and severely affected by the earthquake -- women and children in particular are most vulnerable in disasters."

The runway show will take place Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. and will be hosted by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and styled by Rachel Zoe. With past guests that include Beyoncé, Tyson Beckford and Sean John, expect to see some of Hollywood's biggest names on the scene showing their support for relief efforts in Haiti.

The Grammy style countdown has begun at BV! We are anxiously waiting to see what glamorous designs our favorite stars will be decked out in on the red carpet. It's sure to be a battle of the babes as Beyoncé takes on Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift for Album of the Year. With 10 Grammy nominations, Beyoncé will be on her A-game and we're sure her Sasha Fierce persona will be on the scene to add some glamour and drama to the evening.

Grammy vet Mary J. Blige will also be vying for a statue Sunday night. We adore seeing the demure side of the nine time Grammy winner, who has tremendously evolved her style since she first graced the Grammy red carpet back in 1996. Blige has managed to balance both her urban and chic side by rocking beautifully-crafted sleeveless designs that allow her to show off her trademark tattoos and toned arms.

Take a peek at what we hope to see B' and Mary wear this Sunday night.