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January 29, 2009

NYFug.com: Seven Ways To Fix Ugly Betty

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Okay, so we're not the hugest America Ferrera fans, per se, but we used to be charmed by Ugly Betty -- you know, back in the day, when it felt fun and fresh and wasn't bogged down by hideous life lessons about how if you dare to get a job and a life of your own, you will RUIN YOUR FAMILY. Still, we're bummed ABC is planning to banish the show to summer-burnoff purgatory (well, that's the rumor, anyway; it's being benched in March and its return date is undecided), because we think it's worth trying to repair.

Bring back the soapy tone. [...] We understand criticism that the show is occasionally too over-the-top (though for us, that is impossible), but if we were really that interested in watching a heartfelt exploration of assistants mixing up outgoing mail, we'd go hang out at CAA's offices for an hour.

Drop by NYMag.com to read the rest of our column, including which Special Guest Star we think could save the day single-handedly.

September 7, 2008

New York Fugshion Week: Day Two

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AND WE HAVE LOHAN:

And Ronson, too. Photo by Heather, who managed to get much closer than I did. Lindsay was NOT wearing leggings -- or even any leggings-esque jeans -- which is probably good because who knows what we would have said to her if we could have gotten her attention. Oh, let's be honest: it probably would have been something like, "Your shoes are awesome." The crush of paparazzi around the lovebirds was a sight to behold. You can read all about it here.

What else did we do today, other than stalk Lindsay Lohan, you ask? We swam through a tropical storm, took shelter in many of Manhattan's finest bars, and:

-- Observed a way-cranky Andy Roddick, whose post-US Open loss funk could not be lifted even by Chuck Bass-esque menswear at Lacoste.

-- Decided we saw Evangeline Lilly in ugly pants at Rosa Cha. Now we're not sure it was her. But it might have been. Oh, eyesight. Why have you forshaken us? Also at the same event, we managed not to run over to Zoe Saldana and scream, "I'm the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you?"

-- Had our first glimpse of A Dubs, who was wearing a sweater and a coat in 135-degree heat and 100% humidity and yet never broke a sweat, because she has ice water in her veins.

-- Underwent tragic umbrella-stealage and less-tragic Becki Newton-stalkage at Vena Cava.

-- And finally, we ogled the boys from Gossip Girl and floated a theory as to why Mary-Kate Olsen suddenly looks....well, really cute and totally clean.

July 29, 2008

Fugly Betty

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For a while I was undecided enough about this to make it a "Fug or Fab," but then the following happened: I got a huge headache, and a 5.8 earthquake hit southeast of me and lasted for a very long-feeling 30 seconds, knocking some stuff crooked on my walls. When I came back to my computer, I hated the dress. Perhaps this is the Earth's way of nudging me toward a conclusion.

From the neck up, America Ferrera is hot:

From the neck down, though, I've decided that I am clearly SUPPOSED to like it, and yet I will not give in to its chicanery. The fit around her boobs looks really off, like they're being squeezed into a tube; the black bar looks like an afterthought, as if Tim Gunn had just floated by the designer's station and said, "I'm worried. It's boring. Work very hard on adding some interest"; and the shoes -- gorgeous on their own -- are distracting here because they're too close-but-not-quite to the dress color. She should probably just go ahead and send those over to me.

And it's just so very swirly. And shiny. And SWIRLY. Which is not always bad, but somehow here it's got me both squinting and cursing that I was born with a propensity for seasickness -- although the fact that my floor was rocking back and forth may not have helped. With those same shoes in black and maybe a shrug of some kind, maybe the fabric might not have distracted me as much. I don't know. I need a drink. All my pictures are crooked on the wall. Maybe the quake dented my brain. This fug is brought to you by the letter AAAAAAAARGH, the glass of Bailey's I'm about to drink, and the hyperactive tectonic plates of Southern California. I guess America Ferrera can at least say that what she wore to the Hooray, Magic Pants: More Trouser Magic premiere made the Earth move.

July 18, 2008

Fug or Fab: Becki Newton

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Ugly Betty

Okay, I have a real, serious question here. Becki Newton's accessories: let's discuss.

SHE is adorable and I love the dress on her. I can also just read the In Style piece waxing bizarrely poetic about pairing turquoise shoes and earrings with the purple. (I stopped getting In Style regularly after the seventh identical article about self-tanning -- though I would never get on a plane without it, obviously -- but I assume they're still running that bit at the front of the book with like seven photos of celebrities in cowl necks or whatever and then an almost haiku-esque bit of copy full of weird poetic imagery re: cowl necks. I just couldn't take it after a while.) And the thing is, I do kind of like it. I like that it's more interesting than just black or metallic shoes. The blue works in a way that a lot of other colors wouldn't. And it's sort of fun and fresh. And then another part of me is like, "BUT IT DOESN'T MATCH."

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March 13, 2008

Fugly Betty

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By now, we all know Vanessa L. Williams has a massively hot bod. It's not like she needs to wear skintight stuff all the time to prove anything to anyone; we can't even believe she had to put the L. in her name, like she is some kind of secondary and imitative Vanessa Williams who is trying to usurp the life of the one who was in Melrose Place for about three hours.

That said, I feel like this dress could benefit from a little more judicious tailoring.

[Photos: Splash News]

Not very flattering, right? She looks slouchy, and almost a little pregnant. And the ultra-foxy Vanessa "Screw the L." Williams deserves better than a gunmetal sack. She should box it up, send it to Angelina Jolie with a card and maybe a nice ham, and go shopping for something that does her assets more justice. It's what Wilhelmina Slater would do. ... Well, actually, Wilhelmina would have the designer bitch-slapped, burn the dress, scatter the ashes on Betty's lunch, and go get a seaweed wrap. But the underlying sentiment is the same.

February 6, 2008

New York Fugshion Week: More Day 4 and Some Day 5

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It's been an eventful Fashion Week full of wonderful lessons -- for one thing, we realized that since we last saw her, Brittany Murphy has turned 65.

Congrats, sweetie! And good luck in the shuffleboard tournament next week.

Brittany Murphy is by far the most entertaining person we've seen all week. No, for real, she was all melodrama and madness at Max Azria.
Amy Adams arrived on time to Proenza Schouler. Somebody dropped the ball when it came to teaching her how to be a celebrity at Fashion Week.
If she plays it right, that cute Ana Ortiz will probably be wearing Badgley Mischka for at least the next two years.
As much as we love Sophia Bush, we REALLY need new people to write about, so thank you, Perrey Reeves and Kim Raver.
Oh, Fergie-Ferg, no need to fidget. You look fine.

February 1, 2008

Fugly Betty

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Listen, no one loves Becki Newton more than I do -- okay, maybe her husband. And probably her mother. But no one else appreciates her artfully cocked brow on Ugly Betty more than I, that I can promise you. HOWEVER (you knew that was coming, didn't you?):

Maybe a little too much cleav for an Old Navy event? Do you think?

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