I certainly hope this isn't a harbinger of any Bennifer 2.0 wedding dress:
[Photo courtesy of Daily Celeb.]
I think I preferred her ill-fated attempt at lace; at least that looked like Jennifer saw the gown and, however ill-advisedly, got caught up in feeling like a princess without actually considering that it looked like it came from Grandma's "Good Linens" drawer. But this one... Is this a nightgown? It's just... boring. Bland, shapeless, wrinkled.
And it accentuates the fact that Jennifer Garner doesn't seem to have a waist -- which is fine; I'm not saying she isn't a lovely girl. In fact, I have an almost boundless affinity for her, stemming largely from the fact that she'd probably be a lot of fun for a day of shopping, watching girly movies, and painting toenails while gossiping about boys. But she does tend to look a bit... boxy... especially when her shoulders are toned just-so. In the past she's worn dresses that create the illusion of curves, but here she's in a thankless shift that does her no favors. It looks like she's hiding. And what might that be, Jen? Do I smell Bumpwatch 2005?
I think that she looks horrible mainly because the tailoring was very poorly done.
I wonder what she did to make her seamstress hate her so much?!
Be nice to the little people. If you don't this is what happens to you!
Also, That dishwater color is very hard for Caucasians to pull off.
I think Jennifer has been shopping the mother-of-the-bride section at David's Bridal again.
Or maybe matronly is the new black, and we all haven't heard yet.
I think that it's actually the lining of the dress and somewhere along the way the actual dress part went missing...
Looks like a costume reject from Sense and Sensibility
Bride of the Living Dead maybe. That thing is a shroud! Scary!
The color and the shape of the dress are indeed unfortunate. But, what is really bugging me are the wrinkles - she looks like she just rolled out of bed, got her hair done and forgot to change into her real dress for the evening.
i could deal with granny's old tablecloth wrapped around her, if it were hemmed properly. but i can't forgive her running out of shiny napkin material for the chest part. nobody's breasts deserve that kind of horizontal-compression bondage.
I adore her. Usually she can't do anything wrong but I have to agree this is not a good dress for her. The color, the shape, the wrinkles are all wrong. I also don't care for the Mariska Hargitay-esque bloom in her hair. She's been affleckited.
The dress is very blah, it's true, but I think the fabric just wrinkles easily and are as a result of sitting in the limo on the way to the event. I've had that happen before.
The wrinkling, I mean, not the sitting in a limo on the way to a red carpet event.
Maybe next time she'll bring a cordless steamer with her.
It's a lovley burlap sack that hides the demon Affleck seed growing inside her.
When I was pregnant, the waist was the first to go. Way before bump even....I'm just saying....Although pregnant or no, dress is unforgivable. She's adorable, tho'.
What's wrong with that fabric? On the bust it looks satiny, but the rest just looks... matte. Perhaps it needs to be polished?
That's such a lovely maternity dress!
OK, agreement all around, but also, is she (possibly pregnant and) barefoot???
I think she looks beautiful. At least she's not getting hip implants or something. It's very difficult for us waistless people to get along in life, especially those of us who weigh more than 110 lbs.
Putty is the new Ugly.
Jen Garner is all manner of adorable, but unfortunately that dress does nothing for her. I think the top is quite lovely and accentuates her gorgeous shoulders, collar-bone and breasts. But then... the bottom. Oh, Jen. Sweetie, I love you. Let's have a slumber party, talk about Michael Vartan and how much you miss him and I'll point out some great dresses at Style.com for you to wear! Ok? Call me!
I don't understand peoples attraction to her. She has no waist, period. Her general features mean that she could pass for a drag queen. Queen of fug (oops, Dunst gets that). She also looks pregnant.
Aw Jen, you're depressing me here!
lol, at the demon Affleck seed comment.
She looks so ANGRY, like Galadriel in that negative exposure freakout from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. "In place of a dark Lord, you shall have a Queen! All shall love me and despair!"
One person in Hollywood who should seriously think of switching to the orange food only.
Did she lose all of her hips when she changed her body for the Electra movie? Not only is the color horrible, but she doesn't have the curves to fill it out.
she isnt nearly as pretty when she's not smiling.
Hermmm. I don't think it's hideous or anything, really. Just seems like she could have done a bit better.
"It's very difficult for us waistless people to get along in life"
Preach it, honey. We rectangles have to stick together.
Jane Austen is rolling in her grave...
Even Jane's dead body would look better in this outfit. Poor color choice.
WHAT??? DID i miss something? Is she pregnant??? or it just looks like it.
That dress would make Monica Bellucci look flat and shapeless. Just awful.
Also, I have no idea why these women insist on a hem that's six inches too long. Seriously, do they think that makes them look regal and dignified? Because it doesn't. It makes them look like a six year old going through her mother's clothes.
"nobody's breasts deserve that kind of horizontal-compression bondage."
They're not even compressed. She has small boobs. This in and of itself is obviously not a problem, but she doesn't dress the right way for her chest size; it's like she thinks she's a D cup and she gets these dresses that...well, give her fried-egg boob. Not a good look when you're already rather muscular.
cue that Celine Dion "Titanic" song for the billionth time....
that colour is doing nothing to flatter her skin tone.
this dress does nothing to accentuate her figure (thus giving rise to speculation to bennifer II:arrival of a bundle of joy).
and to top it off,she looks as thrilled as serial killer being sentenced to death.
And she's got man-hands
I think she looks like butt.
The dress is pretty bad, too.
Jennifer got dressed by The Blind Leading The Bland stylist firm.
For some reason, I got the "Old Pueblo Traders" catalogue (it's a catalogue of "easy-wear polyester slacks" with creases down the front, and other clothing popular with the over-70 set...sweet!) and I was looking through the "Easter outfits" (pastel polyester suits with matching hats) and thinking that there are outfits in there that look better than some of the Fug the Fugmistresses have unearthed for us.
And they cost, like, $69.95. This is one of the occasions in which a star should have fired her stylist, discarded whatever overpriced creation had been selected for her, and gone with something from OPT.
And let's just consider the horror that is Teh Fug. People's grandmas can now look more glamorous and put-together than Actual Movie Stars for a mere investment of $69.95. O tempora, o fug!
To her credit, she doesn't look happy to be wearing that dress. Maybe the seamstress screwed her over and she's unhappy that she didn't have time to find something else.
I agree that Jen certainly doesn't look her best in that picture, even though I'm one of those people who will likely love her forever. She looked much better at other times during the show, specifically when she was actually smiling after she won. In this picture - http://jen-garner.net/modules/coppermine/albums/public/2005/sags05/press/05-sags061.jpg she looks much happier and you can actually see some definition around the waist.
Dude, the puckered seams are the worst. I saw her photographed from the bodice up and was like "Super cute, whee!" Glad to be disabused of that notion.
Beautiful color - but not for her.
Beautiful fabric - but not unless she's dancing or something. It's a shame that I can't tell if the dress is badly put together or if the uneven seems are the result of horizontal pleating.
The hair works.
The necklace is divine. If she was trying to do Empire-redux she should've gone with white satin. That, she can wear. Not oyster or whatever that is.
She looks like she just lost the potato sack race. This dress makes her look like a sausage. There is no curvature to her whatsoever, its very straight/square looking. Also, what is up with the seams/stitching? I mean that looks worse than the clothes I made for my dolls when I was a kid. She looks like Princess Buttercup's redheaded stepsister in that dress. I hope this was not an honest attempt at looking her best. I think it was either a deliberate attempt to hide a pregnancy or her true gender perhaps. She seems awfully mannish to me. She has a super manly jaw (not as bad as Minnie Driver) and man hands.
She looks fine to me! I think she's just that ype of woman who's tall and somewhat muscular. She's like Demi Moore. If you saw Charlie's Angel Full Throttle, you'll know what I mean. When Demi Moore got out of the sea with a two-piece bikini on, you can't find any curves in her waist..
The dress looks fine except for the wrinkles. I guess that other poster was right.. I think she got those wrinkles on her dress when she sat in her limo. My prom date got wrinkles like that when I was in HS.
And to the other poster.. no she's not barefoot.. Have you ever heard of "sandals"? ;) But I don't know about her being pregnant, though.