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In this terrifically unflattering ensemble, Deborah Gibson looks like some sort of smug flapper-hooker. And, hey, I read on her Web site that she considers herself "the traditional all-around entertainer"; in a way, that bespeaks "oldest profession in the world." I'm sure she'd sing "Foolish Beat" during the "encore" if you asked nicely -- and with those convenient slits in her skirt, it's really easy to slip her some currency.
I just have to share. I had the misfortune of attending "BROADWAY STARS ON ICE" with my mother in law in February, starring Deborah Gibson. That outfit she's wearing in that picture? It pales in comparison to what she was wearing at that show. She tottered out onto the ice wearing a pale pink bustier and spangled "skirt" that covered her ass, but showed a lot of old, skinny leg. It looked like something that Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke might have worn, if she were in Naples, FL, singing badly for rich old people.
Plus she was all "I was in Les Mis... (pause for applause... I know, thank you" ick.
The top part of the dress is not very flattering either. And I just noticed the nails, I'm not convinced that red was the best choice.
BUT the shoes look cute to me.
Where is her waist?
She looks like a rectangle.
Oh look, it's what tinkerbell would like if she turned goth, was on the down swing of her cocaine addiction and got really really bloated...
Good call, LROI. The whole fug screams Ice Capades. A gig she'd be lucky to get a year from now.
Fug on.
The bottom part of her dress looks like it was caught in the shredder a la Whoopie Goldberg in Jumpin' Jack Flash.
the bottom of her dress looks like dried up seaweed.
I agree that the shoes are cute! I like the ribbons and the rounded toe.
anyone else think she looks like an older, poorly-dressed Scarlett Johanssen?
I originally saw this and thought: What has Ashley Judd done now?
And, I was thinking that she looks like Faith Hill's little sister
She is going to be performing at this medium sized venue around the corner from my apartment. My own band has performed there, so it's a biiiig step down for Ms. Gibson. I wish the tickets weren't $30 because I want to stand in the back and scream "SING "SHAKE YOUR LOVE"!!" or even "SHOW US YOUR TITS....oh waitm you did that in Playboy already!"
What is up with the whole flapper craze in Hollywood right now?
omg I thought that was maya rudolph at first and all I can say is I'm so sorry I thought that, Maya.
In order to pull of that look she would have to have the Louise Brooks hairstyle, which she don't have ......therefore someone whisper in her ear.. ....WARDROBE CHANGE!
Hmm... Wholesome dominatrix... I like it.
Just kidding, she looks like puke.
Leo - yes, definitely. For the first half-second, I thought it was Scarlett, and I was all, yes! and finally! because I really dislike most of what she wears.
But this is pretty bad too. The skirt reminds me of those things you go through at the car wash, but with sparkles.
Leo, I second the Scarlett Johanssen call. It's her stunt double maybe? Or something? Because the name Deborah Gibson means nothing to me. I LOVE her shoes, but the rest of the outfit is completely deranged. That, and I'm really upset and confused by her waistless-ness. I know where it's supposed to be...it's just not there...
She looks like a fan art drawing, all out of proportion. Legs too short, waist too wide.
I think I wore something like that for a dance rehearsal...
in like third grade...
in the early 90's!
Ick!
eftsoons- you may not remember that Debbie Gibson --80's (how should I describe the music?) Pop Star wanted to grow up and be called Deborah Gibson -- cause now we all take her more seriously than when she was wearing 80's outfits.
She's got the Renee Zellweger "Botox" expression. And...doesn't everyone know by now that ankle straps do not, and I repeat, do NOT do anything to elongate the leg? Good God.
Can you believe she posed in playboy? i just saw it at a friends house!
Does anyone else think Debbie Gibson now bares a striking resemblance to Maya Rudolf as Donatella Versace in Saturday Night Live?
The sad part is that she's got kind of a cute face. I like her pouty lips, and that cute smile that's all "I'm having fun, but I've got a secret" without being all slutty with a faceful of teeth like... say... a Julia Roberts would be.
Geez. Just thinking about those horse teeth freaks me out. She could probably bite right through my skull to the brain inside.
Is this a joke? Was she caught coming offstage from her latest one-woman show "Clawing My Way Back," because otherwise I cannot understand the outfit.
The pose is terrible. Who tells these celebrities how to pose? She's standing there like, "Take the picture already!" Yeah. That's lovely. Really.
Oh, God. Eww. Is this the Flapper-On-Opium week? That dress isn't even VINTAGE..it looks like it was made out of scaly things..eww.
Olive Oyl finally decided to go blonde... and is really packing in the carbs.
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Honest to Maude, this getup is quite similar to a dance recital outfit I wore in 4th grade or so (which was early 80s). Not near as whorey, and the skirt was more like fringe, but damn.... gave me awful flashbacks to dancing in a high school auditorium with 11 other girls to "You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog".
For this alone, Debbo should be smited. Smote?
Smote.
It's been a long time since I've seen a movie about demented ventriloquists' dummies, and this photo made me realize how much I miss them.
Anyway, the moral of the story is, if you're going to plunder body parts -- like eyes, say -- you might want to steal them from the same corpse. That way they'll be the same size.
holy bowleggedness.
She's like those funny shimmering strips you tack onto the air-conditioner to know when it's blowing.
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It's someone's birthday in the office and they brought in this awful chocolate cake, so I will have to attribute my opinion to a sugar high and potential food poisoning. But the thing is... I really don't hate this. And I'm all about the hate. Sure, this is not the best take on the flapper look, but it is a fairly faithful representation (down to the sparkly headband, which is actually rather pretty on her). And yes, the carwash hem is not brilliant, but it's still in keeping with the whole flapper theme. And flapper dresses don't have to be vintage - there have been loads of designers who have been doing them lately.
As for her waist-less-ness and short-leggedness, I totally see waist there. She actually curves in quite nicely. And the legs are fine too - it is a below-the-knee dress after all, but you can definitely guess gams under it.
Yes, she is a sad 80's has-been who was never that good to begin with and who is now doing the Broadway where has-beens go to die... But really, she's not that bad at all. Oh yeah, one more thing: the shoes are pretty cute, but should've had a lower-cut vamp. That would help her legs look longer too
She looks like Laura Prepon -- except with a bad figure.
What happened to the body she had for that Playboy pictorial... guess it must have been all airbrushed.
Omigawd! I'm watching a rerun of "Bewitched" right now and Samantha is wearing the EXACT same dress as Miss Deborah. But Samatha's a witch, so what's Debbie's excuse?
That's not a real dress, it's a cheap Halloween costume she got in high school when all her girl friends and her went to that cute Steven's party as flappers.
Oh man, it's depressing seeing women my age and approximate weight attempting to be "sexy" in outfits that really require protruding hipbones and willowy legs. Come to think of it, what that outfit really requires is a blowtorch, but you get my point.
Incidentally I think that pose is meant to emphasize the fact that she does actually have nice shoulders & relatively high boobs. Ah, sun salutations, the last line of defence against your 30's...
I'm always scared when people refer to themselves as an "entertainer".
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Whatever shall I do? I have a party to go to and I have absolutely nothing to wear... Oh wait, I know! I'll just take one of these Glad bags and run it through my shredder. Wrapped around my waist, it'll look exactly like a skirt. No one will ever notice...
Sometimes this site really does make my eyes hurt.
The shoes are not cute. They emphasize her cankles and make her look bowlegged. The whole ensemble is just a mess.
the shoes ARE cute!
You know whats even sadder then this hideous outfit? The fact that she wore this to a breast cancer charity event. Dear Lord, aren't women supposed to have SOME kind of matronlike yet fashionable modesty for such a serious cause? Bleh, can't stand that Gibson woman, and I wish I could scrub those horrid naked pictures orf her out of my mind. Alas. >.
As real as it may seem, it was only in my dreams. ... oh shit, its real.
no NO NO NO Nanette!
Wouldn't it just be easier on us all if we pretended that this was a nice picture of Courtney Love?