(1) SOLANGE vs. (3) BAI LING
Here it is: The upstart top seed Solange versus the seasoned fug veteran and defending champion Bai Ling. And this woman is the definition of daunting competition:
But if anyone is well-positioned to beat Bai, it is THIS woman:
Here it is: The upstart top seed Solange versus the seasoned fug veteran and defending champion Bai Ling. And this woman is the definition of daunting competition:
But if anyone is well-positioned to beat Bai, it is THIS woman:
She might just be the embodiment of the storm cloud raining down on Bai's chances of a repeat. After all, as tough as this sort of fame-whoring is to defeat...
... Solange is similarly unafraid to expose her nethers:
And they both like to make statements with their legs.
[Right photo: Splash News]
Bai employs Band-Aids of Truth to communicate interplanetary messages of love and tolerance and glad tidings, while Solange picks tights with horses on them, clearly as a silent lamentation that City Slickers 3 is not on anybody's development slate. Personally, I never want either of them to change. But they can't both move on, either, so it's time to make like Sophie and choose.
Oh this is painfully difficult, because Solange is so damned sincere in her fuggery, but I must remain faithful to the nudist sprite. That gold dress she sort of wore haunts me. HAUNTS me. Also, that she can stun paparazzi strikes me as s super power. GO BAI!
Bai Ling for the win. While Solange makes bad choices, Bai Ling revels in hers. Also, remember her blog??
Bai just did not bring it this year. Those damn horsey tights cinched it for me.. SOLANGE FTW!
I wish they weren't in the same bracket. Toughest decision of the competition
Solange...only because Bai had a slow year and actually looked good from time to time.
Solange, definitely. Any woman her age (which is over 12, I do believe) who wears horsey tights is fug fug fug. Well, she isn't fug, she's quite cute, but her STYLE is fug.
Sweet Jebus, that is a good match up!
I love Solange to death, but she's gotta win it all!
I didn't expect the score to be this lopsided. But whatever, Bai has the strength of fug seasons past, but this year Solange really brought it. She's going to go allll... the... waaaaayyyy!
This is an impossible choice my darlings...
I'm honestly refreshing every 30 seconds I'm so excited.
Solange FTW too!!
VOTE SOLANGE!
I am dreaming of the showdown between Solange and SWINTON.
It will be the first time she's beaten Beyonce in something.
Second, she deserves it-this is a woman who has willingly colored her eyebrows GRAY. That is something special in my book.
Bai gave us the Band-Aids of Truth, but I find I must cast my vote with the Breathe-Right Strip of Righteousness. Solange FTW!
Solange has outfugged the master this year. There's a new sheriff in town, and she wears horses on her tights.
Wow, whoda thunk it?
The Bai is being beaten into the dust by a relative rookie to fug.
I'm not sure I understand the "whys" behind the votes.
If people are voting on true fugitude, then there is no way SWINTON can win.
I suppose this will be a challenge to The Bai to bring it on next year.
I can just see her blog now.
"Wonder fug voters, what delicious frockery I shall give unto you, as the year moves round and over. I will re-gain my throne, if and some then."
Besides the high-speed rail ballot measure from November, this was the hardest vote of my life.
I gotta go with Bai Ling. She has pulled off every type of fug there is: the plea for attention fug, too short/see-through trashy fug, weird leotard with outer pocket fug, and even the art fug SWINTON style on occasion. She has them all! I give the win for her range.
This is the real horserace of the entire bracket. Solange has had a banner year, and Bai has been just average fug.
I haven't read all the comment threads, but I gotta know -- have our delightful hostesses here agreed to create SWINTON. t-shirts? because I think there's a market. and a front-page notification would be great.
Bai Ling and the YELLOW BACKLESS SEE-THROUGH DRESS where she fully exposed herself and the camera guy almost was sick... That did it for me!
Word Claire!
SOLANGE vs SWINTON is becoming my dream made real :D
also
Bai...your lapse is but momentary...i love beautiful you but fugtacular you is wayy more entertaining
O my god! I voted for Solange too but I can't believe she's blowing Bai right out of the water! AMAZING.
All hail the new Queen - SOLANGE!!
Agonizing. Pro Solange: there are items in her outfits that - worn alone or with something else - might not be bad, and the same can never be said of Bai. Pro Bai: She's just sticking with her signature "Look at me - I'm a crack whore" style, whereas Solange is... I have no idea. Pro Solange: her hair is nice and looks normal and cute, whereas I want to shave Bai's annoying fringe off every time I see it.
Still deciding, I guess...
You can't make us choose between two equally crazy fugs! It's just too much to bear!!! Wish we could have co-champs. I must vote for Solange, since Bai seems to take great PRIDE in her extreme fugness. Can't encourage her insanity anymore!
Wow, that was hard. I chose Bai because she purposely piles on the wackadoo fug and revels in it. Be proud of your fug! Solange just seems kind of clueless and crazy.
Oh jeez, I'm starting to feel some March Madness regret. Maybe I should have gone for Solange.
Ah well, I know the best woman (ahem, alien) will win.
Trying to decide ... [head explodes]
If Solange had not pulled those hot pink horsey tights out of her bag of tricks at the last minute, it would have been Bai!!
Solange FTW!!!
I am truly a Baiphile, but I have to say her showing this year was weaker than last year. She will have to step it up a notch if she wants to compete against the likes of SOLANGE. The horsey tights clinched it.
Bai has had her day in the sun. Solange FTW!
This match-up is eHarmony perfect. Both are crazy, both are delightful, and both sometimes wear outfits that, while fug, also remind me of Saved-by-the-Bell in a sad but wonderful way (see pic 2 of Bai, pic 3 of Solange). In casting my vote, I feel a Mae West quote best sums up my feelings: "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before." Solange FTW!
Yellow backless dress with full boob exposure and a guy staring in mortified horror... COME ON PEOPLE, ITS THE ULTIMATE IN FUG!!! She actually thinks she sexy hot!!!! Solange just thinks shes cute... This should be closer! ARGHHHH
Solange and those horse tights....that seals the deal. Long live Solange as the fuggiest-fug!
For me, what makes Solange exponentially worse (and perhaps people NOT from Houston, TX, never bother to remember) is that she is someone's MOTHER. Seriously?
Maybe the horse tights were a test wallpaper pattern for baby Daniel?
Plus she OWNS this year. **Votes Solange**
From the get-go, I thought Solange would take this whole thing. Bai Ling just delights me with her fug, but Solange!!! Seriously, her wardrobe borders on mentally unstable. This is a cry for help people. I think living in Beyonce's shadow has finally pushed her over the edge.
Solange for the WIN!
This one was so dang hard! I almost couldn't choose. But in the end, I had to give it to Bai. I think poor Solange just got her fashion sense twisted around by her mother and otherwise seems to be a nice enough girl. But Bai has no designer-wannabe mother (that we know of), so I'm assuming she makes all her fashion decisions on her own.
Yippee! Finally people are voting for sincere fuggery instead of be-costumed fuggery. While Bai would win the World Title for wacky costumes, she KNOWS she's dressing horribly. And laughing at everyone who doesn't get the joke. Solange, on the other hand, sincerely thinks she looks HOT, and still reaches a stellar level of FUG. I don't know if she can take out SWINTON, but I can't wait to find out!!!
I'm just impressed at how happy they both look! Like "check me out! I look AWESOME!" They both get props from me for loving their fuggery. Hard choice, but in the end those tights closed the deal in Solange's favor.
I had to decide this one by SHOES. However cracked-out Bai's outfits might be, she usually has some reasonably cute shoes on.
Solange wore FETLOCKS.
Solange FTW.
I kinda think Solange is a little bit fabulous. But Miss Ling IS a total wackadoo and fun to watch. Tough choice.
I admit that I hesitated. It IS a hard choice but then I took a quick once-over of the photos and Solange just jumped out at me. Those crazy butterfly tights clinched it. SO I pressed the Solange button and was very pleased to see that I'm not crazy. Everyone reacted the same way. Welcome to your new home, Solange--superstar!
I not only voted for Bai Ling last year, I campaigned for her. I upbraided coworkers who were considering voting for anyone but Bai. And I take a fair amount of credit for her win. But I had to vote for Solange this time. The eyebrows, the tights, the shingled dress, the everything! Truly fugnacious! Bye bye, Bai. Better luck next fug!
I was going to vote for Bai in an act of ethnic solidarity, but a sense of justice came over me just in time, and I voted for the most deserving person. Bai just didn't cut it this year. Frankly, I'm surprised she even made it this far.
I think my brain is bleeding from having to decide this. But Ling is wack-a-do for wack's sake. Where I think Solange is trying, but isn't quite there yet.
My dream of a Solange/SWINTON final MUST be brought to fruition!!
Make like Sophie and choose! Priceless. Tough call, but Solange edged out Bai Laing. The side by side with the tights and the band aids might haunt me in my sleep...
Solange is the Cinderella of sartorial supremacy. Grey eyebrows FTW!
Bai Ling just did not bring it this year for me. Solange had the added fugness of her weird across-the-bridge-of-her-nose makeup which gave her an edge over Bai. Plus, that pink "dress" which is so clearly a top is so fugly. And why those green shoes with it? We have a clear winner!!
Wow, just...wow. I was so sure I'd end up voting for Solange. I mean, why does someone so pretty feel the need to dress so fugly? And what's with accessorizing with war paints and Breathe-Right strips?
Then I perused the archives. May 23, 2008. That sealed my vote for Bai Ling.
Bai did not bring her A game this year. She had way too many normal and attractive outfits in her archive.
This is a tough one. Solange gets my vote because I love the purple shoes Bai is wearing in the top photo.
I voted Solange on the strength of her black-and-white nails in the pink monstrosity alone.
Ohmygoshthisistoohard.
Solange tips the scale at the grey eyebrows... even Bai hasn't pulled that!
But Bai always looks cheap. Solange, while fug, at least looks like she brought her clothes in a store, instead of rummaging in fabric scrap bins and Vegas hoooker swapmeets.
But then Bai has had a couple of not-so-fug showings this year, so what is a girl to do?!?!?
I have to go back in the archives. This match-up is too good.
Now we're talking! Well done, everyone, for bringing it to this! Both extremely viable candidates for the win, but I voted Solange. She is our fug ingenue, our "Fug It" girl, so earnest in her attempts to please. So confident in her disastrously fussy choices. You go, Solange, bring it home!
People, really??? Do you remember the saddle-bag/but cheek outfit? Or the yellow sequined peek a boob number that left even a papparazzo agog? I implore you all, Bai's still got it -- it's us who have gotten de-sensitized to her shenanigans. She has no one to blame but herself, I guess (sigh).
That was a tough choice! But, after much serious consideration –– SOLANGE FTW!
Solange all the way. It's the fug mixed with a strong scent of Jan Brady desperation that kicks Bai Ling's fug, yet fabulous, bearing. It's that undefinable essence that cinches it
Bai Ling has ruined her chances by appearing in public dressed like an attractive woman with taste this year. Perhaps next year she'll leave the longer hems and more "traditional" clothes in her closet allowing her a second win. This contest is Solange's to loose.
Bai it is. The yellow dress and that black and while mini-romper deal with the booty butt cheeks showing??? Yeah, Solange has never gone that far into pure distastefulness. I was expecting to be convinced by Solange but I can't get past the un-requested ass viewing. Nope.
Wow my head hurts. This decision is so HARD! Bai, I love all 19 of you and your fresh, varying styles of fug but the pull of Solange's fug is so strong. Plus I relish a showdown between Solange and SWINTON.
Ditto Rosie, Solange and the Breathe-Right Strip of Righteousness FTW!!!!
They are equally fug, but Solange TRIES, whereas it comes effortlessly to Bai Ling. VOTE SOLANGE!
Separated at birth? O_o
I have to vote for Solange, Bai looked too GOOD too often this year. Like her Well Played from the SAG awards, gorgeous!
Last year - Bai. No contest.
This year? She showed up a few times actually looking really good.
Solange, however, has looked reliably F-to-the-UG every time she's been photographed.
Solange wins this round, and I have to wonder... will she take it all?
YES! I love these women. I went with Solange because, as Amy said, FETLOCKS. Freaking fetlocks people. However, I really don't care which one wins because I want to see more of them both. I want to be greeted by them every day as I leave my apartment. Can you imagine starting your day with a fresh, vibrant dose of their particular brand of fug every morning? It would be even better than coffee.
Garbage bag dress and seriously whacked-out purple monstrosity shoes! Yellow backless see-through dress thing! Band-Aids of Truth! Spider Woman cape...thing....
Solange (though very very fugtacular) at least wears things that resemble real articles of clothing. And might have a legitimate reason to be somewhere? Maybe?
Wow. I went into this assuming it would be Bai Ling, but Solange is turning it out. She's the Cinderella of this tourney.
wow, i really thought this would be closer...
This really is the fug matchup of the game. Two equal fame whores who probably think that they are fashion forward and avant garde but just reeeeek of desperation. I want to vote for both.
Solange to win it all!
Oh wow, what a battle... Though I love Bai with all my heart -- and helped propel her to victory last year -- I think that this year has just been too slow for her to justify ignoring Solange's ridiculous attempts to dress herself.
Solange vs. SWINTON... think of the carnage...
I dutifully cast my vote for Solange using the same criteria I always use:
Rather than rationalize to myself that some items are salvageable if styled differently- they weren't styled differently!- or telling myself, "Yes, it is an assault, a crime against all who see, but is almost pulled off by natural beauty/innate fabulous/joy joy joy," I ask myself, if forced to wear each outfit in its entirety and walk 5 city blocks to buy a coffee, would I not fight with every fiber of my being to avoid one person's choices more?
I would traipse happily along in the wolverine-shredded gold dress with "how YOU doin'?" written on my knee bandaids rather than risk institutionalization with the rain cloud and pony tights and Star Trek makeup visor! And as obsessed as I am with the ethereal and talented SWINTON, her spangled hip sling tux would cover everything but my makeup-free face! People would SEE me!
Long comment, I know, just thought I'd share my decision making trick with everyone. Joyful, costume, tacky, trashy fug...in the end, I just consider which outfits would actually NOT be preferable to death. Picture the pained looks of the children! Scandalized mothers! Terrified hobos!...
Wow, I'm not surprised Solange is winning, but I am kind of shocked by the margin! I had to vote for her too, though ... if it was still based on all-time Fug, I think Bai would be a much stronger contender, but going on the past year alone, Solange has her outfugged by a mile. Bai even had a couple of "well-playeds" if I remember right!
I have to go with the lesser Knowles. She managed to pack all her GFY appearances into the past 12 months, while Bail, on the other hand, was relatively tame since her win last year. Sure there are some monstrocities out there for Bai, but nothing like her fugness of yesteryears. ;)
Ahhhhhh!!! I really really wanted to vote for Solange, because I hate the 'House of Derion' or whatever it's called that Beyonce and Solange dress up in, but after looking at both of these ladies stuff this year, I had to go with Bai Ling. That black and white thing that was just panties in the back sealed it. Sorry House of Derion! There's always next year!
Solange V SWINTON will be the toughest choice I will ever have to make. I sincerely hope that is a battle I will get to see. sigh.
I agree with other fuggers though, Bai has let herself down by appearing semi decent in public this year. Solange on the other hand, BRINGS IT.
i just feel like it's time for a passing of the torch to the younger generation...
This is Solange's year. Bai just wasn't up to her usual standard. Solange needed some air time, and the pony shoes and some of the other shenanigans just make her my pick.
For the horse tights alone...
This was THE best part of my entire day... let's crown us a new fug queen
The match-up I've been waiting for; computer problems be damned!
Yes, I supported Bai all the way to Fug Madness victory last year but she had met her match in Solange. Poor little Solange wanting so hard to come out of Beyonce's shadow and the only way she could do it was to outfug her. I hear your cry Solange and I answer it with a vote for your fugness.
This is your moment to shine, Solange. Shine on my lovely fugtress, SHINE ON.
Solange is the new Bai ling!!
Are we looking at a Solange Vs. SWINTON final? Because that would be an awe inspiring juxtaposition of madness, talent, fug and over-extended wardrobe budgets.
There's a new sheriff in town, and her name is Solange! The Queen is dead, long live the Queen!
I vote Solange, because her mother is a designer, and you'd THINK she'd know better...
OMG, People! The BLOGGGGGGGGGGG. Bai Ling's blog should make her score so much higher...
these two are just attention-whores and don't deserve any of our time. we should be ignoring them the way the fug girls refuse to give lady gaga an archive.
I had to go for Solange because, unlike Bia whose sartorial choices are all about getting attention, Solange seems to actually think she looks good. Delusional fantasies FTW!
I had to go with Solange this time, because Bai has at least TRIED to dress normally on occasion...I'm not sure I've ever seen Solange in anything resembling normal.
A match up for the ages! I must go with Solange. I agree, Bai is deliciously fugly, but she just didn't bring it this year the way Solange has.
I wish we could comment all the time, I am loving reading these!
I had to go for Solange this year. I think she may be the new queen of fug.
Yes, Bai Ling is a batshitcrazyslutbag (tm), but that wouldn't stop me from being her gay arm-candy--so long as our skin never actually touches.That would be gross.
Although she is a bit rapey, she has loads of what could be called 'personality'.
Solange, however, is a frightening specimen.
She is nothing but a Nickelodean version of her sister who happens to pillage the poor box near Bjork's Manhattan apartment.
*sobs, unable to choose*
I don't know why, but the pink animal tights were the tipping point for me.
Well played, Solange.
I voted for Solange b/c I'm genuinely horrified by her clothes. Bai, though, I love. I guess she is in the SWINTON category or celebrating fuggery.
Maybe I made a mistake. This is HARD.
This was so amazingly difficult. Solange really played the fug well this year. I seriously thought about picking her. However, as she has managed to keep her nipples out of my eyes, something Bai has not done, I had to let her pass and go with Bai.
I have been with since the Peldons (who need to show up again, i am dying for the Peldons) and I must say it was the comments that made my vote this round. Ya'll are right Solange did bring it harder and stronger overall. I feel guilt for letting Bai go this time.
I have been with since the Peldons (who need to show up again, i am dying for the Peldons) and I must say it was the comments that made my vote this round. Ya'll are right Solange did bring it harder and stronger overall. I feel guilt for letting Bai go this time.
Hmm... I'm surprised by Solange's current blow out. Maybe all the Bai supporters are unable to cast a vote during normal business hours, but I find that implausible. Maybe everyone's just over seeing people's nethers. It really isn't that shocking. This year's fug is all about nightmarish collisions of fabric and/or, in a complete 180, completely engulfing your body with fabric and dead muppets/giant stones (a la Tilda, who is my vote to go all the way) so that no one's even sure you're a woman. Way to get us out of the gutter, Fug Contenders! I know we still get a glimpse of gaga now and again from some of this year's top contenders, but just going pantsless can't ensure you a victory. You've got to give it that extra something.
Solange's horse tights were that extra something for me. Well played!
Bandaids, people. BANDAIDS!
Solange's really put the effort in, but Bai Ling really BELIEVES in herself. That rocks, y'all.
I'm going with Solange. Such a dedicated, all-out effort needs to be rewarded. Bai kind of took it easy this year -- like when you know if you study, you can get a 99 but if you don't you'll get an 86 and you settle for that.
And c'mon, Solange has to be better than Beyonce at =something=. And this is all I can come up with.
See, it still comes down to the fact that I think Solange thinks she looks good while Bai is all in it for the attention. While I don't think she is necessarily cognizant of the concept of "toungue in cheek" she is certainly wearing the crazy.
Only someone with the fuggery skills of Bai Ling could take a trash bag and make it look that skankified.
Solange is winning...
Solange is winning...
Nannie, nannie boo-boo.
I am sorry for the juvenile outburst.
Forgive me.
But...
Ha ha on YOU, Bai!
Solange is winning...
Nannie, nannie boo, boo!
At first, I read that last line as make like Sophia and choose. It made me wish for a cheesecake option ...
Wow. I really can't believe I'm saying this, but Ling looks almost..... fine/normal compared to Deranged Solange. What contest in hell would lull me into such a thought? Only the incomparable Fug Madness! Fug on, Fug Girls!
This is the Fugphie's Choice for the competition . . . my head says Solange, but my heart says Bai.
I choose my heart . . . but it look like a number of people made the rational decision and went with the person who truly WAS all things fug this year.
Can we do Bai the honor of calling the Fug Madness Trophy The Bai Ling?
don't they always say if you know you're crazy, you're not..??
bai ling totally flaunts how crazy she is, while poor sweet solange really HAS NO IDEA. she needs to be raised from the soup of unconsciousness...to the top of a float in the fugly parade.
she so deserves to be the tiara-d, waving queen.
Oh man, can you imagine SWINTON and Bai Ling together for cocktails? Bai Ling actually looks like Swinton's bizarro junior handmaiden sometimes: where Bai is carefree and demi-nude and colourful, Tilda is like the Queen Mum. She's completely nuts, but with an obvious tone and theme to the clothes.
I want them to get their own planet, where they can boss around fuggers-come-lately like Lady Gaga, Solange and Aubrey O'Day, who dilute the delicious and crazy by making it skanky and weird.
Finally, fug justice! I've been fighting losing battles (Lady Gaga getting beaten? SWINTON having the term "fug" applied in her general direction?) and I thought this face-off was going to be another one. At least one Knowles is still in the running! Because really, Bai is just bringing the same old Bai fug... Solange is Fug for a new generation!
SOLANGE has to win, can you only imagine how she will decorate her throne (pink and green stripes, with black plastic fur lining and horse feet), before sitting on it proudly? Sorry for all SWINTON supporters, but SHE would just somersault over the throne elegantly and disappear into her own world, where she reigns as the indiscussed style queen,
a real SWINTON fan
Okay.
A confession.
Given the choice, I would totally be Bai Ling for a day or a lifetime or so. I mean, she looks insane but (1) the clothes usually fit and (2) she looks like some sort of alien goddess. Which I think she played on an episode of "Angel." Something like that.
Solange? Given the choice I would swaddle her in a plain, black t-shirt and whisper,"There, there. See? It's not so bad. Doesn't this feel better?"
It's time for Bai Ling to be unseated by a Knowles girl. If it can't be Beyonce, it might as well be Solange. Bye bye Bai!
SOLANGE FTW! Pink horsey tights and fetlocks...no further explanation is needed. Now if only SJP would loan her those cloven-toe monstrosities - I'm sure she could find an occasion to wear all three at once!
Solange FTW! No one can look like Big Bird in so many different colors/fabric combos. Basement-baby is Tina Knowles' guinea pig, cuz Beyonce ain't gonna wear House Of Dereon unless she has to. Like for mother's day. Besides being oblivious to her fashion heinousness, So-Know has a MAJOR 'tude! Which makes it even funnier!! C'mon, this will be the only thing she wins. Ever.
Go Solange, go!!! I'm counting on you!
Bai Ling is certainly a Hall of Famer, but Solange has really come out of nowhere to have some astonishing Achievements in Fug this year.
Bai will have to stage a daring comeback next year. I have no idea how she's going to do it, but I am looking forward to new horizons in Fug.
As much as it pains me to defy the Band-Aids of Truth, I find that Bai just went too normal, too often this year, thus displaying a lack of commitment. She almost saved herself with the last-ditch Making Out With Mickey Rourke Exponential Fug Increase Maneuver, but for me, it was too late to catch up with the meteoric trajectory of Solange "Go Fug or Go Home" Knowles.
Bring on Solange v. SWINTON!!!
Oh come on people. Nobody is worse than Bai Ling. Yall are just tired of her winning. Solange may be eclectic, but Bai Ling is just wrong, ALL THE TIME.
BALLZ!! NONE of my picks are making it to the Final Four!! HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE NOT BE VOTING FOR BAI????
Bai Ling set the bar high with her win last year, but her fug this year didn't quite measure up. Looks like this is Solange's year to go to the finals!
Bai Ling, in her own words (3/21/2009): I just fallowed with many delightful vivd spirits in the air, maybe it was my little mini skirt spirits came out playing with me, they are very mischeviuse, sometimes they really lead me astrea, but surprise in a pleasant and crazy way
Bai Ling is consistant to shows of extreme fug.
but Solange as a newcomer stunned us all by dyeing her eyebrows grey. pure fuggin' genius.
This was a hard one. I never dwell in the grey with all things fuggery. Every matchup thus far I knew within three seconds who my choice was. It was always so clear. But these ahem...ladies brought mad game. I had to go back several times to review the offensive ensembles. I may have to go home early from work today. I'm spent and my head hurts It's too much!!!! I went with Solange. Bai Ling, Bai Ling fear not. You will always have a place in the Hall-of-Fame Fugdom so grevious were your fug offenses. That and there's always next year.
Gray eyebrows beats more of the same from Bai Ling... Go Solange! SWINTON for the win!
So hard to choose but Bai actually looks cute in outfit #2. Cannot say the same for anything Solange is wearing. Yikes.
This was a really hard choice! In the end I chose Solange, because she's just pure fug, whereas I'm starting to think Bai Ling is actually a very avant-garde public art sculpture.
Having to pick between those two, I think my head just exploded.
I'm starting to get a warm and tingly feeling thinking of the SWINTON vs Solange finale. Freakishly AWESOME. Dear sweet Jesus it would be sweet. I am fearsome of the trannies who will be waking soon to vote for Bai Ling - Queen Bai Ling. Dare I hope?
Solange wins hands down. Nothing she wears ever goes together! Her hair/makeup/top/bottom/shoes all look like she just threw any old thing together. She also doesn't know when to stop accessorizing. Bai wears the most revealing outfits, but there is not this grotesque clash of style/color you get with Solange.
BAI HAD EXPOSED BOOBS IN PUBLIC!!!! NOT JUST NIPPLES, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HER BOOB!!! I shudder at the thought, just like the camera guy did...
I see Solange is ahead in this bracket- really hoping she goes all the way since my girl Juliette Lewis was knocked out by that skanky Love broad.
Bai has had her day in the sun- it's time for new younger fug to shine. Go all the way Solange.
Something has changed. I have been staring into the light of Bai Ling for too long. When I saw that first picture up there, I thought, "I want those purple shoes."
I feel strange. And I have to vote for Solange.
Bai is wack, but she's last year's wack. Message Band-Aids are soooo pre-bailout (unless, perhaps, she made them economically savvy -- but something tells me Bananas Bai won't). And her Pose Foot is seriously gonna get stuck like that ... to say nothing of her face.
Solange, on the other hand, just grabs the fug and rocks it hard. Horsey tights: GO! Raspberry layer-cake jacket thingie: DA, comrade! Crazy feather ... um, sweater shrug with glitter strings: YES, sweetie darling! It's her parade and she'll rain all over it!
Here's to fugly fresh. Here's to Solange.
Bai's Band-Aids of truth moved me, people....moved me! I love that girl.
I had to vote for Solange. Toughest decision yet, but Rosanne's comment won me over: "Solange...only because Bai had a slow year and actually looked good from time to time."
Yep, I have to agree - Bai actually looked normal a couple of times. I never saw even a glimpse of that with Solange. And she has no STYLE! At least Bai has her own style.
I can't believe I said that.
Wow... I'm kind of glad Solange is winning, but I had to fug Bai because she just looks so crazy/trashy, whereas Solange still has the innocence of youth on her side.
Solange and SWINTON- on to the final fug throwdown!
Bai was not worthy of the Fug win last year and she is not worthy of it this year. The Sev was robbed last year. Yes, I still am not over it, such injustice can not be forgotten in a mere 365 days. Plus, Bai is seriously off her rocker, we must take pity on the mentally deranged.
Since Beyonce is no longer in the competition, Solange will have to suffice for now.
Those who are rooting for SWINTON for the win don't know what fug is and have no true appreciation of SWINTON or fug. They should be ashamed of themselves. SWINTON rocks her outfits and is a demi-god. We mere mortals must admire her from afar and not bother her with these earthly trifles.
Please refer to FAQ portion of this website to get an explanation of Fugly straight from Jessica and Heather......
"Fugly, however, is a self-inflicted state, and no one seems to excel at dwelling in the depths of fug quite like pretty people with money to spare and little sense of how to spend it. Celebrities are always skipping around in public wearing things that are phenomenally perplexing; as these red-carpet dwellers are often considered trendsetters or bastions of Hip Present and Hip Future, we like to take them to task for careless choices."
That statement nails true fuggers such as Beyonce, Mischa Barton, The Sev, J Lo, Madonna, Posh, etc. (those that have the means but fails miserably in the execution). Their fug is unintentional. Fame/Attention-Whores who want to show their female parts (Lady Gaga, Phoebe Price, Paris Hilton, Speidi, Peldons, etc.) and mentally unstable people (Courtney Love, Bai Ling, Mickey Rourke, etc.) are not true fuggers and should not be considered. Unintentional fashionista fug always trumps deliberate look-at-me fug.
Sorry to be so long-winded. Thanks to anyone who read it all.
Wow. Bai is takin' a beating. And I justed threw in a good swift kick by voting for Solange. The fug is fresher.
I love the ongoing attempts to define & delineate TRUE fug. I think it's a necessary enterprise, I really do.
In this case, I had to go with Solange because I am still trying to figure out who the hell Bai Ling is. I know her ONLY through this site. It seems to be her sole purpose in life. Which is cheating, if you ask me.
Solange has a day job. (I know, I know: I looked Bai up. She's an "actress." I remain unconvinced.)
Bai is (good)crazy and this reflects in her bizarre clothing choices.
Whereas I feel that what Solange wears really is just a cry for attention.
Does mrs Knowles make all her colthes as well as Beyonce's? This could explain alot. Just waiting for S to wear uber tight hotpants out really...
Nancy @ 3:06pm- You actually make the case for SWINTON right there in the recitation of what fug is- who could deny that SWINTON is a celebrity (I wouldn't necessarily use the word skipping for her, but...) skipping around in public wearing something that is phenominally perplexing- truly a pretty person with money to spare, and seemingly no idea how to spend it. What makes her so fab at the same time is that she is so regal about her self and her clothing choices.
It's on mo fos!
Solange all the way. It's time for a new sheriff in Fug Town.
Solange deserves credit for really forging ahead this year as an Icon of Fug, despite her being virtually unknown only a year ago. You have to respect girls who can build themselves up from almost nothing like that. It's like a modern Cinderella story.
Bai - because those bandaids get on my last nerve.
I'm not voting in this one--it's too hard. Solange has been much worse this year, but I can't bring myself to vote against Bai!
It's moot, since just like I knew last year belonged to Bai, this year is SWINTON all the way. But I voted for Solange, because those are some atrocious flouncy outfits -- So many of them seem to be growing some sort of parasitic fringe. I get itchy just looking at them.
Bai, easy.
I was thinking maybe Solange until you showed the pink coat/dress as evidence for the prosecution. I love that. Yes, she should we wearing pants, but c'mon. It's awesome. Its like she's a flower with really cool leafy shoes.
The only one who could beat Bai's bandaids is Solagne, that's for sure. I'll bet Bai will be back in strong competitive mode next time around.
Awww, heeelll naww. There's no way this upstart outfugs Bai! THE Bai! As in, Bai-Bai, underpants. As in, Bai-pedal Band-Aids. As in auto-Bai-ography, which we are all dying to read.
You'll always be #1 to me, Bai.
Bye, Bai! Better luck next year!
Kisses,
Elfrieda
This was a tough one. Bai is totally out there; she revels in it, and her crazy style is part of her very DNA, I think. But Solange is putting some real thought into being kookie. I had to stick with Bai out of sentiment, but Solange couldn't have been a more worthy competitor and I predict she will reign supreme this year!
PONY TIGHTS
Come on - Bai's been doing this for YEARS! She's an old pro, and looks like one. Bai for the win.
Bandaids?
We ain't got no bandaids.
We don't need no bandaids!
We don't have to show you any stinkin' BANDAIDS!!!!!
Solange rules.
Yes, well. Point taken, Sharon.
However, I have been considering the suggestion offered by My Other Pants Are Fug for hours, and now it's really in my head. My skirt hits above the knee ... they sell Band-Aids downstairs ...
I swear to God, people. I'm going to do it.
"How YOU doin'?" Both knees.
Craptastic.
Although Bai Ling's body of work is, in my opinion larger than Solange's, this is all about Fug Madness for this year. Solange has put forth quite the effort to earn the title this year. Bai has had her moments but overall, Solange out-fugs this year.
ACK ACK ACK ACK.
That hid-eee-oous magenta thing on Solange. It's embiggening and yet it is too small. It is a masterpiece of fug.
Bai's clothes are all so ugly. And they just are bizarre and weird. Solange's at least look sort of fancy, even if crazy fancy.
nancy @ 3:06 p.m. -
i TOTALLY agree with you; that's why i made my comment at 11:57 a.m. i'm upset that chloe was ousted so soon, too (though i think posh should have won last year). solange, though, is just as much "look-at-me" fug as bai ling.
here's a solution, a fug madness next year with 4 specific brackets:
1. "look-at-me" fuggers
2. young & misguided
3. from weird to crazy
4. self-proclaimed/wannabe fashionistas
there are only a few people in the running this year who don't fit into any of those categories. but if people are broken into those brackets, we won't give too much attention to too many fuggers of the same type, ESPECIALLY not the attention-whores.
I'm so happy to see that Solange is winning.
Bai might be nutty, but over the past year she has shown surprisingly good taste on more than one occasion. The same cannot be said for Solange, whether she's dressed casually or dressed for a performance.
SOLANGE. 'Cause her expression is always super sweet and clueless, she has no idea how fug she is and therefore for her to win it all would be pure poetry.
I voted for Solange because of that amazing hairy, tinselly, muppet coat. I think Go Fug Yourself should adopt it as the official GFY mascot.
The toughest competition so far. I could not wait to wake up everyday to see who's next.
From Indonesia with Love
Thank you fug girls!
noooooo! bai!
SO.HARD. I just had to pick Solange this year. She is...HORRENDOUS. Sometimes, at least, Bai looks cute? Maybe she just didn't up the ante enough this year. I'm still sad to vote against her; she's awesome.
Solange. If she wins, I think this will be the highest honour she will ever receive.
How can Bai be losing? She is the definition of fug itself!
I voted for So-long-e and had no regrets because of the THUNDERCAPEOFDOOM(complete with raindrops)....without quite being sure why, but myotherpants hit it on the head.
I would dumpster dive behind a Goodwill proudly before I'd walk around looking like that, and I lived through grunge.
BasementBaby Knowles is just operating out of desperation to be noticed. That's pathetic fug, but it's not awe inspiring.
Bai is from another world. Like others have said, she truly believes in herself, and she even tries to communicate her dream state through bandaid art.
I'll never forsake you Bai, certainly not for some desperado Jan Brady reboot.
nice! solange deserves this one! i do love me some bai, but she's had her time and with the new rules, her year doesn't compare to solagne.
i heard solange was a singer and just played a show at sxsw which is a big music event, but i hadn't ever heard her sing a note, until today. due to my curiosity and the wonderful powers of the interweb, i just found that i do not like her music in the least.
Solange FTW. She has access to stylists so she should know better. I'd like to think Bai is out there all alone making her choices based on what is handy at the time.
I just feel sorry for Solange...in so many pics she looks sad. "Poor me (sigh)." So I don't know if I should vote for her out of pity. Would it make her feel worse about herself if she won, or if she lost? That's it, she's just...lost. I will vote for her and maybe she'll find her way. Embrace the FUG, follow in Bai's footsteps and revel in her fugliness. Yes, Solange, you CAN do it. You CAN get the attention you deserve. So what if it's for horse tights and bird clothes. Beyonce WHO.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO! How can Solange be winning?! Bai forever!
I meant to vote for Solange, I really did. And then I saw the crazy blue shoes Bai was wearing beneath the weird crumpled black dress with the strange upper-ribcage cutout. And I had to vote Ling for old times' sake, even if she *has* looked like an earthLing a couple of times this year.
Solange is a worthy winner of this round, though. I can't begrudge her. I mean, fetlocks? Genius. FUG genius.
Second the motion for a SWINTON t-shirt! Would buy one in a nanosecond. This choice was so hard. Am a RABID (RABBBBBBID) Bai Ling fug-fan, but Solange just... I mean... I had to.
Once again, Solange is wearing that same damn belt! I take back my previous semi-approval. It is not cool enough to wear nearly that often.
I wish Bai Ling and Solange were two characters on PASSIONS who found out that they are actually not only mother and daughter but half-sisters from the future as revealed by the floating head of Adrian Zmed.
They are both sort of fug geniuses. This is a tough one.
I don't think Bai has been doing as well this year. I measure her success by the amount of times I realize she has a hint of nipple exposed.
The Band-Aids are unbeatable.
I can usually see where Bai Ling is headed stylistically, even if it's a really crazy place, but Solange... her "clothing" is such a random collection of peculiar objects; it elevates her wardrobe to an almost otherworldly class.
I can usually see where Bai Ling is headed stylistically, even if it's a really crazy place, but Solange... her "clothing" is such a random collection of peculiar objects; it elevates her wardrobe to an almost otherworldly class.
Tough match up! It came down to the gray knit cap on the runway vs. the pink horsey tights. I'm afraid I had to go with Solange. It might have turned out differently had the knit cap been some whacked-out color...or made of a dead animal or a disco ball of bike reflectors. As it stood, it was just too conventional to take on the ponies!
It has to be Solange - Bai knows whats she's doing and costumes up for fun. Poor Solange is just , well, fugly -clothed
My thoughts as I looked through these pictures: "Bai? Solange? Who to choose? Good lord, that's awful. Wait, Solange looks even worse. Ack, put that away, Bai Ling! Oh dear, Solange is wearing a dress constructed entirely of gigantic rose petals. This is a very difficult decision to..."
(Pause while last two pictures sink in)
"Solange's legs look like Circus Animal cookies. Right then."
P.S. "It's embiggening and yet it is too small" made me giggle.
Who MADE the disintegrating muppet that's hitching a piggyback ride with Solange? And who gave the poor child that giant bottle of Eau de Desperation?
I love Bai to pieces, but I really want Solange to win it this year. Bai has the statue in her closet - Solange would be a rival worth going up against again next year. Have to keep these fuggers on their toes!
Bai ling is horrible and shouldn't be encouraged. WHAT DOES SHE EVEN DO?
NOES!!! It pains me to see out favorite scary nudist sprite losing in such an epic fashion! Really people?! Solange clearly thinks whatever she's wearing is fabulous, much like her older sis. But Bai? Bai knows what she is wearing is fug to the fuggiest degree and revels in it. How could you voters?
oh nooo... bai ling is losing to solange, that is unfair! bai ling for ever! solange is crazy for sure, but nowhere near her BaiLee-ness!
"sol-angel" (as she calles herself, tee-hee) for the mother-luvin' win, yall!! bai ling has a legacy, she will never be forgotten.
lovin' the comments, btw :)
I just can't bring myself to NOT vote for Bai Ling!
Re Weyes at 5.11 pm
I really like the idea of your categories: and for me it would cover the brilliance that is SWINTON while not contaminating her with the horror of Lady GaGa or Katy Perry.
Fug girls I love your site, especially when Heather channels JLo.
I too can't wait to see the latest in Fug Madness, from Australia with love.
Bai Ling, it seems, is SO last year. Solange's patterned tights take the fug cake..
OH, SOLANGE TAKES THIS! She finally beats Beyonce at something!
I agree, Bai is so 2008.
As an early poster said, "Bai gave us the Band-Aids of Truth, but I find I must cast my vote with the Breathe-Right Strip of Righteousness. Solange FTW!"
Argh I'm late!
But wow. seriously. wow. I thought this would be a closer match.
No one will EVER replace Bai Ling in my heart but I had to vote for Solange. WHAT was that? It looked like lamp fringe.
I went with Solange, because she's another example of the sort of person who really believe's she's fashion-forward and cutting edge, but infact just looks desperate to break out of her sibling's shadow (Minogue sisters anyone?).
Bai Ling simply wasn't present enough this year. To remain a top fug while apparently holding no other job, you have to be in my face much more often.
Solange for the win here.
I'm so sad Bai Ling didn't make it to the finals..