Unfug It Up: Diane Kruger

Make the waist a straight line; as it is, it makes her look pregnant.

Get rid of the sleeves and fix the fit of the bodice. I don't know what to do about the epaulets. They're weird, but at least they're interesting, and the dress might be kind of boring without them.

Huh... Remove the lace, lower the pearls and pleats on the skirt to an even line around her waist. Let the boobs breathe. Add sexier shoes?
Ah, well, I really appriceate UnFug it up :)

Ditch the white things on the shoulders
Make the bodice a tad bigger
Stand up straight, woman!

I weirdly like the epaulets. I think...I'd make it sleeveless, but leave the epaulets as a kind of de-facto cap-sleeve? And let the bodice out a wee so it fits her better. I love the shoes. The whole thing is very Maid Marian.

Put on a different dress. Otherwise, I agree with changing the waist line. My first thought was that Pacey was going to be a father.

Different little black dress, keep the shoes. Hell, wear just the shoes, it couldn't be worse than this.

LOVE the shoes so she needs to come up with something that compliments them. She seems to be going for girly innocent today so I would suggest she pair them with a strapless column dress in a soft black and layered antique gold tone chain necklaces with pretty charms to break up the Lolita look or a pearl choker- maybe with a black cameo. Get the hair lifted a little- that blond looks home done, add some volume- just a touch more bounce and CRACK A GRIN!!

... I have to say this, woman to woman but if I were shagging Pacey Witter, I would have a permanent Cheshire Cat grin. What's with the sad eyes? You're in a big, new film, getting paid heaps (and saving a bunch too since you don't seem to have a stylist) and getting groiny with one of the hottest men in Hollywood. Look like it for GAWD sakes...

...aaaaand breathe...

Lower the pearl waistline to her natural waist, make it sleeveless, definitely loosen the bodice a bit... and maybe take a bit of the pleating out of the skirt.

And add higher shoes without a strap.

And some red lip stain for just a tad more color to her face. Sheer color, though.

Pacey had better be the father! If you cut away the lace over her chest & made the sleeves cap-length (oh yes, & made the waist straight), you'd have yourself an adorable cocktail dress.

Her armpits look painful.

If it was fitted in the skit and less tight up top it would be fine.

The accent at her waist needs to cut straight across her natural waist rather than dipping down in the back. The bodice needs to be looser on the sides and tighter in the front with maybe a sweetheart neckline. Get rid of the epaulets and the seams at the shoulders, and I think we're in business.

Except, smile, for goodness' sake. You're dating Pacey - you have a lot to smile about.

The second I laid eyes on those shoes, I fell in love. They are beautiful. I think because of the strength of the shoes, Kruger could just lose the white shoulder detail and we would be in business. Albeit a business that caters to octogenarians.

Get rid of all the lace (sleeves, etc), turn those epaulets into sun-dress straps, leaving the little bit of cap sleeves, let the girls breathe, widen the belt and straighten/lower where it hits. Shoes are fine, if uninspired.

She looks so uncomfortable in this. I'd ditch the whole thing except the shoes and start over.

I don't think this dress can be fixed: unflattering waistline, unflattering length, weird-ass sleeves that she was probably tugging at all day ... oh, and the metallic bead work belongs on a Christmas tree. All that being said, she's still gorgeous and regal, and I definitely took a break from work to do a google image search for her yesterday.

I actually think it looks pretty good just as it is. Her hair is awesome here. I guess my one suggestion would be to move the waist down some and make it straight.

Christmas tinsel has got to go. Either drop or raise waistline. Straighten bow legs using wider heel, as subject clearly hasn't mastered stilettos. Are they epaulets, or are they cardboard packing-inserts from drycleaners or Asiatic shipping container?

The dress MIGHT work if all the white nonsense and epaulets. MIGHT.
The shoes are horrible.
I think an entire overhaul may be necessary.
And is it just me, or is she looking rather robotic in that picture?

Ditch the neck, shoulder, and belt regalia and lace sleeves. The fit isn't great at the bodice, either. Grab a hot pair of Giuseppe Zanotti's, and... who am I kidding? This just doesn't work at all. It’s just fug. Ditch the whole thing!

I don't REALLY love this, but every time I see Diane Kruger I adore her a little more - which is weird because I've never seen any of her movies. I think it's all in that mancessory she has, a one Joshua Jackson.

Oh dear. Diane doesn't seem to have remembered to take all of her armor off. Or perhaps she's anticipating having to protect her shoulders. Bad. Bad. Bad. Bad dress, bad shoes, pretty girl, pretty shoes, pretty make-up.

Well, shoot. Now I can't think of anything except how I would look in a fur turban, and where I can pick one of those babies up. Diane will just have to figure out how to unfug her silly dress all by herself, dammit!

I agree that the dress and hair can't be saved. Maybe Diane's getting tired of the press junket as well, because her dress and hair look like she's going to a junior high school dance (back in the 70's when we dressed like this! lol...) I think she needs a vacation w/ the always awesome Pacey asap!!

I think this one could be fixed really easily. Nix the epaulets, make it like three inches shorter to avoid the slight matronly vibe, and MAKE IT FIT. I know she can afford clothes that don't smoosh her and give her armpit burn. I really like the lace and the shoes. With just a few small adjustments, this could go from awkward to lovely and sophisticated.

I MUST HAVE those SHOES. No, I mean, seriously. Must. Or die trying.

Loosen the bodice, lose the epaulets. Smile for the cameras, go home and call it a day. Baste, if you will. See what I did there?

I heart the shoes! She should change the dress for a raspberry shantung cap-sleeved coctail dress with beading detail. And keep the hair.

It's the fit and cut of this dress I don't care much for.

I kind of like the pearls about the neck and even the epaulets, but I think they might belong to a more structured "alien-invasion/Atlantean queen" dress and not this pseudo-maternity cut.

So...natural waist (no pearls) on a more fitted straight dress? I don't know what to do about keeping the epaulets and neck pearls (without which the dress does bore me completely) 'cause I'm not sold on the lace sleeves.
In the end, I have solved nothing.

I don't even like the shoes. If I were Diane, I'd ditch the whole thing, run home and Google "Cate Blanchett" and "little black dress," then go buy whatever Cate's wearing.

NateXXX, I love you! Groiny? I predict that by the end of the day, I will have used that so much that I'll owe you money.

OK, sorry for the derail; back to business:

I'm sold on the epaulets. So let's lose the sleeves and all the see-through parts, refit the bodice (because, srsly? Did your mom sew this?) and box pleat the skirt. Accessorize (do I always say that?) with a pretty bracelet and a nice clutch purse. Change her hair and makeup: dramatic eye? no. Hair up? yes. A little lip color? yes, please.

Better?

The sleeves are the fug. T actually like the fit of the dress, she looks like a fancy maid at a kitsch party. She needs to get rid of half the top: lace stinks in this dress. As for her face and hair, two tumbs up. She could do something about the shoes, like throwing them away, for example.

keep hair and shoes, change everything in between. she's the kind of woman who makes a plain LBD look smashing- so sally forth and do that, Kruger!

Ugh. That is not flattering. Where's Josh?

My biggest complaint about the dress is the weird belt placement. It makes it look as though she is pregnant.

Attach the beaded belt to the hemline and maybe you could save it. Give it more of the baby doll look rather than the "I'm having your baby, doll" look.

You know, I just can't say anything critical. When it comes to comparing her to the Lohans, Kardashians and Hiltons of the world, this woman can do no wrong in my eyes. And so I can only be filled with love and admiration and send the hugest YOU GO GIRL!! And a keep it up. For as long as she's on a junket and promoting, it might just shove Paris and Lindsay and their truly f-ed up ilk off the top of the fold.

The shoes are fine, they're about the only part that is. Two inches shorter and a natural waistline would go a long way on the dress. So would making it sleeveless and losing the twee epaulets and pearl trim. Also, a new bra and a half inch or so on the bodice would keep her boobs from looking mashed and painful. Beyond all of this, though, she is sleeping with Pacey and can't crack a smile?

Only the shoes are worthy of saving. The rest of it is unfixably fug.

Hmm... remove the lace and shoulder epaulets and especially the pleating at the waist and then maybe she can keep the pearls around her waist, personally i'd like to see them replaced with a belt to match those lovely shoes

Good shoes and hair! The rest is made of No, Please Go Home And Try Again.

Epaulets? Is that what they are? My first thought was that she should have known better than to sew shoulder pads inside a sheer fabric. The rest is OK.

Remove see-through parts, make strapless, put hair up, shorten hem, add some fun accessories, keep the shoes. On second thought, remove the shoes and send them my way.

One more vote for "Can't be saved." Keep the shoes, burn the dress.

Ditto to what Molly just said. Not digging the see-through material. Love the shoes.

OK, my first response was to just get rid of the tin foil and everything would be fine. But then the sleeves started to bug, and maybe they could just be shorter? But then I think she might look like she was going to a funeral. You could remove all of the lacey bits, and end up with something spaghetti strap-ish that might be ok. And I'm almost too distracted by the gorgeous shoes to even care that the dress is ugly.

i hate the whole thing. ill-fitting at best. poorly placed belt(?) thingy. shoes make her feet look both fat and stumpy. what ARE those things on her shoulders, anyway? external shoulder pads? is the dress inside-out?

HOWEVER, all would be fine with the addition of josh jackson. obviously.

I dunno... maybe if the epaulets & gold trimmings went violently away, the end result could go into cute-little-black-dress archives, squishy boobs & all -- something sorta charmingly medieval [but yet still not ren fair!] about this particular squish

1. Remove the metal crap on the shoulders entirely.
2. Larger size so the boobs aren't squished
3. Remove the pearls on the belt -- gives her a tummy we know she doesn't have and I would move those pearls and the crappy ones from the silver and use them to make a row around the hem of the dress.
4. I would change the sheer fabric to be pattern-less. She looks a bit like she's been inflicted with a nasty rash.
5. Shoes are excellent.

1. Shorten dress by several inches.
2. Lower waist to where it naturally occurs, or better yet, do away with it entirely and make the dress a straight column.
3. Lose the pearls & epaulettes.
4. Loosen the bodice & sleeves so that they actually fit and do not appear to be causing pain.
5. I have a fur turban, so you know I have to be right about this!

Is Diane Kruger pregnant? If she is, never mind. If she isn't, this dress makes her look like she is. Ditch the unflattering waistline, the epaulets, the trim at the neckline, and the shoes. The bodice is too tight.

What you said. The epaulets are silly and the bodice is squashing her boobs. Other than that it'll pass in a crowd with a shove.

Of course, *ideally* I would lose the belt altogether and lower the skirt to just below the kneecap. (There are several desperately ugly parts on the human body, but the kneecap is the only one generally seen in public, unless you are Bai Ling.)

As to lowering the belt to the natural waistline....

(a) Styles come and go. In the early nineteenth century the waistline of choice was right under the boobs; think of any Jane Austen movie. In the fifteenth century the waistline was both under the boobs and loose-fitting, and the rest of the dress was extremely loose, *and* women tended to stand and walk sort of bent backwards, as if they were pregnant, even when they weren't. Maybe we're seeing a new trend?

(b) If I (as an example of one) wore a belt at my natural waistline, it would look *just like that*, because I am extremely short-waisted. Maybe she is too? Has anyone seen her in a garment that would reveal where her waist actually is?

Recipe for Unfug:
-Boobs: de-squished
-Epaulets: either remove entirely, or make them slightly bigger into cap-sleeves and remove the lace sleeves.
-Add Pacey

Stir twice, and serve with something saucy.

I think I like the dress as it, it just seems to be a bad fit for her body type. Diane seems to have a short torso and as a result something look weird on her that might look completely different on somebody petite like Natalie Portman or on somebody with a longer midsection like Uma Therman.

I guess for anybody I'd loose that weird band on her stomach that makes it look shaped for maturnity wear and the shoulder triangles aren't helping much either, but then it would be really blah.

Go home, take two Pacey's and try again in the morning.

Does "dump it all and start over" count as unfugging it? Because that's pretty much what I would say. The only thing that I might, possibly keep would be the dress color, but truthfully, why not go for an actual color instead of the absence of one?

But her hair is good.

Pacey. Witter.

Problem solved.

Hmm... I think she looks awesome as she is!

Good rule of thumb, if Calvin thinks it looks good, don't wear it. If Hobbes likes it, you are good to go.

She looks like she belongs to a show choir doing a musical adaptation of Star Trek. Not pretty folks.

Ugh. I'd start with some lipgloss then go from there.

I keep getting distracted by the pearl-y stuff; I expect someone's been looking at late mediaeval manuscript illuminations, and liked the waistline and compressed torso with the look of pearls against a dark background, and skin through translucent fabric, and tried to hybridize that with the LBD (her face is also very pre-Giotto, lipless and pale). I can understand the impulse, but: no. Not with black lace, not with a skimpy skirt, and, really, not with black at all. Some things cannot be mixed- this look proves the truth of that statement.

Interesting thought experiment: take all the pale details off this dress. What you're left with is the dress the drama teacher wears to chaperone the Freshman Welcome to Your New School Formal in 1962.

So: if she wants to keep the pearls (which are impressive to people who don't know they're a buck ninety-five per eighteen inches at Shipwreck) she needs more drape to the skirt, pale illusion floating from pale epaulets rather than the tight black sleeve, and lapis lazuli instead of black. And brush her hair. And possibly use some very pale pink transparent gloss instead of matte concealer on her lips.

And if she wants it black, she needs to dind something entirely different, because this is just boring.

Ditch the epauletes and then send this thing back to the 1995 wedding from whence it came.

Get rid of the epaulets, and I could do with or without the sleeves. Then I think it would look better.

Save the shoes but ditch the entire rest of the outfit, wash the hair, rethink the makeup strategy, and start all over.

I'd love to see her in a pencil skirt (maybe dark grey or navy in some interesting fabric, but NOT SATIN), and a blouse that shows off her collar bones and great figure. Maybe in an ivory or some other light neutral, then if she needs a pop of color, she could add a bright (but tasteful) belt or handbag. Maybe a cuff bracelet.

Her hair should always be flowy and clean-looking. I'd love to see her warm up her makeup routine -- I've had enough with grey/black eyes and cool red lips. If I were doing her makeup, I'd go with a little color on her face/lips -- nothing crazy, but a little bronzy blush, some sheer bronzy-pink lipgloss, a bit of a smokey eye, but warmed with chocolates and golds and champagnes, again highlighting her lovely bone structure.

Say the word, Diane. I can make myself free to fly around with you and Pacey and do your makeup.

It looks like this dress has contracted flesh-eating disease, only the it's the fabric that has been attacked and all that's left is the lace and some shredded bits around the neckline and shoulders as the virulent bacteria makes its way south.

hmmm, I love LBD, love pearls, love lace......., but somehow not these pearls and lace with this LBD. Maybe PLAIN sheer fabric, not lace, a natural waist (not so pregnant-looking), one size up (not so squished-looking), and an inch or so shorter would fix it all. The pearls would be a fun accent then. Shoes fine, makeup ditto, though a nice uncomplicated updo (NO prom hair!) would go well with a sophisticated dress like this.

Epaulets - HATE!!! Ignoring in the hope that they will go away.

stay away from stomach pleats & uprounded waists until @least yr third month;

dont cross yr faux vintage w/ mid-period michael jackson [even in memoriam. meaning: ditch the sparkle-spandex epaulets. they belong almost NOwhere, they certainly do not belong thereabove;

exchange itsy bits spider lace for a lace that looks less sprinkly diseasy & more lacey--if you must hit something on the faux-gothic scale, perhaps go even more spiderwebby but more tarantula, less ordinary garden variety;

higher up the heel. those shoes are working both in tandem & in congress w/ the non-commital of the slightly knee skimming business to annoy, if not destroy, any non-prurient below waist interest.

the pleats are busily modulating the potential prurient kind into air [other than for those w/ first-sliding-into-second trimester fetishes, of course].

other than that, she just looks weary.

& the wrong type to wear the peculiar & unbasic black.

she will probably look better soon. bouncing back well seems most likely in this case.

Get rid of the shoes!! And the white pearl waist thing.

Otherwise she's lovely.. Love the epaulets!

I have to suggest a movie for the Fug Girls....god I sincerely hope you read this! Since you said you weren't that familiar with Diane's acting chops....you must buy, borrow or steal Wicker Park starring Josh Hartnett and the lovely D Krug. Hilarity will ensue.

Kill the white shoulder pads and all the pearl detailing. Loosen the sleeves a tad so she looks comfy. Wear some fabulous real pearls around the neck..multiple strands. Carry a black PL clutch purse to match the shoes, with a stunning pearl-studded clasp. Pull her hair back, and maybe wear pearl drop earrings. This woman has classic beauty, much like Grace Kelly, and she should wear classic, well tailored clothes. She should always let her own face rule her outfit and not allow her clothes to take your eyes away from hers.

Remove the lace and (Oh MY EYES!) the gold shoulderpads; it becomes strapless. Fix the waistline to one more natural, or even dropped, preventing the exclaimation, "When's she due?" Turn the Christmas garland into a fetching necklace, earring, or bracelet set. Personally, I detest the shoes, which might be saved only if the toe were rounded. Perhaps the lace, gold,and leftover garland could be fashioned into a cute handbag or clutch purse.

ugh, it IS still summer, right? this feels like what you pull out of the back of your closet before your great aunt elma's last-minute funeral. you don't want to wear it, but it's the only thing you've got in black that doesn't require dry-cleaning or ironing.

but, i'm kinda a fan of the epaulets, if we could tear off those sleeves. then it would be sort of interesting, and i think the visual interest would go to her shoulders instead of her polterfetus.

I am so sure that i am in the minority but i love everything she wears. EVERYTHING. (goes without saying that it also includes pacey)

I keep thinking this over, and really? All that I can think of is, "Burn it. Burn it with FIRE!"

Save the cute actress, save the shoes, torch the rest of it and give her a new dress. It's the only way to be sure.

I think I get where she's going with this, so I wouldn't change too much. I would refit the bodice so it didn't flatten her so unbecomingly. Also, I would change the shoes to a higher heel without the ankle strap. The mary-janeness of these shoes, together with the pearls and lace, create a dowdiness that is not attractive.

I think really, if she were to just remove every part of of this outfit that isn't black, she'd be good to go.

I really like her hair. It's pretty and sweet. The dress should match it.

- The sheer material and beading can stay, but the epaulets must go. They look very out of place.
- It should be straight across, both at the waist and the chest.
- The length is wrong. The skirt should either be longer and more close-fitting or shorter and more flowy. As it is it kind of has a hot air balloon feel.
- I'm not wild about the color. Dark is good, but not black. Maybe a rich, dark red or deep blue?
- The shoes.... I just can't decide. I want to say flats, but if anyone can make those heels work, it's DK. I can't see her feeling great in an outfit that didn't have at least one edgy, "I don't know how she pulls that off, but it's fabulous" aspect to it.

Use only the black material, and fill in that net section up to the crazy epaulettes (that's how it's really spelt, in England). Then ditch the goddawful sleeves, and make it into a wiggle dress. Add some scary, epaulette-style shoes, and voila!

She should save this; it will be a very cute maternity dress when we're done.

1. Remove the sleeves. 2. Remove the epaulets and associated seed pearls. 3. Add a little shirred fabric to the bodice to accommodate her pregnancy-enhanced bosom-to-be.

No need to adjust the pearls at the waste. After all, she'll be pregnant and won't have a problem looking pregnant.

With these changes, the rather demure look of the neckline and shoes will be classy rather than dowdy. My work here is done.

These Unfug It Ups are getting really damn hard! At least most people seem to agree with me that she should ditch everything but the shoes.

This outfit can be fixed in 2 easy steps.
Step 1 remove dress
Step 2 burn dress

Nothing about this works - it's too dark for daytime and the summer, the sparkle line over her stomach isn't flattering, the shoes are all wrong for the dress, the shoulder things are atrocious, the hem is off, it shouldn't have long sleeves and I can continue.

Seriously, that thing is beyond hope.

Aside from needing a better fit, I love it.

For some reason, the theme to "Flash Gordon" keeps going through my mind when I see this dress. Ming the Merciless??? Anyone? Anyone?

this dress is so odd- but i actually really really love it! and i think diane has the right overall "look" to pull it off.

but, yes, she does look a little with-child and, contrary to someone else's comment that this would be best on someone petite like natalie portman, diane kruger is petite in my book. so, must be the dress.

straighten the pearl-belt, stop the rouching on her stomach, and for dear god please give her chest and bodice another inch or so... she looks so flattened and squeezed into the top!

i do think the dress should be an inch shorter, too.

reddish lip gloss, and a smile!

also: i agree with all- i love the shoes, but they don't work with this dress. ballet flats would be cuter- maybe a bit too twee?

The shoes, oh the shoes. Divine. What's that you say? She's wearing a dress, too? Let me see...

Oh. I see. Well for one thing it is too small. For another thing - wait, are the backs of the sleeves solid black and the fronts black lace? Why? Why??

Remove everything above the boob line. Add skinny straps.

The whole netting thing makes me itch, and the sleeves are eating her armpits.

However, in a gallant attempt to try to salvage as much of this dress as possible, I keep on wondering what it would look like if the whole thing were the same color as the pearl detail. She could even keep those bad-ass shoes, just maybe in a taupe. I also think her hair needs to be less messy and more coiffed - maybe something like of like Charlize Theron would wear.

I think the dress is really interesting; in my opinion, what it does to her bust is the biggest problem, but I think some constructive undergarments might help. I'm talking binding, for a flat-chested look. If she's going to wear that size of that dress, it would help her look less uncomfortable.

Other than that, I think the shoes, hair, and makeup are entirely too tame. If you're going to wear a dress like that, wear it like you just walked out of Star Trek: The Musical. Wear it with enormous platform boots--ooooh, like the gold-heeled Melrose boots from Fluevog, those would be PERFECT--along with maybe some black or gold gloves, or some more jewelry, and a really dramatic headband/fascinator/other headwear, without the soft natural hairstyle. That is a statement dress, and the rest of her is just sort of murmuring along. She's being upstaged, which is a shame, because she could totally pull it off if she just upped the weird a little.

I think the dress is really interesting; in my opinion, what it does to her bust is the biggest problem, but I think some constructive undergarments might help. I'm talking binding, for a flat-chested look. If she's going to wear that size of that dress, it would help her look less uncomfortable.

Other than that, I think the shoes, hair, and makeup are entirely too tame. If you're going to wear a dress like that, wear it like you just walked out of Star Trek: The Musical. Wear it with enormous platform boots--ooooh, like the gold-heeled Melrose boots from Fluevog, those would be PERFECT--along with maybe some black or gold gloves, or some more jewelry, and a really dramatic headband/fascinator/other headwear, without the soft natural hairstyle. That is a statement dress, and the rest of her is just sort of murmuring along. She's being upstaged, which is a shame, because she could totally pull it off if she just upped the weird a little.

The epaulettes (sp?) have to go but the metallic idea is interesting. Perhaps the metallic could be a sleeveless vest, make the dress sleeveless, drop the twee beading, and move the waistline down to someplace normal. Keep the shoes.

I like the beads and sequins against the black, I like the length, and I also like her hair and make-up. I do not like the net or waist. Nor do I like the shoes.
I think I would go with an empire waist. I'm feeling a bionic milk maid vibe from this ensemble, which I somehow appreciate. I think the maryjane/heel is congruent with the rest of the maiden warrior theme, but the pointy toe makes me nervous. Seriously, it's a personal issue; pointy toes make my skin crawl. However, a rounded toe is going to look like a tap shoe.
I would extend the black material to the neck and I am tempted to do away with the sleeves entirely, but then you lose some of the milk maid to counteract the bionic. This outfit needs that balance and black sleeves would be too heavy/intimidating.
So here is the form-flattering bionic milk maid costume
1. black dress with same embellishments/no sleeves
2. Shorter hem with ass-kicking, yet domesticated (remember the balance) black lace-up knee boots
3. Hair in tousled bun for that "I just milked the cow/kicked your ass" look
4. Silver and Copper cuffs a la Wonder Woman
If I was a size 6 this would be my next year's Halloween costume.

This is unsalvageable- period. The fact that her make-up is washing her out is also not helping. The lack of a lip color is downright corpse-like. I also have to ding her for her hair which is more appropriate for a quick run to the supermarket for some chips and salsa than for a movie premiere, though admittedly I'm pleased that at least it's clean and brushed which is more than some starlets can muster.

That dress looks like something Wednesday Addams would be wearing if she was on her way to her home planet of Transexual, Transylvania in a remake of the Rocky Horrow Picture Show.

Perhaps if the beading and shoulder armor were removed and the bodice wasn't as tight as sausage casing it might be remedied. It would still be fug, just not as entertaining.

First up, get rid of the tacky fake pearls and the Calvin and Hobbes shoulder detailing (seriously, is anyone else reminded of Spaceman Spiff here?). Next, lower the waist to a natural level and add a pencil skirt instead of that shapeless thing. Lastly, send me a pair of those shoes. I take a size 6. Much obliged.

Those shoes make the world a better place for me so I'm prepared to be lenient.

You know that there is a movie in production called The Baster starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, right? 'Cause there is.

I feel like Diane Kruger ALWAYS looks good, even with this dress as is. That said, I would cut off the long-sheer-sleeve-things because they make the dress look stuffy.

I feel like Diane Kruger ALWAYS looks good, even with this dress as is. That said, I would cut off the long-sheer-sleeve-things because they make the dress look stuffy.

Just lose the shoulder pad things. I really like the lace and the beads, it makes the black dress interesting. Great shoes too.

SIGH. If it just FIT HER, it would be so much better. Adjust the waistline, let out the bust, and lose the intergalactic shoulder pads.

I like it..

I actually don't mind it. My main problem is the tacky looking pearls around the waist. She is also in desperate need of some red lipstick.

I triple-heart the shoes!

This one is actually pretty easy. Lose the epaulets and the beading around the neckline. Go up a size so it isn't squishing things that aren't happy being squished. Shorten it an inch and lower the belt an inch. Presto- a pretty, simple dress. I think the lace bodice is a good idea, and adds a little flair to what could otherwise be a very boring black dress, but they should make it bigger and recut it so there aren't the tacky underarm seams.

Truly, between the sensible black dress, shoes and men in suits behind her, this looks like it was taken at a funeral. Lift the hem a little, and add some much funner shoes! And something less docile with the hair...
The dress itself is quite interesting...

Wow, this is like a Project Runway challenge where all you have to work with is a 1979 prom dress, 6 Hershey's Kisses, and one 48-inch faux-pearl necklace from your grandmother's jewelry box. For a date at Olive Garden, remove all the crap from the dress and toss on a cute little shrug with some sequins or beading. For an appearance of any sort for an actress? Toss the whole thing and start over.

I... I... I can't even... it's just SO bad. My brain hurts.

I need to go lie down.

Could lose the weird things on the shoulders and the pearl effect under the bust and around the neck. However sorry but I like it (despite my fundamental objection to lace in general), it is stylish, understated, she doesn't have shoe booties on, what more can one ask for?

I had shoes just like this in college and whenever I wore them I'd be utterly crippled by the time I got home. Diane looks like she's trying to lean back to ease the pain from the balls of her feet.

The dress is boring, and stupid trim only makes it look boring and stupid. She can't win them all.

I had shoes just like this in college and whenever I wore them I'd be utterly crippled by the time I got home. Diane looks like she's trying to lean back to ease the pressure from off the balls of her feet.

The dress is boring, and stupid trim only makes it look boring and stupid. She can't win them all.

Oh, I just hate the way she dresses. I have no opinion about her, but she is a terrible dresser.

Ok, focus, Lisa, focus.

Good shoes. Great shoes in fact.

The problem here is that this dress is trying to do something different with a classic look: the LBD with sheer bodice--and those shoes would really make that work. You think about the women who have really rocked this type of look: they tend to be sleek, classic style (Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor). And even then this is not an easy look: a black lace sheer bodice can say "dowager" as easy as it can say "classy." So the basic context of the dress is wrong for her (too old), and her hair is wrong for the dress--the dress is formal, the hair is loose and looks pretty, but not with a formal dress. It's a mismatch, like the yucky epaulets.

So we have to ditch either the lace or the beads or both. I'm voting we ditch the lace in favor of a basic black strapless sheath dress with princess neckline. Instead of the weird, cheap-looking beading (lookit what I did with my bedazzler!).. Give her chandelier pearl earrings, get her hair up AND SOME FREAKING LIPSTICK. I just described a pretty boring dress, but with some jewelry she'd be lovely.

Though I love the shoes, I think they are too staid for a staid dress. She should have a little glitz on the foot. Maybe Jimmy Choo, those frosted mirror sandals--a silver strap.

Where's SWINTON when you need her, eh?

I actually HAVE an old fur turban from the 1940s, btw.

She looks good neck up and waist down (not including the belt). It totally DOES look like aluminum too. She kind of looks like she should be a in a high school play about a science geek princess or something.

Bad costume audition for a remake of SPACEBALLS.

Get rid of the lace and epaulets. Make the bodice fit, and make it sleeveless (but more than spaghetti straps--maybe 1" wide straps). I like the accent at the waist. The hemline looks fine to me. Cute shoes! After getting rid of the fussy stuff at the top, add a simple necklace--maybe a chain with a single pearl.

NOTHING CAN FIX THIS FUG!

Remove the white shoulder-pieces (not the beading, though, it's interesting). Flip the bustline so that it curves in the same direction as the waistline, because it's doing weird things to her boobs. Make sure NO ONE ELSE ever wears it because no one else could pull it off, changes or no.

Capped sleeves instead of long ones, PLEASE ditch the epaulets, as they are heinous. Not too fond of the pearl detail, but if we must keep it than at least straighten out the waistline, it makes her look prego her eggo. And no pearls on the shoulders there. Shoes are okay. Maybe something strappier would have been nice. What does the back of this look like? Oh, and maybe if it fit her up top, that would be good too.

Capped sleeves instead of long ones, PLEASE ditch the epaulets, as they are heinous. Not too fond of the pearl detail, but if we must keep it than at least straighten out the waistline, it makes her look prego her eggo. And no pearls on the shoulders there. Shoes are okay. Maybe something strappier would have been nice. What does the back of this look like? Oh, and maybe if it fit her up top, that would be good too.

NEED. those. shoes.

This is why I shouldn't comment until I've read all the comments: Look at her left hand. THE BACKS OF THE SLEEVES ARE SOLID. So one of the steps needs to be make them the sheer fabric!

And maybe she could use a bit of lipcolor, or shine. SOMETHING. I'm digging her hair and the rest of her makeup, though.

I'm just really really happy you made a Calvin and Hobbes reference. Well done . . .

Either raise or lower the waist to an empire or natural waistline.

Make the bodice FIT--it looks like her womanly charms are being hugged to death, poor things.

If the sleeves stay, they need to be all sheer, not solid backed, and reach about an inch or two lower. Then again, I'm also not averse to the cap sleeve thing. She looks like she outgrew this whole outfit.

Make the skirt either long and flowy (empire waist) or less weirdly baggy (natural waist).

The tinfoil epaulets and general neckline fussiness clearly must die, and please smear something festive in the lip area.

The shoes are awesome wrapped in love and sprinkled with nifty.

Add a side of Pacey and it'll be fab!!!! (CLEARLY you're sick of talking about her because it's too painful not to bring him up.)

It is odd, it makes her posture look awkward and I LOVE THOSE SHOES!

I kind of love it, although it would be better with cap sleeves. No, seriously. It's very Tudor (in terms of the historical fashions, not whatever they wear in "The Tudors"). And that's a very underrated fashion period, flattened boobs and "pregnant" looking waistlines and all!

Though the dress is not my style in any capacity, it would have been better without all those weird... do-dads on the neck and shoulders. The belt thing has to go too. The sleeves do scream "Funeral on Ice", but she might have gotten a free pass from me if they were the only embellishment on the dress.

Fit the bodice properly and get rid of the epaulets, but leave the rest. The Krug likes that stretch lace look - it's not my favourite but it's her personal style, and that's what makes a girl feel good.

ICK! That's really all I have to say. I've never really cared for her in the first place nor could I comprehend her "celebrity", and, as you mentioned, being able to tolerate Nic Cage's furry abomination certainly deserves credit, however, the frock must go. And she really needs to limit her late night talk show time.

I just saw one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta on the Today Show wearing this. Certainly not appropriate for a morning show!

Usually I like D Krugs' quirky style, but dear god, I hate this dress. Take it off, start over, and while you're at at it, D, toss your shoes and your b friend my way. Thanks!

rip off all the lace mess and make this a strapless dress, keep the pearls, but unsquish the girls and add some strappy sandals. her hair and make up look great though!

Who made this abomination of a dress? Molly Ringwald in Some Kind of Wonderful? Keep the face, hair, makeup, body. Shoes, maybe. (They're pretty good.) But just burn that dress. NOW! Before it escapes.

I've been sitting here for several minutes staring at this outfit and trying to come up with a way to make it look better. I can't. Keep the shoes and just start all over again. There is NO HOPE for this dress. It's tragic!

I would fix the fit in the bodice so it doesn't smoosh her lady lumps, make the pearl detail at the waist straight across, remove the epaulets, and give her a soft, elegant updo to counteract the little-girl effect of the dress. I would also take those shoes off her feet and put them on mine, because those are some fantastic heels.

Kim Zolziak (sp?) from Real Housewives of Atlanta just wore this outfit on the Today show this morning. Classy.

I HATE THE SHOES. HATE THEM.
sorry, I'm better now. Go up a size - just because you can zip it doesn't mean it fits. Straighten the waistline - raised or at the waist is fine, but the curved thing is unflattering anywhere. take off the epaulets - you can save them and add them to almost anything to make a nice Halloween outfit. The outfit will be a little dull, but she can use the extra time to do her hair and make up or get frisky in the limo on the way over.

Drop the waist a bit, but otherwise, perfection. Diane K makes me love her more and more every time I see her - she and Pace are the cutest couple, and she just looks darling and elegant in most everything. A rare thing, indeed.

Ditch the epaulets, cut off the sleeves at the seams, hoist the bodice up about an inch, and hem the skirt so it hits at the top of the knee - because truly, a hem that hits mid-knee? Stop it.
Oh, and I might be on my own, but I am SO OVER pointy shoes ... some cute round toe maryjanes perhaps? Pretty please???

Whatever on the dress - it's boring and annoying all at the same time - where has Pacey been on the press tour????

Take Mindy Shwartz's bar-mitzvah dress off her and clothe Ms. Kruger in a smart apron of banana leaves, a wife beater, and some flip flops. Accessorize with a big spleef and a Mai Tai. Let the poor girl have some fun already. Jesus! She's taken a gofug beating over the past month and the kid deserves a break!

Why do all actresses wear clothes that are way too small above breasts? Is armpit fat some kind of hottest trend in Hollywood? Seriously, I thought that they had enough money to buy clothes that actually fit!

Anyway, the dress... It can't be saved. Cut the pearl decorations off and sew them somewhere else and give those epaulets back to Lady Gaga. Keep the shoes, though. They are nice, nothing special but nice.

After seeing this ensemble on 'The Today Show' worn by the tacky Kim from Barvo's 'Atlanta Housewives' I can not say that I have unbiased opinion about this dress (I mean does this mean that Diane and Kim think alike in some crazy world? This can not be good for Pacy...). But, I must say, I hated the dress this morning because I could not stop thinking how inappropriate it was for an 8:30 news broadcast (does the Today Show even count as news anymore- Anne Curry is driving me crazy...) but on Diane I actually like it- the boobs have got to be fixed though...why would anyone want to push them down like that!?

I do not have a problem with the outfit. I have a HUGE problem with Kruger.

From now on, her stylist should replace all outfits with simple shift dresses fitted with LED inserts. Inserts should read, PACEYWATCH: XXX (# of days since Boyfriend was last seen).

Any shoes would do.

There. Done.

She looks like she's going to church.

Okay if you're actually going to church, but at a movie premiere... no.

Lose the strap on the shoes, immediately.

Then keep the weird cappy/lacey bit at the top, but make it tight, with a hint of veiled cleavage and a low back.

Ta-da!

It's straight-up, flat out awesome from where I'm sitting.

But then I'm weird, so yeah...

It's straight-up, flat-out awesome from where I'm sitting.

But then I'm weird, so yeah...

She is ok, the dress is not.
Looks as if she is going to a Star Trek funeral. Lose the gold sequin epaulet thingies and netting. Make it a spaghetti strap dress that fits in the bodice, double boobs look gross. Tailor it to fit all the way down to the hem that should have stopped about two inches above her knee. Take off all the pearl thingies and make a cool choker necklace out of those. Love. The. Shoes.
Add two more buckle straps, I love my three strap's, LOVE.

I swear if you close your eyes, think "Elizabethan Chic," open them, and look at this ensemble again, everything will be OKAY.

Loves it