Ah, a girl's first Daytime Emmy Awards. Such a special, unforgettable time.

Special because she gets to go and mingle with industry luminaries -- and they DO EXIST, people; Susan Lucci does not get to be the personification of Awards Show Failure by being a dim light in entertainment -- and unforgettable because someday Molly will look at this photo and think, "Well. Whoever suggested I hide the dirt on my hem by pinning the outer layer to my underpants was an IDIOT." The poor kid also suffers from Boobs Akimbo Syndrome and its dastardly relative, Wonky Waist Detail Disease. I'll see her name-calling of the person who suggested this outfit, and raise her a serious finger wagging at whoever unlocked the limo doors.
What would you do to fix this, Fug Nation? I think the silly second hemline should be nixed, and then it needs refitting along the bust. I also might get rid of the studded waist, because it looks kind of like a cheap bracelet you'd buy at an open-air stand along a beach boardwalk. But that's just one idea. Put on your Rachel Zoe caftans and have your way with this outfit. You know the rules: Stay on topic, be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes.
Special because she gets to go and mingle with industry luminaries -- and they DO EXIST, people; Susan Lucci does not get to be the personification of Awards Show Failure by being a dim light in entertainment -- and unforgettable because someday Molly will look at this photo and think, "Well. Whoever suggested I hide the dirt on my hem by pinning the outer layer to my underpants was an IDIOT." The poor kid also suffers from Boobs Akimbo Syndrome and its dastardly relative, Wonky Waist Detail Disease. I'll see her name-calling of the person who suggested this outfit, and raise her a serious finger wagging at whoever unlocked the limo doors.
What would you do to fix this, Fug Nation? I think the silly second hemline should be nixed, and then it needs refitting along the bust. I also might get rid of the studded waist, because it looks kind of like a cheap bracelet you'd buy at an open-air stand along a beach boardwalk. But that's just one idea. Put on your Rachel Zoe caftans and have your way with this outfit. You know the rules: Stay on topic, be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes.





I just think the fabric is so bland and bridesmaidy. I'd like to put her in something more....youthful and fashion-forward.
Invest in a Nu-Bra, remove the reverse bustle and shorten the dress to cocktail length. (It is the DAYTIME Emmy's after all.) I'd actually keep the beachy belt. I hope her shoes are appropriately kicky.
1) Attach a shoulder strap on the other side, to even it up.
2) Remove studded waistband.
3) Drop the raised layer, though leave it floaty and curving slightly higher than the under-layer.
4) Pull everything down into a soft shade of dark blue.
et voila! perfect.
freshen up the green a bit, make it more of a spring green, un-safety-pin the wierd outer hem thingy, and hire a boob-wrangler. VOILA!
I agree with the fabric. remove the metallic sheen/netting, tighten up the bodice, let me see the shoes, and trade out the purse for one that doesn't look like a house slipper
Lose the saggy fabric completely. Make it shorter (maybe just above the knee?) and try it in a deeper green.
It looks like a marsupial fanny pack. When is the baby joey hopping out?
good grief, I would kill for her hair.
Tighten the bodice. I think generally two straps are better than one, but here the mono-strap with the hair gives her a somewhat Grecian Goddess look, which I am totally digging. Lose the blousy thing up front. I like the waist detail, and suspect it's prettier in person.
1) Lose the bunched-up-tablecloth attachment
2) Undertake some remedial boob-alignment
3) Add a shot more green to the fabric
4) Uncrinkle the hem (is it a millimeter too long?)
5) A bit less bedazzling on the belt
aaaaaand: done.
I'm not sure if I could fix this, it just reeks of Disney Princess...
I'd start by doing something else with the hair. It's TOO curly, TOO half-pinned-up, and when mixed with that stage smile I also learned from my 2nd-grade dance teacher just altogether TOO much.
Soft waves, nothing pinned up. Keep it simple.
On the dress, I would add a second strap - lose the sparkly thing on the existing one - and rework the neckline to a scoop with a loose drape. The belt and that top "skirt" would go, and I would make the skirt hit just below the knee so we get to see some shoe. Add some killer silver strappy sandals and we may have something!
I think it's perfect. Whenever I go to a fancy party, I always wish I had a place to stash some extra dinner rolls.
Oh! Marsupial fanny-pack? Surprise appearance of a baby joey would make the fugness totally worth it... WAY more cute & kicky than Stacy Haiduk's dead cat. So I amend my list:
6) Add baby joey.
Fabulous.
I think she looks fantastic and the dress is lovely on her.
Make it strapless and a brighter, more summer-y color (it is still August, after all) and then the other problems wouldn't be as noticeable.
I'd loose that outter layer for sure, and add a strap to even it up, also some of those little fallen straps that go around your shoulders would look nice and romantic with this fabric. Maybe switch it up to an empire waist as well.
Heck, just losing that poufy apron thing and cheesy belt and the whole thing would look much more sleek. I dislike anything that smacks of blouson.
I actually think it looks appropriately glam for daytime awards - only on daytime television do people get so utterly over the top in their wardrobe. Great hair, good accessories, even the belt. But I'd let that top layer of the skirt fall down to the floor.
Heck, just lose that poufy apron thing and cheesy belt and the whole thing would look much more sleek. I dislike anything that smacks of blouson. She could have chosen a less matronly color.
Whatever happened to an elegant sheath? Scrap any form of bedazzlement on the dress, and for God's sake, KEEP THAT COLOR!
Her dynamic smile reminds me of my adorable cousin Beth, who now has three young daughters. Cousin Beth has a few pounds to hide, but this poor girl doesn't, and thus she can get rid of the waitress apron that somebody stuck over her non-existent pooch. Just get rid of the apron and all will be fine.
I want it. The color will be lovely on me, and I can use it next summer in the garden when the tomatoes are ripe. It could be useful for more than stashing Emmy's extra dinner rolls.
I actually don't mind the color. Rather than adding another strap, I'd remove the one that's there & go for strapless. Lose the beading on the belt and go for something metallic, maybe thin and double-wrapped. Drop the top skirt layer to just above knee level, lose the lower skirt layer, make sure there are some cute strappy shoes under there, and she's good to go.
I'd set it on fire.
Your boobs akimbo/dastardly cousin comment made me spew Diet Coke on the computer screen.
The shape COULD be OK provided that:
- the boobs are straightened
- the weird waist belt goes
- the strange pouffy bit at her hips goes
- it's shortened slightly - the way it's pooling at her feet is an unfortunate mirror of what's going on at her hips
I also am not that keen on the colour, but it's not hideous, and is quite a nice contrast with her hair. Not sure what's going on with her smile, though - full on rictus grin isn't a good look...
I sort of love the color on her. Just lose the weird extra layer & shorten it a bit. I even like the belt with it even though it is a little too "southwestern jewelry" style (just fit it better).
And as others above said, her hair is divine.
I really like the color of the dress, but I kind of agree it could be a tad brighter.
It's also a tad too long. about three inches off the bottom would be perfect.
I don't know what this obsession is that everyone has with strappy sandals right now, I'd go for silver. but real shoes.
The pouf in the middle is gone, but I might go for a draped over-skirt -- though that works best when it's balanced upstairs.
And speaking of upstairs... I think the problem there is her stance. Don't stand like Betty-Ann from Gilligan's Island when you're dressed up like Ginger.
Get rid of that bizarro pouch thing, and the dress is quite lovely--I actually kind of like the beading. She does, however, need some better boob support, and I'm made kind of uncomfortable by the extremely elaborate hair PLUS the extremely elaborate makeup PLUS the huge earrings. The hair would look great with a softer makeup scheme, and the makeup would look fine with a simpler hairdo, but the current effect is very Little Girl Playing Dress-up.
She needs to get the dress altered because the top half is too big and it's wrinkling on the left hand side. Suspect this is partly why everything looks wonky, but yeah she needs a better bra too. Get rid of the pouch too! What is that about. I would keep it long but like others have said trim them hem slightly.
Keep the colour but get rid of the material's shinyness. Also the belt. Shoes to match the bag and we're done!
1. Get a better bra!
2. Fix the fabric bundle. Maybe cut it off?
3. Dye it a more vibrant color, like a richer green. If it's her first Daytime Emmys, girlfriend needs to stand out.
4. Smaller earrings. Less is more.
WHY is she wearing a single strap mint pastel BRIDESMAID dress? dont bridesmaids even hate wearing bridesmaid dresses?
she needed to show up w/ a stuffed cat.
she needed to show up w/ a stuffed cat--instead of EVERYthing she's wearing [except maybe the shoes, cant see em. they could be not even christian louboutin but vivienne westwood]. particularly unpardonable, beyond the tiered travesty itself, is pic-n-save's version of matte rhinestone navajo waistwear. i'm just saying.
i'm just saying--her hair's a very nice color, this one. & so w/ her skin. why not buy a dark pthalo green number, one w/ some slightly teal undertones, in something shorter that fits properly, to capitalize on all of that?
then again, it might be a prom dress, this one. for a belabored friend of the bride.
this is a little too beauty pag for me.
1. shorten the hem (the, um, top hem). no bubble skirt.
2. pick up more of the bluish color in that sash/belt (which i really like) and make THAT the dress color. change to strapless.
3. neutral makeup.
4. less spiral-type curls. loose pony or maybe even straight and down.
5. different earrings.
and i really want to tell her to chill out a little, but i decided just now that is really bitchy. she's happy and excited! good for her!
I don't absolutely hate the belt. I think it might look better if the color of the dress were different. I think white might be nice, but given the great hair color, she needs to go more green. This noncommittal mint green/blue isn't doing much for the dress. I typically don't like the asymmetrical top, but this is fine. Also, the fabric doesn't bother me. She needs to choose a hemline, though. The long one is fine, but boring. A shorter hemline (one that doesn't remind me of my heart-patterned balloon curtain circa 1986) might be more youthful. I don't watch daytime anything, so I don't know which is more appropriate. A short skirt with shoes that make sense out of the belt would be nice.
Also removing the random brooch might help the belt look less random.
Oh dear. Color, bustular fit, drapish pouchliness, overaccessorization, and, Wrink suspects, matching eyeshadow.
Completely unredeemable.
Oh dear. Nursing home color scheme, bustular obfuscation, drapish pouchliness, overaccessorization, and, Wrink suspects, matching eyeshadow.
Completely unredeemable.
LOSE THE EXTRA SKIRT, raise the waist, add more pleating on the bust/just below the belt to make the whole thing a bit more Grecian.
And make the thing a more youthful kelly green or SOMETHING. That is the most depressing green I've ever seen! It's making a liar out of that smile.
I never thought of using the apron baseball umpires use to carry fresh balls as part of dress design before.
There's a reason for that.
This is tricky. I wanted to untuck that hem from her underpants and remove the belt, but if she does that it'll just look like a bland, half-assed bridesmaid dress. I think the skirt needs to be cut differently, with gores to give it some shape. And it does need a belt, but I'm not sure it needs THAT belt.
Then I thought, why not cut off the boring skirt, keep the top half as a top, and add a nice pencil skirt. Maybe in dark gray or blue.
It goes without saying, of course, that she needs a better bra. There's a reason why they're called foundation garments.
Oh, it's so bloody dreary. Even the person who designed this hated it so much, they tried to jazz it up at the end with that faux Navajo belt thing.
I want to shove her through a car wash to get rid of the vile curly hair, and rip that bloody awful outfit off to give to a funeral home for curtains.
Then she could put on something lovely and directional from Gareth Pugh. Yes.
Forget the dress- What's up with that smile? I hope that's now how she looks all the time....
She looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Otherwise, just get rid of the poofy apron, keep the bejeweled belt and it's fine.
no no no... some of you guys are completely over-thinking this. The color is fine! I think it has cool greekish/statue of liberty charm to it... just whip off that strange pms pudge-shield and make it smooth all the way down - sheath. Easy fix! Hair's fine, even that odd little belt is ok-- and if she's wearing strappy super high buttery/coppery gold heels? BONUS!
Ok, anyone who thinks this wreck can be salvaged needs to zoom in and note that a) she is wearing matching fingernail polish and b) those silver oval thingies on the belt are actually BUGS, like scarabs with long legs.
Plus, the pooch thing looks like she's getting ready for some sort of GYN procedure. I mean, shouldn't any dress with that pooch thing be automatically DQ'd? No saving, no altering, no polish-matching, no bug-adding. Just "Next."
Christine at 1:11 PM was just being ironic, right???!!!!
Color is lovely, earrings fabulous.
Need to erase the stink of skank.
This would be far more graceful if it went over both shoulders with a Grecian, draping neckline, lost the belt in favor of a slightly tapered waist, and removed the accidental restaurant napkin tucked in front.
WHY is she wearing a single strap mint pastel BRIDESMAID dress? dont bridesmaids even hate wearing bridesmaid dresses?
she needed to show up w/ a stuffed cat.
she needed to show up w/ a stuffed cat--instead of EVERYthing she's wearing [except maybe the shoes, cant see em. they could be not even christian louboutin but vivienne westwood]. particularly unpardonable, beyond the tiered travesty itself, is pic-n-save's version of matte rhinestone navajo waistwear. i'm just saying.
i'm just saying--her hair's a very nice color, this one. & so w/ her skin. why not buy a dark pthalo green number, one w/ some slightly teal undertones, in something shorter that fits properly, to capitalize on all of that?
then again, it might be a prom dress, this one. for a belabored friend of the bride.
I agree that the color is too bridesmaidy. The front pouch and waist detail look like an apron. It just needs a better color and lose the pouch and waist applique. Otherwise, the pouch needs to be more dramatic, like a bunch of them cascading down, around the skirt part, you know? But boy, look at that sh*t-eating grin she's sporting. She's happy to be there and clearly thinks she looks great.
Need to add this question: Are the Daytime Emmy clothing selections always this cracked out, or is this a particularly fugly year?
I love the color and I love the belt. That blouse-y thing needs to go, and a different fabric, definitely. It looks like it's made out of an old pair of sheets.
brings to mind a Simpsons quote (doesn't everything?) -
-What do you recommend, doctor?
-Fire, and lots of it.
This dress is tree house drapes.
A tailored silk suit of a similar color,
with a few choice pieces of elegant jewelry,
would certainly go a lot further.
Her hair is in need of a toner, and a cut.
And how about some cute sling back shoes and a matching "Egg" evening bag?
A tailored silk suit of a similar color,
with a few choice pieces of jewelry,
would certainly go a lot further.
Her hair is in need of a toner, and a cut.
And how about some cute sling back shoes and a matching "Egg" evening bag?
Is anyone else hoping she'll pull off the bottom skirt - a la Patti LaBelle (I think it was her)?
No?
In that case, I'm dittoing the "bridemaids' fabric" comments and the pleas that she invest in a quality bra.
The nail polish should NOT match that bizarre pouch thing (I will not call it a dress.)Maybe she's stowing the dead cat in there. Who knows what else is in there...
From the waist up, she's fine, belt, boobs, grin and all. Make this a nice simple cocktal length and she's all set.
Just loose the bottom layer and make the top layer a little longer, so it's a bubble skirt. Fun! And I agree with the "kicky shoes" poster. Some kind of metallic sandal-y thing?
OK, some of the previous Gentle Posters have already hit on a few of these points, but to sum up:
1) Marsupial pouch must go. We mostly all agree on that.
2) At first, I was not loving the fake Southwestern belt, but I'm feeling that, taken together with the earrings, hair and one shoulder look (which I normally don't love, either) it all has kind of a Grecian goddess thing going on.
3) Chestal area needs better management.
4) Meshy, filmy skirt is OK. Y'all know I'm a sucker for that sort of thing. Even a little long, if she knows how to delicately lift it as she walks.
5) Re: color, that so many seem to hate on so intensely.............it is late summer after all, and if a red haired girl in a floaty sea foam green dress doesn't say that, well, I just don't know what does.
Oh, dear, oh dear. For those who are curious about terminology, what that skirt is doing around the waist and hips is called a peplum, and it was all the vogue in Attic Greece. What the skirt is doing around the bottom is called puddle-hemmed, and it was all the rage for a while in the Byzantine Empire. Of course, neither one is being done *right*.
My monitor isn't good enough to show me the wayward boobage, so I'll take your word for it.
I say, keep the color and start over with a whole 'nother dress.
(Hm. And during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance women wore loose-bodied gowns and walked leaning backward as if they were pregnant, even when they weren't. Maybe that's coming back too, with the insinuations of the tabloids taking over for palace gossip.)
Oh, dear, oh dear. For those who are curious about terminology, what that skirt is doing around the waist and hips is called a peplum, and it was all the vogue in Attic Greece. What the skirt is doing around the bottom is called puddle-hemmed, and it was all the rage for a while in the Byzantine Empire. Of course, neither one is being done *right*.
My monitor isn't good enough to show me the wayward boobage, so I'll take your word for it.
I say, keep the color and start over with a whole 'nother dress.
(Hm. And during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance women wore loose-bodied gowns and walked leaning backward as if they were pregnant, even when they weren't. Maybe that's coming back too, with the insinuations of the tabloids taking over for palace gossip.)
Just get rid of the pouch.
Help me remember, is it called a foopah? Whatever the term, I think it best to remove the front pouch thing, shorten the hemline to above the knee and make it a pencil skirt. Take off all of the dresses be-dazzled jewels, and take the hair down so it's in soft wavy tendrils. The earrings are fine and I think the color is fine--better than fine, refreshing, considering everyone else went to the daytime emmy's dressed like their own version of malibu barbie.
Lose the longer skirt, make it short
To: DJHEDYT at 4:42
Thanks, you've now made me realize what's really wrong with this. The peplum and the lower skirt need to be the same, or at least similar material in terms of weight and stiffness. If the lower skirt wasn't so misty and floopy, the peplum would look more integrated into the whole instead of standing out there as if she's ready to steal the centerpieces at the rubber-chicken lunch.
Mind you, it would still look odd. But it might be a charming kind of odd.
Boy that is one cute kid. I think everybody said my things, along with way pretty hair.
I feel a bit the same about peplums as our fearless fuggers feel about leggings: no, never, none. I don't actually know anybody who looks good with extra fabric around her hips. Unless it's those women around LA without any actual, you know, pants.
So no second hemline. No yucky peplum. Get thee to a better strapless bra maker. I don't like those earrings, and I really don't like 'em with the belt. I'm kind of wondering: there is a chance I might like the belt if the rest of the fabric went away. And I can't see the belt very well; it strikes me as something I might like in real life if I actually saw it.
I actually like it, except for the weird bustle in the front. Change that to a gauzy, floaty over layer, hide the nipples better and make the breasts level, and I think she's good to go.
Oh, ok, maybe I'll agree with all those who want a slightly less dowdy color. But only slightly, it is almost fall and a nice dusky pale green seems appropriate to me, as well as stunning with her coloring. I think the gauziness of the new overskirt will make the color better, less shiny.
Disappear that potato sack on the front.
Make it strapless with properly caressed cupcakes. Have some very subtle horizontal folds over the cupcakes.
Fitted torso, pencil skirt.
Tone down the makeup, and sleeken the hair. Give this child a hug, she's a little wound up. And a pair of the buttery/coppery sandals that were mentioned above.
Replace the earrings with small gold dangles. SMALL.
Oh, and bring up the shade of the fabric to a goldy seagreen, that one is a mite cadaverous at present.
A tiny gold bangle.
Some Chanel perfume, Coco maybe.
Promise her a Mimosa after the show.
I would first remove and discard the belt and the pin on the shoulder. I would get a much more tailored fit around the mid section. I would pin up more areas of the skirt reminiscent of John Galliano's first collection making it short and randomly ruched. A romantic chignon, opera length kid gloves in black and no jewellery save for black diamond stud earrings. M.A.C. Russian Red on the lips.
I realize that I'm viewing this on my Blackberry, but I can't even see her dress because I keep starring at the shoe in her hand, that I suppose is supposed to be a clutch.
oh, why oh WHY are there still hair stylists in LA who can do this to a person??? It's criminal!
I don't get the angst, I like her hair and I love her grin!
I kinda like the waist detail, I love the earrings and hair, and that is a cute clutch too. I even think the color works on her. Make it cocktail length (BOTH layers - that top layer needs to float, not create a weird pouch) and put a decent strapless bra on her. Yeah, that works.
Upon a second look, I changed my mind!
I LIKE the strange belt! I LIKE the one-strap look. She just needs a bra really, really badly.
And the pouch must go, the hem must come up a few inches, and the color must intensify. I'm not against the color in general, but it's washing her out a little. It needs to be stronger and deeper, in either the blue or green direction.
OK people, you must click on the photo and take a look at the large image!! How can you re-fashion her without seeing all of the details??!!!
NOW: the belt actually has what appears to be *scarab beetles* on it, which I think elevates this dress from pretty but ordinary, to pretty fabulous. Although I do agree that the safety pins should be removed to lose the poufy layer.
Also, you can see she has silver shoes in the close-up, which would probably look fantastic if the dress was an inch or two shorter. And if she improved her posture just a smidge, the boobs would most likely look totally fine.
She's gorgeous anyway, but a tiny bit of tweaking and she would be amazing.
Mostly, I just wish that the pouchy, top layer looking thing on the skirt was gone, or let down completely. The belt is a little cheap looking, but her smile really makes up for it. I like the one strap though. Too be perfectly honest, I'm just happy to see her in something other than pigtail braids singing about how Jesus took her out on a date. That's one True Blood clip I'm not happy about.
I guess the point of the Unfugs is to challenge us, not make us scream "start over!" But this is easy--she looks fine. I'll blame the Boobs Akimbo on her stance--if this is her first Daytime Emmys, she's probably not been taught how to pose.
Her skin is beautiful. Like crazy. I, personally, would want a brighter color, but it's not washing her out (quite the opposite, acutally) so I can roll with it.
She's a good friend of mine from childhood - that's just how she smiles. Nothing fake about it
Ordinarily, I'd move to remove the gathering mid-thigh (which sounds like a more suave way of saying "party in my pants" or "pants party", as the case may be). However, I think perhaps too much effort was put into the feature to completely cast it aside. Maybe if it weren't made of such stiff material? A gauzier silk would hang flatter against the skirt and look more graceful and Greek-goddessy. If it were lengthened to graze the knee, it wouldn't interrupt the line so much. Everything else I like. The boobs don't look that bad to me; I'm sure a re-adjusting of the built-in bra that expensive gowns often seem to have might be in order.
Really, I think where she falls down is the makeup. She seems to have a tendency towards reddening, so maybe pink blush wasn't the smartest option?
I believe the wonky waist is actually caused by Molly attempting to release gas as surreptitiously as possible. Hence the slight expression of distaste not quite concealed by the forced smile. The dress is totally unsalvageable even if you get rid of the lower drapes. I hate the bubble and I don't think mould is a wise colour choice at any time unless you are Our Cate or La Tilda.
helenthenanny at 5.24, I think you must have meant "faux pas". It's French, meaning false step. Yes, this is definitely a false step if it's her first awards night/day.
I love the color, love the fabric, even love the studded belt. But I think she has it on backwards.
Playing with what we have:
Get rid of the underskirt.
Drop the diaper/billow puff to A-line just above the knee
Or a column to the floor.
I would have her see a doctor about her obvious scoliosis. Or an etiquette instructor about standing straight when posing, and how it differs from The Runway.
Then I would add the missing strap and adjust the length to hit at or just a leeetle bit above the floor in the shoes she is wearing.
The color is ok for a summertime LA event in the daytime...
I think, one of two skirts has to be removed - without longer layer it might be a cute cocktail dress, without that puffy short one - beautiful classy gown.
I actually like this - except for the extra layer pinned up around the top. It looks like a mistake that makes me wonder if a shot from behind would reveal that she also forgot to take a few rollers out of her hair.
It is a bit too long, so maybe take it up an inch or so. At first I thought the uneven boobs might just be how she is standing, but the more I look at it I think she may need better support.
I think the color looks pretty with her skin and hair (um who else is jealous about her coloring?), but the fabric makes it look home-sewn. If the dress were constructed better (minus the bulge/marsupial pouch) I think it would be lovely.
Go have a look at Bree Williamson's dress and then tell me, it's not the same designer.
Same problem in both cases, he/she tried to jazz up a classic cut and went like three steps too far!
I love the color on her, but the whole dress is just a disaster. She looks like she is going to a prom. Start over!!
I don't know about anyone else, but I definitely see nipple on the left side there.
Maybe the pouch on the front is to hide her extra dinner rolls in?
This has nothing to do with the dress, but wasn't she "Amanda Jane" of "Amanda Jane and the God Rockets" on True Blood?
May be hell on toast on anybody else, but I love it just the way it is.
May be hell on toast on anybody else, but I love it just the way it is.
Loose the belt, let out the poof and hem it just a smidge shorter. The top only looks wonky from her pose.
I checked out the huge pic and I'm wondering if she wasn't wearing the correct undergarments when she first picked it out. I say this because it kind of looks like there has been some last second, emergency attempts at alterations or something. Like it's been tacked together in places.
I'd ditch that poofy part in front, lose the silver square things on the belt, and make it fit a bit better in the bust. I like the color on her.
The hair is ok, but I'd definitely get rid of that odd curl near the top of her head.
The color is not terrible on her. With her read hair it looks kind of ok. The pouch thing makes her look like a mama kangaroo, so chop off that whole tummy bubble thingy. Take the belt and give it to a rodeo queen in Ft. Worth. Then take in the bodice for a better fit. I think other than scrapping the whole dress, that is what I would do.
Let hair down. Get rid of the dress's beer gut. Or wait what are you tailor types calling it? Blouson. Keep a belt there, but make it a simple, elegant, fabric one, not beaded. Make the dress's hem pencil-skirt. I don't mind the asymmetry. I think her boobs look weird because her pose is off for one bad-photo second. But I definitely think, especially with the shoulder-button-bling, you need to nix those earrings. They look like something from Claire's bargain bin. Make sure her now visible shoes somewhat match her purse. And make her nails rosier, a color like what's on her lips or else nude. That silver just tries too hard. OOOOOf. Unfugging is HARD!!!! (Not as hard as math.)
I like the color a lot. It's more interesting than just plain mint. I think the color is unusual enough to carry the dress, so I think the dress is overdesigned. I agree with those who would shorten it and simplify its lines. Add some accessories in a saturated color and she's good. Right now the dress is wearing that pretty little girl.
I love her hair. What a lovely color. It's all too much of a muchness, that's all.
The dress suits her well. Just kidding, it's awful! Just not as awful as her acting. Did her mom try to sew it for her last minute? Poor thing should have spent the money on acting class instead.
Waaaait - is this kid related to Carol? It's all coming together now. THIS is the dress that moms fashioned from the curtain *liners*. Right? No? Damn.
This dress just doesn't fit right.
get rid of the danged diaper pouch apron thing, wrangle the boobage area, and that's it. not everyone could pull off that color but it looks great with her skin and hair. i agree with the poster who said she has a Grecian goddess look, she's a very pretty girl and i think it's quite flattering to her. i even like the belt. just not the bubble bustle, which i don't think actually looks horrible, just distracting.