Fug or Fab: Lily Allen

maybe it's the wall she's standing against, or the way she's standing, or the fact that she's not in clear competition with Lady GaGa on this one, but i'm unbelievably underwhelmed. the only thing that prevents this from becoming a complete potato sack on her is the fact that the dress is gathered (or whatever the technical term is) at the hip, albeit not nearly enough to compensate for the rest of the shapelessness of the dress...

This would be cuter if it were differently proportioned. The dress's waist needs to sit higher and/or the skirt needs to be shorter. Perhaps she should just cut about 3.5in out of the middle of it?

Also, unless it is cut to tunic length, she needs to either wear tights or go bare legged. Leather pants/leggings are not appropriate substitutes for tights.

The hair is totally adorable though.

This would be cuter if it were differently proportioned. The dress's waist needs to sit higher and/or the skirt needs to be shorter. Perhaps she should just cut about 3.5in out of the middle of it?

Also, unless it is cut to tunic length, she needs to either wear tights or go bare legged. Leather pants/leggings are not appropriate substitutes for tights.

I would like a wig of her hair for myself though.

HELL TO THE NO.

Lily's a girl where I'm happy if she's standing unassisted, looking more-or-less sober, and not showing any pink parts of her anatomy.

Therefore, well done.

Anyone else, and I would complain.

She's making it work. And making it "adorable". If it were anyone else, I'd be all, "meh". Maybe it's the way she's standing...all twee and ish? Whatever. She's cute.

Also, I am sorta in-between glad I don't have to read 600 haiku and envious that you get to read 600 haiku.

It's almost a luxury to get to think this nowadays, but I almost think she's not showing *enough* skin. Long sleeves and long pants while in a dress is a lot for a woman so young.

This reminds me of a rhinestoned shirt I had when I was seven, which is odd, because the shirt in question had a teddy bear on it (in rhinestones) and was purple, but I think the tone is similar...

Anyhoo, lose the leggings, hike the shirt up and differentiate the shirt from the skirt somehow and then we're cooking with gas....

Cheekie, you too can read all the haiku -- they're on the Victoria Hervey post from Friday!

It looks kind of like pyjamas. And also like the outfit I used to wear to figure skating when I was 11. Minus the fuschia turtleneck underneath. Neither of which are to say that it isn't sort of cute. And, I agree, she really needs to lose the leggings. And I have this haircut, and it makes me happy!

I love her always, it doesn't matter what she wears.

It's hideous. The fabric remimds me of the material I use to hide our Christmas-tree stand, and unless she's going to dance rehersal I'm not sure I get the leggings.

Love the dress, hate the leggings. The silhouette is sort of 1920s, but the leggings ... I just don't know. Doesn't anyone own sheer stockings anymore?

Still, I look forward to seeing the celebrity magazines explain how this outfit proves Lily is a [insert sexually derogatory slang here], which seems to be their current schtick even when she's fully dressed and sober.

I find it cute except for the leggings. You are not Lilo, girl... you are Lily. Period

Yeah, I like the dress with bare legs, or a shorter version of the dress with leggings.. and heels!

I love that it's this perfect balance of high end glamour and comfy casual. I'm obsessed with that combination lately a-la Christopher Kane for topshop mirrored sweatpant/joggers. This is something I will be striving for, to find this look and this works so beautifully on Lily because she is the epitome of fusing high and low. The leggings pull it together. If she were wearing tights it wouldn't make any sense because of the cut, and the pockets. It wouldn't be so cheeky & perfect. Some people just don't have any imagination when it comes to fashion.

Pretty girl, adorable haircut... clothes? YAWN. It looks like it's trying to be 80s, but missing it in the proportions.

The sleeves are baggy and ugly, and I don't really like the fabric or the full-length leggings. But the shoes are nice and from the neck up she looks great! The haircut really IS cute.

Saggy, modest and BOOOOOO-RIIIIING!!!! And please, burn the leggings.

She is cute but the wnb 80's ensemble is not.

Love her, aside from her weekly bouts of nudity, so I'm biased.

I COULD love this look. If it was a different color. And had no sleeves. And if it was a turtleneck. And maybe if she had a cool big necklace...

As it is here it looks like a boring disco smock.

It looks itchy. No one under 40 should be layering knit fabrics. Off with the leggings, and add a nice bunch of necklaces. Voila'!

coco chanel goes into orbit via the neo-korova space bar in 2001 [the kubrick movie, not the year]. sans leggings, which should [in all cases] be sent up into the air as smoke-signal matter, if you get me [& i think you do], not as a universal message to life forms potentially in other orbits.

i dunno, maybe lily allen's been getting into culture lately & that is exactly what she intended. could be, you know. this is not aubrey "i have my [strategically placed] heart on for obama" o'day. [@ least he won despite this.]

as an aside, i really like the thing in her hand--altho i am unsure what it is. if she were RLY going for the literary, there, she might say she picked it up on tlön.

[tho i daresay, nobody she knows probably has ever heard of tlön--tho i daresay, redux, not a small few here may know therefrom.]

@ any rate: for layered knits on anyone of any age, check out some thirty to forty year old sonia rykiel. sincerely.

tired, here.

as an aside, i really like the thing in her hand--altho i am unsure what it is. if she were RLY going for the literary, there, she might say she picked it up on tlön.

[tho i daresay, nobody she knows probably has ever heard of tlön--tho i daresay, redux, not a small few here may know therefrom.]

@ any rate: for layered knits on anyone of any age, check out some thirty to forty year old sonia rykiel. sincerely.

tired, here.

what is she holding? an ashtray or a tiny handbag?

Yes "surprisingly" cute...

But why does she look like Taraji P. Henderson?

I hate the outfit. It is too old for her. Heck, it's too old for my grandmother. The leggings do nothing for it either.

However, Lily's hair and face look cute.

I kind of like this...swap the leggings for some black tights and those black clog-like things for some funky, superhigh black-and-cream spectator t-straps or Mary Janes, and it would be cool in a Mod-ish kind of way.

She is the reason I refuse to buy a Chanel bag, after YEARS of saving for one. Karl, I shall never forgive you.

I would be 100% on board with this, but I CANNOT support footless tights/leggings/whatever those are. Either cover your foot or have naked legs.