You guys, I'm so glad One Tree Hill is back. Seriously. I miss Chad Michael Murray's squints of judgment/joy/sorrow/fear/ambivalence, but it's still juicy. Murderous grave-immolating heart-eaten-by-a-dog Dan Scott is a life coach! He's married to ex-drug addict and semi-trashy cheerleader (and former classmate of both his children) Rachel! Nathan may or may not have impregnanted a ho one night on the road with his NBA team! Robert Buckley is charming and sometimes shirtless! Jana Kramer is hilarious as a shallow movie star! Skills hasn't gone to prison yet in real life and so he's still being all awesome with little Jamie! Brooke Davis has a hot boyfriend for the first time in two years! Haley's hair color is totally wrong! Mouth is... never mind. But suffice it to say, I'm glad the secret greatest show on television is entertaining me anew.
Which is more than I can say for Sophia Bush's dress. Nice transition, eh? No? Well, too bad, so sad -- which, again, is something I might say to Sophia Bush if she asked me about this outfit.
I know that's a pretty negative intro for a Fug or Fab, but here's why the post is filed thusly: This MIGHT be very pretty. But it's hard for me to judge the dress on its own merits, because something about it is so very wrong to me on Sophia. Maybe it's the styling: Loose hair flowing into shoulder ruffle flowing into large ruffled skirt equals a whole lot of STUFF. There's no grace, no neck; it's all shoulders and floppy bits. The judging panel of America's Next Top Model would be horrified, before complimenting her on her ability to "smize," and yes, Tyra has invented her own contraction for "smile with your eyes." I KNOW. It's only a matter of time before she buys Webster's and puts out a dictionary all her own.
Back to Sophia: I don't think the dress works in motion, either:
Which is more than I can say for Sophia Bush's dress. Nice transition, eh? No? Well, too bad, so sad -- which, again, is something I might say to Sophia Bush if she asked me about this outfit.
I know that's a pretty negative intro for a Fug or Fab, but here's why the post is filed thusly: This MIGHT be very pretty. But it's hard for me to judge the dress on its own merits, because something about it is so very wrong to me on Sophia. Maybe it's the styling: Loose hair flowing into shoulder ruffle flowing into large ruffled skirt equals a whole lot of STUFF. There's no grace, no neck; it's all shoulders and floppy bits. The judging panel of America's Next Top Model would be horrified, before complimenting her on her ability to "smize," and yes, Tyra has invented her own contraction for "smile with your eyes." I KNOW. It's only a matter of time before she buys Webster's and puts out a dictionary all her own.
Back to Sophia: I don't think the dress works in motion, either:
See? There's just something... off. Right? It drags down her posture. I wouldn't have imagined a floor-length dress could make a girl look stumpy, but by George, I think she's done it. I wanted to like this but I can't. I'm so flummoxed. I need to be held. Where IS Intern George when you need him? If I find out he's in Lake Como without me...
While I'm considering a suitable punishment for him, I'll turn over the matter of Sophia's dress to you.
She looks uncomfortable in it - the top seems to be making her hunch forward. Or maybe she is built that way.
Methinks the problem is not so much the dress as her hair with that dress. If she had her hair up it would be much more ok.
she's so short - this dress would work on a supermodel or someone atleast 5'10
The color? LOVE. The hair down and flowing right onto the shoulder ruffle? Not so much. I agree that there's too much going on in her neck region, which has made her neck disappear. I'm also not a fan of the tiered-skirt, just in general. If the shoulder ruffle were removed, and the bottom tier cut off the skirt so that it ended without swallowing her feet, the dress would look a lot better, although still not as good as it could be.
I know this isn't an Unfug it Up, but the dress is one ruffle too long and her posture doesn't meet choosy moms' standards. Also, an updo and a dark lip would not go unappreciated.
Lose the shoulder ruffle, put her hair in a sleek updo, get her to stop slouching, and this would be a much better look.
The hair TOTALLY needs to be up. And Mouth NEEDS to be fired. HE IS SO BORING ON THAT SHOW.
Here's my question. WHAT IF IT WERE SHORT?
Lop off the last say, three ruffles on the bottom (HA! I just typed "ruggles" and with them dragging all along the ground, that seems apt) of her dress, then add the shoulder ruffle to the burn pile.
And she really needs an up do, with some sparkly, dangly earrings, but no necklace.
Is it possible to spray something on the dress that would make it shinier? Not sparkly, but just more reflective?
Also, I have a feeling she's not even wearing shoes, so she should be.
She gets 88 bonus points for not having pockets.
I looked at it and said "Dammit, I need a side view on this: is it the dress, or is she just slouching?" Fortunately, the second picture did provide a side view. She's SLOUCHING. Whyinhell do these young women slouch when confronted by a camera, as if they were barely into puberty and trying to hide their newly-sprouted boobs from the gaze of their pimply male classmates? I think it started with the Olson sisters, but it's spread like a plague, which it is.
If she would STAND UP STRAIGHT that dress wouldn't be half bad. Yes, it's busy; but you can get away with busy, just as you can get away with many other slightly dubious things, if you stand up, look the camera (or other confronter) in the eye, and carry it off with panache. And I like the color.
I think the dress would work without the ruffle on the shoulder. You're right, it drags her down.
I think she is too booby and the dress eats her waist, thus making her look like a chunk, which she clearly isn't. Maybe if she pulled her hair up or back, we'd get some neck thus elongating her. The color is lovely, especially on her. I agree with making the bottom portion shorter/two-tiered. Also, dispense with the shoulder ruffle.
In motion it looks like she is wearing the world's ugliest ruffled pantsuit with matching booties. And that is saying something.
It's a little bridesmaid, circa 1989.
I think the hair needs to be up. And I wish it was in a bolder color; the whole thing looks matronly in that dreary color.
Other than that, I don't think it's that bad. A little bridesmaid-y, but not horrendous ...
The problem is that Sophia Bush IS STUMPY. She is beautiful, charming and quite enjoyable as an actress, but she does not have the body for that dress.
That dress would look great on a tall drink of water like Blake Lively or Katie Holmes, but on somebody short without much of a waiste or neck it really looks off.
Sidebar, I love Mouth because he is Minkus from Boy Meets World
I think she's awkwardly leaning forward because her feet are actually caught up in the dress and she's a second away from ripping that final ruffle layer off. Which, maybe is the solution now that I think of it.
I stopped watching OTH because I didn't think they could top the dog eating Dan's heart plotline. I may have to take it up again.
I think I'd like it with a pencil skirt, y'know? No ruffles, no oklahoma skirt, just a simple sheath skirt with the one shoulder top and ruffles. Hair up too.
I think it'd work (better) if she cut off 2 (2.5?) ruffles and removed the shoulder ruffle, either making it strapless or one-strapped.
This, in white, is what I wore to my 8th grade graduation--in 1984. It was fug on me then, this is fug on her now AND manages to make her look...doughy. Which she is SOOOO not.
The colour is very nice, and I kinda want to like the look but simply cannot.
Hey, lay off Mouth. He's a friend of mine (the actor, not the character. I haven't lost my mind.) Also his character is/was the one written to represent the creator of the show - he was on the outer orbits of the popular group in high school, and thus identifies with Mouth's character, so he's not so much intrinsic to "plot" as he is to "the concept" of the show.
Sophia looks the best when she's wearing the tight, short, precious fashions like the ones Clothes over Bros seems to make. She is quite tiny, and this dress wasn't for her... but I do love the color.
Fussy and boring at the same time.
I say chop off the bottom THREE ruffles & lower the waist so her torso doesn't look so-- truncated. It really is a pretty color. Maybe the remaining ruffles could be a little less--perky? They seem to have lives of their own. Also I would like to see her shoes.
I agree with other jen (above)...I saw it and went "ooh, someone tried to reuse a bridesmaid dress."
Sophie, I know the bride told you that you could totally wear this again...but she was lying to you. Kthxbai
1) Stand up straight young lady
2) Keep the hair and nix the shoulder ruffle, or visa versa
3) Lower the waist on the dress or at least lose the belt (or maybe nix the first skirt ruffle). I feel like it's giving her an unusually (and unflatteringly) short torso.
4)However the color is so gorgeous I'm willing to forgive her for most of the problems with the dress and give her at least a B-.
If this dress were in peach it would be the dress Jackie lost her virginity in prom night circa 1977.
The dress makes her look like her shoulders rest mere inches above her hips, and her breasts are trying to escape before they hit the ground floor. That dress is one heckuva stumpifier.
And it doubles as shoe covers! That "in motion" shot reminds me of the skate covers (stretchy spandex to cover the rollerskate boot, for you whippersnappers) I had in 7th grade, only mine were electric blue. Otherwise, same effect.
NEXT!
I see some other comments in this thread so I know I'm not alone in making the mistake of thinking the ruffles were cute. Senior prom, 1982, a lighter shade of purple only made it look more "bridesmaidy" and fugly. Of course, hardly anyone at my prom in Indiana was a Glamour Do!
I see some other comments in this thread so I know I'm not alone in making the mistake of thinking the ruffles were cute. Senior prom, 1982, a lighter shade of purple only made it look more "bridesmaidy" and fugly. Of course, hardly anyone at my prom in Indiana was a Glamour Do!
SO happy you opened comments. The poll doesn't always reflect exactly what I think about the outfit in question.
Cut the dress to the knees. Problem fixed.
I really think it doesn't need anything except to have that bottom ruffle removed. It's slumping on the floor and being 3 inches too long for her is making her look stumpy. I don't even mind the ruffle on the shoulder.
So fix the length and it's OK by me.
I feel like it might work if it were a bit shorter. Perhaps it wouldn't look so stumpy if you hacked off the bottom three ruffles and tied her hair back into something a bit more slick. And some fierce black shoes would be in order.
I will echo the others -- lose the shoulder ruffle, make the dress much shorter, and put the hair up. And maybe she just raid Brooke Davis's closet, because, for the most part, she is well dressed as Brooke (exception: the hideous dress Brooke just wore for her Tree Hill fashion show).
And I too hate Mouth with the fire of a thousand suns. Sorry for those that are friends with the actor, can't help it. Maybe I am just grumpy because I don't have squinty-eyed, follicle- challenged Lucas to crack on any more.
That dress is horrible. It looks like the finished product of a Project Runway contest with a 15 minute time limit.
The ruffles are tacky and I don't care how *pretty* it seemed in real life, how it photographs is ALL that matters. Epic fail.
Like my mamma would say, stand up straight girl! Posture is the problem here. If she stood up straight, held her shoulders back, and raised her head a tad, she would carry the shizen out of this pretty, pretty dress.
The dress, hair, skin, and make up colors and textures all compliment each other beautifully. I'd love the dress if it were much shorter, and her hair up, or just not all gathered on her shoulders hiding her neck.
However, this emphasizes the issue I have with Sophia Bush. Her IMDB says she's 5'6" although she often looks to be as tall as my friend Coco in all of her 4'8" uber petite gloriousness. Her head : body proportions seem a bit unfortunate (or maybe this is just a frequent optical illusion?), but so is my tush to bewb ratio. I'm not mean enough to fault her for her genes, but I will fault her well paid stylist for letting her go out looking like she has a giant head directly attached to her shoulders.
I love the color too! Hack off all those ruffles and leave a short, slimmer skirt behind, and we're in business. (Take the shoulder ruffle too, of course!)
I'm sorry, who is this "Mouth" person? That is MINKUS! Boy Meets World: Never Forget
yep. either she's too short or the dress is too long. Maybe she was standing up straight during the fitting, and she was suddenly attacked by slump-itis?
The dress, especially paired with that hairstyle, is kind of swallowing her into the ruffly and layer-y depths of fugly doom. That drees needs a tall girl with lots of neck and decent hairdo. Perhaps some other color, too.
Who ate her waist? Her dress or her posture?
Or both.
This would make an awesome "Unfug it up" because it's almost there. I think if she pulled her hair back, made the dress short and got rid of the shoulder ruffle, she'd be hot!
Mouth, schmouth, it's Haley who deserves the drubbing! The only decent thing she's done in three seasons is slap that hoops groupie. When she squawked "Who's the bitch now, bitch?" on an earlier ep., I cringed for a full five minutes. Now that Sir Squints is gone, she's my love to hate OTHer.
Oh, and Sophia just needs to put her hair up. The color is great on her!
I love the colour but her hair is ass. Her skin is flawless.
Ruffles are ass too - too little house on the prairie (?) or picnic at hanging rock...
I don't even think that shortening this would help that much as I fear she could be only a breath away from opaque black leggings and inky stacked boots or shoes...which would surely make her look as though she were starring in a stage show remake of aforementioned picnic at hanging rock, in which they all dance the Pride of Erin before making off to their death...
It can't be saved.
It's very Senior Prom with tha ruffle drooling over her shoulder. Get rid of it so the bodice is simple and then make it a happy color. This purple is grapey-winey-murkey. Needs to be a clear sparkling jewel color. And just one ruffle shorter with cute shoes and a coordinating bag.
Take whatever it is off your fingers, ring thing as well as nail polish, put the hair in a sleek updo, move the belty bit higher, someone put a decent bra on her and things might be ok... AND FOR GODS SAKE STAND UP STRAIGHT!
First of all..OTH is BACK!! A little piece of genius having Dan and Rachel of all people be a couple. If only Nanny Deb was back...maybe she and Buckley (no clue what his name is on the show cuz I'm too busy waiting for him to remove his shirt) could hook up!
Total girl crush on Sophia, love the color, agree she just needs to put her hair up and throw on some swingy earrings.
I love the colour of this dress on her and that is about the only positive thing I have to say about it.
I really tried some more constructive comments but er no. Return it for something more simple.
And put your hair up!
I like the Gentle Poster above who said this is a great Unfug project because it's close, but no cigar.
I'm not opposed to ruffles, but I think we went off the deep end a little here, so giving up a row or three off the bottom (around knee length?) and the shoulder tongue (why does every dress need a fabric tongue these days?) would go a long way towards squaring her away.
So would a better hairdo and better posture! A simple fix, and inexpensive!
Having said all that, though I love the color, but I'm not sure I love it on her.
I agree with Jen the "shizen" poster. Someone should make her walk around with 3 books balanced on her head, and then MAYBE she would be allowed to wear floor length dresses....
maybe.
I kind of love the dress. I just wish the waist was more tapered and clean, and I'd like her hair up. The "dress in motion" mini catastrophe looks like a product of severe winds. It could happen to anyone.
This looks like a prom dress from the late 80s/early 90s. I'm not kidding I have a picture of my sister wearing a virtually identical dress to her prom in 1991. The only difference is that hers was white. It is dreadful.
1) i will always love mouth!
2) sophia's dress overwhelms her beautiful, curvy boday. zero is not a size, brooke davis! show some leg!
3) you really think haley's hair color is all wrong? i'm kind of loving it - but i was not a fan of the pin straight bangs thing she had going on in the last episode
I think sophia should fire her stylist, or actually hire one since it seems she doesn't have one anyways. she hasn't worn anything remotely ok in awhile now, this is just another example...and her hair is all wrong for this dress too.
and haley's hair color this season is amazing! it looks great on her. but the actress who plays her can, and has, pretty much pull of any color or style.
Stop slouching! Great. Now I've channeled my grandma.
The colour is very very pretty. The waist is too high, she needs to change the one ruffled sleeve to two spaghetti straps either side (to simplify it) and then the ruffles on the skirt are too short. If they were a bit longer and didn't stop on her hips, the skirt would be more graceful and it would flow nicely whilst walking. I know because I have one like this.
She is very beautiful and her hair and makeup are very simple and natural. The problem is the dress is badly designed and not made to flatter her proportions. I find rufflers often ruffle too ruthlessly and the dress becomes a mass of mess.
No, it doesn't work in motion, but I suspect that's because a) it's too long and b) the ruffles need to be attached to a heavier fabric foundation. I'm mostly okay with the skirt part, but the bodice is just wrong somehow. I think it needs to be strapless, and the fit around her stomach is unfortunate. That might also be a lightweight fabric thing, but I really think this is a job for Captain Girdle. This is a style I feel works best with curves.
Also, whenever I look at this dress I automatically think of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snake_Goddess_Crete_1600BC.jpg I think we can all agree that if you're going to dress as the Snake Goddess, you need to do it properly. I can see why she chose not to copy the Snake Goddess' bodice, but did she have to replace it with something so schlumpy?
It would look amazing on someone with better posture. The end.
Her feet have disappeared in those waves of satin ruffles. Either she needs higher shoes or a shorter hem. Or maybe she's so hunched over, it has caused the dress to fall another inch.
Also, can we say blah? Dark blue with black? We need color, people.
The color is awesome. It's like a graple and I am not talking about one of those genetically engineered fruits. Other than that, I am sad. I am a huge fan of ruffles and they are literally a flop here. I think the top is boring and reminiscent of a leotard and worse still is the black band of blah around the middle. I will still root for Sophia though, I have always liked her.
I think she looks great, the dress just needs to be about an inch shorter.
I can't be impartial; I love her too much.
She has no neck.
The dress seems to taper at the bottom, it should flow OUT. I agree with those who say it should be cut off, that should fix it. The color is amazing on her, her skin, eyes, hair, everything works this color. That's probably why she wanted to wear the dress in the first place.
Where's her neck? =S I think it's making her stumpy all over. Sigh.
Emma Watson could pull this off easily- but she would have her hair pulled back, no doubt about it. P.s. thanks for updating me on the one tree hill season! I have lost track of it and I felt disconnected. I can't believe he married Rachel..
Emma Watson could pull this off easily- but she would have her hair pulled back, no doubt about it. P.s. thanks for updating me on the one tree hill season! I have lost track of it and I felt disconnected. I can't believe he married Rachel..
It's a dog. It looks remarkably like the other half of Pam Anderson's ripped-up duvet, dyed and strung together in a bunch.
The color is very taxing, as well.
Someone wasted money on this.
It makes her look exceedingly short. That neck ruffle is a bad thing, and the one-shoulder is too high up on her chest. And it's way too long. Cut off at least the last three ruffles on the skirt and we might be talking.
She should have her hair UP! Also, darker makeup; her dress says fall/winter but her face says spring/summer. And you should never mix your seasons!
First off- it's the color that is ALL wrong. She looks like she's in mourning with this color combined with her dark tresses! If this were a more vibrant hue, with a shorter hemline we would be in business. Lose the handkerchief neck ruffles- it just looks like she forgot to untuck her napkin after a big meal at Red Lobster. If the skirt were shorter, with smaller ruffles and a more playful fabric this would be young and chic. As it is she looks aged and saddened. Which, is also how her hair looks- get this girl some highlights and volume! Her hair is as depressed as I am looking at her. And how about throwing on a fun belt for some added pop?