So, often, Heather and I are asked who we think is the best dressed celebrity, and who is the worst. And the honest truth is that I can never pick either. Because honestly, Us Weekly is not wrong. Stars ARE just like us: sometimes they look awesome and then other times, they don't, and some look more awesome more regularly than others and then some are like this girl I went to college with, who always wore tie-dye. But, if pressed, I would probably say that Anne Hathaway has been looking fabulous lately. I wouldn't wish a check-kiting, fraudulent, lying, cheating, stealing boyfriend on anyone, but at least I think we can all agree that Anne bounced back from a very awkward romantic situation with tremendous aplomb and also, conveniently for purposes of making him eat his heart out, proceeded to look more awesome with more regularity. Which is why she was due for a misstep. AKA, this:
But maybe the fact that she's essentially dressed like a gilded artichoke is actually a GOOD thing. No, seriously. Stick with me here. It's like this. Say you're a huge fan of your college basketball team. And your team is doing REALLY WELL. They're undefeated, right? You actually don't want that. At a certain point, you really want your team to lose a game. Early on. Because otherwise the pressure of being undefeated starts to be too much. It makes you crazy. Because you can't keep it up! Basketball season is long, and towards the end, the games are more important. Going into the tournament undefeated is like a recipe for an ulcer. Because you know the streak WILL be broken eventually and you REALLY don't want it to happen when it counts. What's really better for everyone is to lose a couple of games now and then, to take off the pressure, so that when the heat is really on, your boiler won't explode (wow. That metaphor just went off the rails). If college basketball teams were starlets, Anne would be a major player. She's like the UNC of actresses. And the last thing she wants is to show up wearing this at, say, a major awards show. That would be a huge loss. But today? Eh. Everyone screws up some time. It's a Friday. It's summer time. No one notices! Nobody cares! It's not going to ruin her ranking -- if actresses were ranked like college teams, which it's probably for the best that they are not (Fug Madness notwithstanding, of course. And that kind of...goes in the other direction). She's just taking the pressure off her....er, fashion boiler? You know what I mean? Oh, just nod and pretend like that made sense.
But maybe the fact that she's essentially dressed like a gilded artichoke is actually a GOOD thing. No, seriously. Stick with me here. It's like this. Say you're a huge fan of your college basketball team. And your team is doing REALLY WELL. They're undefeated, right? You actually don't want that. At a certain point, you really want your team to lose a game. Early on. Because otherwise the pressure of being undefeated starts to be too much. It makes you crazy. Because you can't keep it up! Basketball season is long, and towards the end, the games are more important. Going into the tournament undefeated is like a recipe for an ulcer. Because you know the streak WILL be broken eventually and you REALLY don't want it to happen when it counts. What's really better for everyone is to lose a couple of games now and then, to take off the pressure, so that when the heat is really on, your boiler won't explode (wow. That metaphor just went off the rails). If college basketball teams were starlets, Anne would be a major player. She's like the UNC of actresses. And the last thing she wants is to show up wearing this at, say, a major awards show. That would be a huge loss. But today? Eh. Everyone screws up some time. It's a Friday. It's summer time. No one notices! Nobody cares! It's not going to ruin her ranking -- if actresses were ranked like college teams, which it's probably for the best that they are not (Fug Madness notwithstanding, of course. And that kind of...goes in the other direction). She's just taking the pressure off her....er, fashion boiler? You know what I mean? Oh, just nod and pretend like that made sense.
