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September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Fug Carpet: Jennifer Morrison

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I changed my mind way too many times about this dress: On Sunday it was one of our red-carpet favorites, but by that night, when I had to write it up for NYMag.com, I decided I didn't care for it; then while downloading the pictures for GFY, I thought, "Maybe I was too harsh... " but I think now I might've talked myself into not liking it again.

Part of the issue is, I think, the fact that on TV we never got a great shot of the front of her dress. And in photos, it is revealed to be totally boring. A few seams -- one of which seems to create a divot near her hip that's big enough to hold a lip gloss, or perhaps some dip if she has carrots in her purse -- and an asymmetrical hem are barely a design choice. Most dresses with a front this dull make up for it with Major Drama in the back, though, so let's peek:

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September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Fug or Fab Carpet: Kate Walsh

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So, this dress on Kate Walsh photographed better than I thought it would:

I actually kind of like it here, but when we were watching the broadcast, there was a lot of, "OH HONEY NO," and this is why:

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September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Post-Party Fug: Bonnie Somerville

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I never noticed before, but Bonnie Somerville looks kind of like January Jones. And I'm wondering if, by hiding behind that messy forelock, she thought, "Maybe someone will mistake me for January Jones and that will be how I recover from having participated in Labor Pains."

Unfortunately, January Jones doesn't usually wear dresses that a) look like what middle-school girls in the 80s would do to their gym t-shirts; or b) evoke questions about the severity of her static cling. Something about that draping makes Bonnie look like she's hunching slightly because the skirt is stuck to her thick black tights, and can only be peeled upward very slowly or else she'll get zapped hard enough to curl her bangs to the root. Still, chin up, B -- maybe Betty Draper needs a long-lost sister. Or a lookalike cousin. You might still have a chance.

September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Post-Party: Amanda Righetti

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Leg City

Amanda Righetti here has found her way onto The Mentalist, which is a pretty sweet gig for her -- mostly, all her character does is get left at the office to do elaborate top-secret Google searches, and yet she gets to be on the No. 1 show on television.

However, she really needed someone to mentalize her a better dress -- preferably one that doesn't look like she stole it from the dude in charge of gladiator funerals at the Colosseum.

Parenthetically: You are not fooling us, Ms. Amanda. We all know full well you are trying to make a point of how high that slit is -- why else would you have you leg stuck out and cocked at such a jaunty angle? Is it not enough that your skirt is slit up to your hips on both sides? You have to PROVE it? Did someone insult your thighs as a child? Oh, Mentalist, how suavely you would get to the bottom of this psychological minefield, if only you were real.

September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Fug Carpet: Elisabeth Moss

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Well, this surely didn't go quite as planned.

There are aspects of this that I actually like. For one thing, it's refreshing to see Elisabeth Moss not having to wear her Mad Men bangs. WHY are they parted in the middle like curtains all the time? That may be period-appropriate, but I keep wanting to drag her into the Sterling Cooper Ladies Powder Room and brush them TOGETHER. Why hasn't Joan stepped in to resolve this incredibly important issue? And this color is kind of....intriguing? Sure, it's sort of the shade of the dark meat on a turkey, but it doesn't wash her out too terribly and could be sort of sophisticated. If it didn't look like she had it balled up in the bottom of her closet for six weeks prior to the event. Look, I understand that shit gets wrinkled, and sometimes you just go to an event knowing that you might be a wee bit creased. But this thing isn't just creased. It's CREASED. And this is the Emmys. And she's a nominee. So I guess what I'm saying is, if she insisted on wearing this Delicate Dark Meat Turkey Satin Number, why didn't she fully commit and lie down flat in the limo on the way over so as to preserve its integrity? That's all.

September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Fug Carpet: Mary-Louise Parker

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So, I stopped watching Weeds right around when Nancy Botwin decided it would be a good idea to traipse around Tijuana dressed like a prostitute. I mean, Mary-Louise Parker has a great body and all, but when you're smuggling illegal drugs across the Mexican/US border, maybe you ought to consider looking a bit less conspicuous.

However, I'm beginning to wonder if an excessive attachment to whipping out the gams is a Nancy Botwin affectation, or if it's a trait of Mary-Louise Parker's that has bled from fact into fiction. Behold:

This dress is cute. I like it. She's in great shape (she's 45! She looks ten years younger -- thanks perhaps to Botox, in part, but still!). This could totally work...for a cocktail party. Or a movie premiere. And even then, perhaps it would be better on someone very young, like Vanessa Hudgens young, because it smells a bit cutesy for me with the bow. For the Emmys? On a grown-ass woman? REALLY? I don't think so.

September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Unfug It Up: Jessica Lowndes

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I can't remember what 90210's Jessica Lowndes's hair looked like back when I was watching that show the first time -- I stopped watching, and then EW said it was entertaining again and I picked it back up, and it IS kind of more entertaining now -- but regardless, she has been looking very pretty indeed lately. But let's talk about this outfit:

I feel like it's CLOSE to good and yet not quite there. I kind of almost wish it was a weeeeee bit shorter, or that she'd paired different shoes with it. Something about the dress's length, plus the straps of the shoes feels a teensy bit off for me. I might make the dress itself closer to knee-length, and give her more traditional looking shoes -- you know, with the thought being that if you're going to drift toward a sort of 50s prom look, you might as well just REALLY GO THERE. I mean, not in a costume-y way, but...COMMIT. COMMIT, LADIES!

But what would you do, readers? I feel that this needs some tweaking in order to shut it down, so that we can all die/go bananas, a la Rachel Zoe. Please enlighten us! (Nicely, as usual.)

September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Fug Carpet: Sarah McLachlan

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My favorite part of any awards show is the dead-person montage, because it always gives me goosebumps. I don't know, I guess it feels like a final farewell -- like you're not really gone in Hollywood until your image has appeared during a telecast with audience applause and a really sad song behind it. Sniffle. And Sarah McLachlan sang a lovely rendition of "I Will Remember You" under this year's Emmy montage -- Bea Arthur, I WILL remember you, glorious lady -- so I don't mean to undercut the power of her moment, but...

There are many things wrong here, not least of which is that her chest appears to be a furry tribute to the glories of the large intestine. And it's hard to contemplate my grief AND my plumbing at the same time.

September 22, 2009

Emmy Awards Post-Party Fug: AnnaLynne McCord

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Drunkface McCord has a message for you:

In two hours she'll be performing a sex-jams cover of "Material Girl" at the Playboy Lounge on the Lido Deck. Bring cash for tips and booze, but the pretzels are free.

P.S. If she holds a raffle for the shoes and the bag, I will buy 100 tickets.

September 22, 2009

Emmy Post-Party Fug-or-Less-Fug: Blake Lively

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.. Okay, I'm thinking Blake didn't really understand Leighton's point here. Which, granted, was made in the course of a fictional conversation, but still:

It's BETTER, in some ways, but if you're going to flash just as much of yourself, why bother changing at all? I suppose her boob-pits might've gotten chilly, or her left leg became violently jealous that the right one was on display; maybe her shoulders were so convinced that linebacker is totally hot for fall that they refused to cooperate unless she dressed them accordingly. Either way, I think I'd have liked this better if it were EITHER longer, or had a higher neckline. And the fact that the one thing she KEPT was the pigtail-braid... I haven't seen a rope that frayed since gym class.

That being said, at least these clothes appear to FIT. Which, given most of the stuff she's wearing in her GFY archive, is a huge step forward.

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Emmy Awards Fug or Fab Carpet: Kate Walsh

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Emmy Awards Post-Party Fug: Bonnie Somerville

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Emmy Awards Post-Party: Amanda Righetti

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Emmy Awards Fug Carpet: Elisabeth Moss

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Emmy Awards Fug Carpet: Mary-Louise Parker

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Emmy Awards Unfug It Up: Jessica Lowndes

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Emmy Awards Fug Carpet: Sarah McLachlan

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Emmy Awards Post-Party Fug: AnnaLynne McCord

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