Fug or Fab

You might think I would object to this dress on the basis of the giant flower alone.

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[Photos: WENN.com]

Not true. There is potential in that flower. It has gumption. It would walk into a CEO's office, straight past the protesting assistant, and demand to be considered for a promotion. No, more than that, it would impersonate its boss while said boss is recovering from a broken leg sustained during a skiing accident, borrow liberally from the boss's wardrobe, arrange a major deal with Harrison Ford that involves crashing a dude's daughter's wedding just to convince him to take a meeting with you, get a horrendous haircut that's supposed to be more chic and professional than her teased-up ferry-proof hair, dump stupid cheating Alec Baldwin, and then win the day and an office of her own when the boss returns and tries to claim the brilliant deal idea as her own -- all while delivering its lines with the diction of a 13-year old girl who accidentally drank a glass of scotch. That flower has moxie.

But those shoes have a giant blackhead. And the blue print blossoms on the skirt are kind of distracting, like the dress fell down hard and bruised itself. Not to mention that Leighton's lank mane is kind of competing with the bloom that's growing from her torso. There is a lot going on here, and what I'm saying is, I don't think all blame can be pinned on the very dramatic chest flower.

In the interests of full disclosure, or at least as full as I can make it, here is a photo that shows the back:

October 29, 2009

Fug or Fab: Demi Moore

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ASHTON KUTCHER: Sorry I ran you over with the car, babe.

DEMI MOORE: No worries. It was an accident.

ASHTON: But your dress got all dirty.

DEMI: Eh, let's just pretend it's supposed to look like that.

ASHTON: God, you're smart.

October 28, 2009

Fug or Fab: Carey Mulligan

Thanks to her performance in An Education, Carey Mulligan here is getting a reputation for being The Next Big Thing.

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Concurrently, I wonder if The Next Big Thing is looking faintly like you stole your mother's best cocktail dress and her fanciest shoes, are trying to crash the red carpet because you heard there's an open bar, and are three seconds away from punching anyone who asks to see your invitation. I'm thinking a few inches up on the hem, shoes that fit, and a smile might've made this work a tiny bit better -- and maybe even her own pixie cut rather than a David Bowie bouffant -- but maybe I'm not giving this enough credit, because at the end of the day, the dress ITSELF might be kind of awesome. Still, somehow, I just can't shake the idea that she's wearing purloined goods and has a shiny new switchblade in her purse for the first person who taps her on the shoulder and asks who she's wearing. I pray to God that person is not Joan Rivers, because America needs Joan Rivers. I hope I am that sassy at seventy-six. ... Wait, what were we talking about again? Oh yes:

October 27, 2009

Fug or Fab: Monica

So, singer Monica, of "The Boy Is Mine" fame, is apparently making a comeback. I just read that she has a new album, and a reality show on BET about said new album, and, ergo, she's making the rounds lately.

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As a coat? YES. As a dress...Well, it looks an awful lot like a coat.

Also, while I've got you here, can we just talk about how good the "The Boy is Mine" video was? I totally remember watching this back in the day in my old apartment in Westwood, and all of us were transfixed by one of Brandy's outfits, even at the time. Like...is she just wearing simply the NECK of a turtleneck with her tube top? (We may have also been transfixed by Mekhi Phifer's hotness. I'm just saying.) Seriously, look:
October 26, 2009

Fug or Fab: Lily Allen

We got an email from one of our eagle-eyed readers this morning regarding Lily Allen here. Our reader noted that Lily looked surprisingly cute:

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I'm busy reading 600 haiku right now, so I'm just going to let the inmates take over this particular asylum:


October 26, 2009

Fug or Fab: Whitney Port

I suspect that, from the neck up, this picture could be secretly introduced into any of our families' photo albums from the late 70s/extremely early 80s, and no one would notice it wasn't an original.

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[Photos: Splash News]

She looks like an incredibly well-groomed extra on Freaks and Geeks, and while my original reaction to this was to snottily wrinkle my nose and mark it for DESTRUCTION, the more I look at it, the more I kind of like it. Possibly because I've now been staring at it for over an hour and I've come to feel some sympathy for my photographic captor. I'm so easily talked into things, I swear. If I ever get kidnapped, I give it four days before I'm making those assholes grilled cheese sandwiches.
October 23, 2009

Fab or Fug: Gwen Stefani

Wow, I just got really distracted by Gwen Stefani's face:

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She kind of looks weirdly like Judith Light to me here -- or, as one of our photo sources labeled her today, "Judy Light," like the editor there went to high school with her or something. I mean, she looks like Judy Light's DAUGHTER or similar, of course, not as though she is Judith Light's current age, although I'd also like to take this moment to note that I think Judith Light looks great for her age and also I love her on Ugly Betty. But -- questions regarding who may or may not be The Boss aside -- Gwen normally doesn't look the way the person in this picture looks. Is it because, without her trademark red lipstick, my brain doesn't recognize her? Like, I have no muscle memory for THIS Gwen Stefani, so I find the whole thing off-putting on a chemical, neurological level? What I'm saying is: I fear this make-up may have gone a wee awry.

But let's look below the chin and check out the rest of her get-up:

October 22, 2009

Fug or Fab: Rachel Bilson

This is the part where I talk about how cute Rachel Bilson is, and it's true. She IS really cute.

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Oh, Rachel. I remember when you were on The O.C, and The O.C was good, and we were all so happy and young. Now I'm old, and you don't have a job. Which, by the way, is crazy: you're charming. You seriously should have a TV gig.   In this outfit, actually, you look like you're on your way to the set of a TV version of Reality Bites -- because the 90s are ripe for a period piece nighttime soap -- in which you play, obviously, the Winona Ryder character. It's debatable whether or not I would still RELATE to the Winona Ryder character, as the last time I caught that movie on cable, I wanted to shake her and explain that dating the super hot slacker SEEMS like a good idea when you're 22, but it's actually NOT because that dude will flake on you for the remainder of your relationship and eventually maybe start hitting on your best friend. In fact, I just realized that I think the Ethan Hawke character in Reality Bites is essentially Justin-Bobby. DON'T DATE JUSTIN-BOBBY. It ends in tears.

Also debatable: the relative success of this 90s-inspired little get-up. I kinda like it, but it might just be nostalgia for the time when I didn't have gray hair. (I'm lying, you know. I had gray hair at 18. I've ALWAYS had gray hair.)

October 22, 2009

Fug or Fab: Blake Lively

We've been a bit hard on Blake Lively for the flesh parade she likes to throw for herself every time she goes outside. It's not that we don't understand the temptation to show off what you've got; we just tend to believe it's okay to, say, skip the all-you-can-eat buffet in favor of a tasty sit-down dinner that's filling, yes, but also leaves you wanting to come back for more.

Ergo, I think this is sort of cute.

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There's a HINT of cleavage, and plenty of leg. I'm sure if she turns around we'll find out there's no back and that her rump equator is showing, or something, but for now let's assume that's not true. There IS something sort of 1994 Amanda Woodward Goes To Work about this -- minus the mules, thankfully -- but I would also like to point out that Amanda Woodward was, is, and shall always be a total badass. I mean, what if Blake was doing the whole Alison Gets An Ill-Conceived Bob And Turns Into A Boozy Bitch Who Also Wears Mules thing? Or the Jane Mancini Bowl Cut of 1993? As Melrose Place influences go, this is really not so bad.

October 21, 2009

Fug or Fab: Paula Patton

Too much? Not enough? Just right? Trying to decide if she was ready to leave the house in this must have been a Three Bearsian Nightmare for Pretty Pretty Paula Patton. I suspect this thing is made of just raw fabric, whipped into shape by a particularly ingenious stylist, but no one asked me. No one EVER asks me.

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Paula Patton: pretty.
This dress: questionable.


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