This dress seems to be one of the most polarizing of the Golden Globes. Tragically, it is not a tutu made of beer cans, or a genie/Jeannie outfit made of black mesh, or an emu costume, or any other such wackiness that we got at the Globes of yore. It says a lot about how tame the clothes were that this is one of the more controversial pieces:
On first glance, watching the red carpet, I hated this. But then I saw more of her posing and moving around in it, and had to admit that Maggie kind of pulled it off, and suddenly I liked the damn thing, so maybe my initial knee-jerk had more to do with my feelings about HER -- and how smug she sounds much of the time, and how ungracefully and kind of snottily she handled Seacrest's questions about Heath Ledger, as if the subtext of her answer was, "Can we stop talking about him please and talk about ME? I WAS IN THE MOVIE TOO," which may not be what she meant, but it's how she SOUNDED, and you're an ACTRESS, honey, so FIGURE OUT how to come across pleasantly.
Ahem. Anyway, the big floppy shoulder thing is still a tad aggressive for my tastes, but the cut and color DO suit her. Then again, the pattern reminds me a bit of one of those Magic Eye posters that look like nonsense but if you stare at it for long enough, you space out and see the 3-D image jump out at you. (Maybe if I keep gazing, I'll see a 3-D image of her fiance Peter Sarsgaard. He makes everything better.) I can't decide, sweet readers. I need you. Now more than ever.
