Go Fug Yourself: Because Fugly Is The New Pretty

UnFug or Fab: Jaime King

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I can't quite figure out what's going on with Jaime King here:

Seriously. Could you please help me with this? Is this good? Is it bad? Is it right? Is it wrong? Is it so wrong it's right? Is it so right it's righteous? But, more important, WHAT IS IT? Personally, I think that if her hair were less distracting, I might love the dress...and if the dress wasn't as busy, I might appreciate the hair. Did I pick the wrong week to stop smoking crack?

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Fug Over Heels

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Remember when Monica Potter here was all poised to be the next big thing? Yes, you do. The phrase, "the next Julia Roberts" was thrown around with abandon? Remember? She was in Patch Adams? Which I have blessedly avoided, and plan to continue avoiding for the rest of my life. And then she was in the Freddy Prinze Jr movie, Head Over Heels, in which she played a dowdy -- excuse me, a "dowdy" -- art restorer who lives with four supermodels, whose apartment overlooks Freddy's, and they think he might be a murderer, and Monica still has a total crush on him even though she sort of saw him kill a girl? And Freddy is of course not actually a murderer, but an FBI agent investigating the Russian Mafia? (I know. Take a moment to compose yourself.) Don't front: we've ALL seen that movie, and none of us in the theater.

I can't help but look at this particular get up and wonder how it would fare in a supermodel-led makeover montage. Between you and me, I think those pants are doomed.

Fug Crush

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"Hey guys! I'm Kate Bosworth."

"You're probably wondering where I've been recently. But listen, it takes a LOT of work to find a dress that makes ME look THIS queasy. I've been busy!"

Unfug It Up: Christina Ricci

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Christina Ricci is as cute as the proverbial button. And I feel like this little dress is ALMOST as cute as she deserves.

But there's something about it that just doesn't quite work for me. It feels like what you'd get if you decided to make a saucy nightgown for the goth-enthusiast who REALLY hates her arms. If it were sleeveless, and had a better defined waist, we might be in business. Or if we chopped two feet off the bottom and wore it with jeans, she might skate by. Or....well, you tell me in the comments. As Elvis once said, don't be cruel. Also, please try the peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwiches. They're DELICIOUS.

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I wish I had a dollar for every time in the last few years that I've muttered to myself, "WHAT is Quentin Tarantino WEARING?"

At first, I was like, "surely, there is a reason for this. Maybe he's paying awkward, ill-fitting tribute to David Carradine via an homage to something someone used to wear in Kung Fu, which I never saw despite the fact that it sounds sort of awesome in a way that is deeply historically inaccurate and maybe slightly weird?" But then I read that Q was presenting a salute to George Romero, so maybe he believes that, when the zombies come, they'll be deeply into frog closures, and thus not eat his brains? Or is it possible that he overslept and ran to the Spike Awards having forgotten to change out of his pajama top? Because the truth of the matter is, I love the idea of QT wandering around his house in these jammies that look like this. It just sounds so RIGHT.

Fug or Fab: Isabel Lucas

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Don't even get me started about Transformers 2. It was so terrible. NOTHING about it was good. Literally, everything down to the Egyptian geography was wrong. If you were lucky enough to miss it, Isabel Lucas here played a sexually voracious college student who provided tons of upskirt shots of her panties and who was secretly actually a man-eating robot with a tail and a twenty foot tongue, like, SUBTLE AND LAYERED AS USUAL, MICHAEL BAY. Honestly, the whole thing made me want to re-enroll in college just so I could write an enraged critical paper about how insulting the entire thing was: to women, to men, to minorities, to the government, to the military, to college students, to parents, to cars, to small appliances, to the audience. On the other hand, the movie did allow for Roger Ebert to write this review, which begins, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a horrible experience of unbearable length." I love you, Roger. Anyway, Ms Lucas is a pretty girl:

The dress, I think, is cute -- I have one sort of similar to it, so I'm biased, although mine isn't shiny and looks somewhat less like fancy French doors. But I am worried about whoever has taken over Ms Lucas's hair and makeup duties. Check it:

Continue reading Fug or Fab: Isabel Lucas.

NYFug.com: Melrose Place's Katie Cassidy Is the Next 'It Girl'

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We're sort of digging Katie Cassidy lately. She's kind of awesome on Melrose Place and her outfits are never boring -- even if we don't always love them, at least they never put us into a boredom coma. We take a look at them for NYMag.com...I'd say this week, but this actually went up Friday afternoon. Let's call it, "recently."

"Someone loves herself some animal print. Again, the makeup feels like overkill -- there's just too much of it -- and the purse looks like something Katie bought out of a car trunk, but the dress itself is a hit. It's toeing the line between "awesome" and "the '80s called; it wants its wardrobe back," but the otherwise simple cut and fun short sleeves save this from disaster."

Bet regular readers can picture that outfit, since I believe we put it to a poll here a while ago. Read the whole piece, and see how many you recognize.

Fugs and Pieces: Friday, Oct. 16

HAPPY WEEKEND, EVERYONE. At last, at last, Friday has arrived. And while you spend your last two hours at work pretending to be earning your pay check, you clearly need more procrastination material. BEHOLD!

You clearly need to kick off this weekend with a lengthy montage of Alexis Carrington Colby's wardrobe, especially if you have been feeling lately like you need to see more women in fur turbans dramatically turning around to face the camera. (YouTube)

According to Life and Style, the Kardashians are designing a line for Bebe. This is literally the first time that a celebrity fashion line has actually made sense to me. Does it sound GOOD? That's a whole other discussion. (Life and Style, via Style Section LA)

Speaking of, "style," it appears Katie "Jordan" Price is publishing her own style guide. Our reaction to this can only be summed up by: !!!!!???!?!!!!??!11111??!!?!?!!?!?!?!?! Also, it goes without saying that we need to read this. (The Guardian)

We LOVE Martha Stewart -- seriously, every episode of her show features Martha both drinking and flirting with male guests -- but this baby costume is simply too realistically edible, and recalls that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer has taken to basting himself in butter and Newman can barely manage not to eat him. We're scared. (Martha Stewart.com)

If only the fine folks behind this episode of MTV's What Were U Thinking had asked Ashley Green what she was thinking about the very outfit she wore in said episode, as it's the high-waisted leather shorts we featured here. That being said, this is a fun segment. (MTV.com)

The first peeks at Rodarte's Target line have arrived. We are...undecided. It MIGHT be awesome. It might be AWFUL. (NY Mag.com)

You may have seen this if you're following us on The Twitter, but we contributed to a fun piece Kotaku did on the fashions in the new video game, Uncharted 2. (Kotaku)

It's awesome that Brooks Brothers is selling Mad Men-inspired (and branded) suits -- if only so some of us can pretend we're dating Don Draper -- but where are the Joan Holloway-branded pencil skirts, I ask you? (The Los Angeles Times)l

The website DailyLit basically delivers chunks of books to your email inbox for easy reading, which is groovy -- this would allow me to read things in line at the bank, for instance, instead of killing all the other people in line in front of me at the bank -- and their most recent acquisition is called Shoes, Bags and Tiaras, which features, er, shoes, bags and tiaras from the V&A. Do I really need info about fabulous, historical Manolos delivered to me on the regular? Don't answer that. (DailyLit.com)

Finally, if you've ever wondered what it's like to work here at GFY HQ, it's JUST LIKE THIS, except there are only two of us and we've never done this. Other than in our hearts. Also, we'll probably do one to "Express Yourself" sometime next week:

Continue reading Fugs and Pieces: Friday, Oct. 16.

Fug or Fab: Nelly Furtado

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Let's talk about Nelly Furtado.

First of all, am I the only person who thinks Nelly looks like Courteney Cox? Not exactly, but as though they could be related -- like Nelly is Courteney's cousin, or something. Angle for a gig on Cougar Town, Nelly. I hear it's funny. Second, this outfit: I feel like it's SO CLOSE to being awesome, and yet something about it has pushed it off the Awesome Highway and into the gutters of Almostville. I fear I must lay the blame at her hose and shoes. They're sort of dragging your eye down, like an anchor. And the last thing you want your legs compared to is an anchor, am I right?

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Iman: Edgy and divatastic?

Or the condolence fruit basket at a showgirl's wake?

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UnFug or Fab: Jaime King

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Unfug It Up: Christina Ricci

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Fug or Fab: Isabel Lucas

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NYFug.com: Melrose Place's Katie Cassidy Is the Next 'It Girl'

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Fugs and Pieces: Friday, Oct. 16

Fug or Fab: Nelly Furtado

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