This woman really loves bottoms. Wait, that came out wrong.
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I kind of don’t understand why Hayley Atwell hasn’t turned up as someone’s gorgeous cousin on Downton Abbey, except for how Downton isn’t like Harry Potter (AKA, the unofficial employer of all British actors) and they don’t really HAVE that many guest stars, beyond Woman Who Witnessed Suicidal Pie-Making, Man With Burned Off Face (poor Edith), or Shirley MacLaine. I just feel like she looks as though she might be related to Lady Mary:
That being said: I have notes. And the big note from me is, GIRLFRIEND YOU NEED A DIFFERENT BELT. My personal experience is that a skinny little belt is hard to pull off with a dress like this — it’s half-hearted and incapable of actual cinching when actual cinching is needed. I love the pattern on this dress, but I am really dying to race up to her and give her a better, bigger, beltier belt. What say you?
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I don’t know what is going on with Kate’s outfit, but I feel confident that we can fix it.
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I tend to forget that Nina Dobrev is only just gone 24 — not because she looks older, but because for her entire run on Vampire Diaries, she’s come off as very calm and poised and never seemed to turn into an insane party person. She just seems very together. But 24 is still a baby, practically, at least compared to Granny Crankypants over here. And so I remind myself that I shouldn’t be surprised to see something this youthful on her.
The color works, the fabric is pretty, and the slouchy belt is kind of cool, but let’s play with this. I think my big issue is with the length as it relates to the shoes. If the skirt were knee length, I think the shoes would work better, but as-is the busy ankle straps encroach high enough that — in photographs at least — they’re not leaving enough acreage between themselves and the hem. The result is that You Are Now Entering Old Stumptown, Population 1. Further, the hair feels like she’s dancing a pas de deux, the makeup is Treadmill Chic… it maybe would’ve been fun to have edgier styling to fight the innate girlyness of the frock. Vamp it up, if you will. HAR HAR. I guess we’ve officially reached the point in the post-Globes week where I don’t even apologize anymore for my hacky impulses.
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Unfug It Up: Eva Mendes
This is great if you’re going to Easter brunch at the club with your grandmother, but otherwise, it’s giving me a toothache:
FIRST: Can we just sidebar and talk about how Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are still dating? How is that even happening? It seems like something that someone made up and we all just decided to nod and smile and wait it out, but it’s been AGES? I just can’t see them together. And I’ve never met either one of them, so you know I have a good grasp on this.
SECOND: Her dress. There’s SOMETHING here, right? We can do something about this….right? I would start by removing that lace bit across her clavicle. And then finish by making it into a romper. (Not really.) What would you do?
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