Fug File: Well Played

Well Played, Men of the Star Trek Premiere


I’m doing the gents first this time, so as not to keep you waiting until the end of the day. But there is no Benedict Cumberbatch, Fug Nation. Call him Beneditch Cumberbatch, y’all, ’cause he didn’t attend.  Or if he did, I didn’t cumbercatch sight of it. Do we think he thanks his parents every day for not naming him Cu?

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Well Played, Emma Samms


It’s been a while, but she looks basically exactly the same:

And for that, and her polka-dots, I give her a hearty round of applause. You know what else would make me clap for joy? A Models Inc. revival. Come on — we’ve resurrected 90210, Melrose Place, even Dallas. Dynasty is too much of a sacred cow for me, but don’t we all want to know where the models went? Remember how Carrie-Anne Moss was drugged and sold into sex slavery? And how the girl who was thrown off the balcony in the pilot turned out to have a dead-ringer sister? And there was the boring pouty girl who was on Melrose and keyed the spinoff and ended the series in rehab, and the mean blonde Australian who was totally awesome, and Garcelle Beauvais, who shot her abusive ex. And so many people with Secret Pasts. And did Emma Samms’ character REALLY get shot at the big wedding? I mean, if Kickstarter is going to become a breeding ground of Hollywood projects, let’s make it count.

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Well Played, Sienna Miller


She seems to be on a roll lately.

For a while she was sort of the British Chloe Sevigny, for me, in terms of wardrobe worship that completely confused me. But this is so charming. Considering that Fug Madness started in 2008 and she and Sevigny were both hot commodities for it at the time, do we think that means the average fug cycle is about five years — meaning, either that’s how long it takes to go from dreadful to dab (Sienna) or how long it takes for us to find your studied strangeness hilarious (Sev)? Should we give her some kind of degree, or certificate of achievement? I wonder if Intern George has time to pop over to FedEx Kinko’s.

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Well Played, Sarah Jessica Parker


After coming to last year’s Met Ball as a hideous Versace throw-pillow, Sarah Jessica Parker had kind of a rough year for the fug. So perhaps getting to go full-on awesomely costumey this year will hit SJP’s reset button.

It’s not super elaborate, but the pattern is striking, the hit of turquoise is really pretty, and it’s flattering — it makes her look tall, which we all know that even in heels she is not. The twin cuffs might be a touch too much, but basically, I think this is a good example of her simply picking a really, really nice dress and looking really, really nice in it. There doesn’t always have to be a statement any louder than that.

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Met Gala Well Played, Morgan Saylor


You surely remember Morgan Saylor for playing poor, disaffected Dana Brody on Homeland. I remember her from the time I interviewed her at Fashion Week and she told me that sometimes strangers come up to her and announce, “YOU’RE A BITCH AND YOUR DAD IS A TERRORIST!!!!”

I hope this is better: YOU’RE ADORABLE AND YOUR DRESS IS CHARMING!!!!!

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Met Gala Well Played, Diane Kruger and Pacey


It’s possible I’ve been beaten into submission by the sheer trend, yet I think this version kind of works. But before we get into that, we need to discuss this, which Josh Jackson himself tweeted yesterday. Never change, Pacey.

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