Fug and Fab: The Models at the Met


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Karolina Kurkova has set a high bar for herself, given that she showed up at the Met Ball in 2005 wearing a valentine. So in that sense, of course she went full turban. Where else was there to go? Also included: Gisele and Tom, lest you forget they are married; Jessica Stam, almost unrecognizable to me as a brunette even though she’s been one for a while now; Linda Evangelista, who presumably is once again willing to get out of bed for less than $10,000; and poor Kate Upton, about whom it’s rumored that she had to buy her own ticket. That’s way harsh, Tai.

[Photos: Getty, Smash]

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  1. Lady
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    Stam was a redhead for a while there and it’s absolutely the hair colour that best suits her.

    Agreed that Evangelista was a let-down, especially in light of how she TURNED. IT. OUT. for court earlier in the week.

    Also, Amber Valletta can wear any damn thing in the world because she has THAT FACE.

  2. Karen
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    Stella Tennant looks like she’s got Iron Man’s power source embedded in her own chest.

  3. Dana
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    I bet he is trying to look Beckhamesque, but Tom Brady’s new ‘do is really reminding me of Ed Grimley.

    • Sandra
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      #12 needs to quit that sh!t. When you look like a casting director’s idea of a quarterback and you actually ARE one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the league, you should just stick with what works. His hair looks less gungy after 60 minutes of football than it does here. But at least he hasn’t grown it long again. Yet.

  4. Anj
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    Does anyone else see Rooney Mara smiling creepily in the background of slide 9 with Anja Rubik? Love it!
    PS- Kate Upton’s dress looks ill-fitting.

  5. heath
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    that’s caroline trentini, not murphy :)

  6. Emily
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    That’s not Carolyn Murphy, it’s Caroline Trentini looking her perfect Brazilian self. [sigh] If I just move to Brazil will my genes still have the potential to mutate?

  7. Heather
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    Dammit, I always mix up those two names and say one when I meant the other. I typed Caroline Murphy first and changed the wrong part of it.

  8. Danni
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    Hahaha, love the caption for Karolina, who I think looks smashing. Agh, I cannot unsee the chest-beak now, but I still think Amber Valletta looks sort of cool. I think it is a shame that Anja wore that dress… I find it a classic case of “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should”, and she doesn’t exactly need publicity. (Or maybe she thought it looked good?!)

    Litte nit: you’ve got Caroline Trentini, whose outfit I covet in a but-it-would-look-crap-on-me sort of way, (slide 12) labelled as Carolyn Murphy.

    • Karen
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      I can’t un-see the beak either. It’s like she wore an Angry Birds gown.

  9. neiges
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    What I always think when I see dresses that are obviously worn without panties is: what if she pees herself laughing? That’s why Rubik there is so sullen faced. She’s prepared.

  10. Tara
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    ANja Rubik, WTF??

  11. Julie
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    Aw, I think Karen elson looks lovely, but that may be because she’s standing next to alexa. Karolina, though, wow! Statuesque comes to mind. And all those other words in the caption too. Wow.

  12. Kiernan
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    WHAT is going on with the fit of Kate Upton’s dress and why does it make her look like she’s trying to smuggle a sack of potatoes into the Met?

  13. Amy
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    Anja Rubik looks like she has Lady Gaga’s pointy cheek implants on her hip.

    Jessica Stam is either brunette or redhead naturally, so she probably needs to give the dye a rest for a bit. Looks nice anyway, I think.

    Incidently, she’s probably as skinny as Rubik, but at least she’s covered it up. Frankly, I think a lot of them could do with an extra 12lbs, but as long as I don’t have to actually see the grotesque evidence of their hideous famine thinness, I can kind of ignore it. But there is definitely something wong with fashion people’s eyes.

  14. Amy
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    And I would also like to say, I think Karen Elson looks great. Karolina wins top trumps, obviously, but you’re too harsh on Karen.

  15. Mahastee
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    Turbans for all!!!

  16. nicola911
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    Brooklyn Decker is being overshadowed by Betty Draper’s Happy Anime Boob Eyes…

  17. anny
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    Kurkova looks very Erte.

  18. Stubenville
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    Karolina would look even better without the hideous turban, And that dress would have been jaw dropping on Iman.

  19. Beth C.
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    I love Amber Valletta’s look. It’s like Superhero formalwear.

  20. Hel
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    Karolina Kurkova and Gisele Bundchen look amazing.

  21. Girlin
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    I love Karolina Kurkova – Dynasty for this generation. AB FAB! Poor Kate Upton – that dress was a complete disaster – it added inches, not to mention lumps and bumps where I’m sure there are none. =(

  22. amyindc
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    Kate Upton looked LARGE. WTH??

  23. Fat Desdemona
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    Yay for a Clueless reference to brighten my schlubby day.

  24. openroses
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    re: Kate Upton: Anyone who hangs out with Terry Richardson on purpose while wearing a bikini is having an extremely bad year.

  25. deva
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    Um, poncey is slang for gay. Just saying…

  26. Trippy
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    Anyone else notice the lady in yellow in #13? I’d like to see a close-up of that!

  27. Heta
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    Observations, in no particular order:
    1) Behind Karolina Kurkova’s right arm is a swathe of white, which I first thought was some sort of cape/draping attached to her arm. And it is divine in my imagination.
    2) The link to Rachel Zoe–yikes! It looks as if her head is on backwards.
    3) Linda Evangelista’s man-arm and head-growing-out-of-neck (ala, How to Get Ahead in Advertising) are fabulous additions to the fashion art world.
    4) Back when I was in middle school, the scary-story-around-a-campfire du jour was of a woman who never removed her black velvet choker. Her paramour took it off one night while she was sleeping, and, sure enough, her head rolled away moaning, “No, not my choker!” (or some such nonsense). I think Alexa Chung’s torso would explode if she ever removed her Peter-Pan-collared white shirt.

  28. guerra
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    Karolina looked amazing!!! Best of the night! I saw her from other angles she looked 8 ft tall!!

    Gisele has amazing skin, it looks like she barley has any make on! amazing!

    I alos loved Jessica!!

  29. Rubee
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    Karolina Kurkova looks out of control. Stronger manager required.
    Anja Rubik’s hip bone is not sexy. At all.
    Linda Evangelista = What Cruella de Ville would become after cosmetic enhancement.
    Kate Upton looks pregnant… which I think she’s not.
    I like Jessica Stam as a brunette, and Brooklyn Decker’s dress – for a movie premiere, not for the Met ball.
    Somehow, I liked the dress wore by the girl standing next to Alexa Chung, who looked… as usual.

  30. marie
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    i’m loving Rooney Mara on that Anja RUbik picture

  31. VanDee
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    Karolina looks awesome. She reminds me of the green lady out of Lost in Space who kept floating past the window of the spaceship calling out ‘Dr Smiiiitth!!’.

  32. Softwear
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    Good lord, these ladies don’t age well do they?

    1. Are we that sure that Gisele and Tom are having hot sex? They’ve been married for years. And have children. And limp-ish careers. There’s a baby-mama. A ladies’ locker room scandal. I’m sure they bicker about which cereal is healthier more than they make sweet love, is all I’m sayin.

    2. Karolina looked great. Evangelista looked awful. And I liked Chanel Iman’s dress.

    2. What’s wrong with

  33. Kristina
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    No idea who the model is in picture #12, but her dress looks like it’s made of late 80s denim.

  34. Ms.A
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    I’m loving everything about Karolina’s look. Yes the turban, and also the pose and the face. I’m digging it. Everything else was a whole lot of model fug madness. Gisele and tom looked a hot mess.

  35. Gwen Robinson
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    Kate Upton’s gown reminds me of the Cameron Diaz Stella dress, which I didn’t like either.

  36. yeahandalso
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    Kate Uptons gown reflects light in a way that gives her a stomach we know from Sports Illustrated that she doesn’t have. But I think it would be really cute on somebody who actually is pregnant and at that Beyonce VMA’s stage where they are just far enough along to have a baby bump but other than that are their normal size.

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