(2) RIHANNA vs. (15) ANNE HATHAWAY
Two women who have a history of making terrible terrible life choices with regards to their menfolk.
And their outfits. For example:
ANNE HATHAWAY. I know you showed your boobs in Love and Other Drugs, a movie I hated so much that I spent the entire time hoping against hope that your character would die at the end, but THIS IS NOT YOUR BRAND. Also awkward:
No bueno, babe.
Speaking of which:
SUPER NO BUENO. Juxtaposing that look from Rihanna with the following one gives me an idea: Rihanna has an evil twin, and while the real Rihanna comes out occasionally to accept awards looking, as Heather put it the first time we wrote about this, like a refugee from Empty Nest, EVIL Rihanna is the one who pops out in bodysuits and records duets with Chris Brown AGAINST ALL SENSE.
This one seems like a combined effort of good AND:
The lace is good, the illusion netting EVIL.
But perhaps EVIL is better than BORING:
Like, the following is many things (crazy, nightmare-inducing, DID I MENTION CRAZY) but BORING it is not:
On the other hand, when Anne goes cracked out, I don’t know that I like it any better than her more boring stuff. To wit:
Okay, Princess FancyWreath.
And these — like everything else in Fug Madness — represent just the tips of their respective icebergs. I implore you to flip through RiRi’s archive, as it is crammed full of things like the time she wore that Muppet out of the house, and that once that she wore toilet paper as a dress. Likewise, the Anne Hathaway file contains such gems as her chain mail figure-skating gown and her built in leg warmer-pants. Peruse, and VOTE:
Whose fug reigns supreme?
- Rihanna (85%, 7,118 Votes)
- Anne Hathaway (15%, 1,285 Votes)
Total Voters: 8,391
Loading ...(3) CHRISTINA HENDRICKS vs. (14) PAULA PATTON
Hendricks stresses me out. WHY ARE YOU SUCH A MESS?
Someone with EYES can look at that, and say, “turtlenecks aren’t good on you, and a white skirt with your pale skin makes your whole bottom half look like the same color. Let’s put you in a white v-neck and a black pencil skirt, if you’re married to this color palate.”
Paula Patton, on the other hand, is BEYOND adorable, but HER problem is that she dresses a hair too young and smidge too small:
This is edging toward tacky.
And this is too small:
And speaking of too small:
This is where Hendricks’s non-existent friend says, “that’s doing really weird stuff to your boobs, right? You’re just showing me this because it’s like when you try on something SO wrong that you have to show your friend because it’s hilarious, RIGHT?”
And THIS is where said friend takes a defeated bite of her sandwich and says, “what? Are you working the Renaisssance Faire now? WHAT IS UP WITH YOU?”
On the other side of the match-up:
Just, no. Also, I love how Shaliene looks here. She’s all, “shoot, are we seriously having to do red carpet here? I just popped in on my way to pick up my Thai food order. Seriously? Oh, hell. Okay!” (Apparently, I kind of love her now.)
Cue Christina’s friend: “WHAT IS THAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU LOOK TERRIBLE IN THIS. YOUR BODY IS GREAT. DO YOU NEVER LOOK AT YOURSELF AT WORK? I CAN’T EVEN WITH YOU, CHRISTINA. I’M LEAVING.”
Hey, at least Paula is having a good time. In fact, throughout her archives, she is at least ALWAYS having a good time. It’s pretty refreshing.
Whose fug reigns supreme?
- Christina Hendricks (87%, 7,023 Votes)
- Paula Patton (13%, 1,089 Votes)
Total Voters: 8,109
Loading ...(6) KATERINA GRAHAM vs (11) ROBYN
This might be my favorite match-up of all of Fug Madness. DON’T MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM.
I mean, look at this:
AND THIS!
AND ALSO THIS! How did we not cover more of Robyn this year? SHE IS DELICIOUSLY CRACKED OUT.
That is SERIOUSLY GIVING ME A SEIZURE! It’s AMAZING!
Even when she’s going formal, it’s cracktacular. See?
To recap: that’s a leather bandeau top with a fringe door-curtain attached, over high-waisted white leggings. I AM going to call my girlfriend. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE WEARING.
On the other hand, I also love me some Kat Graham, and she too is a fringe-enthusiast (which is not the same thing as being a Fringe enthusiast):
She’s also a cropped top/high pony-lover:
And…A SUPERHERO:
This was at the Jeremy Scott show in September, and I actually walked right past her in this get-up and didn’t even recognize her. Instead, I think I shook my head and thought, “god, some of these fashion girls are NUTS.” If I had only known it was Kat Graham dressed like a character I like to call THE VELVET THUNDERBOLT, I would has asked her if I could try those glasses on.
This, on the other hand, is what you wear to your Rose Parade party:
You know, because it’s a day when you want to class up your bustier. I implore you to look closely at her body of work, by the way, because as is the case for all these match-ups, these pics are just a sampling. You don’t want to miss the rest of her. She is a treasure.
Whose fug reigns supreme?
- Robyn (76%, 6,074 Votes)
- Kat Graham (24%, 1,904 Votes)
Total Voters: 7,974
Loading ...(7) OLIVIA WILDE vs. (10) JESSICA WHITE
I forgot how crazy Olivia Wilde looked during both her Tron and her Cowboys & Aliens promotions. For example, during the latter she occasionally looked like she was living in the Old West as costumed by an alien who was trying to pass as human:
Close, Sister-Wife, but so far. There was also this:
Polka Dots and Side Boobs Make Strange Bedfellows, my new album, drops on Tuesday!
This is ALSO alarmingly Sister-Wifey. (Not to be confused with Sister-Wifey, a fanfic mash-up about Big Love and the 1978 Judy Blume novel):
And her archives are just full of the crazy: ass lace! More sister-wifery! A salute to the cast of Camelot!
I’m not sure what THIS is a salute to. The lace jumpsuit on Gozer at the end of Ghostbusters? If that’s true, then I want to make Jessica White my very best friend.
That is amazing. This is ALSO amazing:
SHINY. HAREM PANT. JUMPSUIT. I seriously think this outfit was described word-for-word in Scruples 2 as something Billy wore to go seduce someone into doing something for her. Which is actually a compliment.
Jessica loves the harem pant:
I think this is ALSO straight out of Scruples (my third album is to be called Straight Out of Scruples. It’s the homage to Judith Krantz and NWA that America has been waiting for). Maybe Jessica’s just angling to get cast in the adaptation that ABC’s working on. Look, they cast Chad Michael Murray. ANYONE HAS A SHOT.
Meanwhile:
Whose fug reigns supreme?
- Olivia Wilde (23%, 1,775 Votes)
- Jessica White (77%, 6,075 Votes)
Total Voters: 7,842
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Comments (47):
I am so torn with Robyn and KatGra: both are kind of awesome but I think Robyn’s shoes and overall rather Insane Clinical Nurse looks win it for her.
Christina Hendricks gets my vote because it is not that hard to dress up.
Rihanna is just so scuzzy, I can’t not vote for her. I kind of want her and THE HUDGE in the final.
Jessica White. Because one harem pant jumpsuit should be enough.
Robyn versus Kat is like Sophie’s Choice. Both so fantastic in their fuggery that I can’t decide.
I think Rihanna will go all the way this year, but Anne dresses so badly! So, so badly. However, I don’t think she does any evil in denim so Ri Ri wins.
Paula Patton is so pretty and her boobs are not ALWAYS done wrong. I assume Christina has no stylist and if she did I would fire her.
Jessica White’s lace catsuit will take her far.
These are so hard!! I don’t even want to think about how difficult the later rounds are going to be.
I will seriously look through someone’s entire archive and think, “Oh, she’s got this in the bag!” and then ONE single outfit from the other person will undo all that, and I’m torn. Eek!
(But I am having so much fun, I have to say)
I didn’t even have to LOOK at the Rhianna/Anne H pics. I knew Rhianna was getting the title right away.
Sheer, white-lace jumpsuit – ’nuff said. Jessica brought her A game with that one.
RiRi is way more cracked-out than plain oatmeal without sugar or butter A. Hathaway. Advantage – RiRi.
Kat looks like she owns her fug, especially her superhero catsuit. I cannot hate on that.
But Robyn doesn’t look like she’s even buying the fug she’s selling. Sad, crazy, fugly-clothed Robyn, FTW.
Christina Hendricks wins just because she has a rockin’ body that she still doesn’t know how to dress. Work those curves girl, but rein in your girls. Breasts should not be treated like that. Did the wrong you in some way?
I thought the Ashanti peek-a-boo sash dress from the last round was the clear choice for the whole ball of tulle here, but now, I’m confronted with the Jessica White peek-a-boo lace jumpsuit … so I’m calling them for two slots in the final four … GFY is digging up such priceless moments I just know there were be two more equally fug contenders … wowie …
EDGING toward tacky? That is generous.
Yeah, that’s what I said. To me, that fell right over the tacky cliff.
Jessica all the way – the lace jumpsuit had me in FITS of giggles hours after I saw it.
Christina breaks my heart. I want her and Octavia to go shopping together.
Is it weird that I voted for Robyn because I hate her hair? That’s kind of cheating, isn’t it?
Also, Christina Hendricks just haunts me with this stuff. Someone who is that ridiculously beautiful has no excuse for looking that disastrous on the red carpet. How? And Why? Will she not think of the people?
That is exactly why I voted for her, HATE may not a strong enough word for my feelings about her hair.
It pains me, because I like her, but after going through he archives I have to conclude that she just has terrible taste. I mean, sure, she doesn’t have the Hollywood-standard female body, but it’s not like she has six arms or something. And when other people are dressing her (Mad Men, the Lucky cover) she can look absolutely fantastic. So, sorry Ms. H, but in a day-late-paraphrase: The fault, dear Christina, is not in your boobs, but in yourself.
So true.
I adore Christina H but she needs a fug reality check. And Katerina G/Robyn was just so hard! – but those platform work boots of Robyn’s had to be answered for.
I voted Robyn, because when Katerina Graham looks good, she looks GOOD. This alone http://gofugyourself.com/well-played-katerina-grahamless-so-nina-dobrev-12-2011 put her out of the contest completely for me.
I found Rihanna vs Anne to be one of the tougher votes. I am surprised it is such a landslide so far in the voting.
Please find and save the picture of Olivia Wilde with Jason Sudelis from earlier this week. She is wearing a long, flowing, super faded denim dress in which her boobs are barely , barely covered and some giant sweater jacket. This outfit alone will make her a higher seed for next year.
I voted for Robyn, but was thinking it would be so amazing to have Kat Graham face off with Jessica White. Similar and perhaps equally wack!
I mean similar style.
Seriously on Christina Hendricks. Lady. You are out-of-hand hot. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO YOURSELF.
I had no idea who Jessica White was until now, but I may need to rethink a large chunk of my bracket.
I have an irrational hatred of Anne Hathaway, so I’m totally voting for her. She does “blah” like no one else.
These matchups were seriously some of my all-time favorites! Keep up the awesome work!
Olivia sure has a great publicity person… her clothes are fine. At least she doesn’t look cheap like Rhiana and some of those others. Rhiana is simply an exhibitionist.. Anne and Christina make some mistakes but they are always so beautiful and they do not look trashy.
There is a difference between taking some chances and being trashy …
I just hope that Olivia Wilde goes away now. I’m so tired of her. Ditto for Anne Hathaway, but she has proven to have both more career and more staying power, so we won’t be rid of her anytime soon.
Anyway, in voting for fug: Rihanna? SO BAD. I think she may be one of the final four. It will be interesting to see how the Charo bracket fares if there is an eventual match-up between Rihanna and Jessica White. *shudder*
Meanwhile, I join the chorus of dismayed voices clamoring for Christina Hendricks to GET IT TOGETHER. So gorgeous, yet so dismally attired.
Kat Graham is crazy-amazing, and she is so beautiful and always seems to be having fun. Robyn is crazy and (as stated) crack-tacular and her outfits are fuglier, so she got my vote, but I love the fact that she has go-to items in her wardrobe (the shoes in the first and third photos of her are the same). Stars: they’re just like us!
That first photo of Rihanna…take away the hat and the bracelet and I’m pretty sure Amy Locane wore that same outfit to wait tables at Shooters during the first season of Melrose Place.
The minute I saw Jessica White’s lace jumpsuit, I knew Olivia Wilde was out. That thing is amazing.
I don’t know who Jessica White is, but she should win the whole thing for the shiny harem pant jumpsuit. The fact that I even wrote that sentence – that that thing exists in nature – makes me want to cry.
Robyn … just what? With those platform fake Timberlands? That are apparently a favorite of hers, since they make a repeat appearance?
Yeah, there really aren’t any arguments here.
Miss White in public with the lace onesie.
Miss Robyn in the biker boots with the window sheers and long-johns.
Miss Scarlet in everything.
Miss Rihanna in everything, Act 2.
I did vote for Rihanna, because Anne Hathaway has had so many hits for her relatively few misses. HOWEVER, Princess FancyWreath nearly edged her over…
You’re gonna hate on the biker boots and just ignore the fact that this is a woman who owns a pair of platform work boots? And wore them? Twice?
Is it wrong that I wish Robyn would hook up with shoeless Tomas Jane? Can you imagine how they would look together on the red carpet?
Completely unfair seed. Hathaway had a tremendously bad year sartorially and had no business being bounced out in the first round. Put her up against someone less appalling and she could have built some momentum.
ROBYN. FOR. THE. WIN!!!!
Yuck, Olivia Wilde.
I had to flip a coin for Robyn vs. Kat.
…it came out Robyn.
As for the other matchups, I imagine Kat is sitting at home (with her own Fug Madness bracket filled out – and OBVIOUSLY with her winning the championship) looking at this post right now, cursing the fact that Jessica White wore those harem pants first.
I felt bad about voting for Rihanna (I have a feeling that this is not going to end well for her), but:
1) I’m mad at her. When you record a duet with someone who managed to lower my opinion of Bashar al-Assad further, I can’t help but be judgey.
2) Seriously, she WAS terribad this year.
Oh man, I think something was wrong with the seeding because there is NO WAY either Kat Graham and Robyn should go out in the first round….just not fair.
It’s funny, Robyn and Kat Graham for me are both 100% in the wacky = fugly =amazing category. Whereas Nicky Minaj and Rihanna are both wacky = fugly = annoying = attention whoring
agreed.
I should have known Jessica White was doomed when she came to a charity event I put together wearing the fan favorite <a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/25990_322516415484_517990484_3510984_3489291_n.jpg"bra + pencil skirt combo. But I could have never hallucinated something so magically nauseating as…oh my….the white lace jumpsuit. It really happened. And drapery everywhere instantly developed a heightened sense of paranoia.
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What a nice coincidence that Olivia Wilde’s boobs are dropping the same day as Jessica’s album.
Rihanna lives the fug, Anne is nice and pretty, but mistaken. On goes RiRi (I hear she can be beaten, however) (Mea culpa)
Christina without a doubt, because she never gets it right EVER. And with such natural gifts, too. Pity. On she goes.
Robyn, because not only her clothes weird but actively make her look ugly.
Jessica, by an areola.
Robyn and her Ass Mullet win.
This bracket was HARD. I actually had to get my husband involved: “Which is worse, sweetie, polka-dot sideboob or shiny harem pants jumpsuit? Death is not an option.”
Man, I actually wish Anne Hathaway was stronger in the poll. I just went through her archives and she is SO PAINFULLY misguided. She reminds me of myself when I was 13 and had no idea what fashion was but I occasionally tried SO HARD. Rihanna knows what she’s doing.
The Fug Madness 2012 winner is in this bracket. I am fairly sure of it.
This is not a compliment.
Soooooooo EASY!!! I voted for Rihanna, Christina Hendricks, Robyn and Jessica White… No explanation needed!
I’m overwhelmed. Are we supposed to vote for people who are trying to be fantastically ugly and succeeding (Robyn), people who are trying to be fugly but only manage ugly (KatG), people are who trying to be pretty and manage ugly (Anne), or people I just want to go away (Jessica White)?
Anne Hathaway is always sexy. Her fashion is always in.