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She looks so PERKY and I love the short hair. Also, I want those shoes. So I have no hesitation about giving the old thumbs up to both the very top and the very bottom of her look. It’s the middle that we need to discuss. What say you, Fug Nation? Me — I think I like it. Yes, its’ very retro, but so’s her face. (Which I mean in a way that’s not nearly as SO’S YOUR FACE as it sounds.) I’m not in a deep and passionate amour with the waistline of the skirt — it kind of looks like a really nice kitchen tablecloth, with the unfinished edges — and I might have, like a Gap employee of yore, belted it. But overall….I’ve missed you, Kiera. You are reliably interesting, even if you are wearing a tablecloth.
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I’m really disappointed in the differing colors and textures of the top and skirt. Separately, I love them both, but they do not work well together for me at ALL.
Pretty mediocre. That skirt clashes with everything she’s wearing, especially the pattern on her top – and there’s some weird ruffle or bunching around the waistline, making it look like her shirt doesn’t fit and is jammed down into her skirt.
I love her tremendously and I too covet those shoes! But the rest is a big miss… that skirt should be a bird cage cover, shirt is ok but with a different outfit.
Hair and make-up are great and it IS nice to see her looking so happy
UnHem! Looks like her skirt was cut with the same pinking shears as her hair.
I do like the demure little top though.
The top is fine with something else, but the skirt looks like it should have a potted fern on top. They look truly awful together.
It looks like someone introduced her to a sandwich shoppe! Yay for that good friend.
Now, whoever introduced her to the Salvation Army resale store has some ‘splaining to do.
The top is made from my Grandma’s couch upholstery fabric.
The skirt is made from my Aunt Ethel’s shower curtain.
The haircut was done by a five-year-old with safety scissors.
So I actually like ti overall. I like the pattern/color clashes. I just hate the construction of the skirt. It looks like a skirt that I would have tried to make myself when I was ten, and didnt know how to finish anything. If the skirt had a more typical hemline, a bit of structure, and a nice wasitband with yes, perhaps a belt, I think she would have looked great.
Hair/face/shoes still rocking though.
Hair and shoes are indeed fab. The short hair is much more flattering to her delicate features than the longer versions that preceded it. The actual clothes, however, look like a 7th-grade home ec project.
At first I thought the two fabrics so wrong for each other that the outfit was an inevitable disaster. But then I looked at it some more and realized that the problem isn’t the patterns, it’s the placement.
Imagine if you switched the two. The blue silky fabric as the blouse, lending a bit of cheerful color up at her face, and the tan lace fabric as the skirt. It would look so much better. OK, and maybe a simple brown or white belt to marry the two together.
But the shoes rock no matter what.
Im not a fan of the top at all.
I actually really like the material and pattern of the skirt, I just with the pattern was a bit smaller. I think it would make a great sun dress.
Her shoes are fab.
And her head is great: I love the hair and I love fact she doesnt have that sour grapes look on her face.
I also REALLY REALLY love the fact she looks like she discovered the joy of Sandwiches.
I love it. All of it. Together. On me, this would be a completely fail, but somehow I think she is totally pulling it off, weird waistline and all.
Everything looks great on her except for that eyesort of a skirt. No. Just no.
Yikes, that should have been “eyesore.” Preview before you submit, BNFW!
I guess it’s supposed to be all fashion-forward and whatnot, but I just don’t understand this non-matching look. I don’t get it in fashion magazines and I don’t get it in real life. I don’t get why anyone would pair that skirt with the rest of that outfit. That top would be so cute with an ivory pencil skirt…or perhaps a pleated circle skirt. But that skirt? Why?
Err that should have been I WISH the pattern…(I even proof read and I still did that!)
I love this, even the clashing patterns/colors. I think the clash itself is kind of fab. I think the skirt would be better as a simple A-line or something (or even just with a finished waist, jeeze), but I can live with this. I like the idea of short hair on her, but I don’t think this cut itself is doing her any favors (mostly because the “five-year-old with safety scissors” comparison is pretty damn good).
Basically I think she looks adorable and I just want to be friends with her. She’s had so many roles that I would have loved to play that I feel like we’d have a lot in common. (Plus, we’ve both got old-fashioned faces. At least hers belongs in the last century.)
It’s really the skirt’s fault that I don’t find her as adorable as I’d like to. It kinda looks like something my sister & I would fashion out the big box o’ scarves and things when we were 6 and 4.
The top I love and covet. The shoes are awesome. Her smile divine.
The shoes are the only good part.
Her sunken cheeks always freak me out. But she does have a nice long neck, & pretty legs.
There’s all kinds of things I should hate about this, but I actually love it! I wish my hair would behave for a bob like that.
She looks great. If you’re into that young hipster thrifted refashionista thing – all she lacks is a pair of black-framed geek glasses she doesn’t need and maybe a patent box purse in yet another colour that smells of mothballs inside.
It’s not my style, and there are certainly plenty of people who do this sort of “I just walked into a church rummage sale in a windstorm and this happened!” thing better (although I bet that’s designer wear PRETENDING to be hipster refashionista salad…)
I heart Keira very much, so I enjoy seeing her so pretty and happy, better than ever, actually.
And the period vibe of the top is working for her too, much as I disapprove of beige stuff.
But there is one thing not fitting in, and that is Mr. Skirt. As the poster above said, a nice ivory pencil skirt would be a perfect partner for the top, and we’d have a sort of 30s/40s thing happening.
OTOH, pair this skirt with a fun tank or sleeveless blouse in white or an appropriate blue, and we’d be good in another way.
But top + skirt = NO.
I’m not sure what’s so great about that hair – limp, blah color, dishwatery. Sure the new length suits her beautiful face but I think it looks rather ‘meh’. Highlights?
While I would like to see this skirt with a crisp, white shirt.
OK, the shirt and skirt: No; although, I like the materials used together there. The face and hair are so cute. But what I really need to say is:
SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES.
Ahhhhhhgh. (Wipes drool off chin with paw.) Je desire.
Hey, have you “fabbed” Drew Barrymore for the Harper’s cover yet? Is she transitioning out of rom-coms? ‘Cause her face looks like she could take AJolie on for the job of World Movie Uberwench. Barrymore looks like a goddess. Sorry if you already posted on this and I missed it.
Sorry. I meant Harper’s BAZAAR.
it’s hideous. the blouse isn’t right for her, the skirt looks like a tablecloth, the shoes are fierce, and none of it goes with anything else.
it is remotely possible that a trendy SHORT skirt could save the entire thing. as is? complete mess.
That skirt looks like she made it herself. Maybe that’s why she’s smiling so brightly: it’s her first home sewing project and she is so proud of herself.
Is it just me or does it look like she’s wearing something dark under the skirt, like shorts? The skirt looks like something my Barbie had that was fraying but I still played with it.
for Blanche, Barrymore cover post here:
http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/go_fug_yourself/2010/10/fug_or_fab_the_cover_drew_barrymore1011.html
That’s an elastic waistband, suitable only for children, the elderly, and home ec projects. The fabric of the blouse is too heavy, better to be used for a skirt. The fabric of the skirt is too flimsy, and is better suited for a blouse. Neither is suited for each other. I see no charm in the odd pairing. Perhaps she’s going to whip off the skirt and show us that she’s wearing a nice brown lace one piece dress underneath. I would commit crimes to get those shoes, however.
My eyes! My eyezzzzzz!!! Aaaaa!!! The pain.
Girlfriend looks perfect. Perfect, that is, if she was playing a young, ingenuous librarian who discovers that her feminine hygiene product has failed right before she is due to give a speech to the townspeople about saving the old library. Undaunted, she wraps a dressing room tablecloth around her tell-tale dowdy skirt and gamely strides to the podium, where her inspirational speech moves the crowd to tears and saves the day.
What the heck happened here?? Looks like she got tangled up in her shower curtain while she was falling down drunk and trying to dress in the dark and then topped off the look with her mom’s shoes.
Love her. Envy the shoes. Would borrow them and not return. Not so much on the skirt.
The skirt and the shirt look like someone’s playing Fashion Plates with her. Love the hair and shoes, tho.
I can’t get excited about the peter pan collars I’m starting to see everywhere. Just…don’t feel the love.
And it makes me feel deeply sad inside my heart that the nothing skirt she’s wearing probably cost half my mortgage payment.
She looks like she has a tablecloth tucked into her waistband. There is nothing that can redeem such a look, not even great shoes.
agree with rachelh, if the patterns were reversed with blue at the top & tan at the bottom, this look would be great. as is, my first impression was, ‘oh she looks so happy. is that an elastic-waisted tablecloth?’
sandwiches are good. have some more.
I can’t help it; I love this. It’s that French Farmgirl Fashion thing going around. I get it-for once.
Or maybe it’s just the shoes.
It looks as if she went to High tea, spilled something on her skirt, went to the dress-up section for girls and whipped this on instead of the ruined skirt. It’s HORRIBLE-Jane Austin meets Ma Kettle!!
For a rather twee look I think this is sweet. The colour combo is nice. If only the top was a little better fitting and what the hell is wrong with the waistline of the skirt? It looks like it’s been rolled over a piece of elastic. Yes, a belt is needed and once in place I’d decide if I wanted the hem to be level or…. what is it now? Giant handkerchief?
The top and the skirt don’t even remotely belong together. Not the styles, not the colors, nuttin’. Like, not at all.
She is a very pretty girl though, and I like the retro vibe.
Mongerel: Thanks. Fug Girls & Nation: Good point about the starring role of airbrushing in Barrymore’s Harper’s Bazaar face. Pshaw. I must have been all aflutter due to my unrequited love for Knightley’s shoes.
KK looks pretty fab but is it just me or does she have an extreme farmer’s tan situation going on here? Those light rings at the ends of her shirtsleeves? Is that an optical illusion? Part of the shirt?
The longer I stare the more I am convinced that her arms are removable at just that point – maybe there’s someone in the wings waiting to snap on some alternate arms, one of which surely will have kung-fu grip.
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But I will pass on the rest of the outfit. A lovely, crisp white shirt would have made all the difference….
Everytime I look at Keira Knightley, I wish she’d go back to the weight she was in the first Pirates movie. She’s a beautiful woman, no argument there, but she just looks brittle to me anymore.
I like the skirt, it’s the top I’m a little iffy on. I think the whole look is too…”fluffy,” for lack of a better word. I think it would have looked more together had the top been fitted and lighter colored. The ragged waistline of the skirt just doesn’t go with the top – or it would’ve needed a belt to pull it together, a dark brown maybe?
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I don’t have a strong judgement regarding the way she dressed up herself, I just like her hair with that great smile…
Why is she clenching her fists?
I’m giving her a pass on the clothes because she’s smiling, not making that horrible pouty face that she usually makes.
I like the overall look. My problem is a little picky. What’s going on with her arms by the sleeves? Is that a ribbon or did they only apply tanner so far?
Listen here Fug Girls – I love you both and you have been keeping me sane while on an extended tour of the Third World, but my jaw DROPPED and I nearly choked on my anti-malaria medication when I saw this. Really? Fug or Fab? You need a poll? Her skirt is so out of sync with that adorable top and shoes (and yes,her expression is also charming)that it reminds me of those fashion plates we played with as kids. But in this case, my little sister didn’t screw with me and replace it with a skirt that looks like the scarf my mom wore on her head while mopping the avocado linoleum. Sheesh. Carry on.
Yeah, the smile makes all the difference in the world. Happy eyes, no thousand yard death stare. this is a girl who could drink a pint in a pub. She even looks like she’s eaten a sandwich or two since her last round of movies. The haircut makes her look like the 22 or 23 year old she really is. I like the clenched fists. It makes her seem like a little kid all excited. Adorable.
I don’t mind the Delft skirt, but that top is just wrong for her. The moderate vee-neck creates vast plains of ecru fake-lace vinyl tablecloth where most of us have breasts. She doesn’t, and she has to dress for that EVERY TIME.
I think if the skirt was a different cut/material/maybe both, it would work.
I’m leaning towards that pattern on a cotton pencil skirt with a skinny belt, but I also think it might work if she just straightened out the hem and cleaned up the waistband.
I’m sorry, but I just cannot get on board with that skirt and blouse. They just don’t go together at all. At all. Her face and hair look cute, though.
So we have moved beyond the notion of basic pattern matching and ‘complementary colors’ now, have we? This is a sloppy disaster that we might excuse in a special needs relative, but there is simply no way this goes together, so why are we pretending it does? If she could have thrown us a bone here–perhaps have both items in a (distantly) related color family or, if different colors were absolutely necessary, at least use patterns that share some sort of relationship or maybe if she had chosen fabrics with a similar fiber content–it would be passably okay. But this is kind of a joke and an example of what can happen when the need to appear fashionably hip and ‘au courant’ goes tragically awry and leads instead to ‘modern bag lady.’ Sad, because she’s an adorable girl.
Why the hell she has closed her fist…?
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Um. No.
Okay this… is awful.
But check it out, I think that ugly top might actually be an ugly dress! Note the dark shadow under the skirt. Which just makes it even more WTF.
Also, that “skirt” is giving me flashbacks to age 6, because this is EXACTLY how my mom showed me to make “5-second skirts” for my dollies! Fold a fabric scrap into eighths, snip off the point to make a hole, and then pink the edge. Ah, memories. At least I took the time to make my hems rounded. Jeez. What, is her stylist 5?
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