Fugdust

Since she’s at a Venice Film Festival event for a movie about Valentino, I’m going to go ahead and assume Claire Danes is wearing the designer’s dress here. All comments about her uneven cleavage tan and her lemon-sucking smile aside, I’m sure I’m SUPPOSED to find this outfit romantic and girly.

Instead, all it evokes for me is one of those absurdly ornate lines of bathroom objects — like wastebaskets and toothbrush holders — that you find in the Target bathroom section with names like Nouveau Luxe or Pink Eden. It’s not a good sign when all I want to do is push her head to see if her mouth dispenses hand soap.