Oh, Kelly MacDonald. I have no issue with you, but I am so annoyed with your Boardwalk Empire character right now. (If you’re not caught up on season two, stop reading or don’t get mad at me for spoiling you in the next would of sentences.) You started off all HBIC and now you’re in the middle of the most boring religious crisis. Keep sleeping with the hot underlings and hoard valuable land grants for yourself; stop crying in confessionals and giving everything to the Church. Thank you.
And now on to your frock:
I actually love it, and I want to wear it for a climatic dinner scene in my theoretical 1930s English Countryhouse Weekend Party Comedy-Drama-Murder?? film I’m always rattling on about (I think, by this point, it has a cast of thousands, from Hot Neville as the cocky smart-ass ne’er-do-well heir who of course has a secret heart of gold and hidden sexy depths, to Helena Bonham Carter to Haley Atwell to someone we decided to cast as the sassy American girl who pops in to stir things up that I can’t remember right now). My appearance at the dinner table will be like how Stephanie Meyers popped up at the wedding scene in Twilight, except the camera won’t linger on me for way too long and hopefully when I am watching this movie, I won’t say aloud to the dismay of the girls in front of me, “oh, get over yourself.” The difference is that hopefully, unlike poor Kelly, I will have someone to fix my hair and also I will not forget my giant fantastic cuff bracelet, the better to rattle over martinis with.
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You know, I thought for sure you guys would have a face off of sparkly green dresses – this one and Laura Dern’s.
I do like it, but I think Laura Dern did it better.
i prefer Kelly’s gown to Laura Dern which bordered on the tacky for me. Who designed it?
love the fabric, but the top is extremely boring, and it doesn’t look like it fits her very well. And how about a little make-up or jewelry or hair to go along with the sparkles?
Laura Dern’s dress was by Andrew Gn; Kelly’s was Lorena Sarbu.
Could not agree more on her BE character this past season – getting it on with mega-hottie Owen Sleater was a high point, for sure, but she needs to show up that kickass/manipulative moxie more. Get it together, Margaret.
And she looks beautiful. Trainspotting alone was enough for me to love her forever, but then No Country for Old Men and now Boardwalk Empire? Goddess.
Gosford Park. That is all, I think, that need be said.
I love this. Not as much as Zoe Saldana’s long, sparkly green dress – which I COVET to the doom of my everlasting soul – but I do love it.
I wish it was a touch shorter ( or she was standing up straight, as that may be the case). I love the color and the sparkle ( but I’m a magpie and easily swayed by sparkle..which led me to try on every single nasty piece of sequined anything at Forever 21 around new years just to be reminded that I am no longer 21 and so Forever 21 makes not a lick of sense)…..Anyway…I voted “eh” because of the odd length…but now I think it’s her slump…. Good lawd, girl! Stand up straight! You’re gorgeous!
I adore the neckline and sleeves, very cute, but I have a problem with the sequins, in my yard there are loads of ant nests and every summer the grass is teaming with ants, and the dress’ pattern reminds me so much of that, my skin just crawls.
It’s just.. put on some lipstick. You’ll feel better.
Plus, you know the hair. And the fit of it – just not good.
I’m sure it’d look better on Jess in the Hot Neville movie.
I dunno. I just scrolled-down to this from Laura Dern’s sleek green sparkly magnificence and I can’t work up much enthusiasm for it. The fabric is nice, but the style is so yawn.
I thought this was a fine, but the more I look at it, I’m going to good. I like this and Laura’s dress and they’re different enough not to be competing with each other.
Not at all. This is total Slouching Sea Cucumber. A sequined X-Tra Tall T-shirt modeled by a just-wakened waif on her way to the coffee machine. Total Fail unless totally unambitious.
I. LOVE. THIS. I think it would have been better with, as you say, a big bracelet or a giant cocktail ring, and I wish her hair had been in one of those low buns to one side to equal the elegance of the dress.
LOVE K-Mac, but every time my bf or I see her on TV we automatically simper ‘but hwhat is to become of os?’
Love the dress, and will totally cede it to Jessica for that scene in that awesome hypothetical movie, as long as you’ll do something for me: change “climatic” to “climactic.” You guys get ridiculously long sentences grammatically correct with astounding regularity, which is one of the many reasons I adore you, but this is one of my biggest pet peeves (though I’m sure it was just an oversight).
Unless, of course, by “climatic” you DO mean “rainy,” in which case NO you’re don’t get the dress YOU’LL RUIN IT.
you beat me to the grammar punch. +1.
and i will totally watch that movie.
This is very Joan Crawford In The Early 1930s, but Joan would have had makeup and hair done to match the powerful statement of the dress. And some jewelry, to be sure. Basically, I covet the dress AND HOT NEVILLE.
Can’t wait to see the shenanigans-at-a-British-house-party movie when it finally becomes reality.
The dress is nice except I think her pose makes it look lumpy in the mid section? Her face and hair look like she got she just got out of the shower, decided to stick on the dress before doing hair and makeup….inexplicably FORGOT ‘hair and makeup’ and….left for the ball??? Why???
I just want her to stand up straight. I’m such a mom.
what’s the back like?
Here’s the thing – I will forever love Kelly Mac for her little taxi rant at Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting, and therefore I will forever love anything she does, wears or says.
I think she looks great!
I like it! The dress is nice, just a simple silhouette, but nothing special… What’s FABULOUS is the fabric! If she had worn her hair down, perfectly coifed and more sparkly jewels, it would’ve looked better and more special than it does!
I really want to see that movie.
Me too! I can’t wait till Jessica writes it (and I love the brief-cameo shot idea). I’m seriously more excited for this possibly-never-to-be movie than I am for any Oscar-bait movie that’s actually been made.
I love, love, LOVE this dress. It reminds me of something nice, but I can’t remember what.
Stand up straight and for god’s sake, find a decent undergarment to better hike up the “ladies” – they are lovely, but too low.
She looks fab, love the blue/green sparkly thing.
Love the color and the idea of the cut, but it doesn’t seem to fit quite right at the shoulders and midriff. Maybe she just needs better undergarments?
I love the dress, and it’s such a huge improvement for her. However, I’m on Team Better Bra.
LOVE the fabric with every fiber of my being. HATE the cut, style, shape, everything else.
I love this dress, especially the cap sleeves, and would like it in a cocktail length for myself.
Another properly fitting garment, thank you Ms. McDonald. (Although I am troubled by the wrinkles (or are they gathers?) at the waist line. I agree with other above that Ms. McDonald’s hair and makeup could have used a little more va-va-voom. The thing that bothers me most is the sleeve length. Wouldn’t this have looked fab with 3/4 length sleeves?
Why would this even be up for a vote? Fab, fab, fab!
This needs a whole lot more structure underneath it. It has the potential to be full-on fab, but isn’t quite executed to perfection.
And Alan Rickman and I are leaning casually against the fireplace in your British Mystery, sipping a brandy and smiling with superiority as we know who the Real Killer is. Wearing our riding clothes.
This dress looks uncomfortable, overdone, garish, and her headsuit has been phoned in. She may keep her clutch.
If you are hanging with Alan Rickman, I will commit a second murder so I can take your place. Especially if we can have Alan circa 1991.
I’ll just be bumbling around over here with Stephen Fry …
Oh, vandalfan, you’re right again as usual. And I’m sorry that I’m going to have to bump you off in turn, Petrova. Alan Rickman of 1991 will be mine, all mine. As far as the dress goes, put me in the “great fabric, lousy cut” camp.
Margaret, I truly, madly, deeply love Alan. Death cannot separate us!
Petrova, you win — I actually LOL’d (yes, out loud) when I read your truly madly deeply comment.
KMac’s dress is a bit wonky at the tummy, no? A much softer hairdo would do her wonders.
Also, it’s HaYley Atwell.
I wish she’d had a contrasting belt. A nice, black velvet belt would’ve done much better, IMHO, than the matching one. Otherwise, I like it.