I kind of want to take January Jones by the hand, sit her down in front of some photos of Sofia Vergara, and be like, “See? Do you see that we all know Sofia is, like, physically divine, without her needing to wear boob strips?”
This is a woman who is so calmly aware that people are looking at her, she doesn’t feel the need to bait them or beg them to do it. I love that. Because I can see where it would be so tempting, when you are that hot, to want to scream it from the rooftops. (Or your boobtops, in January’s case.) But Sofia is like, “Eh, whatever, you know it, I know it, let’s leave it at that.” Whereas January was one step away from being clipped to a mortarboard, then hung from someone’s rearview mirror for two years before languishing in their armrest with empty gum wrappers, Chapstick without a cap on it, and some pennies.
As for Sofia, check out the back:
This feels cool in a way I don’t generally expect from Vera Wang, whose name I do associate with pretty things but not always super funky ones. Then again, it might not be a Vera Wang. Sofia said “Vera Wong” all night on the red carpet, so maybe she bought this out of the trunk of some dude’s car. If that is true, I hope she will consider how dangerous that was, and then tell me immediately where he is parked.
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Eh, I dunno. I think the extreme shininess does beg people to look at her, and I am definitely not on board with the eyelets/lacing on the back. Tacky. I do adore the sash, though. Less-shiny fabric + sash – lacing = win.
yeah, it kinda looks like plastic–vinyl fetish anyone?
I have read some mixed reviews of this look, but so glad you love it because I do too!! She looks amazing. And so right on about JJ. She had her boob straps on and was not a fraction as sexy as this.
I love her jewelry, but the strange corset style top, ballooning as it does at the neckline and hips, is not flattering from the front and is downright strange from behind. And I think the magenta margins on her black sash just make it look like a too-thin black sash. I’m not feeling this.
really not down with the back of this dress, it’s cheesy. but from the front she looks amazing.
The tassel metaphor…HILARIOUS!
Actually, “Wong” is the correct way to pronounce the Asian surname “Wang.” It’s not THAT kind of wang. I’m not saying that Sofia was being ethnically correct– this was most likely a “doggy dog world” incident.
Hmmm, I disagree on a few points. I must start by saying that Sofia is so beautiful, it barely matters what she wears. However, with this cheap looking shiny material and the wavy, scooping neck/boob line, I feel like she was shouting for people to notice her hotness. To me it felt so obvious and forced, and she does not need to do that. I thought the back was tacky also. But from the neck up, she looks divine as always.
Also not down with this look. Cheap looking and I’m not sure it’s a subtle as you’re thinking it is. I find her to be in the Eva Langoria class; she wears the same thing, and it looks fine, but it also doesn’t say ‘personal style’ to me.
And yet the hip ruching looks like it could inflate to store enough buffet offerings for a week’s worth of leftovers! Eating is sexy, too, and Sofia knows it!
JJ was TOO try hard. Jeez, kid, we giddit. You’ve got fun bags. I hope Jason Sudeikis had a little chat with her based on extreme embarrassment to be with a girl who was ostensibly in a solid relationship, but still had to put her melons out on the cart with a For Sale sign attached. I’d be a little nervous about the longevity of this relationship if I were him.
Stop the hate on January Jones! I thought she looked way more fashionable and way classier, this is beautiful because Vergara beautiful but that’s it. Not a great design. January killed it.
I was disappointed with this, because I thought it looked gaudy (especially the lace-up back) and cheap and too shiny and too tight. I could almost hear the screams of the seams as they fought to hold it together. Sofia is capable of so much more.
I want to be Sofia when I grow up. Alas, I believe she’s a smidge younger than me… curses!
this is ticky tacky tackarama. pirate wench indeed.
of course, she’s hot as, but still. the dress is kind of terrible, despite her overwhelming fabulosity.
and i agree with daisy! i thought january looked fantastic! and wayyyy classier than this, despite the massive skin. she’s so tiny and not boobtacular that it looked classy to me, and it was definitely a more fashionable dress.
sofia is great, so she looks great, and her body is insanely awesome, so she looks awesome. the dress is pure high end saloon girl.
whoa! when you click all the way through and peer at it — this is two pieces! the pleated top bit (with the black belt) is actually a second layer – that’s why there are two rows of corset grommets – one for the base dress, one for the top piece! That is a VERY cool dress!
I think the Wang that sounds like a Wong is actually the correct pronounciation. I don’t know, I think I’ll like the dress a lot more if the material doesn’t look so plastic and cheap.
It clashes with the red carpet. That’s all I got.
Cheap and tacky looking. Not subtle at all.
Love this, love her, the self-deprecating tweet about how nothing fit her and she couldn’t attend the Globes was refreshing and charming. You’re right, she doesn’t have to work the hot, it’s obvious and she can just be elegant and have a good time. There are certain celebrity ladies that make me wonder, “Would they be fun to have lunch or drinks with?” and I think Sofia would be mucha diversion. Dream gal group: Sofia, Helen, and Swinton!
it fits her curves perfectly, but i don’t like the back of it or the heavy sheen of the material. on tv, it didn’t look that shiney!
I love the back! And yes, she’s showing off the goods without appearing desperate unlike January Jones.
She’s so damn gorgeous that she could have knocked it out of the park in a burlap sack.
How can you guys like this with the cheap-looking back and the weird pleating over her uterus and hate the cool/sexy/not-boring dress on Anne Hathaway? Seriously, you guys, I feel so alone here. Sigh.
Sofia is rocking the hell out of this dress! Love the color, the fit. BUT, I do not like the black sash. It cheapens the look somehow. Also not crazy about the bodice-looking back, but I can live with that. The sash bothers me more.
But otherwise, you nailed it. THIS is how you show off the boobs without looking cheap, January!
“Sofia said “Vera Wong” all night on the red carpet, so maybe she bought this out of the trunk of some dude’s car”
That’s the best laugh I’ve had all day!!
That’s why we love Sofia, she knows she’s hot as hell, she knows we know it, and it’s no big thing.
Love it on this gorgeous woman, at this point mainly because its Not Tulle off the shoulder and it fits her correctly and I can relax that it won’t fall off her. The ribbon at the waist is sassy and even though she has eyelets to strap herself in she has choosen not to become a cliched Saloon wench by being predictable. She is wearing the dress IT is not wearing her. Well played. Oh and if you are going to have Ruching as a feature this is how you do it.
She looks beautiful (how could she not) but this dress is still pretty ostentatious…I wouldn’t call it classy. Sometimes the Fug girls are as unpredictable and confusing as the judges on Project Runway!
While I wasn’t down with the shiny texture, I loved everything else about this dress. The color is smashing on her, and I loved the corset/grommet thing in the back – a little bit of a surprise that made the dress cool.
Now who I really want to sit down to make her look at Sofia Vergara’s wardrobe choices are Christina Hendricks. This is a woman who knows how to dress her curves. Love or hate her fashion choices, you never look at her and wonder if her girls are about to fall out of the dress.
Love it and love her. I would change teams for her.
Actually, Sophia pronounced the designer’s name correctly. In Asia, Wang is not meant to be pronounced like “Wheng”, but that’s how Vera Wheng is always called.
I loke the dress, love the wearer, and in the back shot, I love how it looks like she’s waving ‘See ya later’ at everyone.
Love it, and like that it’s so unusual. She’s got it and knows it.
sooooo cheap and tacky. I didn’t like the front, and the back is just hideous.
Julia Stiles gets fugged, and THIS gets a well played? I feel like the bias (against fishtails, etc.) is blinding you to the obvious: Julia Stiles looked pretty, whereas Sofia Vergara… did not.
She’s absolutely gorgeous, but I do not approve of the bodice. Just do not.
I agree that this dress may not be the best dress Sofia ever put on her BEAUTIFUL BODY, but Let’s Face it: SOFIA MAKES THE DRESS LOOK GOOD.
She Wears the Dress; the Dress doesn’t wear her. Sofia knows how to carry her curves in Style, even is is not the best dress ever. This Dress is Nice, may not be Classy; but is Nice. I don’t think is cheap looking, I just think the fabric gets wrinkle a lot; but is Not a cheap dress. It just gets wrinkle because of the texture of the fabric, that’s All.