I have to give it up for Malin here:
I think, if you’re not going to the awards proper, it’s probably kind of hard to dress for the parties — you don’t want to look like you’re trying TOO hard, but you also don’t want to look like you just rolled out of a cocoon of blankets on your sofa after watching eight hours of Lifetime True Life Crime Dramas. Not that I’ve ever done that. Although, if I had, I’d be able to tell you that eight hours of true crime reenactments gives you LOTS of conversational material at parties, and also potentially teaches you which of your acquaintances would be your best bet when it comes to hiding the body. SPEAKING OF BODIES: Malin’s might look a bit more shapeless in this than she’d prefer, but on the whole I really like it. The color is swell, and she looks fancy but also relaxed — overall, the slouchiness of it works for me. The Slouchiness Works: Not Without My Ribbon Belt: The Malin Akerman Story.
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She would look so much prettier without the garish make-up. Otherwise, thumbs up!
This could be a Feaky Fug Friday! Here’s mine.
The Side Swept Fringe Works: My Forehead is Slightly Shiny Though: The Malin Ackerman Story.
(P.S. Its Friday in New Zealand so it does too count!)
I am in love with this dress. Her hair, meh. But the dress is gangbusters!
Is this on-the-shoulder on one side and off-the-shoulder on the other side a thing now? It was the same with Michelle Obama’s dress for the Chinese state dinner. I don’t know if I like it. Especially here with Malin – Mrs Obama looked so amazing otherwise that I didn’t mind so much.
I know that roots are suddenly back in and everything but….I just don’t get it. Maybe not getting a touch up was part of the “not trying too hard” strategy?
@Tina – good point! I’d love to see Mrs. O up on this site.
I rarely disagree with you ladies but, in this case, I have to. While the color of the dress is lovely on her, I find the cut unflattering and sloppy. And the hem bugs me. Her hair, too. That is a cute bracelet she’s wearing, however, from what I can tell.
LOL Tina I was thinking of the exact same comparison to Mrs. Obama and I can say I don’t care for either one of them. It looks like (in both occasions) a dress where the straps are up on the shoulders but they feel the desire to be trend and push it off… both cases have that baggage right under the pushed down strap which is horrendous to me. Just my two cents worth.
Kate, I’m not sure this is a roots issue. Her fringe is a completely different colour to the rest of her hair! Which makes this a seriously heinous hair crime. It kinda looks like she’s just clipped a switch of blonde onto a brunette do…
Sleevess snuggie. But what a color.
I’d love to have seen Edie Falco in this red instead – with the shoulder less aggressively pulled down.
needs a belt, or something around the middle. Makes her look wider than she probably is…
She looks very pretty, though I wish she’d do something about the skunk-hair.
Hate. The. Hair. But love the red dress