I present to you Sarah Jessica Parker in Little House On Park Avenue.
Although, maybe this was part of a cunning master plan. Maybe SJP and Valentino knew that the ladies’ powder room at the Met would be papered thusly, and she could just stand there and blend against the wall, and eavesdrop on Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, or listen to Beyonce trying to use the toilet without dunking her train. Unfortunately, it reads more like Half-Pint on her way to church, where she’ll learn that hateful Nellie Oleson put itching powder in her hymnal.
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Comments (67):
Are those MATCHING SHOES???? What the? What? Why?
That’s exactly what I just said: OMG the SHOES MATCH!
Ewwwww. Why does SJP pick such fugly dresses???
Count me in for that. Makes dyed to match bridesmaid shoes look a whole lot better.
THE SHOES!?!?! WHY???
That was my very first thought!
And people used to call her a fashion icon.
An undeserved application.
That was SO my response as well!
Me five. That was my first reaction when I saw it: dear god in heaven, the shoes MATCH.
It’s like some horrible Gunne Sax abomination.
And is she wearing matching bracelets OVER those sleeves, or has she just wrapped bright orange ribbon around her wrists? Whichever it is, it’s WRONG.
The Love’s Baby Soft reference had me ROTFLMAO. Laura Ingalls wouldn’t wear this. Half Pint is rocking some really sexy decolleté and a tat over on DWTS.
I once heard her say that her favorite fragrance is Skin Musk, by the makers of Love’s Baby Soft. So that comment isn’t far off the mark AT ALL.
God, this outfit is atrocious.
I’m sorry…are those shoes an exact match to her heinous dress? Please say no and that I’m just hallucinating
I believe you are correct.
She is, in fact, a bridesmaid on “A Very Special Little House on the Prarie” wedding. She had to step in when Nellie Oleson refused to be caught dead in this thing.
I had to wear a bridesmaids dress like this in the 80′s. It makes me squirmy to remember it, because I knew it was awful back then! Seriously almost the same design, only moire taffeta.
In order to be a true 80′s bridesmaid dress, this would need a Princess-Di puffed sleeve and one of those ridiculous pointed bodices. (I was an 80′s bridesmaid.)
Enjoy the Walnut Grove Spring Formal, SJP! Don’t forget your sunbonnet!
“I Was an 80s Bridesmaid” should be someone’s memoir. And yes, I WAS one too – and the pattern on this dress is truly reminiscent. Upholstery as formalwear! But yes – mine had a peach taffeta skirt and poof sleeves, and the pointed bodice. Good times!
Ahhh! Half-pint!! You made my day!
The dress is ghastly, but for all SJP’s fashion faults, I will say that she always looks happy to be out, and she always has a big smile for the photogs (not in this particular shot, but she was in all the others from the night). And that right there is more than I can say for 75% of the other Hollywood gals.
Agreed on all points.
I hate it when women (and men!) do the red carpet and scowl and act surly throughout. Just don’t do the fugging carpet if you hate it so much!!!!
Having seen her in person at NYFW stuff, I must agree that she is a TOTAL pro in person, regardless of ensemble. And she looks great facially in person.
Ha! I read that as “New York Fug Week stuff” – thank you for infiltrating my brain!
Right? Although, I think if you are invited to these events, you don’t really get a choice regarding the red carpet. You want to go to the Met Ball? Then get ready to work the red carpet.
And she’s referred to as a ‘style icon’ why, again? From the neck down, she looks like someone playing Gone with the Wind using a Laura Ashley curtain purloined from a British hotel circa 1989. From the neck up it’szzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz – oh, sorry. Fell asleep again.
Sarah Jessica Parker is possibly the most overrated “style icon” ever. I seriously don’t think I have ever liked anything she has worn.
And she also matched her shoes to her dress. Who does that? Insanity does. Insanity matches its shoes to its duvet cover dress.
Co-signed. I mean, who even originally said she was a fashion icon? If the answer isn’t “someone without the sense of sight” then I am not ok with this.
At least it looks comfortable. How did Gwyneth, or Carey, sit?
I just had this vision of them all standing with Beyonce near the wait station nibbling on carrots because they can’t sit down or eat anything! Kinda silly…
One word: Hideous.
Chloe Sevigny should be wearing this. With her plait. Big Lovin’ the hell out of Bill Paxton.
What Willow said.
Whoever decided this woman was a “style icon” must be the mayor of Fugtown.
Sarah Jessica Parker redefines “hideous”.
It’s Carrie Bradshaw who is a STYLE ICON, not SJP
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I would give anything to see SJP, in this dress, square dance with Anna Wintour.
Comments like this demonstrate why we need a “Like” button for the comments section.
Or perhaps an “I almost peed myself laughing at this” button.
I’ve seen 80′s era Gunne Sax prom dresses that were more attractive (and less modest) than SJP’s dress.
Can’t say I like this, but any time SJP covers up the legs/arms, it’s a good thing.
It’s so, so awful. And I really like SJP. In addition to its numerous problems, it looks like it’s made out of oilcloth. Also, did anyone get a picture of SJP with Lily Collins? That would be awesome.
I love that I am the only one that likes it.
And, coincidentally, your name is “Sarah.”
You’re not SJP self-promoting, are you?
I guess it’s just a Sarah thing, because I actually like it too.
Haha, no not SJP, I guess us Sarah’s just have to stick together!
And can’t you just imagine her simpering about “Mr. Valentino”? The shoes are the ONLY part of this get up I would keep, but I’d wear them with something else! (obviously)
I like it, too – pretty is not such a bad thing.
Shhhhh… I like it too.
me three! *hides*
I had a Laura Ashley inspired skirt that was this pattern… I swear… when I was in junior high….it was long and had a ruffle at the bottom and I loved it because it made me think of what Laura Ingles Wilder would wear if invited to a fancy dinner…… Now, I know what she would wear if invited to a really fancy wedding.
The funniest part is that she’s actually lifting up the dress to show off those shoes.
I still can’t believe there are women who worship this horse faced mess.
That is rude and inappropriate.
Let’s not bring people’s faces into this. Thank you!
I think Marilla made this out of the curtains as one of Anne’s dresses with no puffed sleeves..Seriously though I kinda like this. I think it fits beautifully and I like the pastel colours and the sense of humour required when sporting curtains makes me like her!!
Hugh Jackman’s wife is right there in the background, which means he might be one of those guys that was cut out of this frame. I soooo want to pan the camera left to check. Would have MUCH rather seen him than this hideous dress. Valentino or no, it is awful.
It confuddles me a bit when people clutch at their pearls over matchy-matchy shoes and dress, in plain colors, I actually think it’s fine. But not like this, never like this!
As for the dress, I thought maybe it was vintage and that would have made up (a little) for the bad fit, the twee print, and the general Holly-Hobbieness of the whole thing. But no, this is Valentino 2012. The world really is going to hell in a (matching, floral) hand basket.
I think matching shoes and dress are just unfashionable right now (which means they will be back to fashionable in five years or so).
I don’t really like this much, but I do see SJP as a style icon because she pushes the envelope and really seems to wear whatever the hell she wants regardless of whether it’s in style, or au courant, or flattering. Lots of “style icons” (Daphne Guiness, China Chow) wear similarly batshit stuff with such aplomb that their confidence and self-assuredness is inspiring.
I just noticed Deborah Lee Furness in the background and it soothed my soul a little.
When I first saw this and read that she said that this “reminded her of another time” my first thought was “bed time.”
I’m so clever.
Haha
It’s a pretty pattern, if you ask me, but for a head to toe dress it is just much too much.
Totally agree. Someone else wore a similar Valentino that had a lighter fabric, slightly sheer, liked that one much more. Although if there is anyone other than Laura Ingalls who could pull off this dress, it is SJP. I love that she obviously enjoys experimenting with all sorts of styles and yet always manages that her dresses aren’t wearing her.
Itching powder in teh hymnal? Unless one really gets into the music, I don’t know how that’s a bad thing.
I would love that fabric for a couch.
Yeah, I hate this.
I must say, I always love her demeanor. She rocks the fug well.
Agreed. And now I’ve got the Beastie Boys “Rhyme the Rhyme Well,” caught in my head:
“My name is SJP, I’ve got a story to tell, and when I rock the fug, I rock the fug well…”
Why does this dress even exist, outside of a costume department for period pieces? It wouldn’t look good on ANYONE.
Ladies, ladies, are you all getting a bit carried away on things you perhaps do not completely understand?
OF COURSE the shoes MATCH, otherwise how would you pull this whole insane look off without the “irony”?
Looks like I’m absolutely alone here but I find the dress rather beautiful. It’s so romantic in a Marie Antoinette way. But I do agree that matching shoes are never good.
Sarah Jessica Parker’s million good fashion choices are now VOIDED. I CANNOT. She is at square one.
I love the dress; cut, fabric, little belt, everything, and I think it could’ve looked fantastic with some blue shoes, like a bright torquoise.
It seems SJP can never dress for her age. This is so unsophisticated – it’s for someone who never grew out of Little Women. Or she comes out looking like a whacko Mrs Robinson.