Let me say first that I love the color here.
Then as we drift down the dress, I am pretty sure I still like it, even though it’s not inspiring me as much as I want it to — the lace feels like somebody’s last-minute afterthought addition to try and dress up a plain shift. But it’s fine. I still like it, and it was better than a lot of what else got hauled down the carpet.
And then, we get to the bottom. It’s the SHOES that are sticking in my craw. I don’t know what it is — the fact that almost all of her toes are out, the long strap down the center… hard to tell, but somehow it’s all reflecting back upward and giving a clunky aura to to the outfit. They make her feet look enormous. This seems unfair. I’ve never looked at Nina Dobrev, long and slender as everything else about her is, and thought, “Wow, she’s on skis down there.” In fact, her feet didn’t look big the day before:
See? Perfectly proportional (lest I give her a complex about her feet; Nina, they’re seriously fine, IT WAS THE SHOES SOMEHOW). I also like the rest of this outfit — it’s youthful, it’s flirty, it’s achingly pretty just as she is. I’m happy she won — a show like Vampire Diaries isn’t going to get much credit from the industry itself simply because it feels like they’re biased against believing anything on The CW could be legitimately good or well-acted or well-plotted. legitimately good. But it IS all of those things, and she excels on it in a part that in lesser hands could be annoyingly heroic, so it’s great that the people chose her as their favorite TV actress. Well done, people. And well done, Nina. Next time just call us to go shoe-shopping with you first.
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Comments (37):
She looks like she has fungus growing on her arms.
YES. I said this on Tom and Lorenzo this morning. It is so true.
I agree–that was my first reaction? “What scrolldown–this is pretty fug right up top.”
Those shoes look like something from my 1970 6th-grade class photo.
Yup, adding to the chorus. First thing i thought – :what dreadful disease is that?
the first dress looks very Project Runway, ” The hem is lumpy, the sleeves look halfarsed, and it’s just uninspiring in general.
Perhaps it was a “Super Villain Gone Starlet” challenge, in this case Poison Ivy was the muse.
Elena has big feet, Katherine has small feel…is it really that hard?
And she seriously won? Because that is WAY well deserved, I know it’s not some dead serious premium channel show, but the girl is amazingly talented
Lainey’s got some photos of Nina and Ian Somerhalder at LAX dashing to catch a flight. She didn’t change the green dress, just threw a leather jacket and flat boots on which is endearing. Also made the dress look much cuter.
I love Nina. I love her so so much. I’m so happy we, Canada, can claim her as ours. She’s awesome and I LOVE TVD.
I like the first dress but hate the sleeves. Ripp those sleeves off or even chop them at mid bicep.
The second dress is gorgeous. She can pull that length off where a lot of other women can’t.
Not mentioning the shoes in either case because I hate them both. I’m not a fan of nude shoes at all.
I’m not really either, but at least her feet don’t look like canoes in the second ones.
First shoes with the second dress and vice versa. Problem solved. Love both dresses, especially the green.
I love her too – as a fellow Canadian, so much happier to claim her than Bieber! She does an amazing job at portraying both Elena & Katherine, she deserves to win an award for it. I like her style most of the time too, but the shoes are a little off with that green dress.
Love the second dress! So very cute. And I like those shoes with it. The first — even without the awful green-fungus sleeves (nice description Stefanie) it would only be meh to me. Those shoes are better left unmentioned.
What I want to know is: is that all her real hair? And if so, how can I have hair like that?
So you ladies like the 2nd pair of nude pumps and not the 1st? Confusing! Thought you hated nude pumps on principle.
Yes, the first pair make her feet look bigger because they’re lighter than her skin tone, but that’s an old rule, no? Or at least “don’t wear lighter shoes with darker hose” is the rule? They pretty much have the same effect – big feet.
That green dress is fug central. She should’ve pulled a Jaime Lee Curtis a la True Lies and ripped the sleeves off that dress before the red carpet. And those shoes look orthopedic!
Totally agree about the sleeves on the green dress– it looks like mold growing down her arm. And while I appreciate the use of a bright, bold color, no beautiful girl (or ANY girl) should have mold on her arm. Yuck! And the shoes are terrible– if she was going for nude I would have picked a simple pump, but those nude sandals are not flattering. She needs to return ‘em or burn ‘em.
The second look is adorable, though I am not a fan of those shoes either. But the dress/she are so cute I’ll give the shoes a pass and call it fab!
a lot of people don’t like the green dress, but I like it a lot. The 2nd dress is great too, and she looks great in both pictures. The shoes with the green dress are really ugly, but looks like she actually does have big feet (size 10 I’d bet – I wear a size 9 myself), they’re just not as accentuated in the 2nd pair of shoes as the first. But she’s got a great face, hair, and body (and talent!!) so if she has big feet, at least she’s not perfect!
I don’t like either shoes. Nude shoes make me think of the muslin fabric from the early seasons of Project Runway. It’s like they’re unfinished.
The green dress would be great without the sleeves. I agree; they look like fungus. It’s a beautiful color on her.
I hate the style of the shoes more than the nude tone. They look really dated; almost granny-ish.
Totally agree – in the airport pap pics, she had a black jacket on over the dress, and black boots and it looked way better (and way cuter). Ian S. was in the pics, too, and that didn’t hurt!
Nah, I love the green lace sleeves, although the bodice is a bit large and gape-y. However, with her plain hair, I thought “Demi’s looking so young there!” The second dress is perfect and all the young ladies at this semi- legitimate award show should have worn something like that, tea length, soft, bridesmaidy, dressy frocks, not mullets or minis or ball gowns.
I totally thought it was Demi in the first photo too. Which, props to Demi, but if I’m a 20-something actress maybe that’s not such a great comparison. Hate the fungus sleeves. Love how she looks in the second pic, though.
I looked up the airport/boots pictures and she looked so cute! SO MUCH BETTER without the sleeves.
I’m always so envious of girls with cute green dresses. I have been looking for years and I cant find one! *siiigh*
I just love her. I don’t want to…she’s beautiful, she has Ian….she is amazingly talented…but something just seems so dear about her. I can’t even be mean and old and ugly and jealous! I’m happy for her and hope that all that sweet shiny that surrounds her is 100% real.
I can’t even dislike the green…because it goes to show that girlfriend wears the cloths, not the other way around.
Bless the girl for having beautiful shinny (and real) hair!
I am so happy she won! I love Vamp Diaries
Green dress would be ok if the sleeves were gone…. but the shoes. Holy crap.
The 2nd dress is gorgeous! Not a fan of those shoes either but I don’t hate them.
I would like to know if that is her real hair too, it’s beautiful.
I agree with Ms Chanandler Bong…make like Jamie Lee in True Lies! What is actually wrong with the shoes – they were no doubt expensive but they seem to be forcing her toes to spill out? I think she looks stunning in the second photo even though I wouldn’t be a floral fan myself..she can pull it off. Possibile criticism…is her hair too long??
She is so pretty and she was so cute when she won! I liked the green a lot but I agree about the shoes.
On a Vampire Diaries-related note, I COMPLETELY agree, I completely and un-ironically love that show. Is it bad that I want Klaus to somehow turn good and stay in Mystic Falls and kind of become friends with everyone? Ian Somerhalder needs to cut his hair.
Also, I think you guys should write a NY Mag-style weekly recap of the show. Just putting it out there.
Hate the shoes of both outfits. Love Nina. And her hair? So. Shiny.
First shoes:
Meemaw’s gunboats.
I love the green dress (shoes not included)! Y’all are crazy.
No no. This is such a pretty dress! Perfect in fact. With great shoes! Please imwant it!
You hated Miley’s trendy sheer panels and fun neon attachments, but loved this “Lucky Charms/Poison Ivy” mess? NO. Those sleeves look like they might have had a cameo in “To Wong Foo.”
I think the sleeves would be pretty if they ended at the elbow. The second dress is gorgeous overall, but I could do without the defined bra cups and the sheerness at the top.
I think she looks beautiful in both outfits… I give her 2 FABS UP!!! She’s always radiant with that hair, that skin, that face & that body!
Both outfits are far too spring wedding for a red carpet event. How can you like this color? It’s super saturated, which is supposed to read well on camera, but the green hurts my eyes if I look at it for too long. Also, lace sleeves? Isn’t that better on an older woman who wants to cover up a little sag? The second dress is dowdy, dare I say frumpy and enlarges her hip area by both the cut of the skirt and the pattern on it. I think her stylist took a geriatric turn. These dresses would be fine if you were seated with the widowed aunts eating rubber chicken, but not if you are trying to draw the eye of a director or producer for some cool indy production. I know you like Nina (who doesn’t? she seems talented and funny), but when the fashion slides, the fashion slides.
Why is she standing like that? In both pics. She’s going in my Awkward Pose celeb file now. Yeah, I have celeb files. Doesn’t everyone?