Insert your “Katie…HomeLESS” joke here:
You know, except for the part where those clunky taco shoes (that is, by the way, the name of my new band: Clunky Taco Shoes) probably cost about $700.
But seriously, you guys, unless she is on break from filming a touching Lifetime movie about a down-on-her-luck Depression-era vixen who’s taken a job fixing up old jalopys (to the dismay of the head jalopy-mechanic, who will obviously eventually fall in love with her [played with remarkable lack of finesse and dead eyes by Eddie Cibrian]), THIS IS SERIOUSLY A NO-GO.
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Add straw hat & she’s a scarecrow.
Seriously, my paint-the-porch-bleach-the shower-grout jeans look better than that, and they fit me better too.
Yes, the overalls look horrible. BUT, I’ve seen a few pics of her from this occasion & she looks pissed off in every one. Maybe she is having a really bad cramp & bloating day and this was the first thing within reach that was comfy? In which case, I ain’t mad at her.
Um, no… not buying – not in those shoes. She looks to me not pissed off but confused, as in mentally ill kinda confused – which might explain that outfit and those shoes because otherwise I can’t (scientology) think of a single (Scientology) reason how or why this could (SCIENTOLOGY!) … um – nevermind.
This is why I choke everytime an article refers to her as “fashion icon” or “fashionable designer” Katie Holmes. I just can’t. How can one put that on in the morning and think, “yeah, great!”?! Unless you’re popping a piece of field grass in your mouth and taking the tractor out for a spin there are no excuses…
Now I know what “crankypants” look like.
Since I use that expression all the time, this rates an “awesome!!!!!”
This belongs on the cover of Parenting, captioned, “Really?! How to deal with those days when the kids ruin everything”. (Of course, it helps to have a staff.)
Yeah, the more I look at this, the more I like the sweater, coat, and shoes. It just seems like the cute black skirt that went with this met with an accident, probably child-related, and the overalls were the only other mom-sized lower-half garment in the car.
If her cramps and bloating are bad enough to require this outfit she should be in her house with a heating pad, a full bottle of Midol and the remote control. Not out walking the streets looking like this. We understand about female troubles Katie, but have some personal dignity about it.
Her expression seems to say “Over there, maybe? I know they’re coming for me! The men with the big butterfly nets!”
Actually, LoriK — like Candy — I’d give her a break if she is just having a crap day and looking for comfort. After all, girl gets photographed every damn place she goes so it stands to reason we’ll see some ‘just hanging out’ clothes once in awhile.
BUT… two things:
1. Why would any self-respecting woman even own those overalls unless they were part of a costume?
2. If she’s really just going for comfort, why is she wearing very uncomfortable looking $700 shoes? With heels?
Not buying the comfort excuse. Girl looks crazy.
Thank you! That’s the part I don’t get: if you’re going to dress for a remake of “Sullivan’s Travels,” then why on earth would you put on those shoes? If you’re dressing for comfort–then why those shoes? She seems to do this a lot–dress like a homeless person from the ankles up, and like a red carpet vixen from the ankles down.
Is it a Scientology thing, and I just don’t understand?
Oh my. I do not live in Hollywood, I am not famous, Paparazzi do not stalk me. And I. Would. Never. Not ever. Not in public. Probably not even in my backyard. There is comfortable, and then there is general basic pride in your appearance.
But why are her jeans so high-waisted? But why? I just don’t understand. Why you would even ever consider wearing those pants, let alone wearing them out of the house when you are the wife of somebody crazily famous and famously crazy and are likely to get photographed no matter where you turn? KATIE HOLMES YOU MAKE NO SENSE.
Those aren’t high-waisted pants. Those are OVERALLS. Oy vey!
Was there … a fire??
If so, WHY PICK THOSE AS YOUR ESCAPE SHOES.
She could be a bag lady, if not for the fleet of Escalades and bodyguards hovering just out of frame…
I’ve got no problem seeing her in “just hanging out” clothes. This is not a “just hanging out” outfit. It’s a homeless farmer who mugged one of the Real Housewives or a Kardashian and stole her ugly, over-priced shoes.
This truly beautiful woman clearly shouldn’t be stealing clothes from my “I’m nearly an adult, I think I’ll paint houses for a living” collection.
Damn. I was skimming and thought the Depression-era Flashdance flick was a real thing. Please?
Maybe this is her subtle way of asserting a cry for help. If she dresses like a Big & Tall/Jimmy Choo farmer often enough, someone’s bound to say maybe Katie Holmless is trying to tell us something. Oh when will all the truth come out, I will pre-order the book.
i love busted up, broke down overalls. the only thing wrong are the shoes.
I could forgive this (maybe) if she were wearing a pair of TOMS. Or Converse All-Stars. Or anything other than these shoes.
I’ve spent my summer wrangling rocks out of a devastated front yard water main replacement, in jeans that have the knees worn out, but still snappily cuffed with an appropriate to the task t-shirt; AND when people talk to me, I pretended I wasn’t me! WHAT is her deal???
I am with Mouse.
Has anyone else noticed that, with the way those booties are shaped, it looks as though some invisible force is hoisting her up by the scruff of her overalls and gliding her around town? Spooky. I’d be cranky about it, too.
On her way to a meeting with Jared Leto, is she?
She looks crazy. Like, “not well” crazy. It looks like she’s super paranoid and clutching what she thinks is her baby to her breast.
She looks like she forgot she took those laxatives last evening that are working.. right….. about… NOW!
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There’s no excuse for these, there really isn’t. Overalls are a pain to get on and off, they take effort; so if she’s feeling lousy, she’s not putting on overalls. So this is on purpose.
The caption says they were visiting some Milk Shake Factory…maybe she thought there were cows and farmers there and she’d kinda blend in?
On the other hand, that would make a FANTASTIC Lifetime movie; get on that, you two!
Looking at that picture makes me want to break out in a rousing rendition of Come On, Eileen.
God why does she wear those fugly shoes everywhere!? Ugh!
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Concurring with Mouse on Katie Holmes’ lack of fashion credibility.
It just looks like affectation when a rich beyond dreams of avarice woman dresses in this contrivedly downbeat way. What’s the bet that the overalls are designer customised? Ugh-ly, ugh-ly shoes.
Seriously, were she wearing these with Converse, I would have literally just assumed she was on her way to paint the house and been like, “carry on, then.”
Even when it is 9pm and I have to run to the grocery store for something in my grungy clothes, I do not wear overalls like this. I don’t own overalls like this. Because – why? Why would you? There are so many other ways to be comfortable and not look like you stole the pants off Farmer Joe’s scarecrow.
Ok, it seems like she got dressed in the dark, but girl looks comfortable! I remember that when I was attending University, I always wore my overalls when I was bloated and nothing else would fit me, but I wore them with sneakers! So, the shoes are way over the top for the outfit! Anyway, maybe she’s going through those days of the month… Give her a break!
By the way, see how pretty she looks without any makeup on!
Inexplicable and unexcuseable. She is not riding the rails in 1933, the only appropriate time and venue for this get-up.
She is obviously not “on set”. She’s channeling for her next role. Tom Cruise’s ex wife (if she keeps wearing overalls…)
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I’d hate to have to put on a public face/outfit every day. There but for the grace of being famous, go I.
“She could be a farmer in those clothes!”
A frightening aspect of this ensemble is that she has deliberately rolled up the cuffs of the pants, so we can see the tops of her boots. Meaning she thought about her ‘look’.
“Pleeeeease, won’t one of you photographers notice my morse code eye blinks? I NEED YOUR HELP TO ESCAPE THE COMPOUND. I have a wad of cash underneath this blanket. I need a plane ticket to Canada and the rest would be yours. I will send for Suri later.”
She looks like the new face of Derelicte.
This is what happens when you marry and breed with a famous closet case who won’t let you take anti-depressants.
Overalls are NEVER OK.
Even when she is appropriately dressed, I think she is one of the most awkward looking celebrities I have seen. Both her facial expression and her body language seem uncomfortable in many photos. Maybe she just doesn’t like being photographed?
One thing no one has brought up yet is the fact she is currently visiting Tom Cruise on set (in Phliadelphia? Pittsburgh? somewhere?) and that’s where these photos were taken.
So let’s think about what that means for a minute.
She actually PACKED those overalls to bring with her.
She looks crazy because she’s being followed by a bunch of a-hole paparazzi. That will probably make you paranoid and crazy. Also, the outfit isn’t awful, but she seems to be going for a hipster kind of thing, and it’s hit or miss. Overalls would be cute w/ Converse or some sandals, definitely not boots.
Graceless.