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BAFTAs Unfug It Up: Shailene Woodley

Feb 16, 2012 By Heather AT 7:00 am
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Whoops, found a straggler from the film awards. Better late than never.

Or, perhaps never would have been okay. The sweetness of the dress itself, I would maybe get behind on, say, Elle Fanning. Or maybe even on Shailene, if she’d been styled differently. But that lipstick does not go with this outfit. It’s like s someone handed her a free sample when she got out of her limo. Subtract that, and what do we have? A bulbous topknot that still might not befit the gown beneath it, although with her fuchsia mouth getting in the way it’s hard to tell. I just think this whole thing was poorly put together — either go edged-out ballerina, or go twee and girly and young, but don’t try to straddle the line or else you will just look bow-legged all night.

What would you do here? Erase and restart, or just airbrush out some styling blemishes? Be her Hindsight Photoshop, Fug Nation.

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BAFTAs Well Played, Viola Davis

Feb 14, 2012 By Jessica AT 4:00 pm
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This is inching toward Prom-ville, but at the last minute takes a hard left at Awesometown, of which I sort of suspect Viola Davis may be the Mayor:

The fabric could so easily be cheesy, but the pink/orange interplay is so good — so Palm Springs and beachy and fresh — that I think it totally works.  I have such a crush on her wardrobe. It’s so full of color, which is such a huge breath of fresh air when it feels like everyone else is slinking up to the red carpet in dresses so neutral they almost cease to exist.

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BAFTA etc Well Played, Christina Ricci

Feb 14, 2012 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm
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Now that Pan Am is dead — although popping up on DVRs at random times all over America lately — Christina Ricci is right to get out there and pound the pavement for a new gig:

Double smart of her to pound said pavement looking pretty dishy, too.  She looked decent at the Elle Style Awards, too.

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BAFTA Awards Fug Carpet: Bonnie Wright and Jamie Campbell Bower

Feb 14, 2012 By Jessica AT 10:00 am
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“What’s that? We’re at the WHAT? THE BAFTAS? Rupurt Grint said we were going to tea at his grandma’s! DAMN YOU GRINT YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS.”

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BAFTAs Fug or Fab: Kristen Wiig

Feb 14, 2012 By Heather AT 8:00 am
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I’m not entirely sure what’s going on with the left side of the bodice here.

But I like the cut of the dress on her — it’s giving her a little hip, and the chartreuse shoes were a nice choice. Angelina would’ve worn matching white shoes, and then my head would’ve exploded. Actually, come to think of it, this look has a touch of the Angelina about it: the hair, the makeup, the slightly Grecian bent, the fact that it makes her look tall… Clearly the two of them need to go on a road trip together and film it for Bravo. Anyway, I realize this is a lot more simple than some of what she’s worn, but I think it’s a better match of fit and accessories than those other looks were, and at least it doesn’t blend into the rest of her skin. For me, I think it’s… if not quite a fab, then definitely a step forward. But I’m in a democratic mood. We are Fug Nation’s benevolent dictators.

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BAFTAs Feh Carpet: The Ladies of Downton

Feb 14, 2012 By Heather AT 7:00 am
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I have questions. First and foremost, why isn’t Michelle Dockery at the BAFTAs? We had hoped the answer was that she was following her Letterman appearance late last week with a bunch of Fashion shows, but alas, we’ve yet to see her in the front row anywhere. Second: Why isn’t Michelle Dockery in the front row anywhere? This girl is for real now. She is, as Victoria Beckham would say, major. She’s going to be all over the place soon enough, so designers should be tripping over themselves to get her in their camp. And third: How come these other ladies aren’t rocking something unusual and fabulous? It’s not that Anna and Cora look BAD, per se, but it’s a bit samey. And Sybil! SYBIL. YOU CANNOT. And whither Edith? Seriously, Downton Fever is a thing now. Several of the early shows we saw were very Lady Mary Crawley. And since nobody’s putting Mr. Bates in any froofy Oscar de la Renta, they’d better get on Mary and these other lasses. They can’t do it alone, and by “it” I will eventually mean “the Emmys,” or in breakout star Dockery’s case, I suspect, the Met Ball. Or possibly, because it would be incredibly entertaining, one of those fake awards shows on MTV. That’s a lot of outfits. Hop to it, clothiers.

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