The unvarnished plus here is that Carey Mulligan’s hair is looking less Jen Lindley, and more Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby, and that’s a step up. After all, poor Jen Lindley died, and all Rosemary had to deal with was, you know, bearing the child of Satan thanks to the machinations of a ruthlessly ambitious husband and evil septuagenarian neighbors. More importantly, though, Mia Farrow was MUCH better styled than Michelle Williams ever was on the Creek. So we’re moving in the right direction from the eyebrows up. From the brows down, though:
A) Sister needs more color in her face: I know the BAFTAs red carpet was cold this year, but she looks like she might have frostbite. And just as the cure for almost anything is more cowbell, the cure for fake fashion frostbite is: more lipstick.
B) I kind of love the dress.
C) For someone about twenty years older. Honey, this thing takes gravitas that your ass hasn’t gotten anywhere close to earning. And be grateful for that. One day you’re going to wake up and regret that you didn’t wear ridiculously fluffy party dresses while you could still get away with wearing them and looking cute, rather than looking like you went out wearing in the ruffly hats they put on the ends of a rack of lamb.
This is one of those dresses that I suspect someone else could pull off, and look AMAZING (like, Marion Cotillard):
Whereas, from the neck up, K Stew looks like she ran a half-marathon on Thursday and hasn’t showered since. I totally get the concept behind doing casual hair with a very posh dress — it’s cool, and it’s often the best option for someone in Kristen’s demo (AKA: young and disaffected) — but there’s casual hair and DIRTY hair, and very rarely does “dirty” translate well on the red carpet. I mean, did we learn nothing from Xtina?
I suspect this opinion may prove to be controversial, but I truly think this is fun:
I’m serious: Romola Garai — whose name I love, thanks to all the vowels — looks totally fresh and adorable in this. It’s so nice to see someone wearing something a little offbeat (thanks to the pattern) who doesn’t ALSO look like she’s suffering from some kind of head injury. Bonus: I think the high, poofy bun is kind of a kick. Had I been playing stylist, I might have given her a little more jewelry (read: any jewelry) — say, a big cuff bracelet, or a little bling on the ears — and I am not sure those were the best shoes (they seem a bit Deputy District Attorney on Law and Order to me), but on the whole, j’adore.
@grubreport @thebestjasmine I always felt like they ruined Dean specifically in service of Jess, which is lazy writing for your love tri -H
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BAFTAs Fug Carpet: Vera Farmiga
I’ve got a crisp twenty dollar bill for the first person who can get Vera into color for the Oscars.
Every single major event that’s happened for Up in the Air, she’s worn either black, white, or a very icy gray. She hasn’t looked terrible, but nor has she looked great, hence her general absence from these pages of late. The fact of the matter is that, while a great white dress or a stunning black dress can be incredibly striking, both run the risk of looking BORING or bridal or funereal or awkward combination of the above. Especially when won too often. (There is a reason people think Jennifer Aniston is bland as toast, after all.) And Vera looks fantastic in color. See:
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