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Well Played, Natalie Portman/Fug or Fab: Natalie Portman

Nov 15, 2010 By Heather AT 1:00 pm

Since the poster for her new movie Black Swan is basically a close-up of her made up to be the love child of Darth Maul and Cruella de Vil, I’m not surprised Natalie Portman went in this direction at an event for it:

She’s so clean and youthful and ladylike, as if she’s afraid you’re not going to nominate her for an Oscar unless you look at her and then say, “Damn, that spring-fresh breeze was the same person who carried this erotic ballet thriller? WHAT UP, BEST ACTRESS!” And yet her shoes are statuette-colored. Savvy, Portman. Savvy. Okay, maybe she just wore something she liked with some heels she’d just acquired, but I like my explanation better, mostly because I got to use the phrase “erotic ballet thriller.” 
Here’s the more grown-up look she sported at a MOMA gala:

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Million Dollar Fugly

Nov 15, 2010 By Jessica AT 11:00 am

From the neck up, I think Hilary Swank looks quite lovely:

Fresh, low-key makeup, simple hair, potentially interesting dress with intriguing textural elements….

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Fug or Fab: Lauren Conrad

Nov 10, 2010 By Jessica AT 1:00 pm

I have come to a certain level of grudging fondness for Lauren Conrad:

In part, this is because it seems quite clear that she is NOT a total asshat. I am impressed with her for realizing that she had to escape The Hills, and for finding herself a variety of other ways to make money — her books, her fashion line, her endorsements, etc — unlike certain other douchewads who are currently living with Spencer’s parents and considering bankruptcy because they ran through ten million dollars buying things like a terribly produced dance album and a new face. It’s unfortunate that this is the yardstick by which we are measuring these things, but there you go. However, I am undecided about this frock. It’s completely lovely, I think — but it feels a bit STAID, perhaps?

I might not be totally feeling it just because I really loved what she wore to film her latest reality show earlier in the week:
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Spider Fug 3

Oct 28, 2010 By Heather AT 1:00 pm

The other day when I cracked on what Taylor Momsen might wear for Halloween, I wish I’d posted this picture, because it would be the perfect costume:

I’m sure NOTHING would strike fear into Taylor’s own heart more than seeing herself all togged up as a hostess at a Faberge Easter Egg Hunt. If only the idea had inspired a tad more terror in Bryce herself. 
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Fug or Fab: The Ladies of Mad Men

Oct 20, 2010 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm

CARA BUONO; Suck on THIS, Don Draper! I look hot! REGRET MUCH?!

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS: Sigh. Cara, you were never dating Don Draper. The show is a work of fiction.

ELISABETH MOSS: Suck on THIS, Fred Armisen! I look hot! REGRET MUCH?

CARA: Sigh. Elisabeth, you were never dating Fred Armisen. The show is a work of fiction.

CHRISTINA: No, that part really happened.

CARA: Seriously?

CHRISTINA: I know.

ELISABETH: You know what I hope is a work of fiction? This story about how you’re on a diet.

CARA: But the source is the Daily Mail. I wouldn’t trust the Daily Mail if it told me what my first name was.

CHRISTINA: I think you should really be more concerned about how my dress is ever so slightly upholstered.

ELISABETH: Oh, no, that’s fine. I’m ever-so-slightly made of chain-mail.

CARA: And I ever-so-slightly look like a 1970s bar hostess. It’s all good.

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Fug or Fab: Keira Knightley

Oct 13, 2010 By Jessica AT 12:00 pm

I DO love Keira’s expression here:

She looks so PERKY and I love the short hair. Also, I want those shoes. So I have no hesitation about giving the old thumbs up to both the very top and the very bottom of her look. It’s the middle that we need to discuss. What say you, Fug Nation? Me — I think I like it. Yes, its’ very retro, but so’s her face. (Which I mean in a way that’s not nearly as SO’S YOUR FACE as it sounds.)  I’m not in a deep and passionate amour with the waistline of the skirt — it kind of looks like a really nice kitchen tablecloth, with the unfinished edges — and I might have, like a Gap employee of yore, belted it. But overall….I’ve missed you, Kiera. You are reliably interesting, even if you are wearing a tablecloth.

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