Fug File: People's Choice Awards

People’s Choice Awards Well Played: Kristen Bell

Jan 12, 2012 By Heather AT 4:00 pm

Kristien Bell was busy — on the same night she hit up both to the premiere of The Grey and the People’s Choice Awards, both in this:

I am as lukewarm on the hair as I am on her new show, Hou$e of Lie$, which seems to have been written by a Ke$ha superfan. But the dress is pretty cute, no? I like the leather and lace together. Sure, it has an aura of a Valentine’s Day gift basket, but not one I would turn down — and certainly not if it also came with a couple chocolates. Maybe she left those in the car.

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People’s Choice Awards Fug Carpet: Ashley Greene

Jan 12, 2012 By Heather AT 3:30 pm

Look, Ashley, this may not even be your fault.

I have no idea what fabric that is (although I do know I ought not be able to see your navel with such stark definition). But it looks rubbery in the light. And aside from thinking this entire head-to-toe look is heavy and dull and dreary, I have also watched way too much American Horror Story (spoilers forthcoming) not to immediately associate “looks rubbery in the light” with “Hey, look, that’s Rubber Man murdering someone/impregnating someone with a rage baby.” You definitely do not want to look like the girl running a fundraising car wash for that guy so he can get the suit cleaned of criminal effluvia.

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People’s Choice Awards Random Fug: Grace Johnston

Jan 12, 2012 By Heather AT 3:00 pm

Let me tell you, it was NOT EASY figuring out who this person is. Because she was mis-captioned as Rachel Johnson a lot; once I figured out her name was Grace and added “actress” to it, though, I found her IMDb page, which is where I learned that — and this may blow your mind as it did mine — she played Barbara Hershey’s daughter in Beaches. YES. Beaches.

If that makes me feel old, somewhere I think Bette Midler just took an entire jar of Centrum Silver.

Having said that, this is exactly what I imagine CC Bloom would’ve told her to wear — nay, raised her to wear. Although she would have added a wig and given her the stage name FiFi LaBow. Hey, there’s still time, Grace/Rachel.

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People’s Choice Awards Fug Carpet: Carrie Keegan

Jan 12, 2012 By Heather AT 2:30 pm

So, apparently this Carrie Keegan person has been on things as wide-ranging as Chelsea Lately, TV Guide Channel’s red-carpet coverage, Fox News, VH-1, Reno 911, one of the eight bajillion American Pie sequels, and Attack of the Show.

Coming up: appearances on a Discovery Channel expose about the dangers of misshapen platforms under your shoes, an Animal Planet special on insect weddings, something on Spike TV called Cleavage Sneeze, a Lifetime movie in which she plays Tinkerbell’s sister who is a stripper at Captain Hooker’s, and the obligatory Grey’s Anatomy episode in which a simple spinal tap starts to leak gossamer and then a bunch of people die while children cry and all the doctors are covered in the blood of the innocent and their lives are terrible and nothing happy happens to anybody because the show wants to wring your emotions out of you like a stubborn washcloth.

Lest you think her odd taste is a one-off, I give you this from the prior week:

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People’s Choice Awards Fug or Fab: Julianne Hough

Jan 12, 2012 By Heather AT 2:00 pm

A lot of our commenters have lamented that it felt like nobody was trying at this event, or that everyone was throwing on some old thing that used to live on their reject pile for another event they were more excited about — and that does feel true of a few of these dresses. Much like this one.

I wonder if this color looked niftier in person; in photos it reminds me of when I empty my mop bucket in the sink. The sleeves are bunching, it’s hanging on her body oddly — like a hug being given insincerely — and even the back feels like it’s half-assing things:

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People’s Choice Scrolldown Fug/Well Played: Nina Dobrev

Jan 12, 2012 By Heather AT 1:30 pm

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:

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