Usually, I like to start off something critical with a nice comment, but because the bulk of this post will be complimentary, I get to lead off mean:
Honey, get your hair out of your face. You have such a pretty face! How are we supposed to see it if your hair is hanging in it like that! Seriously, imagine this whole look if her hair were in a ponytail. Better, right? Also: stand up straight! And have you done your math homework yet? (Hey, as long as I’m turning into someone’s mother here….)
That being said, I actually really like this dress. It’s got a ton of visual interest, but it somehow doesn’t overwhelm her. The longer I do this job, the more I realize that’s like my Outfit Holy Grail: not boring, without drifting over into Cracked-Out-Itude. It’s harder to nail than you’d think.
Comments (30):
I love this from the shoulders down. It reminds me of butterfly wings. Amen on the hair thing too. (But I have no room to talk on the slouching. I know. I KNOW.)
The dress fits and is flattering to Kate’s figure, and I agree her hair needs grooming. However, I can’t stand the patchy-fishnetty-is-that-a-cammo print fabric. Too much going on.
I really like this dress, but I think it would make anyone who wasn’t 10lbs underweight look fat. All the puffy gathers make her look like she’s normal, maybe even well fed. That said, I love the print, colors are great and it is really interesting looking. Yeah, her hair is gross, I wish she would just go brunette.
She should have gone to the bathroom before she left the house though. Because surely that’s why she stands like that, with her legs crossed – because she needs to pee?
I absolutely love this dress. I might like the look a bit better if the clutch was a little less matchy-matchy, but it’s still cute.
BUT HER HAIR. HONEY. NO.
I don’t know about the dress but I do know about the shoes: love them.
Dress is pretty on her. However, with her smile (or smirk) she’s starting to look like a blonde Katie Holmes.
Her hair is a disaster and her makeup is blah, but the dress & the shoes are FABULOUS! I love them both! And, would it kill her to wear jewelry? OMG, where is the bling?
I do love the dress, shoes and clutch. That’s all I will say.
Is Kate Bosworth still famous? and if so, for what? I never see her act in anything. In fact, the only place I ever see her is here.
Exactly what I was thinking! What does she do, besides showing up at fancy events, looking really hungry?
Cotton ads!
At least her hair looks somewhat healthy here – I’ve seen many pictures (including on this site) of her where it looks like it’s thisclose to snapping off. But the roots! Baby girl, get some Nice n’ Easy!
Adorable. The hair seems to be one of those trends going around. The disheveled beachy look. Sometimes trends are stupid.
Everything else is lovely. Well done, Kate.
I really really like her clutch. I like-like it. And I’m glad to see a strap over her shoulder, because if this was another boring strapless, I’d be disappointed. But she should know better than to ride to these kind of events on a bicycle.
I have a request to make to Jessica and Heather. Remember your moratorium on posting about Fug superchamp Bai Ling because of her apparent drug problems? Would you consider not posting Kate Botsworth for a while? One of gofugyourself’s few rules is not to snark about body weight, and I am totally cool with that. But with Kate I find it impossible, absolutely impossible to see past her extreme emaciation… I really wonder if eating disorders are part of the reason why she’s sort of disappeared in recent years. While I really like her sense of style– in the past, I always leaned on the fab side with her– all I can see now is a desperately ill human being. I understand that a lot of people (including my own sister) are naturally super thin, but with Kate I don’t get that feeling at all– she just makes me feel sick and sad.
Bosworth I mean… sorry for the super-long post!
1. What is wrong with her hands?
2. She needs a sandwich.
3. The dress is nice, you are right.
Love this!! (except the hair)
NEW CATEGORY: Outfit Holy Grail.
Seriously. Please look through the archives and select carefully…
Like the dress a lot … but it would look even better, as good as it ought to, on someone else. The image here is a bunch of kindling wrapped in a bolt of cloth. And no, I’m not especially talking about her size/shape — the hair and her affect are really interfering. (Miss Saldana, for example, isn’t exactly fleshy, but she can sure make a look.)
LOVE THIS!
I am going to respectfully disagree: the fabric looks bunchy, the belt is ugly, and the print somehow reminds me of a comic book.
Ive looked at this photo on two diferent occasions now and both times at 1st glance i thought it was Nicole Kidman!! maybe its the hair in her face Im thinking …
I would love to have this dress and the shoes. LOVE.
Showering before an event is considered good form, her hair is both greasy at the roots and dry at the ends. Not good. The ponytail would have been a better option.
Kate is famous for turning up at fashion events trying to look fashionable. She doesn’t. She looks desperate, as though trying to set trends but just not intelligent enough to do so. Also, she looks sick and unwell. Too much Botox, too many chemical peel procedures, too little good nutrition. She should lay off the Charlie and start standing for something other than going to parties and trying to look sophisticated – she used to party with Lohan for goodness sake! But you’re not fooling anyone, Kate – you’re not good enough for British sophisticated dressing and neither are you good old-fashioned English, no matter how hard you try. Oh and go your natural brunette – it might suit you!
AANNNNDDDD STOP SINGING (cotton commercial) BAD BAD BAD.
Oh my god!!! I have this fabric at home! I got it when i was in Africa for two years. I love this fabric. i wear it as a skirt all the time….but now I might have to get out my sewing machine and see what I can do
Oh and yes, love the dress on her, but please do something with your hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We saw some paparazi leaving happy hour last night and my BF asked who they were waiting for and they said Kate Bosworth. We didn’t stick around LOL