Damn, Tyra. Sanity looks good on you.
I mean, the hair looks like you just went surfing, and if I pull on your earrings a butler might appear to take my coat and offer me a spritzer. But beyond that, La Banks looks better than she has in a while — it’s kinda romantic, rather than wackadoo. Which makes sense, since she was on a date. Speaking of…
Do you ever wonder if the esteemed Mr. Utendahl has read Modelland? I believe I described it on Twitter as Harry Potter + Pan’s Labyrinth + Top Model + LSD + boarding school + awkward. (There are parts that are actually kind of disturbing, next to parts where every single thing is a pun, next to stuff that reads like ANTM on steroids, next to parts where the main character Tookie De La Creme — !! — has a brooch that is exactly like Hermione Granger’s little gold bag that hides everything without getting heavy or expanding in size.) Full marks to her, because she did not half-ass it — this thing is ooooooozing with details (and yes, I do think she wrote it or at least had a massive hand in it; it is unmistakably Banksian). But when I saw this photo, I imagined her beau reading it in bed at night, frowning, wondering if he should report Tyra to any medical authorities, or find a way to check just her imagination into rehab.
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It is so easy to forget with her cute craziness that she truly is one of the most beautiful women in the world, a SUPER super-model, and can sell a dress covered in hankerchiefs (though the top half is very pretty and well tailored) – as long as she tones down the personality.
Win even with the crazy hair.
Boy, is that bad hair. The only thing that saves the earrings is that ring on her finger — ties it all together somehow. That purse sure is random and cheap-looking. However, I dig the dress and her man accessory. Yum.
her face in pic. no 2 reminds of Paz de la Zombie….
Not the right earrings. I’d have gone with big whopping turquoise and Mother of Pearl.
The more you talk about Modelland, I become even more certain that I MUST READ MODELLAND.
In the first pic I was convinced she was wearing an untied bow tie around her neck in lieu of necklace… I think somehow I’m disappointed to know they’re tassel earrings?
I thought the same exact thing, mini_pixie!
So, do we like this for its own sake or because its not as weird as the other stuff she wears? I think I like it? But then I think it looks like she Scarlett O’Hara-ed that sucker from granny’s old curtains. Also, Tyra can pose like a mofo. I’m convinced this makes the dress look better than it actually is.
Seriously?
This is far more wackadoo than romantic.
The dress suits the ocassion- and it’s not a jumpsuit. But in that first picture, her face is so SHINY. It’s like the makeup artist switched from “light spritz” to “post-marathon glow” by accident.
I got the Paulina Porizkova version of Modelland at B&N for like $4, and it wasn’t half bad. Hopefully, Modelland will be in the bargain basement soon too.
This has nothing to do with Tyra, but the comments about the tassel earrings reminded me: this week I was shopping at a local Whole Foods (in Dallas) and saw a woman wearing — get ready for it — BLACK AND WHITE FEATHERS turned into as earrings. They hung to her clavicles — and they didn’t at all match the fairly conservative business attire and pumps she had on. Yikes.
I’m with that Modelland is obviously a hilariously stinky piece of garbage, but just so we’re clear, Herminone’s bag idea came from Mary Poppins. Just saying.
She looks like she’s TRYING to look like Naomi Campbell. Like, “if I’m going to wear a sane outfit, I should try to look like the craziest woman ever in the face.”
and in the top one, her face looks like an Olsen twin. Tell me you don’t see it.
That dress is perfect for a Met gala. The earrings are perfect for a high school graduation mortarboard. I must, however, bemoan the influence of “Pretty Woman” on opera goers. Aside from the opening night gala ball, people dress for the opera like they do for life – many of us go straight from work. You don’t see a lot of jeans, but, at every performance, you do see at least one misguided young woman on a date who goes full “Pretty Woman at the opera” and then freezes her ass off all night because it’s a Monday night in January and she’s wearing a strapless dress.
That guy must be really tall – is he really tall?
HATE her hair. Seriously bad. The earrings might work elsewhere, with a different dress and hair, but I’m not sure.
The dress is pretty, but kind of already done, kind of reminds me of Zoe Saldana’s glorious red/burgundy one from a good while ago that had all those little fabric samples on the skirt.
Is the boyfriend wearing shoes with patent cap-toes or is that just the picture? If yes, I’m totally sold on him, if not I’m still sold. He’s a cutie!
I don’t really mind her hair? It doesn’t suit the occasion, but I don’t mind it.
The earrings are horrible.
The dress is eh.
That said, Tyra Banks is gorgeous. I wish she would flaunt that a little bit, rather than dressing like…well, like she does. I can’t come up with an appropriate metaphor.
She is totally losing her neck in that picture. Former ANTM girls everywhere are rejoicing.
This would be so much better on someone else. Zooey, maybe.
Top photo: the dress every third bride tries on in ‘Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta.’
Second photo: pink bridesmaid version. (Presumably the light is messing with the photos.)
However, this gives me hope that Ms Banks might one day end up on SYTTD, and THAT would be an episode to watch.
Damn, and I was hoping for the book to be Hunger Games + ANTM + massive amounts of LSD and cocaine. Ah well, a boy can dream, can’t he?
Speaking of THE TYRA BOOK, how often is Tookie’s fivehead discussed? (Seriously, I nearly threw my laptop across the room when I read that in the Amazon summary.) What happened with the car with the pave diamond (!!!) roof?
Her hair is making me crazy, and has been for the last few months, so I just need to get over it. But it’s so sloppy and unflattering, especially paired with this dress. I wouldn’t even care about the earrings if she’d just fix her hair.
She’s got the Craaaaazy Eyes.
Dress is very pretty–especially in the second pic where it is more pink. Earrings are nuts! I rather like her hair. Maybe it doesn’t quite go with the formal dress, but it’s still good.
Is it just me, or does the dude look like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ugly older brother?
Speaking of ANTM, what is up with all the head scarves during the “confessionals” on the current All Stars cycle??? it’s making me nuts! I thought for sure Tyra had all them all shaved bald or something. It’s also making me feel a bit insecure about not really knowing how to put my own hair in a head scarf.
Her boyfriend looks like a completely normal grown-up.
Oh, Lord! The dress is so fabulous that I don’t understand why she didn’t do something special with her weave, I mean “hair”, or why she wore those black tassels as earrings? So, so close…
Weirdest of all, she has apparently shown up at this event so early that they’re still setting up — look at the background.
Weirdest of all, she has apparently shown up at this event so early that they’re still setting up — look at the background?