THIS has been the year of the ill-fitting gown, says DeBora Rachelle, a Minnesota-based red-carpet dress designer and celebrity stylist. She recalls for us these 2005 fashion bloopers:
— Reese Witherspoon at the premiere for Walk the Line and at Couture Cares: A Benefit for Breast Cancer. “At Couture Cares, she obviously didn’t — she wore a grandma dress with a huge bow. And she looked like Little Bo Peep at Walk the Line. Bows, if used properly, can be great. On Reese’s latest dresses, they made her look like a teeny-bopper.”
— Melanie Griffith at the Academy Awards. “I
didn’t even recognise her until I saw Antonio Banderas next to her. That
dress was kind of just draped on her, and she wore those spiked cat-eye sunglasses.”
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Renee Zellweger, also at the Oscars. “I know she looked smashing on TV in
that red gown, but when I saw her in person it looked so tight, I was afraid she’d
pass out. It didn’t help that her skin was so pasty. I hope she gets a tan
before she wears red again.”
— Nadia Almada had trouble reining
in her decolletage thanks to the skimpy dress she chose to wear at the House of
Wax premiere. “She just couldn’t keep those puppies in.”
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The garish striped gowns that Liz Fuller wore to the Miss Congeniality 2 premiere
and Jennifer Alden to The Wedding Crashers premiere “looked like ‘70s
shag carpets painted on. This look can work for you only if you have the right
complexion.”
But there were also high-fashion high points on the red
carpet.
— Hilary Swank’s (Academy Awards) dress stopped right at
top of her derriere and was really well-fitted. “I wondered what held it
in place all night, because it still looked great at the Oscars party afterward.”
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“At the Miss Congeniality 2 premiere, Constance Marie wore a long bluish-aqua
gown. At the premiere for The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl she wore a bluish
dress with aqua beads. Wearing the same colours over and over is OK if that colour
works for you.”
— “Queen Latifah, at the Beauty Shop premiere, had on a fitted suit that looked great on her body type. Sometimes bigger women (mistakenly) think they should wear bigger clothes to hide their figures. For instance, Alfre Woodard wore big and sloppy tent-like clothes to the same event.”
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“The lace dress with the big red rosette was perfect on Catherine Zeta-Jones
at the opening for The Legend of Zorro. She always looks stunning in everything
she has on.”
— “Sandra Bullock wore a smashing red dress to
the premiere of Miss Congeniality 2. The colour and simplicity made her stand
out, which was appropriate because she was the star. At the Teen Choice Awards,
she wore red with a black jacket, perfect for the occasion. And at the ninth Hollywood
Film Festival gala, she was wise to choose a classic black dress because it wasn’t
her turn to stick out. She looked so movie-starish.”
KRT News Service