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Costume Institute Gala 2009 – Worst Dressed

by Profashionelle on May 5, 2009 · 0 comments

Keep hitting the F5 on your keyboard from time to time as I will be updating this post throughout the night. Best Dressed are here.

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz wearing a lilac Vera Wang lilac strapless tulle gown

Rating: ★½☆☆☆

It pains me to put Rachel Weisz in here, but she got it all wrong. Her lilac strapless Vera Wang tulle gown totally washed her out, the make-up was waaaay too dark (OMG!@ berry lips) and why, oh why, is that yellow fabric peeking out from under the hem? Sorry, Rachel, you can do so much better.

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale wearing a navy Marchesa Fall 2009 ruffled tulle gown

Rating: ★½☆☆☆

I’ve had enough with Kate Beckinsale. Her Marchesa Fall 2009 navy tulle gown was, as you would expect from Kate, over the top and unnecessary. I have never liked this dress in the first place, but seeing it on Kate makes it even worse because she ALWAYS plays it safe and never moves out of her comfort zone.

Marchesa Fall 2009

Marchesa Fall 2009 navy ruffled tulle gown

Rihanna

Rihanna wearing a black satin Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2009 tuxedo suit with voluminous shoulders

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Rihanna, please stop trying so hard. Don’t get me wrong, I love the runway look, but Rihanna makes it look so desperate for attention and so silly I can’t stand it.

I also find it always were amusing when at prestigious events such as the Costume Institute Gala where women are expected to wear beautiful, feminine princess dresses there are always 1 or 2 witty female individuals who opt out of this dress code. These women think they will come off so edgy and anti-establishment when they wear something super masculine like a suit or a tuxedo for example. GENIUS, girl! I bet no one else EVER had the same idea.

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2009

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2009 black tuxedo suit

Leighton Meester

Leighton Meester wearing a printed Louis Vuitton Fall 2009 bubble dress with printed leggings

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Imagine Leighton Meester‘s outfit without the leggings and you have a Best Dressed candidate. Leighton’s head-to-toe Louis Vuitton Fall 2009 look is a perfect example when too much becomes too bad. Such a shame!

Louis Vuitton Fall 2009

Louis Vuitton Fall 2009 printed bubble dress and leggings

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway wearing an eggplant Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 strapless dress

Rating: ★★½☆☆

Anne Hathaway channelled 60s Jackie O chic and me no likey. I love Anne just as anybody else, but this eggplant Marc Jacobs bubbly dress does absolutely nothing for her. Not digging the hair and shoes as well.

Marc Jacobs Fall 2009

Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 purple bubble hem dress

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts wearing a red Atelier Versace Spring 2009 bubble-shaped mini dress

Rating: ★★½☆☆

I know a lot of you will not agree with me for putting Emma Roberts on the Worst Dressed list, but let me try to get my point across. I absolutely ADORE this red bubble-shaped Atelier Versace Spring 2009 mini dress. In fact it’s one of my favorite from that collection. But you can tell from a mile away that this dress was the wrong choice for Emma. It’s a dress for a SUPERMODEL! And even then I think it would be quite tricky to pull it off because of the shape. Emma looks weird and unsure of herself, the dress owns her. Not good.

Why did Donatella give it away for Emma? I mean, come on! I would have LOVED to see it on Gisele, Linda or Naomi. They would have done this dress justice.

Atelier Versace Spring 2009

Atelier Versace Spring 2009 red bubble-shaped mini dress

Atelier Versace Spring 2009

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15th Annual SAG Awards 2009 – Worst Dressed

by Profashionelle on January 31, 2009 · 0 comments

Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul in a red ruffled dress at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

Paula Abdul got it oh-so-wrong. The red ruffle madness she mistook for a dress could have easily passed off as an inflatable life vest. The hair and forced smile did some collateral damage, too.

Lisa Rinna

Lisa Rinna in a red dress at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

Lisa Rinna didn’t do much better by overexposing herself and flashing her underwear due to the thigh high slit on her dress. Classy!

Samantha Harris

Samantha Harris in a red Escada knockoff Faviana gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★½☆☆☆

It seems red is either a real fashion hit or a massive fashion failure. We’ve had some amazing ladies in red, but Samantha Harris was not among them. Her dress wasn’t too bad… at least for a knockoff which was a replica of Katherine Heigl‘s Escada gown from last year’s Oscars.

Nicolette Sheridan

Nicolette Sheridan in a blue Roberto Cavalli Resort 2009 gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★½☆☆☆

It was only once that Nicolette Sheridan stunned me by what she wore on the red carpet and that was her gorgeous purple Angel Sanchez dress from the Emmys last year. Ever since I have seen her falling backwards again and this Roberto Cavalli Resort 2009 dress fits perfectly in. Apart from the color, I’m really not into it and didn’t think this was even considered to be a red carpet choice (it’s kind of more like a summer dress for me).

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria in a peach Jenny Packham Spring 2009 dress at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Bridesmaid alarm on the red carpet! Eva Longoria strut the red carpet in a peach gown which I found horrible. It was too peachy, had too many ruffles on the peplum and I wasn’t into Eva’s grandma hair as well. I think I’m going to have nightmares because of this color!

America Ferrera

America Ferrera in a taupe Vera Wang gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★½☆☆

I miss seeing America Ferrera in something other than black or what I call “blah“-colors. Anyone remember her amazing blue Marchesa gown from the NAACP Awards 2008? She looked spectacular back then. Nowadays, her red carpet choices seem to be muted in color just like this taupe Vera Wang strapless dress which totally washed her out.

Is it me or has America lost weight recently?

Marcia Cross

Marcia Cross in a dark blue strapless Carolina Herrera gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★½☆☆

I hate to put Marcia Cross on the “Worst Dressed“-list, but that midnight blue Carolina Herrera gown she was wearing really wasn’t doing anything for her. Plus, I hate those geometric shaped black embellishments on the dress. Other than that, Marcia looked flawless as always, very elegant and feminine.

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15th Annual SAG Awards 2009 – Best Dressed

by Profashionelle on January 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood in a teal Monique Lhuillier Pre-Fall 2009 gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★★

Evan Rachel Wood in .

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet in a blue Narciso Rodriguez gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★★

Kate Winslet in Narciso Rodriguez and Chopard jewels.

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson in a white Hervé L. Leroux Couture gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★★

Taraji P. Henson in Hervé L. Leroux Couture.

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto in a pale blue Marchesa dress at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★★

Newcomer Freida Pinto was divine in her lavender Marchesa gown. Her look was completed with a Roger Vivier box clutch and Martin Katz jewelry.

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway in a white Azzaro gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★☆

Anne Hathaway in Azzaro.

Teri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher in a white Monique Lhuillier Pre-Fall 2009 dress at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★☆

Teri Hatcher brought the drama on the red carpet with her white asymmetrical gown from the collection. She was confident enough to pull it off, but I can’t help feeling that she’s drowning in that dress. I wish someone curvier had worn it.

Diane Lane

Diane Lane in a red David Meister gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★☆

Diane Lane in David Meister.

Christina Hendricks

Christina Hendricks in a red Carolina Herrera gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★★☆

Christina Hendricks in Carolina Herrera.

Jenna Fischer

Jenna Fischer in a dove grey modified Pamella Roland Spring 2009 dress at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★½☆

Jenna Fischer in modified .

Lisa Edelstein

Lisa Edelstein in a red Reem Acra Pre-Fall 2009 gown at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★½☆

Lisa Edelstein in .

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt in a silver sparkling Pamella Roland Spring 2009 dress at the 2009 SAG Awards

Rating: ★★★½☆

Emily Blunt in .

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Pre-Fall 2009 Collections – Part I

by Profashionelle on December 29, 2008 · 0 comments

Pre-Fall 2009 Collections (J.Mendel, Oscar De La Renta, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel)

Pre-Fall 2009 is upon us and we have all the designer’s best pieces collected below. Enjoy our favorite pieces.

My favorite collections of the first part are:

  • Chanel Paris-Moscow – So Russian, so Coco, so luxurious! LOVE it!
  • Donna Karan – I adore the origami pleating and folding, so FIERCE!
  • Roberto Cavalli – Italian Chic at its best! So SEDUCING!
  • J.Mendel – Just looking at the collection makes me feel instantly glamourous & luxe. MAGNIFIQUE!
  • Burberry Prorsum – Nothing new, but every piece of the collection is so EXQUISITE!
  • Oscar De La Renta – ELEGANT & FEMININE as always!

The collections I liked least were Calvin Klein (too much minimalism going on, everything looks bland) and Zac Posen (just not my kind of cuts & colors).

Other collections including Narciso Rodriguez and Vera Wang also fell flat for me.

Which Pre-Fall 2009 collection did you like most? Vote for your favorite in a poll after the jump.

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How To Dress a Pear Shape – Formal Look

by Profashionelle on November 18, 2008 · 0 comments

Purple & Gold - Empire Waist Dress for Pear-Shaped Women

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