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Monday, February 23, 2009

No Whoopi, No!

No. Whoopi. Stop it. This dress is terrible. Definitely gets worst Oscar Frock Vote. Your thoughts? Photo Courtesy of AP

I'm sitting in front of my computer catching up from fashion week, answering e-mails. thinking about returning phone calls and  listening to The View.  And Whoopi Goldberg called in to talk about that horrific dress she wore to the Oscars last night. Leopard print it was? Definitely more curtain-like. She said she loved it as soon as she tried it on. Was she standing in front of a mirror? How is that possible. I didn't catch the designer. But that person should be flogged.

Whoopi, I'm a defender of your eclectic style. If you want to sit around in your jeans and denim button downs circa 1994 and gossip with the ladies on The View, I'm all for it. If you want to wear pants while the rest of the world is wearing skirts, so be it. If you want to rock your locks long and slightly unkempt. OK. But that dress was terrible. What were your thoughts?

Speaking of bad Oscar options: Mickey Rourke's white suit.. No. Beyonce Knowles black and gold mermaid gown courtesy of House of Dereon Couture. No, again. Freida Pinto's royal blue John Galliano with the lace overlay. No. No. No. Any other thoughts on Oscar worsts?  I'll add my top 5 later.

 
Posted by Elizabeth Wellington @ 11:52 AM  Permalink | 2 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:35 PM, 02/23/2009
    I missed Whoopi's dress until now. thanks for the pic Elizabeth! Last week I caught Barbara Walters on The View talking about how nice Whoopi looked in the gown but they wouldn't share details. Well, I think it's like if you've been on the Master Cleanse diet for 10 days -- even a brussel sprout looks better than another glass of syrup with lemons and cayenne pepper! If you've been watching Whoopi in said button downs circa 1994, any dress is better than that, right? Whoopi's dress is totally shapeless, offers no support to her top and is too long to even show her hands. We appreciate the effort Whoopi, but stick with whatcha know. Pullout those acid wash jeans tomorrow and let's just act like this never happened. Other misses: Reese Witherspoons black and blue fiasco, Beyonce's "Couture" house of Dereon and lazy ponytail, and all the white dresses on the red carpet. Thanks for your HDTV article last week though Elizabeth, at least I know now why the starlets all went white this award seasn -- and it's not because they are demure!
    — briannasmom517
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:29 PM, 03/03/2009
    Poor Whoopi. Yeah, I don't know if it's the print or the shape on this one. I am a fan of color, but I wonder if this would have looked better in black. Don't know, but the sleeves are way too long (doe's she have fingers?) and it looks like Whoopi has a great figure hiding under there, but the dress makes her look kind of droopy and frumpy. Ok, so the dress would actually look great if she went to a tailor and had them tweak it for her. Hem the sleeves, cinch the waist a little more, and push the girls up a bit. With that, she'd still be true to herself, but looking more apropos for the occasion. I really liked Freida Pinto's Galliano gown. Something about it. I didn't think it looked matronly. I thought it was very sexy. I liked the dichotomy. Very old Hollywood glamour. Leaving one arm exposed while the other one is covered in lace. Very seductive. I also disagreed with the critics attack on Amy Adam's ensemble. I liked the bold necklace with the strapless art deco Carolina Herrera dress. I think the necklace was a great way to add a modern spin on a vintage inspired piece. Beyonce's dress would have looked good, if it was cut off around the knees. Those bold metallics were nice, but too overwhelming and that weird flounce on the bottom didn't do the dress any good. The bold metallic flowers and upper shape of the dress were working, so if I had my way, I would have done way with the mermaid spume and cut the dress right at the knees. I would have turned the skirt portion into a nice pencil skirt and if she must have some kind of flounce, made the waist into a peplum. Very modern 50s glamour.
    — Professor Smart E. Pants, PhD.


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About Elizabeth Wellington
I’m a Libra so I’m all about pretty things. We of the scales sign know what we like, and our standards are high. So I can’t help but love fashion – one day I will get that Diane von Furstenberg wrap and those Christian Louboutin shoes. And fragrances? My favorite right now is Chanel Mademoiselle. As for makeup, can we say MAC? So let’s thank the Greek goddess of beauty, Aphrodite, that a true fashionista can find everything she needs right here in Philly. I’ve covered fashion here for six years, and I have traveled to New York, Los Angeles and Paris to write about local and national designers. Let me tell you, there is no place where people wear midnight Eagles green or Phillies red with such wild abandon as they do on the west side of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Sound familiar? This blog is for you.
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