Anyone that knows me will gladly tell you that I love to get frocked up. I collect vintage dresses & love to show them off whenever I get the chance. I also love to look at other occasions where people are dressed in their finery. I don’t mind admitting this; even though I am FULLY aware that when swanning down the red carpet, celeb’s have had thousands of dollars worth of primping & preening. It’s a make believe world, but one I will gladly perve on for a brief while to get a fantasy fashion fix.
I’m not sure if it will come as a shock to you, but it certainly does to me, that ALL of the women that appear in this post have been on at least one WORST dressed list or were openly criticised for their appearance. I simply cannot understand this, as all of them to me look glowing & glamorous in their own right.
One high profile person known to be devastated about press coverage that she was supposedly the worst dressed person at this year’s Logie awards was tv & radio personality Myf Warhurst. Myf was so upset about being called a red carpet disaster that she decided to have a ceremonial burning of her chosen dress in an attempt to laugh off a situation that she openly admitted caused her to shed tears & question whether she would ever walk a red carpet again.
So this brings me back to this posts title question. What is the point of best & worst dressed lists? While it might be all & well for the armchair fashion critics to pump up those people they see as having ‘got it right’ & being deserving of a place on the ‘best’ side of the fence – what about those that are relegated to the ‘worst’ side? Bet they aren’t feeling nearly as beautiful & glamorous today as when they left home on their big night – especially those young, impressionable girlfriends of footballers who at the Brownlow, must surely be just out to have a great night & enjoy a chance to dress up.
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The expectations that have been put on women in general are scarily unattainable. You are right – fashion has become a contact sport. How is anyone supposed to feel good all dolled up when Blake Lively wasn't up to par in her smokin' hot red dress? Men have it easy – just choose between the Hugo Boss and Armani tuxes…which look nearly identical.
I agree with you – the expectations on women for such occasions are just too great. If it were me I would be a bundle of nerves instead of being filled with excitement stepping out on a red carpet.
Julie, I don't think it's about the women – I think it's about dressing appropriately for the occasion. The photos you included here are actually from those events when they were highly praised for their attire.
I do follow "Undressed!" as a kind of "what not to do" in terms of dressing. I don't care how gorgeous Katie Holmes is (which she is), but the fact that she dresses as if she walked into a closet with her eyes closed and just pulled on whatever makes me sad. We are visual beings and when we dress as if we don't give a shit, we are doing ourselves absolutely no favors.
Same goes for dressing just for the shock value the way Lady GaGa does – especially after she said she didn't want to be just another sexy star and then proceeded to dress like a cheap whore meets StarTrek. For all her talent, that came across badly.
We are required to dress appropriately – for our jobs, interviews, events. Nobody – regardless of fame, fortune, or social status – should be exempt from that.
Hi Maria – Just to clarify something…unfortunately while these women may have been praised by some people for their pictured dress choice, all of them were criticised (and in some cases to my mind, ridiculed) for the way they look here in online press.
I totally agree that people should dress appropriately for events, but to my mind these women and so many others look lovely here and further to that should not be criticised in cruel and demeaning ways for a dress choice.