Well Played, Portia de Rossi


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Leaving aside the fact that she cannot see out of one eye with her (very cute, otherwise) hair styled like this…

The World Premiere Of Disney-Pixar's "Finding Dory"

…I love this. You know I always like to look at these dresses and figure out where I personally would sport them, should I suddenly have the wardrobe of a multi-millionaire, and I feel like this is Cocktails At Your Home Which You Claim Will Be Casual But Which Are Actually Totally Glam. (That dress code is a bitch to fit on the invite.)

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Halfway Well Played, Sarah Hyland


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It has been back-to-back rough sledding for Sarah Hyland — first Spike TV, then the Elle Women in Comedy evening — so I’m extremely pleased that she’s pulled it mostly together again.

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The top is a glorious color but MIGHT not be that well-made (the light makes it hard to tell). That skirt, though, is cheerfully delicious. I want to sit on a beach chair upholstered with those stripes, cradling an obscenely large cocktail and with a stack of British tabloids to my right. I am deeply pleased to know it exists.

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Fugs and Fabs: Carrie Underwood in Mikael D at the CMTs


This isn’t meant as an insult; it’s an honest question. How is Carrie Underwood not cloaked in major designers all the time? She’s arguably the most famous country singer in the genre right now — at least in the ladies’ division; Blake Shelton might give her a run for her money in general — and if you want to get shallow about it, she’s beautiful and has the kind of figure designers dream of dressing. I’m surprised she’s not constantly in, say, Carolina Herrera or Naeem Khan or Jenny Packham, or even some of the overseas couturiers. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that she’s providing an opportunity for smaller labels to get visibility, but I don’t necessarily get the sense that’s because she’s Carrie Underwood: Fashion Philanthropist, so much as Carrie Underwood: It’s What’s Available.

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Surprisingly Reasonably Played: Lindsay Lohan and Kourtney Kardashian


Honestly, the idea of LiLo and the Kourt together sounded like the unholiest of unions.

Kourtney Kardashian & Lindsay Lohan Enjoy A Night Out In London

But… am I crazy, or do they both look pretty good? This could have gone SO MUCH WORSE. And honestly, I’m girding myself for that to be true. SURELY no good can come of this, and yet, so far no bad has come of it either. I wouldn’t say I’m cautiously optimistic, exactly; perhaps, limitedly pessimistic.

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Fug the Show: Outlander recap, S2 E9, “Je Suis Prest”


In a movie, this entire hour would have been a one-minute Training Montage.

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CMT Awards Fug Carpet: Nicole Kidman in Michael Kors Collection


Oh, Nicole! You were SO CLOSE! Imagine this without the necktie!

2016 CMT Music Awards - Arrivals

It would be a little Come See Me Play Roxie Hart Down At The Community Center, but let’s get honest: Who amongst us hasn’t wanted play Roxie Hart down at the community center?! That tie/scarf (tscarf?) situation, however, raises the terror level here.  It is neither jaunty (as all scarves ought to be, if they’re not deployed for purposes of glamour), nor does it appear to provide warmth. What it DOES seem to do is give this whole enterprise a weirdly business-like flair that makes me uncomfortable.  It’s a mixed message!

I can, however, wholly endorse her earrings:

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Let’s just focus on those.

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Well Played, Naomie Harris in Mugler


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Sigh. This is so fab on her:

Glamour Women Of The Year Awards

And it’s a very high degree of difficulty — it’s basically like a deconstructed tennis ball — and she is carrying it off with the same ease and level of relaxation that I myself can bring only to my pajamas. The “glamour” messaging of this step-and-repeat feels right on target.

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