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NYFug.com: Dumpster Diving at Lauren Conrad's Fashion Show

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The Hills

That title is not a metaphor. Along with about 800 other people, we spent last night in Culver City standing amongst the trash cans waiting to get into LC's fashion show:

"Everyone else outside the Smashbox Studios venue, from what we overheard, spent the entire time swearing they were only attending Lauren's show because they had to cover it for work. "Are you REALLY a fan of her, like, little jersey clothes?" a girl near us asked her friend, with nose-crinkling skepticism."

WAS HE? You'll have to click through to find out. Also includes bonus gossip about The Hills and an extra-special Rock of Love sighting. Spoiler: it was not Bret Michaels.

If I Were A Fug

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[Photo: INFDaily.com]

"Maybe I'll backcomb Solange's hair and then dip it in glue. Oh, wait, but it might be so much more touching if I wrap all her feathered outfits around a cardboard cutout of her and then light it on fire. Tough call. All I know is, it will be so SATISFYING to get revenge on that little cow. I mean, stepping on my career is one thing, but stealing my clothes? Forcing me to wear one of her little... THINGS... that look like what Donna Martin would wear to a funeral? I DON'T THINK SO. I am BEYONCE f'ing KNOWLES, people. I do not wear hand-me-downs from my sister, or a geek-loving bottle-blonde who barely graduated because she can't hold her champagne, or ANYONE ELSE. So all that's making me happy is imagining Solange's face when she realizes this this will be the last time she crosses me. Oh, yes, it's going to be dreamy. Should I spike her bagel with full-fat cream cheese, or just taze her? Or.... ahhh, so many options..."

NYFug.com: Handicapping the 'Project Runway' Finale

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And so the most lackluster season of Project Runway draws to a close tonight. Bravo could not care less about sending its baby off with a flourish, considering that it's running the finale in the middle of both the presidential debate and the Dodgers vs. Phillies game on the East Coast. Are they even doing a reunion show? Why don't they just air it solely online?

Yet despite their apathy, WE still care (kinda). In fact, we've handicapped the contestants for NY Mag.com today:

"KENLEY COLLINS: 25-1. If Project Runway were a popularity contest, Kenley wouldn't even be in the finals. In fact, when she emerged to introduce her line, we gasped, "Oh shit."

Which is exactly what we'll be saying if she wins. Who's with me? Click through to read the whole piece and weigh in at NY Mag.com.

Grindfug

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"Hmmmm," Rose McGowan seems to be thinking.

"Is it at all possible that this doesn't look as good as I thought it would look? I wonder. Surely not. It's a pillowcase I've repurposed as a dress. That's SO environmentally conscious of me and also terribly crafty. I'm certain all the supportive pats on the back and raised eyebrows I'm getting are just because people realize that I am awesome. Yes. Yes, of course that's it."

10 Things I Fug About You

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pink,
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So I guess, in the case of Julia Stiles, the "W" stands for washed out.

Dirty Fugly Money

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It's nice to see that Tamara Feldman is getting herself some interesting work. I mean, she went from guest roles on Dirty Sexy Money and Gossip Girl...

... to a starring turn as Joan of Arc in the traveling production of Ice Crusades. I hear the scene where God speaks to her during a triple toe-loop is stirring.

Fug Or Fab II: Little J vs. Rachel Melvin

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In yesterday's Taylor Momsen fug, about 17 percent of voters either liked the dress or felt like a slightly longer version would've been an improvement. Enter Days of our Lives' Rachel Melvin, whose variation has a different neckline and slightly different ruffle placement, but has a mini that's just a tad less micro:

[Photo: WENN]

Little J wins the shoe battle, but I like the neckline on Rachel's better, and I prefer that the little strip of hip-widening ruffle is absent from her version too. Otherwise, oddly, the photos aren't so far apart: both skinny, both refreshingly unbronzed, both doing that legs-crossed pose that starlets favor on the red carpet because it's supposed to slim the thighs, both in on-screen relationships with older actors to the point where it's kind of ooky (Rachel, 23, is fantasizing about a 42-year old dude at her day job, and in Little J's case... okay, she's not dating anyone YET, but since all her costars are in their 20s it stands to reason that her future love interest will also be in that age range, and it will weird me out to see them tongue-fighting). It's almost too bad we didn't see them show up in these to the same party -- it would've made for an awesome catfight in these dry, boring Hollywood gossip times. My money is on Rachel, I think. Sure, Little J has been battle-seasoned by Blair and Serena, but Rachel's on a soap opera where people are frequently brainwashed, resurrected, possessed by Satan, have died and reappeared on a magical island that looked JUST LIKE the town but wasn't, and had TVs where they could watch the loved ones they left behind getting it on with each other, and has HERSELF accidentally killed both her half-brother (oops!) and the campus date rapist. She also probably knows where The Evil Stefano DiMera lives, so.... watch out, Little J, is what I'm saying.

polls by twiigs.com

Random Fug: Danielle Lloyd

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I understand launching a clothing range and wanting to wear something from it to the big debut. Really, I do.

[Photo: Splash News]

But when that range is lingerie, and you're sitting around at an autograph table in your bra, it just looks like you are losing a game of strip poker. Although I suppose that's an effective way to remind college girls and other gambling types why they need more cute underwear. If you're going all-in at a frat party, you might as well make it win-win.

Fug Soup

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Ever since we saw Aisha Tyler at Fashion Week one time, I have had a bit of a girl crush on her. She's so TALL and GOOD-LOOKING and she seems like she'd be fun to get a drink with and talk about boys. So it pains me to do this:

[Photo: Splash]

There is just...a lot going on here. With the spats. And the chains. And the ruffles. And the piece of hair that kind of looks like a bird of paradise. I feel like if we WERE friends and she showed up to something wearing this, I would be like, "You look....directional." And she would be like, "I thought it was just kind of fun! No? What? You have a weird look on your face." And I would say, "I don't know. It's just a LOT going on." And she would be like, "And the dress is like a really fancy shiny apron, isn't it? DAMN. I KNEW IT. I HATE MY STYLIST." And I would be like, "Here, have a mai tai," and everything would be fine.

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Why God, why? Why? WHY? WHY????? WHY? WHY does Lindsay insist on carrying on with this Leggings Impresario facade? I think -- judging from the color of her legs yesterday -- that these things have strategically placed holes in them. HOLES. HOOOOOOLES. WHY?

Well Played, Rachel Bilson

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RACHEL BILSON: Oh, Hayden.

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN: What?

RACHEL: The vest. The VEST. I can't look.

HAYDEN: It's a harness! It's for the commercial I'm shooting. It's not like I'm wearing it to a club.

RACHEL: It looks like a combo lifejacket and nut-sling. What will people SAY?

HAYDEN: They will say, "Hey, Rachel Bilson looks really cute walking next to her boyfriend who is wearing a harness for a commercial he is shooting."

RACHEL: Or they might think you're off your rocker, and that you shouldn't wear scoop-necked tees because you look like a sexually ambiguous French bohemian poet from The Days Of Yore.

HAYDEN: So you're saying I should take this ENTIRE thing off next time we go on a coffee break? Do you know how long it takes me to put it on in the first place?

RACHEL: Hmm. I see your point. Perhaps a very large coat?

HAYDEN: Did I mention you look adorable today? Even WITH the wind blowing your dress around?

RACHEL: Aw. It's true. Okay, fine, you can keep the harness. FOR NOW. I will just carry around a sign that says, "HE'S WEARING IT FOR A JOB, PEOPLE." That should help.

HAYDEN: Hey, would a tiny wager make you feel better? Ten bucks says one of the Pussycat Dolls sees this and orders ten in different shades.

RACHEL: Done... because I think she will order twenty.

Fug or Fab: Taylor Momsen

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Actually, I'll be honest with you: I just don't particularly care for this.

[Photo: FlynetOnline.com]

All objections to the hair aside -- and there are still a lot of them to file away somewhere -- the dress is doing very little for me. It feels lazily constructed and totally unremarkable for anything other than its smallness. Seriously, stick a feather duster in Taylor's hand and, voila! She's Santa's chambermaid.

[Photo: FlynetOnline.com]

Maybe if this were a Come As Your Favorite Clue Character shindig, I could get behind it -- but not before warning her that Yvette MAY OR MAY NOT have been one of Miss Scarlett's call girls who MAY OR MAY NOT have been photographed in a compromising position with Colonel Mustard, and that (spoiler!) she ended up throttled on top of a pool table without control over whether anyone could see up her tiny, tiny skirt.

And it IS short. Even the dude in the background is all, "Look away. She's fifteen. Look AWAY. She's FIFTEEN. AWAY. FIFTEEEEN." Not that fifteen-year old girls can't sometimes wear miniskirts, but I think both that man and I are more afraid of an ill wind than she is.

She did have at least one admirer, though:

Continue reading Fug or Fab: Taylor Momsen.

So You Think You Can Fug Australia

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Natalie Bassingthwaighte here is the host of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, which I really wish was punctuated differently. Say, So You Think You Can Dance: Australia, or So You Think You Can Dance, Australia? This way, it seems like "Australia" IS the kind of dance you apparently think you can do, like the polka or the hokey-pokey.

She also apparently appeared on Neighbours, where it seems her character had all kinds of problems, including one which required her to put someone in a coma to shut them up. Who hasn't wanted to do that, though? And here, she is wearing what can only be called EXTREME GLADIATORS. They would be awesome if I wasn't so scared of them. I mean, those shoes are going to awaken in the night and come after you. They are going to run over your patent leather pumps with no regard for the blood they've spilt in their quest for dominance of your closet. These shoes will take over your LIFE. These shoes are RUTHLESS.

Making The Fug

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so very loud

"Are you f'ing KIDDING ME?"

"She walks around town like Miss Teen Acid Tip 2008, and I AM THE ONE DRESSED UP AS THE DEVIL? WHERE IS THE ASPCA?"

Fugly Fetty

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Dear Lindsay,

I love you.

Please don't wear socks in the tanning booth again.

Love,

Jessica

PS: One sleeve? Oh, honey.

NYFug.com: Dumpster Diving at Lauren Conrad's Fashion Show

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If I Were A Fug

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NYFug.com: Handicapping the 'Project Runway' Finale

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Grindfug

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10 Things I Fug About You

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Dirty Fugly Money

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Fug Or Fab II: Little J vs. Rachel Melvin

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Random Fug: Danielle Lloyd

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Fug Soup

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Well Played, Rachel Bilson

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Fug or Fab: Taylor Momsen

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So You Think You Can Fug Australia

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Making The Fug

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