Funny, I always thought that the day we posted a picture of someone standing next to a giant silver pump, the person involved would be Katie Price. And she’d be sitting in it, surrounded by whipped cream and ponies and bubbles, as she filled it with fake Champagne and then drank it from a glittery straw. 

Gemma Arterton at the launch of the Shoe Galleries at Selfridges, London

[Photos: Splash News]

Really, after that mental image, nothing Gemma Arterton wore here was going to measure up — but I think the jacket is questionable regardless. Let’s take a closer look:


Gemma Arterton at the launch of the Shoe Galleries at Selfridges, London

I understand that military jackets and shoulder pads are trying to wedge their way back in, but this is veering toward the drum major in the Michael Jackson Memorial Moonwalking Crew and Marching Band — who all work as footsoldiers for distantly royal English blue-bloods when they’re not practicing a rat-in-a-wheel formation for their stirring performance of “Ben.”