The Ritz Carlton bellman and I have the exact same look on our faces right now. And that looks says, "dude, REALLY? How is it possible that a girl who is so pretty could possibly look so DRAB? You look like an extra in Working Girl. Now I'
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As soon as the ads for this movie started running, I was like, "Gwynnie as a boozing country star desperate for a comeback? FROMAGE." And Country Strong, though not nearly as fun-bad as I wanted it to be, totally should have been on Lifetime. I can'
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There is a lot of good here with our Gossip Girls, but it's one of those things where one nagging detail sometimes gets in my head and then takes root there and burrows and chews, like a termite, only I can't tent for it. Take Blake,
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Looking at this photo, I had a weird moment where I suddenly turned into Dorota, Blair's devoted ladies' maid on Gossip Girl. I sort of sighed, and looked concerned, and set my chin on my hand and said, "Oh, Mees Blair." Because...well, "oh,
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(3) LEIGHTON MEESTER v. (6) MISCHA BARTON There is something delightful about the fact that we've got the once (and future?) queen of the Josh Schwartz Teen Dramas up against the current one. Well. Maybe not for them. Considering how awesome The OC was during its height, this
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(6) MISCHA BARTON vs. (11) CHRISTINA HENDRICKS We almost didn't include Mischa Barton this year -- in fact, we kept saying to each other, "Eh, Mischa didn't even really go out much, did she?" And then we actually looked at her archive, and HOLY COW,
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You know, aside from the usual yada-yada about how women in neckties should've died out after Brenda Walsh, is it just me or is Leighton Meester kind of pulling this off? I mean, okay, so the pants are pulling weirdly at the groin. And her eye makeup
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Oh, Leighton. There are times when I berate you, and then times I want to BE you. If I had anywhere to go in this dress -- anywhere people would not point and laugh at the @&^%ty-something girl wandering around in eveningwear with her shopping cart buying frozen calzones
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It's not that I disapprove of the IDEA of funkier shoes with this dress... ... it's just that I'm not particularly sure how I feel about these, with their leather strips that stick out all akimbo like those colorful tabs people stick in their cookbooks
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On the one hand, Leighton Meester definitely looks pretty in her Pucci and Jimmy Choos -- with that hair and makeup, somehow the entire look is a lot more relaxed and young and comfortable than half of what she wears (especially the boob cymbal). On the other hand, this reminds me
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This is INTRIGUING: If you've ever wondered what it would look like if you stuck a half-eaten sugar cookie into the top of your ballgown to save it for later, now you know -- that is, if you eat gold-dipped sugar cookies, which I assume everyone does.
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How did we miss the tabloid coverage of Leighton Meester breaking her torso? In all seriousness, the snug fit of the top does enhance the curve of her waist and hips. But the bodice doesn't fit -- check out the wonk near her right breast -- and all that horizontal
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I like this so much better than almost everything Leighton Meester has worn lately. This is a pretty girly dress -- ruffles, glitter, ribbon, a powdery grey-blue. But somehow she manages to make it look edgy rather than twee. Maybe that's the effect of the matchy, chunky shoe
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Picture it: America, 1995. Kelly Taylor is going to consider getting hooked on coke, Valerie has arrived and is causing all kinds of trouble, and the influx of belly shirts -- and Ray Pruit, whose mama is so poor she can't afford the second T, is going to smash
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I was all ready to give Blair here a Well Played, but then I sort of talked myself out of it: This has been a super busy fashion week, and I'm not sure what I think about anything or anyone any more. I mean, I thought yesterday was
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