Scarlett Johansson - from frumpy to fantastic!
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Oversized gold coat, check. High waisted pants that are way more frumpy than fashionable, check. What the heck was Scarlett Johansson thinking when she wore this outfit to the photocall for The Spirit in Madrid? This outfit is old lady-ish, and not in the sometimes hip Mary-Kate Olsen kind of way.
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Fortunately somebody knocked some sense into the new Mrs. Ryan Reynolds and switched her into a lace top and patterned skirt combo that looks absolutely divine on her. She made the change later that very same day for a cocktail party celebrating The Spirit.
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Scarlett's spirit co-stars Paz Vega and Eva Mendes also attended both events. Eva was cute as a button in both a white, and Pepto-Bismo pink number, while Paz heated up the red carpet first in a cafe con leche colored dress and then in a chocolate brown frock.
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But obviously ScarJo isn't the only celeb with the occasional red carpet flop. In fact, this high-fashion faux pas are surprising common.
Here we see London, we see France, we see Gwyneth Paltrow in Paris at the premiere of "Two Lovers" wearing another weird dress. Plus we see underpants! And her bra!
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Ashley Tisdale always plays the well-to-do (and well-dressed) girl, so we're really confused as to why she would choose to wear this atrocity at the German premiere of High School Musical 3.
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Why the giddy look on your face Jessica Biel? Are you actually happy that your dress for the London Film Festival makes your torso look eight miles long? Or maybe she's smiling because she feels good about the fact that the skirt bubbling right at the hips doesn't make her look absolutely immensely ginormous as it would most women -- since she works out all day and has one of the best bodies in Hollywood, it only makes her look a little bit ginormous.
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We appreciate the fact that Katie Holmes takes fashion risks -- being as tall and thin as she is, she can pull off a lot of craziness that we mere mortals couldn't dream of wearing. However, that doesn't mean she should wear whatever she wants, because there's just no excuse for wearing this on the opening night of your Broadway debut.
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You know, it's not like we expect a lot from Jack Black. In fact, he's worn far worse than the "shocking" suit he sported at the Tropic Thunder premier in London, and we let it go. Hey, he's a chubby funny man who lives his look. Usually he appears to have rolled out of bed and on to the red carpet, and usually we try to appreciate (somewhere, deep in our cold, cold heart) that authenticity.Usually.
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Katy Perry is taunting us, and we do not appreciate it.
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We're not really understanding the concept of this dress -- unflattering fluffy fringe to make your hips look wider on purpose?!? WTF.
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LJ 12-06-2008 @ 9:43AM
Kyle, I'd say you were in a grumpy, critical mood when you wrote this one. I'd call it a double breasted jacket, not a coat, and I like it a lot. One of the rare items I've seen in this column that I would actually consider buying for myself. Without seeing it buttoned up, I can't tell whether she may have possibly bought it one size too big, but that could even be her personal style choice.
Feel like insulting you and a lot of fashion critics and do-over people with clothes the last few years, but I'm sure it'd just fall on deaf ears, so I'm choosing to be kind.
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sonny 12-06-2008 @ 9:43AM
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Nrthdude1 12-06-2008 @ 9:43AM
She ain't pretty.
There's no getting around it.
I wish the media would stop comparing Scarlett Johanson to Marilyn Monroe, it's laughable, and its disrespectful to Marilyn.
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addabeach 12-06-2008 @ 9:43AM
We, Americans, love beautiful people. We spend a fortune on looking good, clothing, makeup, cars, etc. I can tell you that the easiest and cheapest way to look good is to lose weight. Lookin' good like these celebs is well worth the effort. I lost 47 pounds in 6 weeks using the Rapidthin diet at www.rapidthin.com. Good luck to all. Use what works for you.
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Sally 12-06-2008 @ 10:42AM
Whats wrong with Scralett Johanssen has on? You dont have to dress to the nines all the time. She looks very nice, and ladylike. You people just tear people apart and Im tired of it.
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Jaime 12-06-2008 @ 11:28AM
Since when are we bashing women for dressing conservatively? For once in her life, Scarlett isn't flaunting her body; and yet we look down on that?
Just keep on praising those tight fitting, revealing clothes...that will really give little girls something to look up to.
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MICHAEL 12-07-2008 @ 1:13PM
I THINK SHE LOOKS GREAT ! . I'M REALLY SICK OF THE CURRENT FASHION TRENDS THAT MAKE WOMEN LOOK LIKE, LOW LIFE STREET HOOKERS .
MEN REALLY DO LIKE CONSERVATIVLY DRESSED FEMALES. IT SHOWS US THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF SELF RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF, INSTEAD OF JUST FOLLOWING THE CROWD OF MIND NUMB ROBAT'S
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