Normally when an awards ceremony is held here in the UK, The Fashion Police have to call in reinforcements: sadly for us, UK events tend to be cluttered with a selection of Z-list “celebrities” (Big Brother drop-outs, X-Factor failures, that kind of thing….) dressed as if they’re off for a night at a bad club in a small town. A bit like this, in fact:
Meredith Ostrom
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Now, aside from the fact that we had to Google Meredith Ostrom to find out why on earth she was even at the BAFTA’s (We’re still no further forward on that one), what on earth made her think it was OK to tie a bedsheet around a bikini top for a major red carpet event? WHY?
Happily, however, the rest of the suspects managed to do a little better: we loved Emma Watson’s Valentino Couture gown, for instance, and Helena Bonham Carter looked beautiful (rather than her usual beautiful-but-crazy): overall, a fairly good turnout for the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards, to give them their full title.
Don’t take our word for it, though: take a look at the gallery below and don’t forget to tell us what you think!
The Grammy Awards have a bit of a rep as the “wilder” awards in terms of the red carpet, but this year, other than Gaga’s egg entrance and Rihanna’s “Look, you can totally imagine me naked now, can’t you?” dress (both of which were fairly predictable), we were a little disappointed by this year’s turnout. Maybe our favourite fashion criminals are saving it up for the Oscars.
One thing this event did show, however, was that the enemy to the people known as the Mullet Dress is increasing in power, as is that very “Liz Hurley in the 90s” slit-up-one-side-to-show-a-sexy-sexy-leg style of dress. We’ll be keeping our eyes on both of these trends: you, meanwhile, are requested to take a look at our gallery and rate our celebrity dressers – are they fashion criminals, or are they innocent of all charges?
Our full coverage of last nights Grammy and BAFTA Awards (Why must they have them on the same night? And during New York Fashion Week? Will no one think of the bloggers?) will be along shortly, so please check back soon for that. While you’re waiting, however, here’s a quick look at Katy Perry’s Grammy arrival gown. This surely wouldn’t have looked too out of place amongst some of the ugly wedding dresses here at The Fashion Police, but given that this is Katy Perry we’re looking at, you have to really chance your whole reference frame, don’t you? Compared to some of the things we’ve seen Katy wear to awards shows, it actually looks quite elegant/restrained.
Just a smattering of celebs for the Rogue’s Gallery this week, folks: they’re all too busy popping up in our Fashion Week posts instead: and no doubt preparing for this week’s Grammys.
Still, we did manage to catch Dianna Agron looking very, um, grown up, and Miley Cyrus taking the 70s look to new heights, so take a look at our gallery and tell us what you think!
“Silk top with partial cape.” As soon as we read the second part of that sentence, we knew we were dealing with a potential fashion infringer. Seriously, if it had been a FULL cape, that would’ve been one thing. Maybe not a great thing, admittedly, but at least it would’ve been a whole top, with a whole cape. This, on the other hand… well, at first glance we didn’t have a clue which part of the body this was supposed to adorn, and that’s always a bad sign, isn’t it? As we’ve always said, if we can’t even work out what it is, we’re probably going to arrest it, just to be on the safe side.
The model shot helps clarify matters slightly:
Still doesn’t make us want to pay £655 for it, though. Does it have that effect in you? Or do you think it looks like a badly-hung curtain, too?
These shoes are called “Police”, so naturally we had to investigate them. Well, we can’t have a shoe trying to pass itself off as a police officer without our approval, can we?
As far as our approval goes, however, we’re just not sure whether to grant it in this case, so we’re turning to you, our readers. These are by Christian Louboutin, they’re made to look like a measuring tape cunningly would around your feet and ankles and if you’re at all paranoid about the size of your ankles, we’d venture to suggest they’re probably not for you, although we suspect M. Louboutin may be making a wry comment on fashion’s obsession with size, here.
All the same, what do you think of these? And, more to the point, would you spent $795 on them? If you would, click here to buy them from Neiman Marcus.
Alexander McQueen Samurai shoulder pencil dress
