We’re not sure if any of our readers watched the launch of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK yesterday, but The Fashion Police tuned in, purely for research purposes, you understand. Obviously any fashion crimes committed in the house are already incarcerated and are, frankly, being punished enough, but our favourite moments included:
Jedward allowing us to finally close the case on the “Who actually wears Jeremy Scott for Adidas?
We’re more than used to celebrities (and we use the word in its loosest possible sense here) being paid by brands to endorse their clothing by being seen wearing it, but this week Abercrombie & Fitch turned that idea around, and offered an undisclosed amount of money to the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore to STOP wearing their clothes.
A&F are particularly concerned about the wardrobe of Mike “the Situation“ Sorrentino, but have extended the offer to the rest of the cast, too. An Abercrombie spokesman commented:
“We are deeply concerned that Mr. Sorrentino’s association with our brand could cause significant damage to our image. We understand that the show is for entertainment purposes, but believe this association is contrary to the aspirational nature of our brand, and may be distressing to many of our fans. We have also extended this offer to other members of the cast, and are urgently waiting a response.”
We can kind of see where Abercrombie is coming from with this. We’ve never seen Jersey Shore, so we can’t comment on that specifically, but TFP frequently gets press releases from PR companies saying, “Hey, look, here’s a photo a Katie Price wearing our clothes!” and we always think “And you’re actually asking us to TELL people about that?” Being seen on the “wrong” celebrity could probably damage a brand, in the same way that being seen on the right one can make their clothes start rushing off the shelves. (See Kate Middleton and the rising sales of sheer hose as an example.)
We like this dress. It’s simple, yes: probably too simple for those of you who like your fashion to be “unexpected”. (Drinking game, anyone?) But we love the colour, and it’s one of those great, easy to wear shapes, which mean you can – and we hate to sound like a fashion magazine here, but it’s true – dress it up or down as required.
But this dress hides a terrible secret, readers. Behold, the exposed back zip!
Yesterday we spoke about how every time someone wears huge, chunky boots on the red carpet, an angel dies.
Folks, we think Kelly Rowland just killed an angel.
Don’t get us wrong: we love the Giuseppe Zanotti wedge ankle boots. Actually, that deserves capital letters: we LOVE them. And we also really like the dress:
Our thanks to Fashion Police reader Tara for calling in a report on this prom dress. Our officers picked the dress up in the early hours of this morning, and it’s now resting in the cells, sobering up, and hopefully thinking about what it’s done.
You know, sometimes when we look at dresses like this, there’s a part of us that thinks, “Well, OK, it’s ugly, trashy, and your basic HOT MESS, but no way is that intended to be worn at prom. Unless by “prom” you mean “a prom in a certain type of adult movie”.
This one, though? This one actually IS being sold as an honest-to-God prom dress. We submit the following into evidence:
We’ve talked a lot recently about the colourblocking trend which has such a firm grip on the world of fashion at the moment that it shows no sign of giving up, so here are two examples of it in action, both from the 2011 ‘Do Something’ Awards, held last week in California. What we want to know is who you think colourblocked the best?
On the left, we have Tyra Banks. Tyra, of course, needs no introduction, although her pink, green and blue outfit may need a pair of sunglasses to allow you to look at it.
On the right, meanwhile, is actress Kelli Goss, whose IMDB page is here, for the benefit of those of you who’re scratching your heads and saying, “Kelli WHO?” Kelli went for the two-tone colourblock, which is a little-less in-your-face than Tyra’s three-way, and combines blue and yellow with a pair of hooves, we mean boots, which we personally want to rip off her feet and consign to the depths of the Fashion Police jail, because every time someone wears a pair of workboots on the red carpet, with a dress, an angel dies, true story.
Who colourblocked best? Which outfit do you prefer and why? Or, in other words, who is the winner of the Star Style War?
Remember the time Emma Stone wore an “organs on the outside” skirt? That was the day we learned the word “panniculus”, courtesy of reader Heidi. According to Wikipedia, a panniculus is “a dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area”. It’s what we would normally call a FUPA. And it’s apparently the very height of fashion, for now here’s Zooey Deschanel, everyone’s girl’s crush, can do no wrong, wearing an abdomen-enhancing outfit to the premiere of Our Idiot Brotherthis week.
