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Archive for the ‘Ugly Prom Dresses’ Category
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Nothing says “prom” quite like all-over animal print, does it?
Of course, with animal print – and particularly zebra print – being oh-so fashionable right now, perhaps this dress is simply “bang on trend“? Whaddya think?
[Thanks to Andrea for the report!]
We also have a confirmed sighting of a second zebra print prom dress, this time from Minnah:
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
There are ruffles, and then there are ruffles.
These, though? These are RUFFLES. Pink ones, at that!
Also, is anyone else reminded of one of those “shower puff” things?
How about now?
‘Party Time’ pink prom dress, $499
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
This dress comes to us direct from 1985 not from a specialist prom dress store, like so many of the Ugly Prom Dresses we're forced to arrest, but from our old friend Topshop. This gives us cause for concern. Are Topshop trying to popularise the shiny satin look of the Ugly Prom Dress? Are these in fashion now? Are they, to use a term we've come to hate, "on trend"? God, we hope not. We just don't have the manpower to be able to deal with an outbreak of crimes like this one.
On the, er, plus side, this dress DOES appear to have saddlebags. Which is… handy. We guess.
Topshop describe this one as "a show-stopping dress, to be worn with killer heels". (We hope they mean the "killer" heels bit literally. As in, heels that would kill the dress.) If you agree with them, it's £50 and you can buy it here.
Just imagine what your prom photos would be like if you wore this for your big night! Especially ay group shots, where you're standing a little way back from the camera, and the detail of the bodice kinda merges into your skin, making you look like you're standing there completely topless!
One to show the grandchildren, for sure.
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Oh, now that’s just GREAT: we’re going to have “Eye of the Tiger” stuck in our heads ALL DAY now.
“Risin’ up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a model and her will to wear ugly prom dresses…”
This dress is by Jovani, and can be purchased here for $485. It’s funny because, just last week, someone commented on an ancient Ugly Prom Dress post about another Jovani dress, saying that we’re not allowed to dislike Jovani dresses because, OMG, it’s JOVANI, its, like, the BEST LABEL EVER, and that, clearly the only reason we would claim not to like any of their dresses* is because we just can’t afford such sophistication.
To this, all we can say is: damn, yeah, you totally nailed us, anonymous commenter! If we could only scrape together the princely sum of $485, we would totally be wearing this dress right now. Like, totally. Well, wouldn’t everyone?
[Thanks to Elle for the report!]
* We don’t dislike ALL Jovani dresses, by the way. Just the ones that look like this.
What. The. HELL? Is that a… ? No, it can't be. It just can't. But it looks like…? No. We refuse to believe it. It's just an unfortunate design, that's all. A really, really unfortunate design. A really unfortunate design that's just earned this dress its own special place in the Fashion Police Jail, where we hope it will take the time to think about what it's done here.
Now, let us never speak of this again.
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(Thanks to Louisa for the report!)
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Oh, what a tragedy! An Ugly Prom Dress that wouldn't even be an Ugly Prom Dress but for one tiny detail: the belly button hole.
Now, it's our contention that belly buttons have no place at prom. None at all. This dress, however, makes the belly button the centrepiece of the whole outfit, ringing it with rhinestones as if to say "Look! A belly button! Betchya never saw one of these bad boys before!" Yes, it's all about the bellybutton here, and the overall effect is to make the model look like she needed emergency keyhole surgery, and the surgeon didn't have time to remove the dress first.
For this reason, and this reason alone, this dress has earned it's place in the Ugly Prom Dress parade. And it could've been so, so easily avoided…
[Thanks to Jacey for the report!]
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Judging by some of the comments we get on the various Ugly Prom Dresses in the Fashion Police cells, we know some of you are going to just love this one, and that's great: you can wear it, so we don't have to!
We, meanwhile, think this looks like Strawberry Shortcake just threw up all over it. And we can't blame her, really: the pinkness, the ruffles, the flowers… None of these things on their own would make for an ugly prom dress, of course, but put them altogether, mix for a few minutes, and you end up with a Toilet Doll with a serious penchant for pink. And let us just be blunt: there's no good way to dress like a toilet doll. We're sorry to disappoint you, but there just isn't.
Friday, February 13th, 2009
The Fashion Police would've been ALL OVER this dress when we were young. Just look at it: it's one part ballerina's tutu, one part trashy princess, and another part that looks vaguely like something the 'Like a Virgin' era Madonna would've totally worn.
These days? Let's just say we're not so keen.
We are a little confused, though, because we didn't find this while policing one of our regular prom-dress hangouts, but at ASOS.com, where it's priced at £250. Or rather, where is WAS priced at £250, because almost as soon as that dress appeared on the ASOS website, it sold right out.
Tell us, then, readers: are our instincts guiding us wrong on this one? Is this dress just as fabulous to grown adults as it would've been to our eight-year-old selves? Tell us!
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Since last Friday’s Ugly Prom Dress roundup, we’ve had lots of reports of even more prom dress crimes. The Fashion Police fear these are the work of an organised Ugly Prom Dress Crime Ring, but please don’t be alarmed: rest assured that we’re working round the clock to round up the offenders and make the world of proms a safe place once more. Well, as safe as it ever was, anyway.
Here are some of the latest occupants of our cells. All of the suspects on this page are being sold as prom dresses. We live in frightening times, clearly.
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