When Good Clothes Go Bad

Let’s start by saying we love Drew Barrymore. She was the cutest little thing in ET and as a result, holds a special childhood-memory-type-warmness in our heart. But…she should have steered well clear of this Jil Sander dress! She looks a bit like she’s wearing an upside down sack – she’s just too short to carry this off. (Sorry Drew!)

Drew Barrymore at CoverGirl 50th Anniversary Party

 

Shena Moulton in Jil Sander S/S 11

See how different it looks on model Shena Moulton? Let it be a lesson to us all – sometimes you need to be a 5'11 willowy creature to carry off an outfit. And just because something has a designer label and is expensive, doesn’t mean we should wear it!

Agree?

A Fashion Trend To Embrace: Orange!

I love orange and can pull it off in most shades, even though not in makeup. Here are a couple of recent example  of orange dresses from the last couple of days:

The ever so lovely Emmy Rossum in J. Mendel (on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night), and Drew Barrymore in an inexplicable Jil Sander dress at the 50th Cover Girl anniversary party. I love the color, of course, but this cut is horrible. The two-toned hair also needs to go.

My own personal choice is the DVF Metro wrap dress in Sangria from Diane Von Furstenberg's 2010 Resort collection. I always pick a resort item or two when they go on sale this time of the year and save them for spring/summer, where they actually belong.

Photos:
Model Mirella Pettini in a Matty Talmack dress photographed by Gordon Parks, Vogue, March 1965
Emmy Rossum on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" from NBC
Drew Barrimore in Jil Sander, Just Jared
Metro dress- dvf.com