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Monday, January 16, 2006
Globes fashion: Beauties and beasts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
If certain actors and actresses strolling the red carpet during the Golden Globes Monday night find themselves in the fashion penalty box from now until Oscar night, they have only themselves to blame.
On the other hand, some could spend the rest of the year in hiding — they’ve already cemented images of near-perfection in our minds.
Here are our picks for best and worst of the Golden Globes.
BEST
A. Scott Walton
Natalie Portman, wearing vintage Chanel, displayed a down-to-earth, other-worldly beauty not seen since the heyday of Audrey Hepburn.
Renee Zellweger, who, with a flash of her newly sculpted legs beneath scant layers of sheer chiffon gave us a new interpretation of what lies beneath.
Charlize Theron, in a Dior creation by John Galliano, left little to the imagination and — much to be desired.
Marylin Johnson
Anne Hathaway’s one-shouldered navy dress by Marc Jacobs was short, sweet and of the moment. Her best accessory? Red lipstick
Keira Knightley looked sleek in Valentino?s strapless white sheath, which she wore with great aplomb.
Geena Davis proved that old fashioned can be stunning — in Escada?s full-skirted red satin ball gown with a jeweled bodice.
Morieka Johnson
Natalie Portman proved that short can indeed be chic. Her classic haircut and lace Chanel party dress set the perfect tone for the young ingenue.
Felicity Huffman will always be the least desperate of all the housewives on her series. She shows the 20somethings that style is not wasted on the youth.
Terrence Howard was purr-fection.
WORST
A. Scott Walton
Geena Davis, in a randy interpretation of a lipstick red Jessica Rabbit dress that should get whoever suggested it impeached.
Mariah Carey, in a black-and-white paneled satin “spray-on” dress that she said Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld whipped up within minutes. It deserves to be put away wet.
Drew Barrymore, in a green jersey knit sheath that — suffice it to say — super-sized all her attributes and assets for the public?s viewing displeasure.
Marylin Johnson
Mariah Carey — the late designer Coco Chanel is spinning in her grave.
Charlize Theron’s strapless black Dior dress did not flatter the usually stunning actress.
Johnny Depp, because red and black should be reserved for University of Georgia sporting events.
Morieka Johnson
Rosario Dawson dressed for the after parties rather than the actual award show. Her formless coral gown was as flattering as a burlap sack.
Pamela Anderson gets points for effort … but not many.
Scarlett Johansson chose to spray on the dress rather than the tan.
