The Wrath of a Bitter Fan!

Not sure if anyone is like me, who prefer watching The Voice USA over The Voice UK. I would rather listen to Shakira’s broken English, to Jessy J yapping away, talking non sense and picking up arguments with all the other judges.

And if you are like me, you would have been utterly shocked over yesterday’s result, when two of Adam Levine’s team were eliminated on the same night. Well. One of them was not a big surprise; the girl Sarah Simmons is nice and has an incredible voice, however her personality withers away in comparison with the other contestants. But the big shocker was the elimination of Judith Hill, Michael Jackson’s prodigy, with all judges praising her vocal capabilities and regarding her as one of the potential winners of the show.

For me I was really shocked with her song choice on Monday, where she decided to sing a Justin Bieber song! , well, that is not all accurate; it was Will.i.am new single featuring Justin Bieber. But still, you don’t go from performing a Michael Jackson tune, to Justin Bieber in a matter of a week. And where was Adam to correct her and coach her into having better music selection.

However, I believe that the main reason two members of team Adam got eliminated, is due to my wrath that I have bestowed upon Adam. You may ask why would I do such a thing? The answer is;  Maroon 5 postponed the European leg of their tour until January of next year! I have been waiting for this concert since it was first announced last summer, and after waiting an entire year to see them, making a playlist of their set-list and listening to it religiously to know all the lyrics by the time of the concert, and at the very last second they decide to reschedule. As you can see, i am still bitter about it!

The reason for the cancellation is “conflicting schedules” But we all know, it is because Adam would still be partaking in The Voice and cannot leave. As understandable as this may be, I find it rather offending and a bit disloyal on Adam’s part to his European fan. Excuse me, Mr. I only date Victoria Secret Models, you would not be where you are today if it was not for the fans, which made you and your band a big band. You should always, always, always stay loyal to the fans, because without them, you will have no one buying your records, attending your concerts, or voting for your team on the show.

As if the loss of the only contestant capable of making Adam win this year, he forgot his microphone was still on when he devastatingly said “I hate America”, for not voting for his girls. Upsetting the content of Europe (more specifically UK, Ireland,France and the Netherlands) was not enough for Adam, he also offended America, and just after memorial weekend.

He took to his twitter to apologies  but I am not sure how much it will save him. Let us just hope that Mr.Levine learnt his mistake, to never ever upset his fans again, or more bad luck will come his way.

And until I see Maroon 5 in January of 2014
Stay Pink

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Met Gala Edition

The Met Gala took place around ten days ago, and all these beautiful gowns walking the red carpet were a heavenly sight. Everyone knows that the Met Gala is like the Oscars for fashion and everyone go full out to impress. This year was no exception; however the theme was a little bit hard to nail: Punk from Chaos to Couture.
Now without going into a debate over the theme, and how they chose a concept, whose main fixation is to break away from the norms of society, and declare a state of anarchy, and here they are showcasing it as pieces of display in a museum!

Back to the dresses, some of the invited celebrities had a full understanding of what punk means, and picked dresses that are punk in spirit, while others went full out, and made it seem like they were going to a costume party rather than a red carpet event, and there are some who had no grasp of the meaning of the word.

The Good:

It is the young in Hollywood who shone the most at the event, with their clothes, accessories  hair and makeup selection. It was a tough one to choose a top five, but here is the condensed list.

First is Taylor Swift and her black Jemendel dress. It is very appropriate to the theme, with the collar armor thing going on, and her makeup and hair was impeccable. Actually this is a really good look for Taylor, showing her tougher side, enough with cute pie act.

Second is Anne Hathaway who blew everyone with her edgy Valentino number, and her new blonde hair-do. She looks bad-ass, and totally made up for her mistake at the Oscars. Her previous look was more aiming to blend with the wall with its pale colour and boring hair and makeup, but this time she was dangerously breath taking. The blonde hair is a keeper.

Cameron Diaz stepped away from the generic black, and opted a navy blue cape like dress with a studded waistline from Stella McCartney. Picking a British designer was a wise choice, as the punk movement started from the streets of London, and thus they have the most understanding of it.

Blake Lively, who was seen recently fitting the role of a boring housewife as opposed to the sexy upper east side vixen, has finally came back to her Gossip Girl roots with this fabulous Gucci gown, it enunciated her curves, and kept it fresh but yet related to the theme.

Last on the list is Miss Dakota Fanning and her edgy Rodarte dress. It is sexy, edgy, young but yet appropriate. This young actress has come a long way from poufy princess gowns to become on the hottest young Hollywood actresses. I particularly love the beading on the sheer waist line; add so much elegance to the dress.

The Bad:

We start with Beyoncé and her Givenchy gown. I first hated the gown, and then liked it and then hated it again. The matching thigh high boots is what killed it, she should have opted for a simpler shoe wear, and the gloves were tad bit too long. But the dress on its own was really pretty.

Second is Miley Cyrus and her Marc Jacob net dress. Among all, Miley captured the theme the most, with the hair and makeup and the dress, which is really nice. However, her pale skin is what put me off. You cannot see a difference between the undergarment of the dress and her skin tone, and maybe she was going for that shock factor, however, a little tan would have gone a long way.

Christina Ricci took it a little bit too far with her Vivienne Westwood dress. It is a little bit teenagey like, something completely acceptable if Avril Lavigne chose to wear, but not for Christina. This pattern is a signature Vivienne Westwood design, and it looks good on blazers and bags, but it becomes a bit too much when used on an entire dress, it is equivalent of wearing a classic Burberry check pattern, which we all know is not acceptable.

Speaking of Burberry, Sienna Miller chose a white dress matched with a black leather studded jacket from the fashion house. Both items are lovely, and I am big fan of the brad, however just putting on a studded leather jacket does not do the trick on such an event.

Last is Gwenth Paltrow and her Valentino Couture dress. Did she even get the memo? An all pink gown, on a punk themed night? If it was black or even red it would have been acceptable, but not PINK.

The Ugly:

We start off with Kim Kardashian. Do I even need to say anything??? This Riccardo Tisci dress was a walking disaster. I don’t even know what the hell she was thinking about? Kim is obsessed with the way she looks, and makes sure she looks impeccable everywhere she goes, even grocery shopping, so how did she end up choosing this! She was never invited to the Met Gala because she is not considered to be a real celebrity, and this year an invite was extended to her because she is Kanye’s girlfriend, who was performing at the event, and this is what she wears? Where do I begin? The pattern of the dress is horrendous, and resembles that of  a sofa pattern from the 60’s, to make matter worse, the dress seems to have a built in glove to it, so her hands were not visible and blended in with the pattern, and then she chose to wear a matching pattern shoes! And given that she is in the last months of her pregnancy, maybe she should have chosen a ore flowy option.  This was an utter disaster.

Can someone please call Sarah Jessica Parker and tell her that her Carrie Bradshaw days are over. The dress, boots and head piece by Gilesand and Philip Treaty are something which the actress’s alter ego would have worn on Sex and the City, and we would have gushed over it. But in real life Sarah is not as fabulous, and such fashion statements are too big for her.

Ask Jennifer Lopez to dress up in punk, and she comes dressed like a giraffe! I don’t know who is the designer of this dress, and quite frankly I don’t want to know. Animal prints are tricky business, while a leopard print is sexy, a giraffe print not so much, and completely not themed related.

Katy Perry took the dress code very seriously, and she edged into looking like she is going to a Halloween party. The Dolce and Gabanna dress was not the most flattering dress, and the crown was a step too far. D&G are known for their black and lacy numbers, with rock punk edginess to them, so I don’t know why she picked this in particular.

Last on the list is Madonna, who is known for her crazy attires, but she too looked like she was going to a costume party rather than a red carpet event. Riccardo Tisci’s designs were not having a good day on the carpet, as this uniform was just too much with the knee high stockings, pink heels and black choker.

This was it from the Met Gala.
Until next time
Stay Pink.

Girls Aloud No More

I was gutted by the news of Girls Aloud disbanding. Another good band bites the dust. When it came to girl pop bands, they dominated for an entire decade. Upon hearing the news, obviously I went to on YouTube and put Girls Aloud songs on replay. Much to the dismay of my neighbor  who since having a broken shoulder could not escape the awesome music blaring from my place. To end my mourning session, I spent Easter Sunday watching their final concert at the O2, and the accompanying documentary (Yeah, what an exciting life I lead).

Since I was obsessing about the band, it only seems fair that I share my all-time top five songs for Girls Aloud.

                                

       1)    Something New: I was obsessed with their comeback single when it was first released. And it is my all-time girls aloud single. It is so different from everything they have given over the ears. It is catchy, playful, fun, and easy to sing along too. And they looked adorable with their donuts bun hairdos, and matching orange dresses.

2) The Promise: Seriously is there anyone who hate this song? The retro vibe to it makes it so special. It was one of the biggest hits for the girls.The production company was not a big fan of this song, and the girls had to fight for it to be featured in their album. next thing they know, they were awarded a Brits for it, and performed it for the Queen.

     3) Sound of the Underground: the song that started it all. Even though I have not heard this song in ages, but when it was playing I was singing along to it word for word.

  

     

      4) No Good Advice:  the good old days, when the videos were not elaborate, and the girls were dressed in low quality outfits, and have cheesy dance moves. However the song is so catchy, and a reincarnation of the “Girl Power” era of the Spice Girls.

     

       5) Life Got Cold: this song has more rhyming words put together than any rap song. The lyrics are so nice and deep, for a pop song at least.

So here is to one of the biggest girl band of all times.  Can’t wait for the reunion tour, or a musical based on their songs perhaps.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Oscars Edition

A month ago, the Oscars took place. And as usual I am behind on talking about this until now due to my magnificent multi-tasking and time management skills, and the technical superiority of my laptop.

But now I have replaced it with a new one, so hopefully I will improve, knowing that I have a reliable machine that won’t fall apart piece by piece in the moments of needs. It seems every time I had a major deadline my laptop decide to have a laugh at me, and add to my stress levels. For the first assignment it decided to have a full hardware failure, which forced me to pay shit loads of money to get it fixed within the day, and I ended up losing everything I had, because I never back up, because I belong “it will never happen to me”  crowd. For my second batch of assignments, the keyboard decided to have a mind of its own, while I was en route on a plane and could not do anything about it, except using the on screen keyboard to write an equal of 5000 words. The most recent stunt was the charger having bipolar tendencies, and preferences of which electricity plugs to work with, which resulted in me writing a full assignment on the floor, and the screen doing acrobatic tricks; changing colours and flipping the display. That was the last straw for me, so I went laptop shopping and got the cutest one in the store. Unfortunately nothing came in pink, so I had to settle for red.

Anyway the purpose of this post is to not about my technical misfortunes but to give a recap of the dresses that walked the red carpet for the Oscars. There was a lot of everything and it was a little challenging narrowing the choices down.  So, after long deliberation between myself and my Ipad, here comes the final version of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Oscars edition.

The Good:

The ultimate best dressed starlet of the night was Naomi Watts, and her custom made Giorgio Armani metallic dress. It fit her perfectly, the material and the colour were sensational, and it felt like it was molten silver on her. The design on the upper part was interesting as well. The way she wore her hair and makeup was very compatible, and it was a fabulous outfit all together.

Amy Adams, and her Oscar de Larnte dress stole the light. If there is anything I learnt from reading Gossip Girl, is that Oscar de la Larnte never fail. The colour could have been a bit darker, but Amy has thing for pale colours, and this time it worked for her. This is a princess dress at its finest, and she truly looked like a Disney princess.

Jennifer Hudson was looking fabulous, with her fish skin-like Roberto Cavalli dress. Leave it to Cavalli to give you interesting textile. The dress hugged her slimmed down body and made her look like a mermaid of the modern age. Enough with the poufy, hard to walk in fish tail. Mermaids just got a Roberto make over.

Salma Hayek did it right. You can never go wrong with a black Alexander McQueen number. It was something unexpected of the Latina to cover her curves, but I think it is nice to experiment with different designs, and not draw attention to them all the time. It was beautiful, elegant, and complimented her body amazingly. I was not a big fan of the hair-do though.

The last but certainly not least on the good list is Kristin Chenoweth and her Tony Ward black bridal dress, black dresses are instant win for me but this had more than the colour. If you want to go poufy or princess, this is the right way to do it, dark colours and a subtle pouf as opposed to over the top one. The dress did her wonders, and made her seem taller as well.

The Bad:

I know some people will hate me for my first choice, but I was not a big fan of the Dior Couture dress chosen by Jennifer Lawrence, it was too bridal material, and i felt like this is the kind of dress I would admire looking at in a magazine. The patterns of the fabric looked like wrinkles from a distance, it felt too tight on her from the chest area, and she stepped on it and fell while walking on stage to get her Oscar, so it was not the most practical dress. And she has a nice shape, so I don’t understand why she would choose to hide it with layers and layers of fabric.

Amanda Seyfried wore a non-black Alexander McQueen dress. Say what? I did not know that McQueen Couture came in any other colour! I do not know why she is so fixated on wearing pale colours with her really white skin. Darker colours will complement her skin tone more, and the dress would have looked fabulous in black. It felt like the dress aged her, and even though it looked nice from the top, the bottom was not as great.

Reese Witherspoon, with her blue and black Louis Vuitton dress. What she did is very clever by choosing a dress with dark colour on the waist area, which made her waist seem more shaped. But the dress was too simple, with nothing about it, and I am not fan of the material of it either.

Jennifer Aniston and her red Valentino dress. Even though I have a love affair with Valentino, I do not think that this dress was the best choice for Jennifer. Again too simple and ill fitting. She should have worn something tighter, with a slit to show her fabulous legs.

Kristen Stewart, what have you done? I though you have put your bed hair days behind you. Her Reem Acra dress was lovely, but it felt a bit loose on the actress who decided to wear mismatching shoes to the ceremony to cater to her injured leg.  I guess we need to give the girl some credit for managing to show up and not be bothered by limping on stage.

The Ugly:

Anne Hathaway may have won the Oscar, but she was out shined by her nipples. Seriously, what was she thinking when picking that Prada dress? If Jennifer Lawrence was the bride, then Anna was her bridesmaid. I like the dress from the back, but from the front it was bad. The fabric was too stiff, and her nipples got more mention in the press than her Oscar win. She attracted attention for all the wrong reason.

Second in line are Zoe Saldana and her white Alexis Mabille number. At first sight I loved this dress, until she turned around and I saw it from a different angle. It is important for a dress to photograph well 360 degrees, and the gradual length of the dress actually killed it. If the layering was done of full length, I think it would have looked better. And the cake frosting thing going on the upper part of the dress did not impress me either.

Lori Singer, what was she thinking, she looked like a leaf-less tree at winter. The color  the shape, the cut, nothing was working for her. I did not even bother looking up the designer of this gown, because it is a disaster. I don’t know what she was thinking going on the red carpet dressed like this.

I am a Valentino groupie; I just adore and love everything Valentino, specially the signature red dress. However, the vintage red Valentino dress worn by Sally Field ruined my love story. The way she wore it was so wrong. The wrong hairstyle, the wrong clutch, and actually she was wearing tennis shoes underneath it! This in itself is an insult to the brand and all the glamour it carries. The dress should have been worn by someone younger, taller and bustier in order to showcase all the beauty of the dress.

Last on the list is Helen Hunt and her H&M dress. Yes, you read it right, she went to the Oscars dressed in H&M, I do not know what message she was trying to convey by this. The fabric was cheap, and by the time she got on the red carpet it was all wrinkly. This is a red carpet offense that no one should commit.

With a promise that I will be quicker in my posts in the future.
Stay pink 

The Good, The Bad, &The Ugly: Grammys 2013 Edition.

Apologies, apologies for disappearing again, not keeping too well to my promise, but you got to give me credit for trying!
So in an attempt to catch on so many events, I have decided to have a “themed week” about red carpets looks, starting with the Grammys, followed by the Oscar and then we go to my side of the pond and see what London red carpet for the Bitz award carried for us. I know I am a tad bit late, but no one told me blogging is going to be a hard thing to juggle with the 100 other activities I am doing these days.
Enough with my excuses and let us get on with it.

The Good:

Princess Riri owned the night, from her beautiful performance of her new addictive hit single “Stay”, to her tribute to the legendary Bob Marley, and of course  her fabulous red carpet dress. Rihanna graced the red carpet with a matching red Azzedine Alaia number. It was princess like, unlike the usual crazy outfits opted by the controversial pop princess. Even though Riri disregarded the CBS’s memo of not showing too much skin, we are giving her a free pass this time, because he dress was phenomenal. Hands down the best dressed starlet of the night. If only we could say the same about her chosen accessory of the night, which came in the form of Chris Brown in an all-white suit.

A very close second to Princess Riri is  Miss 

Taylor Swift, with yet another white gown, this time from J.Mendell upcoming spring/summer collection. The dress is very Greek inspired yet modern with its 50 shades of grey bondage tribute. It is nice that the country vixen is wearing something refreshing and age appropriate, unlike her boring dress from the Golden Globes.

Queen B had a surprise down her sleeves, wearing a monochrome jumpsuit by the young designer Osman. Such a simple yet daring choice made, she stole all the lights with this unexpected piece, and it is quite brave of her to walk down the red carpet in a onesie (British synonym of a jumpsuit), but it was perfect, fitted her just right and insinuated her curves in a very classy and flattering way.

Carrie Underwood kept it classy with the lovely sequenced Roberto Cavalli piece; it was sexy yet elegant, showed up her curves and kept it interesting.

The last person who made to the best dressed list is model Chisy Eign with her two piece ensemble from 

Joy Cioci. I am not the biggest fan of Chisy because she is the girlfriend of John Legend, whom I adore. However I had to suck it up this time and give it to her, the wardrobe choice was daring but so elegant and properly executed, and since she is a model, she pulled it off with her toned legs and flat belly.

The Bad:

These are the dresses that were not completely horrendous, but still not good enough.

let’s start with Alexa Chung and her spring inspired Valentino dress. I love Alexa and her Europian sense of fashion, and I am obsessed with Valentino dresses, and I have nothing against the dress except the fact that it is not red carpet material. First of all the ceremony was held in February which is winter, the dress is appropriate for a day time charity event, but not for the biggest night in the music industry. This is the type of dress someone would wear for a Bbq party whenever the bipolar weather of England allow us to do so, but definitely not for a red carpet event.

Carly Rae Jepsen was also opting up a Roberto Cavalli dress which was a bit similar to the one of Carrie Underwood, but still it did not match up to it. The dress was ill fitting, not showcasing the body in a good way. Or maybe it is just the terrible blue eye make-up, and the out-dated fringe. Or maybe it is a combination of all three. Bottom line is, completely unimpressed with her dress choice.

Guliana Rancic’s nude Carlos Miele dress resembled more of a cabbage than a dress. I find it to be quite ironic that the fashion police presenter is not taking her own advice that she gives on the show, how could she sit there and judge what other people are wearing, when she wore such a mess of a dress, it is just swallowing her slender frame, and giving an overall bad effect.

Kelly Roland and her Georges Chakra black item were just plain bad. Apparently she did not read the memo, and to add insult to injury she chose the most revealing dress she could possible fined. Even though her body looked phenomenal, sill it was too much with the cuts strategically placed to barely cover the most critical parts of the breasts, and it is not  good idea having all these different lines pointing in the direction of the crotch, it just draws attention to an unwanted area. Bad Kelly bad, she could learn a thing or two from her ex-band mates.

Last on the list of the bads, is Katy Perry and her mint green Gucci number. It is just bad bad bad, not only the key hole was leaving too little for the imagination, the colour of the dress was bad, the hair do was not going well either. I love long sleeved, key hole dresses’, but this one was just plain bad. These dresses are meant to be worn by slender women with size A breasts, not double Ds.

And the Ugly:

I had a hard time narrowing down the ugly dresses list to only five, but after deep consideration the abridged version is as follows:

Florence Welch with her Givenchy haute couture, Jurassic park inspired dress!!! The colour, the material, the studs, everything about the dress was bad. It was some fashion critiques favourite for its boldness, but it is not happening for me. The studs are oversized, placed in all the wrong parts of the dress, and usually studs come in silver or gold, not matching the colour of the dress, the sequence material was too much. I really lover Florence and her music, but her fashion choices, not at all.

Jennifer Lopez, it seems like the Golden Globes were too good to be true, the dress is just ugly. Again showing too much skin is never a good thing, the design is really out-dated, and not doing the curvy Latino any good, it makes her look pregnant. In fact this would have been an appropriate sexy dress if she was still pregnant with her twins and married to Marc Anthony, but she has no excuse to be wearing this now. She tried to make a joke while on stage by saying she read the memo, and she won’t repeat the Versace disaster which happened a decade ago, but this one was just as bad. The dress is designed by Anthony Vaccarello.

Look who came back from the dead and straight to the worst dressed list, Ashanti with her Tony Ward, backless, black, floral chiffon dress with a key hole and open slit. The girl just pulled an Eva Langoria, and not in a good way. Incorporating several good designs into one dress is never a good idea; in fact it can end up in disaster like this dress. She was just trying too hard to get attention, and she got it in a bad way.

Kimbra and her Jaime Lee dress was a major disaster on the red carpet. The design was so Gaga inspired, did not do the singer any good and it looked cheap. Too bad received her Grammy wearing THAT.

Last on the list is Estelle and her patterned cropped top and skirt by Genelle Brooks and Love Collins. The brits have shamed us this time. The pattern was bad, the colour scheme was bad, the top was not cropped at the right length, the outfit did not do her body any justice. Estlle wearing this you will never get your American boy.

That was the review of the Grammys, a month delayed, but still as good.

Promise promise promise my next post will be soon.

And until then

Stay pink 

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Golden Globes Edition

One of the things I love the most about the beginning of a new year is the signalling of the arrival of the award seasons. With few weeks separating us from the Academy Awards, the excitement is building up. And no, it is not to know who is going to win an Oscar, because honestly it has become so predictable through the years. Meryl Streep will always be nominated regardless of the roles she plays,Best actor/actress/movie always go to a film which is based on a true life story  or is a biography of some famous but yet troubled person. In addition, I have, lost my faith in The Academy ever since Angelina Jolie won best supporting actress in 1999, and that joke of a movie “Inglorious Bastard” was nominated for an Oscar few years ago.

The excitement is for the red carpet and the dresses that everyone will be talking about. Award ceremonies are to celebrities what prom is to normal people. An opportunity to buy an extravagant dress in the hopes that everyone’s eyes will be on you.

Couple of weeks ago, the Golden Globe signaled beginning of the award season for this year. And boy, oh boy what dresses were worn that night. So, without further ado, I present to you: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Golden Globes Edition.

The Good:

 Let us start with the best dressed ladies of the night. The ladies that made watching hours and hours of red carpet walks bearable.

First is Kate Hudson and her fabulous Alexander McQueen dress. When I saw it, I knew it was going to be the best dress of the night, without even seeing the rest of the dresses, and I was right about that.  Remember in 2010 when she wore that fabulous Emilio Pucci dress for the SAG award, for years she could not match the fabulousty of this dress until now. The dress compliments her beautiful petit figure, showing just the right amount of skin without daring key hole, and most importantly it screams Alexander McQueen. No one else could have worn it better.

Runner up to the fabulous Kate is Miss Jennifer Lopez who rocked a flesh-colored Zuhair Murad Haute Couture dress. The dress showed all her luscious curves, without actually showing any of it. Jennifer knows how to be sexy and keep it classy, unfortunately not something other actresses know to do, as we will see later.

What I love the most about these two dresses, that they are signature designs by their designers, you do no need to check or ask for the name of the designer, because they are a true reflection of their designer’s style, a signature piece.

Joining the company of these two amazing dresses is the classical Chanel dress Anne Hathaway wore to accept her award for best supporting actress. The dress was elegant, classy and time-less.

Next is a double win for Tina Fey and Amy Pohler . Who are not necessarily the best dressed of the evening, but they wore remarkable gowns throughout the night , making us restore some faith that award ceremonies can actually be fun and enjoyable . However, the highlight of their wardrobe collection was their red carpet ensemble, where Tina wore a lovely white and black lace L’Wren Scott dress, while Amy complemented her by wearing a female suit by Stella McCartney. I love their choices, especially Amy’s; it is not easy to pull off a suit, and on a red carpet!!! She did it right, with her gorgeous Charlotte Olympia shoes, and the right amount of cleavage to make it feminine.

The last actress (but certainly not the least) who made it to the “good” list is Emily Blunt with her gorgeous golden Michael Kors dress.  It complemented her body shape and skin tone perfectly, and showed the right amount of skin, and kept it classy at the same time.

The Bad:

Enough with the compliment and the nice talk, it is time now to fry those celebrities that disappointed. The bad ones, are not the ugliest, but they are just not creative or unique, just Meh, boring or predictable.

We start with Sofia Vergara. I love this hot Latina to pieces, she cracks me up all the time in Modern Family. But this black sequence dress, does not do anything for me, it just looks like a failed attempt in copying her fabulous green sequence dress from last year. It feels so “been there, done that”, Sofia has an amazing body, and any other design will look perfect on her, so she should change it up before everyone starts over-looking her .

Next is Taylor Swift and her Donna Karan eggplant mermaid gown. The dress is beautiful, but it does not fit Taylor perfectly, and the colour is not doing her any good. It is also a bit boring for a 22 year old, she has all the time in the world to dress up like that, but in the meantime she should enjoy the liberty of wearing more “out-there” designs. Stop the act Taylor, we all know you are a serial-dater, and dressing modestly is not going to change that.

Amy, oh Amy. I love you to bits, so why are you making me do this? The Marchesa dress is fabulous, and would have been one of the best dresses of the season, if it came in any other colour. Wearing a dress with the same colour as your skin tone is never a good idea, so why did you do this? You cannot see the details of the dress, and it makes Amy seems paler than she already is. Simply this was a wrong chase for Miss Adams

Guilty of committing a similar mistake is newest Hollywood It-Girl Amanda Seyfried. The 

 dress was not all around terrible, but it was not the best either.  The dress needs someone with a darker skin tone to showcase the details of its design. Only through close inspection did I notice the see-through material integrated within the dress. In addition the dress did not complement her body at all, making her look like she gained few pounds here and there.

Julia Bowen, was that a dress or just a piece of fabric wrapped around your body? With Sofia Vergara as you co-star and red carpet companion, you ought to try harder than this. It is  just a pile of wrinkled fabric, with a sloppy over-all effect.

The Ugly:

Here comes the best part. The worst dressed of the event. Five dresses popped up from the rest and took the lead in the ranking. So with no further delays, here come the black swans of the night:

Jessica Chastain, you may have not won a globe, but you definitely won the worst dressed award. The baby blue Calvin Klein dress was hands down the ugliest dress on the red carpet. This dress is meant to be worn by a woman of curves that is the why the gown seemed over sized  with a lot of “open space” which should have been filled with human flesh. In addition,the hair-do did not help either.

A close second was Lucy Liu and her floral Carolina Herrera ball gown. It was just a bit too much, with a dress this size, a solid colour would have been better on it, the floral pattern made it too-much. I don’t understand why a woman with such a petite and beautiful body would hide it behind layers of fabric and floral print.

Committing the floral mistake also is Sienna Miller, and yes she wore a crop top to the Golden Globes. But what truly killed the dress is that pin/red floral print on it, with some flowers popping up!!!!! This dress is doing nothing for her, and for a British actress she should have presented her country’s fashion better. She can use a tip or two from Dame Helen Mirren.

The Versace dress worn by Halle Berry was nothing but a reincarnation of the Jenifer Lopez green dress circa P.Diddy era. Everything was wrong with it, the pattern, the cut and the excess of skin showed. For a mother of a young girl, who is also undergoing a series of domestic problem, Halle should have dressed more appropriately for a woman her age. Proving that you are still sexy can be done without baring it all. Keep it classy next time Halle.

Eva Langoria committed a similar crime with her racy Pucci black gown. The upper part of the dress is lovely, the long sleeves with the open key hole is kind of lovely, it is only when looking at it from the back and in full length, that I have changed my mind about it. With an open back and thigh-high slit, Eva has definitely crossed the red line. Like Halle she is just trying too much. We all know how fabulous your tiny body is, we all saw it for 8 consecutive years on Desperate Housewives, and there is no need for all that. Of, course the night did not end too well for Miss Langooria, who had a massive wardrobe malfunction at the after party.

Well that’s about it from the Golden Globes the award season has just started and more posts about it are along the way.

So until next time

Stay Pink

Happy NEW YEAR !

And the award for worst blogger goes to ….. ME!!!!

I know in my previous post I promised that I will be more active and will pot stuff on more regular basis, and obviously I did not keep to my promise.
Of course I have a long list of excuses to justify and defend myself, such as; I was traveling during the holidays, I removed my wisdom teeth, and when I finally managed to get back to England I was swamped with heaps and heaps of things I have planned to do over the holidays but never managed to, because I preferred eating home cooked food to the extent of getting a food coma, while watching two seasons of House back to back. (P.s I have developed a new infatuation for Dr.House). In addition to all that is the best excuse ever of; I did not have proper internet connection (story of my life). And the cherry on top of this endless list is the fact that my laptop’s keyboard started to have a mind of its own. Only a day before my flight back to England, the “K" and “dot” button decided to take their own vacation; 48 hours before a deadline for two assignments that add up to 6000 words! Can you imagine how hard it is to write all that, having to pause for each “k” and “.” To insert them from the on-screen keyboard.

despite of it all, I am not going to use any of these excuses to get away with my laziness, on the contrary I will own up to my tardiness. However; this is a new year, so I was thinking of having a fresh start!

And as it is always the case at the beginning of a new year, we sit down and decide to take drastic majors in the upcoming year to turn our lives upside down, and get rid of every single bad trait we have, only to abandon the project two weeks later, using some lame excuses.
I am the first to admit that I do this every single year, but this year I am trying a new approach, and it is working so far. I am setting more realistic goals to aim for. And no this does not make me a weak person, who is not daring enough to take drastic measures, on the contrary I see it as more setting up the foundation work and the necessarily infrastructure to pave the way for the drastic changes.

In the majority of the cases, we set up unrealistic, and impossible to achieve goals, that is why we never go far with these plans, and give up on them. However, if we dissect them, and break them to smaller parts and set off to accomplish them in stages, it will be easier for us to achieve them, and this is exactly what I am doing.

I am going to share with you five New Year’s resolution that I want to accomplish this year, to show you how I am doing it:

1) Lead a healthier lifestyle: this is quite a vague decision, but this vagueness gives me flexibility in choosing methods and ways to go on doing it. Instead of saying I will stop eating junk food, or I will restrict my calories intake to 1500 calories a day or I am going to the gym every day for three hours, I go on taking several small steps, such as taking vitamins every morning, stopped drinking coke, trying out new healthier recipes (which have all ended up in disaster so far). Yes, I still eat the occasional Pizza from Dominos, and drink coke from time to time, but this does not demotivate me or make me abandon this project. True that I have promised myself to start going to the gym, and I still have not done that because I am super busy with so many things, but I know I will be taking this step soon, and in the mean time I keep on trying to find new ways to help me improve my lifestyle.

2) Manage my time better: this is a nice way of saying, stop being a procrastinating loser, who leaves everything into the last minute and then go into a panic frenzy, trying to finish everything on time while promising thyself this would be the last time this would ever happen, only to repeat the same routine few weeks later. I am reading books on time management, and trying to be more organised with the way I handle my plans and schedules. Even though, I still struggle and leave things to the last minute, but I am making some improvement. At least I am managing to get into class on time, without running after the bus every morning, it takes me only ten minutes a day to clean up my room, and I make sure that I do important things first, before getting swamped by small little things that for some odd reason tae hours to get done.

3) Read more:  I have set up a goal of reading 12 books during this year. Which means one book a month, again it is a very realistic and achievable goal and even though I am a bit behind on my “January” book, I know I will make up for this lost time during the slower months.

4) Stop hating: I am someone who has an opinion about anything and everything, and the majority of the time my opinions are not that pleasant or friendly. I realise this is not a good habit and I should be nicer in my opinions, and think better of people, and I am making some improvements. For instance; I used to hate the guts of Justin Bieber, and even though I still don’t like the little kid, he is starting to grown on me, and I actually have his song “as long as you love me” on my Ipod.
it is all about taking baby steps.

5) Blog more: and this time I am keeping to my promise. I know it took me 22 days since the New Year to act on this resolution, but hey at least I got here. I promise to be more consistent with my blogging activities and try to post something new at least once a week. Because, I really love having a blog, and I really want to make it have a more prominent part in my life.
So there you have it, five projects to work on this year. It I true that I am taking small steps towards them but they are steady and firm ones, and I am sure that in no time I will be making great progress, and picking up speed.

So until next time ( which will be very soon)
Stay pink J