Jezebel
The Chanel Night of Diamonds dinner held last night at The Plaza Hotel in New York (which, btw, is no longer a hotel, but a bunch of really expensive condos) was yet another excuse for Chanel to toot its own horn. Seriously, is there any other way to rationalize a black-tie dinner in honor of a jewelry collection? One thing's for sure, we're damn thankful that the stars who turned out for the event know how to dress themselves! (Sure - they didn't really dress themselves — most all of them were in loaners handpicked by Chanel PR, but who has time to nitpick when there's an opportunity to drool over the gown modeled by Gossip Girl star Blake Lively. [Moe disagrees, saying "it looks like Nightmare On Goth Prom Street". -Ed.]) Then, of course, there was Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo. Seriously, we haven't seen a red carpet disaster this bad in ages. See for yourself with the full good, bad, and ugly, after the jump.
The Good:
Helena Christensen: one of the few models who actually has personal style.
Christy Turlington & Ed Burns are the heterosexual coupling equivalent of Chanel No. 5. Contemplate.
It's not easy to rock rosettes. Selma Blair does it with aplomb.
The Bad:
In the words of Slut Machine: Stripper? Or New Jersey teenager? Or [gasp] Margerita Missoni?
Did no one tell Barbara Bush to stand up straight? Also, everyone knows Krazy Karl is a Hillary supporter — we suspect he instructed this dress to choke the First Daughter.
Did no one tell Tory Burch that this was a black tie affair?
The Ugly:
Holy shit: Ellen Pompeo looks like the bastard love child of the Crypt Keeper and Daisy Buchanan!
Comments
Ellen looks pretty dumb, but her man looks fierce.
I think Blake's dress would be a lot cuter is it were two thirds the length.
Ellen looks interesting. I'm not sure I hate it.
The further you scroll down, the more unbelievable the dresses get.
Is Tory going to a toga party afterwards?! Keg stands for everyone.
I want to put Selma Blair in my pocket so I'm never without her. *sigh*
Wow, Ellen looks horrendous. Her husband scares the bejesus out of me.
Those Bush girls are so unattractive. That dress would be stunning on a pretty girl.
I like the top, the hair and the gloves on pompeo but....is that a skirt made of strips? oh lord. even so, the first thing i noticed in the picture with her was her date/consort/whateves. niiice.
Oh man, if all the women currently sporting those preppy Tory Burch shoes start wearing sarongs in public, I will be thrilled. Tory, it sounds like so-wrong for a reason.
What on earth is Ellen's car-wash skirt made of?
On the plus side, Ellen doesn't look like she could be casually broken in half by a stiff wind. That's progress.
Ellen is just very unfortunate looking. Always.
Ellen Pompeo has been the Red Carpet Disaster title-holder for about a year now. She hasn't let us down yet. Her dress is Grandmother of the bride from the waist up, and a recycled tire from the waist down.
Stripper or Jersey Girl? Nope, just Tory Burch.
Watched THS about Hugh Hefner a couple of weeks ago; am I off, or does Ellen Pompeo look just like Barbie Benton? Actually, I DO like the hair here, but the gloves are verboten since Michael Jackson, even if you do wear both of them.
seriously Ellen, making a skirt out of belts from Hot Topic does not an outfit make.
also, Selma looks a-mazing
@vanishingirl: Yeeeeees. Her pinched face, her breathy/mousey voice, her sharp clavicles ... JezRez be damned, I'm tired of that woman!
@ashuri2: that hot piece is her hubby! I don't like close ups of him because I believe he wears an earring and that just turns me right off...
@HoneyLush: Selma's ALWAYS amazing.
Re: Helena Christensen.
Far be it for me to denigrate anybody's personal style (I'm wearing a Lands' End sweater and Talbots pants today) but does black wrap dress + black satin clutch + black peep toes + blowout really = "personal style"?
WTF Ellen? Gladiator chic?
Wow, EVERYTHING that Tory Burch is sporting is bad bad bad. Ugh, the shoes are the worst offender.
I'm on the fence with Blake, maybe she's just too young for it? I think I agree with treecut and it should just be shorter.
I'm sorry, but Blake Lively's dress is Fug. It's breaking up her torso in an unflattering way.
@ HONEYLUSH
So that's what's it's made of! I was curious. Now what mother of the bride did she steal the top half of the ensemble from?
that's *what" it's made of. Oops.
First Helena, then Christy, then Selma. All that hotness was too much! So Ellen came in and fugged it up a bit to keep us all from passing out.
Too many black cocktail dresses, which is how I felt about the National Board of Review also. Blake Lively could not possibly be any less enthused about that see-through ruffled monstrosity. I'm sure she's pissed at all the other celebs who got to wear the non-fugly Chanel.
I don't understand my irrational distaste of Ellen Pompeo/Meridith Grey, but it's real and unavoidable.
My girlfriend loves Grey's Anatomy and while the show itself is fine, I want to kick the screen every time Meridith walks on the screen.
I can almost imagine her saying to a friend "He asked me to swallow. Does that mean he loves me?"
She reminds me of every woman who has ever driven one of my friend's crazy, except she's not as good looking.
Because, seriously, if you are going to date a self obsessed nut job, she should at least be completely smoking hot.
I really dislike that dress on the Blake person, as well as her styling... the hair?! And what are those shoes.
@Clare: I'm also wondering where that "personal style" comment came from. I've never noticed Helena to be more stylish than other models of her ilk, and this picture certainly doesn't help the theory.
Ok, that white number reminds me that I saw a woman outside of a shop this morning with a fur coat on. In South Florida. It's 82 degrees today. What. the. fuck?
@Clare: You took the words right out of my mouth. Am. Not. Impressed.
for the record... There are still around 100 rooms in the plaza hotel that are in fact hotel rooms. still very expensive.
All the black makes sense. Mass funeral for everyone who died in the mining of the diamonds and all that.
The dress in that first blake lively pic looks strangely symbiant with a bar code.
@MissSamAdams: I concur.
Uh, that dress on Blake Lively is absolutely hideous. I wouldn't drool on it, but I'd let my dog so I wouldn't have to wear it. Yeesh.
Ed Burns is looking pretty fine...I might have to add him to my list.
Did Krazy Karl go to this little shindig? I want to see what HE was wearing. I'm guessing tight black jeans,strange little gloves and pointy shoes.
@MissSamAdams: He makes such bad movies and he takes himself so, so seriously though. It just ruins all his looks.
Barbara Bush: Stoned or Sunburned?
@ PINKOSAURUS
Maybe he's hiding in Ellen's skirt like a Russian nesting doll.
@MissSamAdams: Your command is duly noted
@drunkexpatwriter: That's always been my justification for dating self-obsessed nutjobs!
@traumamama: And you've set me off on a tangent about how, on the only time I ever watched The Girls Next Door, they were all completely threatened by Barbi Benton visiting the mansion, because Hef always admits she was "the one" and he just blew it with her.
whoa...that gossip girl dress is awful!
@traumamama: No way are gloves verboten!
There's nothing wrong with Daisy Buchanan. Except of course when played by Mia Farrow.
Mia Farrow of ancient E-jipped?
@BlondeGoddess: Or Mira Sorvino. That was painful.
as for the ed burns - chanel no. 5 thing, sure...i'd share that fantasy. minus christy. no 'fense, but it would be just me and ed in my fantasy scenario.
granted, the brothers mcmullen was alright and 'she's the one' sucked, but he was pretty hot on 'will and grace'.
I'm with Moe. Fug City. I think the whole look is going for "funky," but to me it ends up at "sloppy."
Also, I'm sorry, but Ed Burns is a tool.
Ellen Pompeo looks like Jade! "Chanel, Thank you for giving me this opportunity."