Reese Witherspoon gown disappoints at the Oscars
So Reese was among the best kept secrets of the Oscars and you can color me unimpressed by her Rodarte dress.
It took a while to figure out exactly what was going on with her gown. There’s a weird illusion (meaning sheer, nearly invisible fabric used to hold up her dress) thing happening around the top of her dress.
You can faintly see the straps in front and in back. It’s so sheer it looks like wrinkly skin almost.
And look at the straps of her dress, they stop mid-shoulder. This is not natural or appealing. Click either photo to enlarge and then prepare to stare quizzically.
And to make matters worse, her makeup is too heavy and hair too unkept to make any of this forgivable.
Even without the illusion thing, the dress is not cute.
At right, she’s photographed with the director Danny Boyle of “Slumdog Millionaire”, left, accepting his Oscar for best director.
A wayward soul from Las Vegas, Nevada, who now calls St. Louis home and believes that fashion is relative and capricious, but style is always in favor. 
Deb, I just read that Reese has issued an apology for her look last night, all because you took time from your life to give her this quick rip job in writing. Way to keep it real for us hoi polloi…
This dress is a structural mess and I’m surprised to see Reese make such a poor choice. She’s usually so well put together on awards nights. I wonder if she has a new stylist. Do you have any clue as to who the designer is?
Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte designed the unfortunate frock.
I googled Rodarte and found their spring ‘09 collection - what an assembly of unfortunate designs! From the boring color pallettes to the shredded, seemingly random placement of swaths and layers of fabric, one ugly frock followed another. I was reminded of the sad little outfit that was the swan song for Blayne Walsh of Project Runway. “She looks like she’s pooping fabric!” There was nothing to recommend from the Rodarte collection. (But they might want to give Blayne a call.)
I have to wonder what about this line was appealing to Reese Witherspoon.
Tim,
That isn’t the only message Reese has to say to us. She also is saying, “I’m f**k**g Jake now and left another hottie, Ryan! How you like me now?”
Yes Diva, that was clearly what the dress says. Did you actually see lips on the dress that spoke to you, or did you manage to infer all that from the whole 30 seconds she was on TV?
Maybe you and the other clowns can go to the mall and hand out fashion citations this weekend.
I would kindly request your presence at the mall of your choice, first in line, but of course!