Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Naughty List

The holiday season is always puctured by lists of the year's worst dressed people. In January,
the infamous Mr. Blackwell releases his picks of tasteless clothes, but already Time magazine has described this dress worn by Vogue editor Anna Wintour as "sense of style gone straight to hell" and picked it as "the worst fashion faux paus of the year."

Time magazine didn't consider that Ms. Wintour wore the dress to a Costume Institute party celebrating superheroes and fantasy, or that the white dress has more artful construction than the list's other outfits, including Britney Spears in ripped fishnets, a man's dress shirt, and (what appears to be) no pants.

Unfairly, Time decided to rip a cheap shot at Wintour, who is so well-known in the fashion world that runway shows don't start until she arrives, and took the opportunity to point out the one less than flattering dress the fashion editor donned all year. Besides, what's so wrong with taking a chance and trying something new once in a while anyway?

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