Ordinarily, I’m a big fan of Naomi Watts, but she’s been on my S—t List for a few months. It mainly has to do with her role in that Princess Diana bio-pic, in which she wears horrible wigs and self-servingly claims that Diana would have wanted her to do the movie, and that she has Diana’s postmortem “permission”. But now I might have a new reason to throw some shade at Naomi… look at her styling at last night’s Venice Film Festival premiere of The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Naomi wore this Marchesa dress that I can’t really decide on. For the most part, I think it’s a mistake for blondes to wear these beige-y/nude shades. That being said, Kate Hudson also went with a kind of beigey-rose-gold shade, and I absolutely loved her Versace, and I thought she looked amazing. So what’s my issue with this dress? Part of it just knee-jerk hatred of Marchesa, and the other part of it is just… this is a bad dress. It’s a bad dress on Naomi, and it’s a bad dress in general. It washes her out. Naomi does that a lot – she wears gowns that make her look like a dishrag with red lipstick.
I should note… Naomi was only on the red carpet as a plus-one. Her dude (boyfriend/baby-daddy/fiancé) Liev Schreiber is in the film (also starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland), so that’s why they were there. Incidentally, Liev and Naomi certainly rode out that little gossip blip about their relationship, didn’t they? Just as soon as there were whispers that Schreiber might be fooling around, there was a fast and furious denial, and a series of family photo-ops, and then everything went quiet and now here we are. I still wonder about them… but whatever. I guess they’re working through it.
PS… I’m also including some photos of former supermodel Laetitia Casta because I haven’t seen her in years, and she looks AMAZING. I think her dress is too… revealing. But she looks great.
Photos courtesy of FameFlynet and WENN.
The dress is beautiful but her skin tone and hair are the same color… everything is one color.
Laetitia Casta would look STUNNING if that dress was partially lined instead of see-through.
Phone call: “Umm, Laetitia, can I ask you something? Well, my assistant swore to me he’d Fedexed the lining to your dress, did you get it? OMG what do you mean, what lining?”
Postmortem, not postpartum. Probably spellcheck autocorrected. 😉
Fixed! Thanks to the Merry Band of Proofreaders!
“…and that she has Diana’s postpartum “permission”.”
I think “postmortem” is what you meant…right?
Also…where have I seen Leticia’s dress before? I can’t remember…?
why is a lace dress through which you can see color coordinated underwear a legitimate choice now? I think I am fairly open minded and don’t think I am particularly prudish. It isn’t that I can see underwear, it’s just it doesn’t look good to me. Maybe I AM just old and not with it. Sigh!
I agree with everything you’ve just said.
ITA!! My friends would call me “fashion current”, but I would NEVER wear anything that clearly shows my Vicky’s Secret’s for all to see. Way too Madonna/ GaGa…and I am certainly neither of those women.
I LOVE the monochromatic look on Naomi…it’s all the frilly lace that I have the problem with. When I think monochromatic, I think Tilda Swinton at the Golden Globes Or Rooney Mara in black.
It may be a great dress for some…but on me, it would look like a 1980’s Jessica McClintock prom dress. Ugh. 🙁
I am strictly speaking, anti-lace. It IS Madonna-esque. That being said, I saw this dress at Macy’s yesterday and thought it was really pretty but didn’t try it on so it might look terrible. I like it in that orange-y red color and note that it is LINED-no panty-reveal. I kind of wish the sleeves were lined too, maybe with this fabric? I just can’t with see-through lace..
http://www.lordandtaylor.com/eng/womensapparel-dresses-day-Three_Quarter_Lace_Minidress-lordandtaylor/226189
Laetitia Casta looks great but that dress is atrocious.
Anyway, love Liev Schreiber and Riz Ahmed so I’ll probably watch The Reluctant Fundamentalist (in spite of Kate Hudson’s presence, ugh!).
WTF is Kate Hudson doing in this movie? Isn’t there a sh*tty rom com somewhere that’s begging for her suckitude?
I wonder about that myself…
I think she’s playing Ahmed’s love interest in the movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2032557/
Naomi is stunning! Love her red lips and clutch. Liev is a great accessory as well. That other chick is gorgeous but she looks like a tramp – a “wtf was she thinking?” moment.
I don’t know why, but I feel like they’re on the verge of a breakup.
I’ve always loved laetitia and she’s a great actress now too!
I hated the beige dress UNTIL I saw that nightmare of a black lace dress which shows all the underwear – suddenly, the beige dress didnt look so bad.
That being said, she needs to do something with her hair – all of the roots are showing and it is messy messy messy.
Overall, a total fail.
Beautiful dress but it doesn’t really suit her. If it were on a brunette like Laeitia Casta (who looks flawless) it would have worked. On her, it looks a bit try hard
Saloon Brides.
Beautiful.
I think they should have switched dresses.
Casta in a real see-throught dress https://www.google.fr/search?q=casta+leaticia+cesar+robe&hl=fr&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=YYM_UJ_CEMq60QXxwoHYDw&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=643
Naomi Watts looks better close
I like Naomi and Liev, but in those photos she looks “hard boiled”. She is too fair for the dress.
I normally love Naomi but this is not a good look for her. The dress is frumpy, the colour washes her out and she looks much older than usual.
I want that for a wedding dress!
Beautiful women AWFUL dresses…Letitia’s looks as if it’s her actual underwear & not part of the dress.(hope that’s not the case). Naomi is a 2nd round bride. Lipstick is not a good shade for her.
Ugh, the granny pants are back. They are so horrible and fug, I don’t get why everyone wants to expose them.
i would E-A-T that clutch. 😡
The black lace see-through dress didn’t look as bad on Mel B, because the skirt was shorter and the underwear didn’t look quite so underwear-ish:
http://tinyurl.com/8mbraml
But here, it’s hideous. The granny panties and 18-hour bra just ruin it.
And Watt’s dress is the wrong color, too fussy, and too tight. I know she’s a slender woman, but it’s still possible for thin women to wear dresses that are too tight.
Naomi’s skin looks great – she looks “refreshed.”
what vampire sucked the f*cking hot outta Laeticia?! 😯
she was my main girl crush of the 90’s! what happened? ugh! 😕
plus, it looks like she got her lips fixed…where’s her pout? can you even DO that, a lip reduction?
merde. 🙁
I like the dress, styling, all of it…and Liev is the BEST accessory!
In spite of everything I still think she manages to look great – and by everything I mean that Liev is a douche.
I love her! So naturally beautiful and classY!
RHONY: i used to websearch all of LC’s photos. Some of her b&w nudes were beyond exquisite. I think she looks awesome but her hair and silly get-up rob her of that amazing hotness.
Naomi is barely recognizable. So sad. The great beauties, the best actresses are succumbing to the pressure.
Can we start a petition? Boycott? Sheesh. I wanna see ACTING by live humans, not waxwork morgue escapees!!