Julia Roberts in Dolce & Gabbana at TIFF ‘Osage’ premiere: unflattering or cute?

For one amazing night, the Toronto International Film Festival became the Julia Roberts Film Festival in Julia-ville, in the great province of JuliaRo in the great country of JULIA. Yes, last night was the TIFF premiere of August: Osage County, better known as “Julia Roberts Demands The Academy Give Her Another Oscar.” Meryl Streep is in the film too, but Meryl didn’t come to TIFF to promote the film and word is that Meryl has already dropped out of the Best-Actress race, choosing to put herself up for Supporting Actress. Which is all a complicated way of saying that last night was ALL ABOUT JULIA.

Julia wore this red Dolce & Gabbana mini-dress. I would have liked to see this look with fitted sleeves, just because I think this wider sleeves don’t balance out the dress properly. But I do like the pattern and the color. It’s a cute dress. Maybe not for a 45 year old woman, but still. Cute.

And if you really need to see other people – why would you when JULIA is here? – I’m including photos of Ewan McGregor (looking hot), Dermott Mulroney (not so hot), Abigail Breslin (um…), and Juliette Lewis looking the best I’ve seen her look in a long time – her dress is Naeem Khan. Gorgeous.

Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.

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  1. Say what you want about Julia but her legs are AMAZING! And Ewan is so, so hot.

  2. Pastyousayyouneverknew says:

    I’d like the shoes for myself but what an odd look for her, it’s not even straightforward wrong, it’s just odd, whose idea was this? lol

    • LadyMTL says:

      ITA, this is one strange look. The dress makes her look really huge and the fabric looks like an old tablecloth. I do love the shoes and yes, her legs are amazing but that dress needs to be tossed in the trash.

      • NeoCleo says:

        Agreed. The dress looks too young and stupid on her. But then, I’m biased because I can’t stand this woman. Over-rated as an actor AND a human being.

    • Bernice says:

      I think she has gained some weight. Which is fine, but this dress just looks all wrong and makes her look like she gained weight. Great legs, horrid dress, terrible material, bad colour…. IMO

    • Decloo says:

      Love the idea of this dress but agree that fitted sleeves would be better. Also, it just doesn’t fit her–it’s all gathered at the waist and the hem looks like a last minute safety pin job. Shoes look way too big for her too. It’s like she was planning on something completely different but spilled wine all over that and needed a new outfit at the last minute.

  3. genevieve says:

    Is that Weinstein giving her legs and/or arse the creepy leer? Delightful.

  4. neelyo says:

    I guess her stylist hates her too.

  5. KatieD says:

    Not flattering at all- makes her torso look oddly wide and dumpy. Agree that her legs look fantastic, though.

  6. blue marie says:

    is it wrong that I have joy because Julia looks frumpy? It’s like a bedspread gone bad..

  7. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    That fabric is so thick. The sleeves are too big. The whole thing looks heavy and ungainly.

  8. Kiddo says:

    The top part looks like a period piece and it is incongruent with the short length, plus it just looks poorly fitted. It’s a lush rich color though. It has potential….that has not been met. That last black floral is the fug.

  9. Post-Its says:

    That dress is terrible.

  10. chloe says:

    Man Ewan looks amazing, what a handsome man. As for Julia, eh, I’m not a fan of the dress, it’s the bulkiest mini-dress I’ve ever seen and she doesn’t look comfortable in it. I’m trying to prepare for an awards season of Julia, is that going to be better or worse the season of Anne from last year?

  11. Holly says:

    She has broad shoulders and this doesn’t help. Giant sleeves, high neck, and an updo make her look linebackery.

    Her legs are great though.

  12. brin says:

    The men look great. That is all.

  13. lisa says:

    she looks like some extra in alice in wonderland. and she is rocking some extra serious bitch face, even more than usual.

  14. Anna says:

    Where was Cumby? Or did Julia forbid him to come, lest he stole the attention away from her?

    • Vesta says:

      She probably did ban BC cause she knows he’s hot right now, but she forgot we just luurve to have some classic Ewan too. So sorry Julia, your red attention colour won’t interest me – it’s only Ewan I’m seeing…

    • Tippy says:

      He is filming that Alan Turing movie.

  15. pao la says:

    What’s with these horrible dresses Dolce and Gabbana is putting out lately? This one and the one Jennifer Garner had the other day want me to be happy i can’t afford them.

  16. Millerk says:

    That isn’t Dylan McDermott, it’s Dermot Mulroney.

  17. tifzlan says:

    Abigail Breslin is so beautiful, it physically pains me. Her look would’ve been better if the dress stopped at the knees.

  18. Frida_K says:

    She looks like a walking piece of over-stuffed upholstery.

  19. Bianca says:

    Every time I see a new picture of Abigail Breslin I get the urge of screaming “STOP BLEACHING YOUR HAIR!”

  20. T.fanty says:

    I’m sorry. There was anyone other than Ewan there? Tell that Julia chick to sit down so that I can gaze at my man.

    • truthSF says:

      Morning T.slutty. On the prowl for the next man meat I see. 😀

      But I have a ? for you. Do you know the name of the movie Ewan starred in with the alien queen Tilda Swinton? I want to watch it on Netflix. I swear the fact that his dong is on full display is not why I want to see it(hehe).

    • j.eyre says:

      Are you alright? You look pale and are shaking, but you generally do this time of the morning.

      It’s the jibberish you are spewing that concerns me. I mean, if you actually believed what you are saying – and not just allowing the gin-tainted words knocking about in that pretty little head of yours to fall out of your mouth – then we have larger concerns. Because sweetheart, I will throw the entire cast of Thor in your path to keep you away from my pulchritudinous pict.

      (The Mac was there last night too, I’ll meet you over there a little later. I’ll have Grace pack us some tea sandwiches so we don’t lose our strength)

    • T.Fanty says:

      Heh – I was waiting for someone to notice my brazen hussiness.

      Miss Truth, I believe you are talking about The Pillowbook? Although I’m not sure Tilda is in that.

      Miss Jane – why the tone? As you well know, I’m a lover not a fighter. So. Let’s be rational and sensible. You have Mac, I have Ewan… what’s a lady (and Miss Jane) to do? This appears to be quite the dilemma, perhaps one that only the Thornfield couch can solve. I’ll meet you there anon – bring a pitcher of Pervy Tombangers and let’s all four of us put our heads together. Or some other part. I’m flexible (in every sense).

      • truthSF says:

        Was he also naked in the pillowbook T.fanty? (off to Netflix to oogle Ewan.)

      • curlsunited says:

        Are there films in which he doesn’t take his clothes off (apart from “Miss Potter” and “Star Wars”)? Mmmmh, “Velvet Goldmine”, I remember it fondly …

      • LAK says:

        TruthSF: when is he not naked? It must be in his contracts!!!

      • j.eyre says:

        If I looked like him, I would have “naked” in my contract as well. *waves to LAK and TruthSF*

        curlsunited – Velvet Goldmine – a treasure trove of all things delicious.

      • truthSF says:

        *waves to j.eyre* Hi Mrs. E., how is life treating you? It’s nice to see you (not really)concerned for your fellow mankind (T.Fanty).

      • EscapedConvent says:

        Ewan was so luscious in The Pillow Book I am still dreaming about it. Wow.

      • j.eyre says:

        Truth(what I always read as San Francisco)! I do care for T. Fanty with my whole heart and soul. I need somebody to entertain my seconds while I am still on the entree.

        Actually, her flexibility is the envy of all of Thornfield. I will leave that to you to interpret at will.

    • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

      Fanty, I’m going to go on your shank list….I know I am.

      I visited my neighbors, the ninety year olds, this past 4th of July–their grandkids were there. And I swear to you Fanty, Ewan was there. I swear. One of their grandsons–don’t know his name, don’t know how old he is (he looks like he’s in his mid to late twenties, MAYBE early thirties at most), but he WAS Ewan McGregor—down to the dark gingery beard.

      Oh my Lord! I swear to you–I stared at him for a good minute, and spent the rest of my visit sneaking glances…it was freaky!

      But now I get to stalk him next year (hehehe….)

  21. Tania says:

    Aha! She looks hideous!

  22. Esmom says:

    Juliette Lewis does look amazing. Girlfriend has been bringing it lately.

    • Monkey Towz says:

      I always thought J.L. was really pretty but she usually looks like she needs a bath. I think she looks great.
      I can’t deal with another award season this year. It’s one big celeb circle jerk fest. Ugh.

  23. Roxy says:

    Hate the dress, but Julia looks gorgeous and glowing. Great legs too!!!! 🙂

  24. lucy says:

    Julia and Juliette both look like they are sucking on lemons. Such sourpuckerpusses! At least not duck lips….

    Such an ill-fitting suit on Ewan! Dermot looks foxy.

  25. Esti says:

    I actually really like this dress. It doesn’t fit her right in the torso, but if that was fixed I think it would be a great look.

  26. Cristina says:

    WOW! Her legs are amazing! Like her look here, head2toe.

  27. MrsBPitt says:

    Love, love, love Juliette Lewis’s dress…hate, hate, hate Julia Roberts dress!!!

  28. Greata says:

    Forget Julia, the question is when will Hollywood reward the AMAZING Ewan McGregor? Hot, humble and so talented!!!!!!

  29. Mrs.Darcy says:

    Hate the dress, other than the colour, it is like she put on a quilt. Insane legs though, ugh. Harvey is so fricking creepy. Juliette looks amazing, poor Abigail is just a teenager experimenting, hopefully she will grow out of the Taylor Momsen hair soon. I think her dress/jean jacket combo is cute and age appropriate (I guess, aside from the boobs – my Mom never would have let me out of the house like that! ah Hollywood) None of the men are making me swoon, Dermot used to be hot, now he is middle aged mullet man. And Ewan, well ok still hot but his clothes are too short/tight all around. Why didn’t you include Chris Cooper, and where is Meryl at this shindig?

  30. pink says:

    I would love for you to clarify why it’s not appropriate for a 45 year old women? Why does every women have to turn into a nun once the go past their sexual prime? seems pretty patriarchal to me.

    • siobhan says:

      I never understand this either. Julia’s dress is awful but not because of her age. Abagail is 17 and showing some major cleavage how is that not seen as age inappropriate?

    • Lucrezia says:

      I thought it was age-inappropriate, but not because I was pearl-clutching over her bare knees.

      It’s simply that the bell-shape makes me think of toddler dresses. E.g., http://img1.etsystatic.com/011/1/7655342/il_570xN.461240117_daah.jpg

      Kaiser may have some other reason, but I just think that particular silhouette looks weird/wrong on adults. I’d be fine if the skirt was a tight mini.

      • siobhan says:

        I get what you are saying. It does have a similar shape to toddler dresses but when people say it would have worked on someone younger they mean someone in their 20s. I am in my 20s and I think that’s just silly.

      • Tig says:

        That’s it- not the length so much as the shape. And truth to tell, the older one gets, slim silhouettes tend to work best. To each their own, of course, but pls post when Helen Mirren wears something similar to this.

    • judyjudyjudy says:

      “once the go past their sexual prime

      if you think 45 is past a woman’s sexual prime then your going to have a really bad time of it. Sexuality is in your head, not your ass.

  31. Bex says:

    The dress is poorly fitted. The red-on-red is tricky. Maybe it looks better in person than photos?

  32. PHD Gossip says:

    Julia’s nose is strange and lopsided. One nostril is way bigger than the other.

  33. Justpassingby says:

    I look at Julia, and I can’t help but wonder what all the fuss was about, way back when she was this huge icon and every man in the world wanted her. what was it all about again?

    • Christin says:

      Never understood it, either. Overrated.

    • Kiddo says:

      I think she was young, animated and projected a sort of freshness or personality that was big and bold. It probably seemed original and genuine at the time. I think she looks better in films versus still photos. But like a lot of Hollywood, certain actors are over used and over exposed and then the public gets tired of them. It doesn’t help that she has a reputation of being a bit of an ass. That can alter the way you look at someone’s appearance; knowing less than nice things about the person in real life.

  34. Samtha says:

    Lily Collins would look cute in that. Julia Roberts? Not so much.

  35. eliza says:

    Roberts dress is awful, just like her, so it suits her.

    Abigail Breslin looks like a budget country western singer. That hair is not a good look.

  36. lucy2 says:

    Julia’s dress is SOOOO unflattering. Couldn’t happen to a nicer girl.
    Juliette looks amazing.
    Abigail is a very pretty girl, but the styling isn’t great.

  37. blannie says:

    Julia’s dress is right out of a Project Runway challenge, where the designer has run out of time after Tim has given a hard critique (I’m seeing a tablecloth)and is hand-sewing the hem with no time to press it it as they walk to the runway. Zac, Heidi, and Nina would throw up all over it. “You’re out – auf Wiedersehen!”

    • Cirque28 says:

      OMG, it really is! It’s from one of their unconventional materials challenges (they had to get everything from a discount tablecloth & curtain store). Tim was concerned about this one from the beginning.

  38. pnichols says:

    she looks like an angry lamp

  39. Sarah says:

    What a horrifically fitted dress! It shows not one, or two but 3 rolls around the middle. Just looks terrible. I do like the color and her legs are incredible, but no. Just no.

  40. Lindy79 says:

    Her legs, shoes and hair are amazing, the dress not so much.

    Abigail Breslin looks a bit too casual with the denim jacket but she is so pretty. Juliette Lewis also looks good.

  41. Nicolette says:

    Looks like a tablecloth made into a ‘dress’.

  42. serena says:

    Dear god, what the hell happened to Abigail Breslin? She looks terrible with blonde hair, or at least SO blonde hair. and that dress is just.. ugh.

  43. lenje says:

    Yeap, Robert’s dress looks terrible.

    I love Juliette Lewis’s dress.

    Abigail Breslin, with the bleached hair, looks like Holly Madison to me.

  44. Mary says:

    If the sleeves were different Julias dress might have been cute. But I really can’t get over how terrible her walking looks in the last photo. So ungracefull! But her shoes look about two sizes too big, so maybe that’s why.

    • epiphany says:

      Julia has THE worst walk in the world – she lumbers around like a Clydesdale.

      • Mary says:

        I can’t believe no one put her in walking classes (there has to be such a thing somewhere) during all her years in the business!

      • Elle says:

        OMG YES. She has the worst walk of any actresses I’ve seen on screen. I still remember the scene in Ocean’s 11 when Brad Pitt’s Rusty is feeding away on a shrimp cocktail and Matt Damon’s character tells him watching Julia (her character) walk down teh stairs is the best part of his day. Adn then you see her actually walk and she’s as sexy as a sumo wrestler in high heels two sizes too small.

        That scene still cracks me up.

  45. Tessa says:

    Abigail is a pretty girl. I wish she would stop dressing like an ugly girl trying to hide something. She doesn’t need so MUCH… Tone it down, Abigail. You’re still a doll and everyone loves your natural face.

  46. HK9 says:

    WTF is Julia wearing? Her legs are amazing but, WTF?????

  47. Jackson says:

    JR’s dress is horrible. On anyone. Structured Dress Fail. Dress aside, she looks rather frumpy.

  48. tracking says:

    Way too much fabric–thickness makes her look much bulkier than she is. Fab legs though.

  49. Chickie Baby says:

    Agreed, on all counts. JR’s dress doesn’t fit her right–it’s too short in the waist for her body. If the bodice was cut about 2″ longer so the waistline was at her actual waist (and not up around her ribs), it wouldn’t be bunched up across her torso. The skirt would also hit her hips better and flare properly. I’ve never been a fan of hers (never, ever), but I’ll give her credit for great legs. Now, on to that old, dated hairstyle….

  50. Bird says:

    I don’t get all the praise for her legs. They may be long, but they are like shapeless pins!

  51. Apsutter says:

    Dermot looks weird here but he’s still hot. Just look at his guest spot on New Girl a year ago…way hot!

  52. Abby says:

    Julia Roberts favourite scene in August Osage County is the bus station scene between Benedict Cumberbatch and Chris Cooper- TIFF Press Conf…..I thought she would pick something with her and Meryl in the scene, weirdddd

  53. MissNostalgia says:

    Dermot! Nuff said.

  54. LilyRose says:

    Oh Ewan. Abigail looks great, she looks her age and so pretty. I like the jean jacket, she’s never been a girly girl.

  55. judyjudyjudy says:

    more proof that platforms are not out.

  56. vixo says:

    Yes, she has nice legs, but she looks frumpy and matronly.

    I love Abigail, she’ll be always Little Miss Sunshine to me, but I didn’t like this dress on her.

    Juliette Lewis, on the other hand, looks fab.

  57. Jenna says:

    Love the color, even love the texture of the fabric (it would look amazing in my bedroom, I’m making a quilted headboard to install into the wall for one where it would look AMAZING) and the ~idea~ of the dress could be really cute on someone like Chloe Moretz, but the way the stiff fabric is cut… for someone who is supposed to be so horribly nasty to anyone who isn’t pin thin, this makes her middle, shoulders and hips look super chunky. Great legs, but the rest of her just looks off balanced and heavy in poorly tailored toddler wear. Give her big hair, more eyelashes and a bottle of “GoGo Juice” and she is set to star as the tallest toddler monster toddler on TLC!

  58. Lisa says:

    I think she’s pretty, and I like the colour. But… other than that, I could never get excited about her.

  59. Jayna says:

    Dress bad, material bad, hair bad. Just no.

  60. Ginger says:

    She’s drowning in that dress! And did she get implants? Just sayin…her boobs look bigger all of a sudden. You totally saved this post with that photo of Ewan…yuuuuummmy!!!!

  61. StaCat1 says:

    Agreed with most of the points above. Her legs are incredible…but this dress makes her midsection and arms look downright frumpy. It doesn’t match the legs.
    Certainly not one of her better looks.

  62. LilyT says:

    The fit of her dress is unfortunate.

  63. skuddles says:

    Well this is Julia Roberts so of course she looked like a hot mess. The dress color and design is just all wrong for her – and too tight in the mid-section, the shoes look miles too big, and her hair is… I don’t even know. But hey, she tried.

  64. Tiffany says:

    Let this be a lesson, just because its free does not mean you have to wear it.

  65. tomford says:

    D&G and Dior have lost their minds.

  66. Audrey says:

    Much too young for her and wrinkled as well! I don’t think she looks good and I don’t think she has “great” legs. They’re long and thin, but that’s about it. I prefer legs with more muscle tone.

  67. LaurieH says:

    If ever there was a dress that could make Julia Roberts look chunky and old – that red number is it.

  68. lisa2 says:

    I am so hating this new trend. Women wearing these baby doll dresses. Just wrong. It is not flattering or sexy or anything.

    It needs to stop. Leave these dresses for tween or preteens.

  69. Joney Says says:

    I love me some Julia, but that’s not her dress. Although it’s a beautiful dress, it does nothing for her. This look is unexpected in a good way & I had to give props.
    Abigail Breslin looks beautiful but the dress is too much for her.
    Juliette Lewis looks fab.

  70. Kelly says:

    I love Julia but that dress is hideous!

  71. cicillionaire says:

    You people are completely nuts. That dress is gorgeous. It perfectly compliments her, the fit is exactly as it should be. It beautiful because it is appropriate and she’s completely confident in it. The color is lovely and it showcases her best feature, her legs, which are probably the best legs around. You’re so used to seeing everyone tarted up like some old prom queen that you don’t know what looks good anymore. I will agree that the shoes could have been much, much, MUCH better. But the dress is wonderful

  72. Str8Shooter says:

    Doesn’t really matter WHAT she’s wearing, she always seem to have permanent bitch-face.