Lupita Nyong’o in Suno at the CFDA Awards: too busy or too cutesy?

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Here are some more photos from last night’s CFDA Awards – you can read a summary of winners here. Since it was a fashion event, I guess we should have expected Lupita Nyong’o to show up, since she’s the Fashion Girl of 2014. But like so many of Lupita’s appearances lately, her look was… controversial. Perhaps she got “Fashion Girl” status too quickly? Lupita wore Suno – a onesie with, like, long culottes or something. I can’t even figure this out. It’s too busy, too cutesy, too fug. I’m sure it’s considered “fashion forward.” But I hate it.

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Anne Vyalitsyna wore shorts too – her ensemble is by Jonathan Simkhai. This looks like a takeoff on Marc Jacobs circa 2006-ish.

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Marion Cotilliard in Christian Dior. Seriously, the House of Dior has fallen. No one respects the brand anymore because they turn out consistently fugly, unflattering, terrible designs. Look at the design and construction of this dress – it’s absolutely awful.

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Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen in The Row – they won for their accessories. I could not find one photo of them where they were not posing like this, so I can’t see enough of their dresses to say whether I like them.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. Ollyholly says:

    Lupita’s look is not fashion forward. It’s just plain fug. She seems like she tries too hard to be edgy, and winds up failing…

    Also, I kinda think she needs to chill on the going to every single red carpet thing. It’s too much.

    • Rice says:

      You are so right!

      In fact, I just don’t understand any of the dresses/outfits in this post. Is my age showing?

    • Sarah says:

      Lupita has been trying to hard since the Oscars. She hit a homerun that night but has swung and missed everytime since. And the blue eye shadow is also starting to bug me.

  2. SpookySpooks says:

    Jesus frickin Christ, she looks horrible.
    They all do.

  3. eliza says:

    STOP WITH THAT EYESHADOW! It makes that lovely woman look cartoonish.

    Dior is a mess. The stuff they put out is beyond ridiculous.

    • Audrey says:

      The eyeshadow is seriously awful.

      What happened to her style???

      This would be okay at a casual event with shorter shorts(basically chop off the giant navy black so it’s just above her knee). But this is just really bad.

      Closed toe shoes with a summery look is also a no for me.

      I like her hair though

      Did she switch stylists in like January?

    • Rice says:

      She looks like Mimi from The Drew Carey Show.

  4. QQ says:

    Lupita looks Modern and cool and It is Fashion forward probably divisive

    Marion Looks like the wings of a Maxi Pad or something awful like that

    someone on Tumblr said the Olsens looked like (and I quote) ” like a pokémon duo you’d have to battle in the game called “upper east side sisters day & millicent” ROTFLMMFAO

    • Dani2 says:

      Dead and buried @ “Marion Looks like the wings of a Maxi Pad” LOL

    • Rae says:

      I feel like I like Lupita’s outfit. But I’m not positive on that yet. I need to live with it a bit more. But I’m not sure it’s a onesie. In one of the pictures it looks like a crop top with high waisted pants. Which makes me like it more. Can anyone else confirm or deny???

      However, she needs to stop with that god awful blue eyeshadow.

    • lana86 says:

      I really like Lupita’s outfit. It’s so cool!! On her, at least.

      • QQ says:

        Oh Yes Lana It IS absolutely an “On Her” moment she carried it well and makes a lot of her stuff fun and whimsical but not too much

      • Lexie says:

        Agreed! No one else would be able to pull it off.

  5. Stef Leppard says:

    Ashley and Mary-Kate are wearing very fancy bathrobes.

  6. Maxine7 says:

    Lupita. No more red carpets!! I’m starting to forget you’re an actress as opposed to a model. Feels desperate. I like her look though.

    • Jessica says:

      Exactly. She needs to go into hiding for a bit before people start referring to her as a mocktress. I get that her not working hasn’t been her fault, but she’s been everywhere for the past 8 months or so. It’s too much.

  7. whatsmyname? says:

    Did Lupita let a 5-year old do her makeup? The outfit is awful nothing fashion forward about it.
    Dior needs to fire Raf LIKE YESTERDAAAAAAAAAY
    The only thing I like on this page is Mary-Kates (?) and Marions shoes.

  8. Dani2 says:

    Lupita’s face is gorgeous but this outfit is just not right, was her stylist high or what? Ugh.
    The Olsen twins look old and frumpy as per usual, I can’t believe they’re only 27.
    Marion’s is probably the worst to be totally honest, what is that weird detailing on the boob area? This post makes me so upset that people actually got paid to style these people in this way.

    • Most likely–her stylist picks some straight up fug outfits for her. When Lupita won PEOPLE’S Most Beautiful, she said in the interview that the only two outfits that she’s ever picked out for herself was that gold and white Dior at her first film festival/rc, and the blue gown she wore at the Oscars…

      • Tiffany :) says:

        VC, as a fellow Twin I wanted your take on the Olsens and their pose. Your twin is a guy right? Did you get pressure to pose with each other in pictures?

        I am an identical twin, and my sister and i would NEVER pose like that in our adult lives. It is just too cheesy, and you spend your entire adolescent lives being posed like bookends or as a mirror image. Once I was a late teen/adult, its like, let me just be myself in pictures! Their pose just makes my individuality shudder, and they do it constantly. They might as well be dressed alike with matching hair styles!

      • M.A.F. says:

        I was looking at other photos of them from this event and I came to the conclusion that they must have been like while in utero and it might be a natural way to posse.

      • LadySlippers says:

        •Tiffany•

        My mom and my aunt are also identical twins. Posing like that *might* have been something they did under 10 but not as an adult. They did anything and everything to carve their own identities after the ‘cuteness’ wore off.

        Also, I don’t get their style. Out of everyone here I think they are the worst dressed. They look like they are heading to a coven or something cultish. It’s weird.

  9. GeeMoney says:

    Love Lupita… but that electric blue eye shadow can be a little much sometimes. Her outfit is a little “eh”.

    And Marion Cotillard looks like she’s about to fly away, lol. Not her best look.

  10. Arock says:

    Love the pattern and colors, would have liked it to end in an A- line or tailored midi, but hey she worked it.
    Why do the Olsen sisters insist on looking The Ring girl? It must be so creepy to go to dinner with them…looking at you with their big saucer eyes, niether saying a word, just taking turns pushing a single pea around their shared plate. *shivers*

  11. Mel M says:

    The Olsens look like little girls playing dress up to me and those kitten heels are the worst!

    • Loopy says:

      You have to respect their ‘no f***s given’ attitude though, their definitely not sheep.

    • Mixtape says:

      I kind of like Mary-Kate’s strappy sandals… but she’s really starting to look older than Ashley (life catches up with you).

  12. Loopy says:

    Like she said she is not a fashion forward person but has a great stylist maybe since the awards season she doesn’t work with her as much because lately her outfits are terrible. This is something my African Uncle would wear to a cook out.

  13. Patty Cake says:

    The weave has to blended in Lupita, or else it won’t look good. Like the outfit though. Marion’s dress makes her look like a Nike and not in a good way. The Olsen twins need to kill the Halloween Witch girl motif. They always dress like their 100 year old grannies, and I don’t know why. Anne’s make up and hair looks terrible. Look like she’s about to go play basketball. Anne’s clothes aren’t fitted properly, so she looks like a boy. I hate dark red lips against really fair skin, imo, it ages the face. Then again, I don’t think red lipstick looks good on anybody; its jmo though.

  14. Kaylen says:

    Anne V has such a high fashion face, I love her.

  15. brionne says:

    Cue the systematic taking down a peg of Lupita Ny’ongo.

  16. Penelope says:

    Lupita’s outfit is just dreadful. Yuk.

  17. G. says:

    I actually like Lupita’s style lately. Yeah, it’s weird, but it’s different and quirky and she works it so much better than I could. I agree about the eyeshadow being a bit much, but otherwise I’m for this.

  18. Annaloo. says:

    I don’t hate Lupita’s outfit. It’s busy, but I don’t think it’s the worst thing she’s worn.

    I don’t even understand Marion Cotillard’s dress. What are those things? Maybe it looks better in real life than in pics?

  19. LadyS says:

    I hate it, but more than the disaster outfit, I hate that ugly a/ss weave on top of her head!! Why, Lupita, why?

  20. Hissyfit says:

    No for all the outfit! And Lupita needs to appear less on fashion RC as she is starting to be overexposed.

  21. I Choose Me says:

    I just want Lupita to quit with the blue eyeshadow. I’m not a fan of her outfit but don’t actively dislike it. It is is no way on the levels of fug that is Marion Cotilliard’s dress. Why is she styled to look like a tissue dispenser? Apart from the general doily disasterness, the construction of the dress makes it look like her boobs are situated below her armpits. Seriously, did she piss off the designer? Is she being blackmailed or what? I refuse to believe she put on that hideous frock, looked in the mirror and thought, ‘I look great.’

  22. Jen says:

    Anne V at least knows how to work the shorts. Lupita is too cutesy for that, she just looks terrible.

  23. Ramona Q. says:

    Marion would look adorable without the wings. The sheath matches her skin tone perfectly, it’s an interesting yet simple dress without the stupid wings.

  24. Kenny Boy says:

    She played it perfect, but also pretty freaking safe, in her ascension to Oscar. Now she’s doing some nutty shit. I kind of love it. She’s being bold, and frankly, that means ugly sometimes.

    I’m not saying this looks good, I’m just saying it’s a natural reaction to the months if pretty-perfect-princess shtick. She’s been there, conquered that look so thoroughly it made everyone else look amateur. And now she’s got the capital to make fun, loud mistakes, She’ll get back to tasteful sometime in the future. We know she can. And who wants her to look so polished and perfect every. single. time., as she was November 2013-March 2014? She’ll find a medium. This is just an over-correction.

  25. taxi says:

    Go Dior! I’ve waited forever to get a dress with attached napkins!

  26. Domestic_diva says:

    So are kitten heels becoming a thing again? Were they ever a real thing?

  27. Kimberly says:

    I love Lupita but ughhhhhh……….she looks terrible 🙁

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