As many of you know, I love Kate Upton so, so much, but she looked pretty dreadful at last night’s Met Gala. For a punk-themed event, this was not the look I envisioned from a (relatively) versatile model who can really vamp it up. On this red carpet, Kate wore a shapeless, green Diane Von Furstenberg gown that draped in all the wrong places and clung to nothing at all. This dress did nothing at all for Kate’s voluptuous figure, and the tailoring as very loose and sloppy as well. Poor Kate looks like a Real Housewife here when she could have really strutted her stuff in a great Marc Jacobs or Dolce dress.
If one can set aside the awful dress for just a moment, things don’t get much better here for Kate. She’s overdone the tanning lotion, the makeup is just blah, and her hair is boring too. At the very least, she could have gone with a more dramatic updo instead of this lazy uptwist. Bad styling all around. This could have been a great evening for Kate!
Rosie Huntington-Whitely brought it the most out of all the models in this group by choosing a metallic and mesh Gucci gown that looked like liquid gold mating with the most uppity of punky vibes. Rosie pulls off the mostly sheer top very well with her statuesque frame, and not even feathery, winged boobs can destroy this look. The capped sleeves with a bit of fringe might be a bit too much, and I’m not a huge fan of the massive drop earrings, but Rosie’s hair and makeup are just right for this dress.
Heidi Klum continues to amaze me with her ability to make an excellent living as a supermodel but still continuously mess up on the red carpet. First off, Heidi chose a Marchesa gown, which is never a good sign. Secondly, she completely ignored the theme and went with a “Vegas showgirl” vibe. I guess we should all just be grateful that her girls aren’t hanging out all over the place. Instead, she looks like Disney on Ice.
Karolina Kurkova looks a bit out of place with such a short, short dress at such a formal event, but that’s okay. Karolina is wearing Mary Katrantzou with a very loud, mismatched print top and skirt with one sleeve. If not for the punk theme, she would have looked pretty ridiculous, but she carries off the look with a fun attitude.
Heidi Klum has been doing several photo ops with her bodyguard boyfriend, Martin Kristen in recent days. Here are the two of them with two of Heidi’s kids, Leni and Lou (plus some friends) as they enjoyed a lunch out in Brentwood on Sunday. As a side note, does anyone wonder if Martin still draws the same salary as when he was “just” her bodyguard — that must be a pretty weird situation on payday, huh? Maybe Heidi does direct deposit, and they just try not to think about money changing hands between them as they’re, you know, totally doing it.
For whatever reason, Heidi has decided to discuss her new juicing obsession with the media, and she has revealed that her kids don’t always love it. To resolve the situation, Heidi says that she has been paying her kids a dollar apiece to drink their morning juice concoctions. To say the very least, this is a strange way to encourage healthy habits, right? As in, Heidi is paying her boyfriend, and now she’s paying her kids. So weird:
Keeping her children healthy comes at a price for Heidi Klum.
The 39-year-old supermodel has revealed she bribes her four children, Leni, eight, Henry, seven, Johan, six, and Lou, three, to get them to finish daily smoothies.
She said: “I’ve never really done a real diet. My New Year’s resolution for 2013 was to start every day with a fresh juice.
“We make an effort every morning – we peel pineapples, apples, lemons, bananas, kiwis, ginger and berries and we make delicious smoothies.
“Some of my kids don’t love it so I decided I would pay them a dollar if they finish their drink. All of the money goes into their piggy banks, they have collected a bunch of money since January 1. What’s good for them is good for me as well.”
Most parents have dealt with this sort of situation before because kids can be notoriously picky eaters, and they love to test their parents’ patience. Luckily, a lot of them can be encouraged to eat everything on their plates to avoid the loss of dessert or another privilege, which is a bit of a bribe but not too bad. Yet it seems rather extreme for Heidi to actually give her kids money so they’ll drink their healthy juice, and it doesn’t seem like a great way to encourage healthy eating habits for a lifetime. Sure, Heidi has enough money to not worry about tossing dollar bills at her kids, but will this method actually help them in the long run? Probably not.
Here’s Heidi and Martin doing the happy family thing in Malibu over this past Saturday. She’s laying it on real thick while Seal continues to lay pretty low.
Heidi Klum attended Elton John’s Oscar party last night, and … oh my god. Is she joking? She brought the boob quotient in a very big way in a gold-ish Julien Macdonald gown. The fabric of this gown is so terrible and resembles Mrs. Roper’s couch on “Three’s Company.” A couch with boobs, that is. Even though she’s a supermodel, Heidi is rarely able to dress well for the red carpet, but this is probably one of her worst attempts. I am actually surprised at her blatant rack assault on humanity. I mean, I get that she’s recently divorced and probably wants to get her sexy image back, but this whole look is just so cheap and trashy. The deep plunge of this dress leaves no wiggle room at all, and it’s just so obvious that Heidi just wanted everyone’s attention on her chest. She’s even got her hair slicked back like she just climbed out of the swimming pool. With the nude makeup, there’s nothing at all to distract from those girls.
Molly Sims decided to do the total opposite of Heidi’s skin-flaunting stunt and went very conservative with a white Temperley London gown that boasted sheer, beaded sleeves. Her jewels are Lorraine Schwartz, and I think she’s still tweaking her face pretty hard.
Emma Roberts failed to go age-appropriate in her Oscar de la Renta dress. This is far too mature a look for a 22-year-old starlet, and her hair and makeup only add to the effect. She also looks very bored too.
Mena Suvari looked spaced out as usual and chose a diaphonous red silk gown that overwhelmed her body. This actually makes me wonder if Mena is pregnant, but I think she’s still going through her divorce, so let’s not go there. Something nice: her hair looks pretty.
Kelly Osbourne popped right over to the party after her E! Fashion Police gig. She chose a sleek gown (sadly, I can’t find an ID) with a cool cape and a sheer midriff to show off her toned ab muscles. Somehow it works without looking cheap or trashy. This is a relative win for Kelly.
There are a bunch of parties this weekend in the lead-up to The Academy Awards and we’ll be bringing you coverage today and tomorrow. Here we have some photos from the QVC Red Carpet Style Party at the Four Seasons last night. I want to start with Nicole Richie in Etro as this was a standout dress. The bodice was too complicated with that bizarre paisley butterfly-looking print, and my initial response is “fug,” but compared to the other guests Nicole took a real risk with her gown. There were a lot of plain black dresses and black pantsuits last night. I don’t know if if this risk paid off for her. I’m not a fan of her very smoky eyes, but overall she looked hot without showing too much skin. Her red platform pumps are ill-matched to the gown, although she may have been going for a pop of color to offset the gothic dress.
Speaking of hot we have Miranda Kerr working a green lacy Burberry dress with an open back and sheer neckline. She looks amazing and her hair and makeup are so pretty. I really like her pointy gold t-strap heels too.
Heidi Klum played it relatively safe, for her, in a black strapless LBD with sequin accents. It’s kind of a forgettable dress, but it’s a win for Heidi in that it’s not over-the-top fug and she’s not showing a lot of skin. Her hair is pretty and she surely has extensions but it looks natural here.
Jennifer Hudson looked really comfy in a black fitted tee paired with loose split pants. This looks like something I would wear to dinner and it seems a little too casual. Maybe it would have been more suited to the event if she added a cute jacket and had the pants tailored around her waistline. I really like her jewelry, particularly that cool gold cuff.
When I first saw the thumbnail photo of Marisa Tomei here I thought she was Sandra Bullock in a particularly unflattering hairstyle. Instead it’s Marisa with this poofy coif wearing a fussy lace and mesh dress shirt. Like Jennifer Hudson, I appreciate that she’s wearing pants but that shirt is just awful. Look at the thick silk cuffs and the tiers of mismatched beads and sequins on top! It’s overkill. At least she’s having fun with it.
Apart from maybe Lucy Lui’s Gone with The Wind disaster, Halle Berry was just about the only Globes attendee wearing a printed dress last night. She was in a celestial print pastel one-shoulder draped Atelier Versace. The bustline made it look like one of her boobs was hanging lower than the other. In true Halle form, she showed off some of her enviable stomach through this dress. So did Halle pull it off? I’ll be damned if she did. Halle loves her 90s fashion and she’s about the only woman who seems to consistently rock it with style. Halle looks gorgeous and offbeat here. She was true to form. Still, this was not occasion appropriate, but what the hell does Halle care? She just wants to look hot. Also, Halle’s eyes look different, don’t they?
This post is somewhat dedicated to the leg-flashers, the women who stuck their legs out, Jolie-style, through the high slit in their gowns. The more time that passes, the more I realize that Jolie was somewhat of a trailblazer for this trend and that we should reserve our mocking for those who follow it blindly. Like I doubt any of these women did this as a joke, particularly Eva Longoria here who is straining to show as much thigh as possible. Look at her caterpillar eyelashes and her Bride of Frankenstein poof. Eva thinks she’s super hot in this black lace dress with slits everywhere. This mess of a dress is custom Emilio Pucci.
Heidi Klum was in her latest go-to designer, Alexandre Vauthier. For Heidi, this tight, high slit gown isn’t bad. For anyone else it’s been done before and it’s not that interesting. Also check out how orange Heidi is.
Also very orange and try-hard is Lea Michele. We just saw her very pap-friendly vacation with her boyfriend, Corey Monteith, so some of this radioactive glow is probably natural, but it looked pretty fake to me on screen. Lea was in Elie Saab. It’s not a bad dress, but she bugs me so much I have a hard time admiring her fashion. Did anyone else get annoyed by the constant L’oreal haircare commercials featuring Lea that aired during the breaks?
And finally Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in black Saint Laurent. This is probably some high fashion gown that I’m not “getting,” but it just looks like a gothic mess to me, like something I would wear to an eighth grade ball and think was cool. I like the belt. I guess Rosie was there as Jason Statham’s date, so they must be going somewhat strong. We heard breakup rumors about these two just about a month ago.
Statham needs to shave that hot head of his. Hair is not a good look for him.
We’re wrapping up our People’s Choice fashion, and Kaiser has the Hot Guys coming for you in a moment! Here we have some lesser stars on the red carpet, mostly the people I wanted to talk about. First off is Heidi Klum in Julien McDonald. This dress is fug with the cut outs and gold braiding, but compared to the crap Heidi usually wears it’s only moderately bad. On a model/reality star with better overall fashion sense, it would be notable, but on Heidi it’s just expected. I do wish she’d do something different with her hair. The severe pulled-back look is not a good one. Our friends at Red Carpet Fashion Awards like this look, though, which makes me think that Heidi was going for “high fashion.”
I want to include Monica Potter here, because I freaking love her on Parenthood! Without revealing spoilers, her character is going through so much this season and she never overplays it. First, I’ll say something nice. Her hair and makeup are beautiful, she’s a lovely woman. Look at how happy she is! Her dress is too immature, though, with that bouncy skirt and tulle underlay and the doofy lace shoulder straps and matching hemline. I love this lady, though. She’s so unassuming in interviews. Please let Parenthood get renewed for another season.
Katie Cassidy is my girl crush after I saw her on the ill-fated Melrose Place reboot. She’s so pretty and she played bitchy so well. She looks a little wasted here, I have to say. Maybe it’s her hair and makeup coupled with that bad black jumpsuit. She looks like Drew Barrymore, right? What is she up to… checking imdb, oh she’s on that new show, Arrow, and is working on a handful of films. Good for her.
And finally, some gorgeous fashion on Brittany Snow, in Maria Lucia Hohan. This yellow dress is perfection and I love her hair and makeup. I guess this hairstyle is in considering that Julianne Hough is also sporting it. It’s cute!
Heidi Klum covers the new issue of Marie Claire mag for the February issue. You can see the slideshow here – it’s actually a really nice pictorial (despite the fact that they cut out part of her head on the cover!). Heidi’s red carpet style is kind of rough (IMO) because she seems to prefer showgirl-glam, and she often looks kind of cheap. But Marie Claire did a pictorial of Heidi in lots of black cocktail dresses and gowns, and all of a sudden I remembered WHY she was considered one of the best models in the world back in the day. As for the interview – you can read an excerpt online here. MC sent us some highlights, and while many of the quotes are interesting and enlightening, Heidi apparently refused to discuss her relationship with Martin Kirsten (her bodyguard). Here are some highlights:
Heidi’s fantasy guest judge for Project Runway: Michelle Obama – “I don’t think we’ve ever had a first lady who is as cool and fashion-oriented as she is.”
On her mom, Erna: “She told me, ‘Don’t ever depend on a man,’” Klum says. “So I started making a living for myself when I was 18.”
A funny quote from Michael Kors, on filming the show with Heidi Klum and Nina Garcia: “After going through three pregnancies with Heidi and two with Nina, I know more about maternity life than any man gay or straight has a right to. I am so ticklish that Heidi once chased me around the runway chairs, jumped on me, and startled me, at which point I fainted – what man wouldn’t?”
Heidi on her divorce from Seal: “People say, ‘Oh, God, how devastating to go through a divorce. Did I wish for this to happen to my family? No. But everyone is healthy; we’re moving on with our lives. If someone got [very sick], God forbid, that would be a real problem. It’s not what I wanted – it’s not what anyone wanted – but it’s not a real problem.”
Heidi on sex: “Some people are more experimental in bed and others are more boring. If you are wild and crazy, bring it on so the other person is well aware that you have little devil horns that come out every once in a while. It’s good to make an effort to dress up sometimes, to do things outside of the norm.”
Heidi’s not interested in being a cougar: “I can understand why a woman finds a young man attractive, because the truth is that when men get older, their shape changes. Younger men train more, and when the clothes come off, it is nice to look at a sexy, ripped body. But I am realistic. I’m turning 40 next year; I don’t think I could deal with waking up next to a 25-year-old.”
On the idea of marrying again: “I don’t think so. No. No. I wanted to keep the memory of our wedding alive every year, that’s why I thought it would be fun to get married over and over. But now I don’t think it’s that important. I’m not angry about anything, but I don’t think I will. Maybe if I’m with someone for 15 or 20 years, and we do it in our old age as a fun thing to do…But I don’t have the urgency anymore.”
How people reacted to her first pregnancy: What others classify as problematic, Klum simply doesn’t. When she was 30 and pregnant by Italian race car magnate Flavio Briatore, her handlers were “freaking out,” saying, “I don’t know how the fashion industry will take you back after this.” For Klum, abortion wasn’t an option, and she walked the Victoria’s Secret runway show at four months along, with no one the wiser. “I thought, This is what is happening, and I’m going to embrace it,” she says. “I will figure it out, whatever comes my way.”
I have to admit, I like the way Heidi comes across in this piece. She seems wiser, more pragmatic, and like she’s in a better place these days. I also agree with her assessment of cougar relationships, because that’s how I feel about them personally – I like looking at younger guys, and I think a younger guy might be fun (if he was into me), but at the end of the day… realism wins out. Just like Heidi, I don’t think I could deal with waking up next to a 25-year-old.
These are photos from Heidi Klum’s Halloween party, which had to be held a month late after Hurricane Sandy waylaid her original party plans. One of our photo agencies only had pictures of Heidi Klum there, which didn’t make sense to me because I assumed (remembered, sort-of incorrectly) that she normally gets a good celebrity turnout at these events. Plus this was a charity benefit for the Red Cross. Another agency had the photos of the “celebrity” turnout and it was weak, no offense to those people but I barely knew who they were and I pay attention to these things. (I guess Katie Couric was there, although we don’t have photos of her.)
In terms of Heidi’s outfit, at least she didn’t show a ton of skin like she did last year (har har). In 2011, Seal wasn’t at Heidi’s bash, he was away touring (they were still officially together at that point, and didn’t announce their split until late January of this year. Of course according to Seal, Heidi was screwing the bodyguard at the time.)
Heidi is dressed as Cleopatra, and I think she would have nailed this outfit if she would have just worn that awesome costume and gone with some Egyptian makeup without bedazzling her whole face. That looks crazy. They’re calling it “jewel acne” over on news.com.au. The costume is amazing as usual from Heidi, though. Look at the elaborate scaling on the skirt and the incredible detail on the headdress. Overall it’s a wildly impressive costume, but the jewels on her face bring it over the top for me. Heidi doesn’t skimp on Halloween.
Klum sat on Santa’s lap on the red carpet, and while I suspected the guy under the Santa costume is her bodyguard boyfriend, Martin Kristen, I can’t confirm that and no sites make mention of it. Santa doesn’t seem to be tall enough. Some sources say that Kristen wasn’t on the red carpet. If it is Kristen under there, at least Heidi didn’t have him dress as Marc Antony.
Here are some other photos from the event. There wasn’t an ID for this guy, but this is my favorite costume there. He was some kind of creepy elf.
This is a contestant from Germany’s Next Top Model named Sarah-Anessa Hitzschke.
Russell Simmons with another past GNTM contestant named Hana Nitsche.
And Jay Manuel. What’s the theme here, devil in a Vegas show?
It’s slower than usual for a Monday, which I should take as a nice sign that everyone is gearing down for the big food holiday in the US this Thursday. Still, it makes our jobs as professional gossips a little harder as we struggle for who to talk about. Let’s stretch out the AMA Fashion into this one last post of a few stragglers.
Here’s Heidi Klum in her signature look: sexy ridiculous fug. This woman doesn’t care what she wears as long as she shows off her hot body. To prove my point: this, this, this and this.
Heidi is in Alexandre Vauthier, who was responsible for her equally awful and ill-fitting Emmys gown. This time she’s in a very tight, very short, very see-through gold lacy brocade gown with cap sleeves, shoulder pads and matching f’ing shoes. Matching f’ing shoes! That actually makes me angry for some reason I can’t properly explain. These look like Louboutins, so I want to know if they were custom made to mimic the dress, or if the dress was designed to match the shoes. Either way, awful! (This material is something called guipure lace if you’re interested, but you probably won’t be after seeing it on Heidi.) I used to like Heidi when I barely paid attention to her, but lately she’s on my sh*t list.
In contrast, Jordin Sparks is a sweetie with bad fashion sense. That’s just the impression I get of her, she seems perfectly nice and harmless. She’s in a mess of a patchwork and fishnet Etro dress that’s supposed to be contemporary but just looks cacophonous. (Sorry for that $10 word, I couldn’t come up with anything else and it is a music event after all.) It’s not very flattering to her great figure, either. Red Carpet Fashion Awards claims that Sparks is pulling off this look, but I disagree. I don’t think anyone could wear that dress well, apart from maybe Cate Blanchett.
Jordin was with her boyfriend, singer Jason Derulo. Huffington Post has a nice article about these two along with some quotes from Jordin saying she hopes he proposes. Play it closer to your chest, Jordin!
Lucy Hale from “Pretty Little Liars: was cute in a simple black cocktail dress with red heels and a statement necklace. It’s a very young, innocent look. She’s 23 though and I would put her at 17 or 18 in this outfit. She’s got a baby face I guess.
And finally Elisha Cuthbert of “Happy Endings” was looking like she was at the Oscars in a strapless, formfitting gold Georges Chakra gown. This dress is amazing, but I wonder if it’s a little too formal for this event. Still, she looked incredible. Her hair and makeup were so well done too.
The few times I’ve caught Wendy Williams’ show I’ve been thoroughly amused. Wendy seems to truly love gossip, and she regularly tells it like it is and calls people out. Wendy was discussing Heidi Klum’s new relationship with the bodyguard recently, and she pretty much said that Heidi must have been screwing the help back when she was married to Seal, considering that Heidi’s new boyfriend has worked for their family for four years. Heidi first confirmed the relationship in September, but claimed at the time that it was “new.” In a more recent interview, Heidi told the German press she was “in love” and that she fell for the bodyguard during the four year period he worked for her family. Well that really set Wendy off! She went off on Heidi during a gossip commentary segment on her show. Honestly, I didn’t care too much about this story before now. Wendy got so worked up that she got me to care, you know? Here’s more, from US Weekly. US gives the impression that Seal was there on Wendy’s show, but he wasn’t. Wendy was just kind of addressing him in general, letting him know she had his back.
On her self-titled talk show Tuesday, Williams, 48, tore into the Project Runway host, 39, and her intense new romance with her longtime bodyguard Martin Kirsten.
Although Klum went public with the relationship — her first since she and husband Seal announced their separation in early 2012 — in September, Williams argued to her audience that Klum and Kirsten have been romantically involved for much longer than that.
“He’s worked for Heidi in the family for four years. Seal, you know what that means — and not just when you were out of town,” she said, later adding, “I don’t think this is a new relationship, do you?”
(Of her South African-born beau, Klum recently told German magazine Bunte “I’m in love!” She explained to Katie Couric back in September that the romance had “just started” with Kirsten over the summer. Although Seal initially lashed out about Klum’s new beau, complaining that his ex was “fornicating with the help,” he later explained that he never implied his wife cheated during their seven-year marriage.)
Referring to a displayed snapshot of Kirsten carrying and embracing Leni, the eldest among Klum and Seal’s four kids, Williams commanded the “Kiss or a Rose” singer to “[get] half her money.”
“I haven’t reported a story about love this disgusting since Sandra Bullock and that man,” Williams continued, referring to Bullock’s ex-husband Jesse James, who infamously cheated on the Oscar-winner with many women.
“It pains me to report stories like this when the woman, in my mind, is clearly in the wrong,” Williams ranted.
She then offered Seal an action plan to “get back at” Klum: “You don’t let the finances go with this divorce. I don’t know how much you’re worth, but she’s worth more. you need half!”
Her second suggestion for Seal? “You need yourself a new girlfriend,” she advised. “Someone young, hot and with a long future in modeling, and really fertile.”
She added: “I’m thinking someone like Kate Upton would make Heidi’s pot liquor cooler.”
I went back and read US’ recap of what Heidi told German magazine Bunte, (I missed it because it came out on Friday) and Wendy is absolutely right. Heidi admitted in that story that the bodyguard worked for her family for four years and that she fell for him during that time. She said “I’m in love,” and added “This is one reason why I’m so fond of him. He’s been helping me for four years now, and he takes wonderful care of the kids. He plays with them, he protects them. I trust him.” That’s ridiculous! It’s one thing to openly date the guy, it’s quite another to admit that she fell in love with him while she was married to Seal! All of this happened when she was gushing about Seal and how Seal was such a great husband and father. Maybe she’s rewriting her history with this guy in order to make Seal jealous, but either way it’s very, very shady. You wouldn’t expect Heidi to learn that she should STFU about her relationships either, after how it turned out with her marriage.
Update: A lot of you are commenting that Heidi isn’t admitting falling in love with the bodyguard when she was married. That’s what I read into it, but I’m definitely taking a leap. The fact that she admits he has been with her for four years is very suspicious to me.
Heidi Klum is shown on 10-6, 11-3 and 11-11. Credit: WENN.com
