Jennifer Garner in red Gucci at the ‘Butter’ screening in NYC: lovely or dated?

These are some photos of the female stars of Butter, at the screening of the film in New York City last night. I just asked CB if it felt like Jennifer Garner had been promoting Butter for the past two years, because that’s the way it feels to me. We’ve seriously been covering photos and interviews in promotion for this film for a LONG time. The film finally gets a limited release next Friday.

Anyway, onto the fashion! Jennifer Garner wore Gucci… which is fascinating to me because Blake Lively currently has a Gucci contract. Cough. At first glance, the dress reminded me of that famous red Prada that Jennifer Aniston wore to the Emmys more than a decade ago, but really, this dress isn’t anything like it (except for being a shade of red, and strapless). While I like that Jennifer Garner went with a bold color, I think she would look better in a blue-red rather than this orange-red. She also needed to steam the dress. Oh, and she looks so much cuter when she does not flat-iron her hair and part it down the middle – this hairstyle isn’t flattering her face at all. Something nice: her body looks great! I love her arms.

Olivia Wilde wore Alexander McQueen – I really like this. It suits her, it flatters her, and I think Olivia has been looking really, really great lately. Maybe it’s because she’s in love with Jason Sudeikis and everything has come together? Or maybe she just found a great stylist.

Ashley Greene wore Donna Karan – she’s the face of the label, and she’s been wearing a lot of Donna Karan over the past year, to mixed results. I kind of like this on her too, even though it’s bridesmaid-y and it sort of washes her out. And it’s kind of matronly for someone so young, but I still kind of like it. I could actually imagine Jennifer Garner in this. And say what you will about Ashley’s nose (is it a nose job? I’m not so sure), but Ashley has GREAT hair. Her hair is super-pretty.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

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  1. normades says:

    That red dress could use a good steam ironing, but otherwise a good look for Jen.

  2. marie says:

    they have been promoting this movie forever! I like the color on Jennifer but not really the dress.

    Olivia looks great. But why do we always see up Ashley’s nose, what is up with that?!?

  3. Nola says:

    “Ashley has GREAT hair. Her hair is super-pretty.”

    I swear The only reason why certain starlets are famous is bc they have nice hair. There are too many starlets who have managed to stay in the media’s focus bc they have a good blow out. :/

    Perfect hair is the western worlds favorite obsession And oppression.

  4. Bubbling says:

    Ashley is too young for that dress, but I really like the shoes. And Olivia doesn’t always get it quite right but here she looks mesmerizing!

    • hoya_chick says:

      Yea it’s very mother of the bride! Jen’s dress is meh and it needs to be ironed. Her body does look great though. Olivia looks the best. It fits her perfectly and I love the length.

  5. nate says:

    Definitely a nosejob. In fact I’d say several of them.
    Also “Ashley has GREAT hair. Her hair is super-pretty.” +1111111111111

    • Hakura says:

      Agreed on the nose job(s). The tip is getting that unfortuate ‘look’ at the tip (that reminds me of MJackson before he went too far & his fell apart.)

  6. Fudge you, I'm going to Guam! says:

    Ashley’s hair looks fake. Good fake, but still fake.

    • minime says:

      my first thought 😉

    • Jany says:

      Those are def. extensions and it puzzles me that still people don’t spot them from a mile away. Trust me – in Hollywood most starlets have them. And these are so obvious. They look good though – compared to some out there.

  7. Fudge you, I'm going to Guam! says:

    Jennifer should never straighten her hair.
    Bone straight hair does nothing for her…it just emphasizes her strong jaw and makes her look masculine faced.
    She needs more volume and more waves.

    • RocketMerry says:

      I agree, and will go further in saying that barely anyone at all looks good with deeply flat ironed hair parted in the middle.
      The “Gwineth” is a hairstyle that should be forgotten for good.

    • mystified says:

      Agree. I’ve never seen the normally beautiful Jennifer look so ugly. At first I thought I was looking at Hillary Swank, and that is no complement!

    • itsa says:

      Agreed. I also think that very few people can pull off a center part. If she had parted it to the side it wouldn’t have accentuated her long face. I think she’s beautiful but we all have to work with our flaws.

  8. whybenice says:

    I didn’t even recognize Jennifer Garner because of her hair. I don’t think it suits her — too drastic a change. I love her arms too but I thought her arms dwarfed her dress. Maybe a one shoulder grecian something would have been better.

    • citygirlsf says:

      I agree. I heart her but she’s just too muscular for that particular cut of dress. Show off the guns in something more flattering!

  9. V4Real says:

    Suck it to all those who say no white after Labor day; Olivia looks amazing. Ashley looks 40 in that dress. Lastly was Jennifer’s stylist or assistant mad at her because they totally forgot to iron the bottom of her curtain, I mean dress.

    • normades says:

      Yeah, Oliva looks great. The dress is great on her…but it’s her gold stilettos I want!!

      That “no white” rule is so old. Olivia is actually very on trend here. White is gonna be huge this year.

  10. mila says:

    Olivia looks amazing. And she is almost brunette again. She works like crazy, when you add up projects from last year and this year, she has worked on ten projects. I admire her a lot.

  11. SleepyJane says:

    Dear Olivia Wilde,

    How is it even possible to be that beautiful?

    Signed,
    Bitter Jealous Bitch

  12. Calabaza says:

    See? Ashley hair is beautiful! Why? It’s shinny and clean! Kristen Stewart should be taking notes.

  13. lower-case deb says:

    I think J.Garner confused someone’s “you need more ironing” comment.
    less on the hair and more on the dress, next time.

  14. eileen says:

    I love JG’s dress on her. Her hair looks gorgeous and she is so stinking cute. She is a great celeb mommy that does it all!

  15. Mia 4S says:

    You are not crazy, the movie was at the Toronto film festival a year ago. The reviews were not great so I doubt there was a rush to release. That probably explains the delay.

  16. Suz says:

    Ashley has a very young persons hair and an old persons dress. It’s Kate Middleton style jarring.

    She’s extremely pretty, though. Olivia Wilde is gorgeous, a world-class beauty.

    I am a Jen Garner fan but that hair is too flat and too center parted to do her any favors. Waves are your friend, Jen!! Let it all curl.

  17. Quinn says:

    Garner’s bone structure is just too severe to pull off that hair…but she looks great otherwise!

  18. LeslieM says:

    That red dress is awful. How could she have picked that? It needs to be taken in to show off her figure. It looks like it doesn’t fit.

  19. LeslieM says:

    Also, way too long.

  20. Jayna says:

    Over 40 something year old women need to learn that flat ironing your hair really flat and sleek on a maturing face isn’t the most flattering look. A little more body in the hair gives the face a softer look and especially for her with such a high forehead. There’s the exception, but the majority not.

  21. lucy2 says:

    Don’t care for Jen’s hair, but the dress is fine. Like Olivia’s look.

  22. P.J. says:

    Ashley’s dress is pretty, but it doesn’t fit her very well.

  23. RobN says:

    Meh. I don’t understand how Garner works at all, although I guess somebody has to take the role of youngish middle aged woman with a child who has some sort of disability.

  24. mimi says:

    Garner looks like a man in drag, but its not the dress, its her facial features and her masculine body (those shoulders could be very useful in a farm).

  25. roxy750 says:

    Garner is a knockout. Beautiful. And yes, Ashley has beautiful hair but she has too much of it (can’t believe I said that about hair). Maybe if it was on someone else.

  26. Shelly says:

    Jen’s hair looks awful. And yes, her dress is a wrinkled mess at the bottom. I like Jennifer, but I dislike this look!

  27. Melissa says:

    Why doesn’t Olivia ever get thrown shade with all the eyeliner she wears? She’s up there with the Duchess!

  28. F5 says:

    She looks like a drag queen x_x

  29. Madison says:

    Olivia looks the best, classy, great dress and hair. Garner should leave the flat ironed hair to 20 year olds it’s not a good look for a 40 year old. Jennifer’s strapless dress makes her shoulders look huge, she should have worn Ashley’s dress.

  30. zenb!tch says:

    Normally, I think Jen rocks the red carpet but this dress emphasizes her line backer shoulders (I have them too, I could be projecting) and the make up is not as pretty as her person usually does. I’m worried she is trying a new stylist. Not a good ideas.

    Ashley always looks funny to me. She has a pretty face but she appears almost microcephalic.

    I love Olivia because she is the only one dressed for her body type. She has no shoulders so the little pointy things work on her.

  31. LucyOriginal says:

    Is Jen the executive producer of this movie. I saw this movie last week at Boston film festival. It’s cute, it managed to get some good laughs from the audience. But it’s just that, cute, not great.

  32. MrsBPitt says:

    The first thing I thought when I saw that pic of JG is “why oh why did she flat iron her hair” OW’s dress is pretty, but not loving the hair or make-up…I want to slap the smug of AG’s face everytime I see a pic of her…she is def not as pretty as she thinks she is!!!

  33. Hakura says:

    Am I the only one who dislikes this dress purely because it’s boring as hell? o.O She’s beautiful of course, but dress is just..there. Nothing to catch the eye other than the color, which I don’t think suits her.

  34. NYCGAL says:

    I must be in the minority because something about Jennifer Garner just is a turnoff. I saw a clip of her on Conan were she corrected his grammar. The show brought out a dictionary to look up the verb tense and Conan was correct. She looked like a petty fool, and an ignorant one at that.. Um, the guy graduated from Harvard. I don’t even know if she finished all her high school or went to college. Also the way she treated Gary Busey was so rude, like he was beneath her. yeah, Gary Busey is weird, but was arguably in better movies in his heyday than Garner.
    Still love Olivia Wilde though. She’s so beautiful it’s ridiculous.

  35. A Fan says:

    Yikes. Not one of her better looks – but not because of the dress. The arms/shoulders are scooching into line-backer territory.

    And the hair…very few women look good with a harsh, middle part. Why is Hollywood so obsessed with middle parts?

  36. Cleveland Girl says:

    Where were they taking these pictures??? In a back ally somewhere? It looks disgusting.