The annual CFDA Awards were last night in New York. CFDA = Council of Fashion Designers of America. The CFDAs have become a bigger and bigger deal under Anna Wintour’s leadership, and I have to say, they do a good job of nurturing new and emerging American design talent. When the Obamas were in office, Michelle Obama often wore – presumably with Wintour’s encouragement – new, American designers who were often the beneficiaries of Wintour’s promotion. Here’s Bella Hadid in Off White. I actually love this. Beautiful color, beautiful cut, great sleeves, great belt. You know what? I don’t even hate her bangs here.
Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, in The Row (their own label). They drive me crazy with the way they insist on always posing this way on every red carpet. As for their clothes… Victorian hobos, only chic and menswear-inspired. I think that’s the tagline for The Row: “Victorian hobos, only chic and menswear-inspired.”
Gigi Hadid wore The Row as well, and while it’s nice to see her in something different, this doesn’t really suit her.
Janelle Monae in Christian Siriano. We should all have a moment in our lives when we were this cool.
Kate Bosworth in Brock Collection. I sort of like this? While I’m meh on shades of yellow, The Bos looks good.
Amanda Peet also wore Brock Collection. This is a no. This looks like a discarded thrift-store bridesmaid dress.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Bella looks like a mannequin. The bangs are really unflattering, because they only call attention to how blank her eyes are and how ridiculously, impossibly thin the bridge of her nose is. I can never get past the nose job, I’m sorry.
Janelle forever.
See, I thought the exact opposite. I thought this is the first time I actually see model in Bella. I think she’s rocking the bangs!
I agree, I think Bella looks just like she strutted off the cover of a 90’s mag. I love it!
I has the same thought. I had never seen her as a model but here I do.
I’m sorry, but everytime I see one of those Hadid sisters, I think to myself: as Karen Walker once said to Celine Dion, “why the long face?”
I think she looks amazing. Bob with bangs is basically my dream haircut, but sadly it looks horrible on me.
This is also the best Gigi has ever looked on the red carpet.
Janelle looks ridiculous.
Different strokes, it seems.
The hair is really lovely. Most people look better with bangs.
Gigi’s outfit is on point.
I agree; I thought that was a plastic, posed mannequin. It literally gives me the creeps, seeing such dead, blank eyes, so devoid of any life…joy… *shudder*. Guess I’m just too old to appreciate that look. Time to start yelling at the young’uns to get off my lawn! 👵🏻
I agree completely. I think her sister is SO pretty, but she is SO meh. not model material in my opinion and yes, she has that Macy’s mannequin face.
the nose job is terrible.
I imagine a lifetime of negative comparisons to her sister led to that nose job in the first place.
Bella looks like a young Melania and I can’t unsee it.
I thought it was a young Cher in that pic. I like what she is wearing though, I love the cut and the color of that coatdress.
But she is no super-model material. Not the face, not the body. Not the LEGS.
I think the Bos looks like the wax mannequin, but Bella is a close second. Janelle looks A-MAZING!!!!
Bella: yikes. Family connections and wealth sure get people far. Her eyes are small so the shorter appearing forehead simply spotlights their blank, beady gaze even more. Her face is long, which is why she looks like bangs might suit her, but they don’t. And the fact that at least half of her features are actually man-made and plastic make her somewhat repulsive to me—waxen and wan, and a lot older than her age. IMO this girl is simply not model material at all.
Agreed – I think she looks ill. That dress is prob a size 0 and it’s bunchy and baggy and hanging off her.
I would, just one, so see Janelle Monae turn up in a canary yellow dress….just so that I get a shock seeing her. Although she does look cool in this
Silly me, I thought she would be wearing off white, not… Off White. I should get out more.
Me too 🙂
Me three:-)
I won’t let you take the fall alone: count me in!
Janelle Monae can do whatever she wants. She’s a goddess.
Belle Hadid has a serious case of dead eyes, doesn’t she?
Even more than Kendall Jenner I think. Thank goodness she does have beautiful eyes but, they’ll only take her so far in zombie mode…
I…just don’t get The Row…sorry.
Amanda Peet also has terrible makeup here. She looks soooo tired (she might be, she’s human after all!)
I haven’t had bangs since the early 90’s. Not too bad on some people
If someone poked,pinched, or tickled the Olsen twins, would they get an expression on their blank faces?
Nope to all of this. And the twins are beyond ridiculous at their age. I get it that they’re good business women but the weird posing, unflattering hairstyles and hobo clothes…..
Call me a Philistine, but I just don’t get the Olsens and The Row.
Bella looks much older than 20… and that’s not meant as a compliment.
Bella is just not model material. Jmo
Kate bosworth looks like she’s wearing a homecoming dress out or Seventeen mag circa 1996. It’s only missing mini butterfly hair clips and an upper arm bracelet. amanda Peet deserves better, she’s beautiful; I want to reach in the pic and straighten her up.
@Arock: Omigosh, yes! My homecoming dress in 1996 was the EXACT same cut/style as Kate Bosworth’s (mine was off-white with sequin straps).
The Olsen twins used to be so gorgeous. I looked up to them so much for fashion, hair, and makeup inspiration when I was a teen. It’s so sad to see how frozen and mannequin looking they appear now.
Janelle. Freakin. Monae.
The end.
^^ This x1000
*clapping at my desk for our chick cause WHAT A YES!
Queen status!
I have never looked that cool in my entire life.
Also as a sidenote, I’m the girl who would wear both Janelle’s outfit and Kate Bosworth’s dress in a heartbeat. It really just depends on the day. I love both looks.
I have better hair than the Olsen twins and I’m 46 years old and don’t have near the resources at my fingertips they do. Their hair is a fried mess and please don’t get me started on that center part.
The Olsen twins look like Horcruxes. What have they done to themselves?
Stress from having an empire and a shit ton of money since they were little, eating disorders, paparazzi, hard work, chain smoking, and possible substance abuse. MK is like 85 pounds soaking wet and has had work done.
That being said, I love them and the row is a fantastic and well tailored line, especially for professional women if you can shell out for it (I can’t).
I thought Bella was Jessica Biel at first.
Me too, Franny. I had to read the headline twice.
All I see is melania.
Janelle looks AMAZING. Bella has a gorgeous face, but her beauty is undermined how how lifeless she looks, especially considering her age.
I can only see her nose job.
Bella…looks like a Real Doll.
It’s funny how slowly a First Lady begins to influence fashion…I mean, it’s so obvious to me that Bella’s look is consciously or unconsciously full-on Melania Trump. The pointed shoulders and nipped waist are her signature at this point. Designers will deny it, but her style is clearly penetrating.
Funny, all I see is a bad 80’s homage.
Uugghhh, she’s Jessica Bieling….ew.
She looks old.
I love Kate’s dress and while she wears it well, is it me or does she look “waxen”?
I’m just completely flabbergasted as to why Bella is a model? She’s not striking. I think even with all of that work on her face she looks unattractive she looks like a 35 year old, well kept plastic surgery housewife of Beverly Hills. She does not have a fresh face. She looks embalmed human/lizard hybrid. Before all that plastic surgery, she looked like a young, although somewhat basic looking young adult, but at least she looked natural.
Bella is gorgeous and reminds me of the 90’s supermodels here. Of all of the new generation models, Bella and Gigi are the only real good looking ones, I think. The Olsen twins on the other hand, look like 40 year old chain smokers.
I would never bash the Olsen twins after hearing what they went through in their childhood. They’ve suffered a great deal than people know. And its comments like this and a lot of others that makes me wonder why people get mad at the Kadarshians.
These girls are intelligently independent and have been for years, they mind their own business, don’t dress thotishly for attention, they don’t hawk themselves on Instagram or perpetuate drama for attention, yet their looks are constantly criticised by women who will scream “girl power” in the next post. Sad.
Bella Hadid looks great. The Olsens are starting to scare me….
Though I will concede the Olsens Look and want to look like Ghostly turn of the century apparitions of war widows that died of consumption or Modern Boxes any given day, I MUST sy that white shirt looks sharp and like it means business.. I so love to see solid well made white shirts on men and women, never have good luck myself be it cause of the material or cause i Look like Tits so Is hard to get it to look as good as I imagine
Also for Amanda Peet This is Really really really pretty and well adjusted, you know that like Heidi Klum, Lena Dumbham ( Don’t @ me I warned yall after Odell I drag Amy and Lena On Principles any day ending in Y) and Maggie Gyllenhaal all get graded on Special “you don’t know how to dress, Sweetheart” curves
Am i seing things, or is Bella holding the soles of her shoes with her toes? Where is the front part of the sandal?
I think there’s a clear strap just above the toes
One day I hope to be half as cool as Janelle.
She looks like Bridget Fonda.
Bella and Gigi are always dead eyes and oatmealish. Janelle looks AMAZING however.
Why is Bella reminding me of a hot Russian spy? I like the dress, but I think it would look nice on pretty much anyone.
Kate Boworth is cute but bland, Oldens are creepy, Bella and Gigi are a “Yes” and Janelle Monae is a “Hell Yes!”
Bella Hadid looks every inch a model, except for the makeup.
She is so unanimated she could be molded in a factory. No life in those eyes.
Bella and Kate look amazing! Love both outfits. Janelle can do no wring and is always gorgeous.
Bella looks like a late 80s inspired Real Doll. It’s a giant “no” for me. Pretty sure she’s wearing a wig too. Gigi shouldn’t wear white. I actually think it ages her.