Fuck real life. Let’s go to New York Fashion Week.
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It really wasn’t so long ago that I hated every styling choice Nicki Minaj had ever made. And yet, over the past six months, I think I’ve loved a solid 95% of her outfits. I don’t know what spurred the change – a new stylist, a prescription drug, a tasteless demon finally deciding to stop possessing her – but God bless it. Also, if Versus by Versace hasn’t signed her on as a spokeswoman yet, that’s a missed opportunity. Get on that anaconda, Donatella.
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Fashion Week is a painful amount of “wait, which former Disney star is that?” starlets in less-than-remarkable outfits. Nicki’s two-toned crop-topped cat-eyed studded-heeled look is like a breath of fresh air amongst a veritable sea of basic bitches. Thank you, Nicki, for keeping things interesting.
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I am a big fan of tuxedo jackets over printed dresses, and these particular pieces are done to perfection. And I don’t even hate the black booties, and I hate black booties on celebrities approximately 93% of the time.
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No pants, no problem. It’s Rihanna, after all. The most shocking thing should could do at this point would be to wear, like, a babydoll dress and pearls. Oh, wait…
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I’m so close to hating this, but the shoes are pushing me back over into loving it. Fashion Week brings out all my most complicated emotions, dear readers. It’s a sensitive time for us all.
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I don’t know why Sophia Bush still gets invited to things, but lately, I’m glad she’s still on some PR guru’s good list. Those seafoam pumps are bringing so much joy into my life, I might actually need to reconsider my life choices. Because shoes I don’t own shouldn’t matter this much to me.
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It’s a little needlessly weird, even for Dakota, who shares the title of Queen of Needlessly Weird Fashion Choices with her little sister Elle. But honestly, nix the buttons and I think this would have been one of my favorites. I’ll take needlessly weird over redundant and boring any day of the (fashion) week.
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It truly isn’t New York Fashion Week until Leigh Lezark shows up. I swear, I have never seen her attend ANY non-fashion-week related event, and I still probably couldn’t pick her out of a line-up if my life depended on it, but this lady LIVES to show up way more famous stars at various fashion shows. I liked Nina Dobrev’s incarnation of this print better, but it’s still a blast.
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It is the epitome of the Trifecta of Kluminess: short, tight, and shiny. Bonus: it’s also sheer and a ridiculously bright color. But, fuck it – here, of all places, it works. We’re in Heidi’s house now, and we have to play by her rules.
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Hate the bracelet; love everything else.
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Sweet but underwhelming. She could have tried a little bit harder.
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You’re wearing a poncho. Reevaluate your life choices.
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Sweet, prim, and proper, but I’d love to see Crazy Eyes bring a little more attitude to her wardrobe.
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Boring, played-out, and all-around disappointing from the usually-fabulous Emmy Rossum.
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What poor, depressed Muppet had to die so that you could have that purse, Kat?
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Someone just get this woman off the red carpet. Just for like, a month. She’s not even drenched in accessories like she usually is, but at this point, the sight of her exhausts me. Also, I guess having a signature thing about your wardrobe is, like, a requirement when you appear in public 80 times a week for no reason. But does your “thing” have to be fringe? Fringe is okay in small doses, I guess, but with EVERY SINGLE OUTFIT? Again, she just makes me tired.
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It would have worked if it were knee-length, but as is, this dress looks like it’s swallowing her whole.
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Well, now I just feel underdressed. I, like Padma, am currently wearing my pajamas, but hers are FANCY pajamas, and mine is a 1998 arts camp tee shirt.