In or Out: La Nina

Thursday, March 13, 2008 by
Darlings, let's turn the tables, shall we?

Here's La Nina at the Night to Benefit Raising Malawi and UNICEF:


Love the shoes.


As for the dress, well she's certainly right on trend, because that yellow seems to be the "it" color for Spring. More specifically, yellow and purple combinations are all the rage and she, being the fashionista, managed to work the purple in with her accessories.

It's a very youthful look and credit to her for being able to pull it off because a lot of women in her age bracket probably wouldn't be able to.

Not supercrazy about the hem on this dress, though. Other than that, the bitch is making it work. What do you think? Is she in or is she out?

[Photos: Kambouris/WireImage]

144 comments:

K said...

She's in because she's Nina and she will most likely grind you to a pulp if you disagree.

In all seriousness, she looks good. Not great. The yellow isn't that flattering of a color on her. Just because it's "on trend" doesn't mean it works for everyone.

She's still stylish and lovely, though.

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Anonymous said...

Bleh. Ugly dress.

mimi said...

It looks like a Team Project by Sweet P and Christian -- combining their first looks in Season 4

veruca salt said...

Definitely in.

I love the dress and, even though it is a decidedly youthful look, she looks great in it. (Damnit). It may be a wonky photo but her hair looks kind of non-Ninaish limp. Normally that Brazilian mane is her best feature.

Anonymous said...

I think she looks great, even though I’m not fond of yellow. Is it me or did she have some work done on her face?

Anonymous said...

definitely in. she glows in it!

Anonymous said...

she looks good, and the dress is cute and unique. i'm not digging the hair, though. people always talk about how her hair is so lovely, but i always get distracted by the flyaways. nothing wrong with a little bit of product.

Anonymous said...

Like the hair, shoes, and design of dress. Hate the color and fabric. Its already wrinkled at the bottom.

Anonymous said...

I love it and she looks great! I'm such a sucker for bright colors and flowers. It's a shame that the dress is a little wrinkly in the picture.

Joanie said...

Fugly dress that certainly isn't breast friendly.

As for out, there are rumors that Meana Garcia is on her way out of Elle.

Anonymous said...

Meh - I think she's out

-Birdiegirl

Anonymous said...

a big "IN".

that dress is for the new gucci's collection, isn't it?

Anonymous said...

I love the accessories. Nina always has the right accessories.

Anonymous said...

Well... she looks fabulous... but what is up with the squished boobies?

Anonymous said...

She looks disheveled, like she got into a wrestling match with the cabbie on the way over. The placement of the dress looks like she turned it clockwise 90 degrees and then tried to put it on.

Do like the yellow, the fab purple bag, and I will say she always looks ultra-fantastic for her age.

Smfdoc said...

Great shoes. Average dress that wrinkles too much. Hem looks unfinished. BUT.. props for being fashion forward and thinking of turning a glass doorknob into a ring!

ChristopherM said...

She's in, and I"m not just saying that because she'd beat me down with that little purse if I didn't.

Anonymous said...

It looks like a very expensive towel.

DolceLorenzo said...

I LOVE HER. SHE LOOKS FAB.
She really thought about it!

Anonymous said...

lima bean said...

"She looks disheveled, like she got into a wrestling match with the cabbie on the way over."

In total agreement. I think she looks great, really pulls everything off, but I'm distracted by the wrinkles in the dress. But she's La Nina, and her purse is probably worth more than my life. So who am I to judge?

A PRBitch, that's who.

Anonymous said...

She's in but just barely. That taxicab yellow may be on trend but that color rarely looks good on anyone. I like the dress but it's badly wrinkled! Steamers and irons are your friend, Nina. Great accessories.

And I hate her new hairstyle. The bangs are not flattering and seem to diminish the glories of her luxurious mane, which is her best feature. (I hate the bangs on Heidi, too.)

Anonymous said...

Out.

Okay dress on someone with different coloring. Fabric choice (wrinkles) ruin it for everyone, though.

And Nina's hair! Was she on her way to the mall?

Ms Sangrail said...

Oooh, yellow and purple, just in time for Easter!

That particular shade of yellow is not the most flattering for her,and me thinks that a pareo looks best at the beach or the pool.

But, it's not boring, and she *is* Nina, so I guess she's in. I don't want a Colombian fashion cartel to come after me.

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry Nina, but you're out. I HATE that canary yellow.

Unknown said...

I think she's a hottie, and its a nice stylish look and she's pulling it off.
However, she has great skin and that color isn't doing anything for it.

Mom said...

I think she looks good in that color, but I don't like the silhouette at all on her. Shapeless dresses really aren't for women of a certain age. They just make you look older. Love the shoes, though.

Gonna have to heave an OUT at La Nina.

Anonymous said...

That some fierce yellow!

Anonymous said...

Nina is a lovely woman, but seriously - she's a bit long in the tooth to be wearing this outfit. She looks OK, but think about how much BETTER she would look wearing something more age appropriate or something more sophisticated. The look is too young for her.

GothamTomato said...

Not many women look good in yellow, but she is one who does. Unfortunately THIS yellow dress is pretty awful. She's not doing the designer any favors by getting it all crumpled before posing. So, I'd say she's out.

But her right hand, the one with the BIG ring, holding the purple clutch, is very in. And by the way she's holding that hand, I'm thinking she's intentionally trying to show off either the bag or the ring (as part of the deal).

--GothamTomato

Whitney said...

I think a different material would make the dress look more sophisticated - and thus a little more age appropriate.

But i wouldn't ever tell her that. Don't piss off Nina!

Anonymous said...

It has that "hop out of the shower and answer the door to the UPS guy" look about it.

Are those new teeth?

GothamTomato said...

"limabean said: I will say she always looks ultra-fantastic for her age."



Ouch.

--GothamTomato

Anonymous said...

Needs more shape. Right now, it looks like she took a very nice long skirt and hiked it up to her arm pits.

Anonymous said...

I applaud the yellow and purple and love the shoes but the overall look is OUT imo.

The dress looks like a crumpled yellow napkin. I think I styled a toga like that years ago for a college frat party. I wonder if the style isn't a nod to VictorYA's woman-unfriendly styles.

Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...
It has that "hop out of the shower and answer the door to the UPS guy" look about it."


ROFL.

Anonymous said...

She's in, brava! to ninagarciafashiondirectorofellemagazine.

But I think I may be disagreeing on the reasons why.

Hate the shoes but, to my surprise, I love the dress. I couldn't wear this shade of yellow even when I was 20 but Nina is rocking it. Good for her (and I don't mean that in a "bless her heart" kind of way!).

Kira said...

Out. Between the twist at the bodice, the lopsided bow, the v-ed neckline, and the overlap of the skirt .. there's a whole lot of ugly going on in this dress.

Maybe those hideous draglines to her hips will convince designers to create for a female figure, rather than a stick ...

AFHS Nina, you're not Goldie; wear a bra.

PhantomMinuet said...

The color looks good on her, but the design of the dress is really off-putting. It's like someone took a yellow satin potato sack and knotted it at the top to keep Nina's "potatoes" from spilling out.

Anonymous said...

IN!
She looks beautiful!

Anonymous said...

she's taking a risk dressing so young for her age. but she's an elite member of the fashion community and she needs to REPRESENT and BRING GIT. and that's exactly what she's doing in these photos. she looks very cute.

IN.

Anonymous said...

Nina! From one latina to another (whispers) ...we. can't. wear. yellow.

Anonymous said...

Definitely "in". It's bright, fresh and original. I love yellow dresses.

Anonymous said...

i'm not so sure about these bright neon contrasting colors. the yellow and purple looks a bit juvenile to me. those colors belong on a bathing suit from the early 90s.

Anonymous said...

I just want to steam iron her (gasps of horror!).
Nina, darling, fab women don't sit down.

Anonymous said...

Out. Only a slave to the fashion of the moment would accept the vile coupling of bright yellow with deep purple. Eeew. She looks like the time the Disney guys once showed us how to animate a sack of flour.

Sage said...

*auf Wiedersehen*

She's just out of the mud baths at the Satin Dreams Spa?

Her boobs are squished. :P

Anonymous said...

What's up with criticizing Nina for flyaways? It looks super-straight and shiny to me. If it were any flatter she'd just look like a Staten Island mall rat, or like she was wearing a wig.

I liked the more highlighted, pre-bangs look better for her hair, but it still looks beautifully groomed and well-cared for, yet natural. Hair is really not supposed to look like a leather jacket from Wilson's.

Anonymous said...

"She looks like the time the Disney guys once showed us how to animate a sack of flour."

LOL!! right on.

Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...
Hair is really not supposed to look like a leather jacket from Wilson's."

ROFL. oh my god i'm love the comments here. Her hair looks great.

Anonymous said...

She has dry, over-processed hair.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, Nina's hair. It is always the same. Some days it's more full than others, but it has been this style for the last 4 yrs. Does the girl not own a curling iron? A scrunchie? Anything? I could see that fresh color with a nice sleek ponytail. What's she be hiding behind that mop? Behind the ear scars?

Anonymous said...

out

Anonymous said...

I'm trying to love the dress but it's just not happening...the makeup, hair, shoes, and jewelry are great.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Nina! From one latina to another (whispers) ...we. can't. wear. yellow.


I agree. Yellow isn't a good color for Latin skin tones. Very few people can wear yellow and pull it off.

igotmoxie said...

the execution of the hem looks very amateurish.

Ms_flyover said...

She's be in if she had a steamer or iron handy.

Love her or hate her, she usually looks pretty terrific (unlike her poster woman for anorexia co-worker.)

Anonymous said...

I love Nina! She always looks fabulous!
well - except here. That dress should be filed in the "what was she thinking" catagory.

Anonymous said...

I'm not crazy about this dress. As someone else said, it looks like she wrapped a towel around herself. I do love the accessories though. So I guess she's on the threashold between in and out.

Anonymous said...

Very Dick Tracy.

Anonymous said...

She looks AMAZING unlike those skinny anorexic models we see all the time in the magazines.

Embeedubya said...

I hate yellow. She looks like Big Bird. Woodstock. Rubber Ducky. Big Yellow Taxi. Blech.

Anne said...

You know, she really doesn't seem to have a great sense of what colors she looks good in. That green at last year's reunion show was just as awful as this.

To me, she just looks like she's trying too hard in this.

I hope she's not out of Elle, as one of the posters said earlier. But if she is, I hope it's for her own fabulous show.

Sewing Siren said...

I like it when people go out on a fashion limb. It shows they care.

Anonymous said...

It looks like she did the nasteee with a cabana boy, her fancy beach wrap got all messed up and she just tried to fix herself in the hall mirror in the hotel before getting to the event.

If that hem went down the runway over at PR, she would be chewing the poor designer's bones till dinner.

And, yes, yellow may be IN, but that shade of egg yolk did NOTHING for the skin tone.

A 6 (maybe 7) for effort, and 3 for execution.

Brooklyn Bomber said...

I'm not thrilled the YELLOW thing this season. Yellow is a really difficult color for clothes, in my opinion, and should be used sparingly. But we are going to see it all over the freaking place. Anyone remember the Year of Chartreuse in the late '80s? As for the look overall. . . I suspect it was better in person, in movement. In a still picture it looks too baby doll and too short.

robin-m said...

Yech. Amazed to see Nina in this fat banana dress. It's wrinkled (poor fabric choice), and the hem looks wonky. To use her own words -- this dress looks cheap. And it hides her figure rather than enhancing it.

Whenever I see a 35+ woman in this type of dress, I wince. It's a young look, and an older woman just looks like she's trying to hide the junk in her trunk.

What looks great: the color, her shoes, her legs.

Another thought: Maybe she's pregnant again? In which case this choice would make more sense . . .

Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...
Yeah, Nina's hair. It is always the same. Some days it's more full than others, but it has been this style for the last 4 yrs. Does the girl not own a curling iron? A scrunchie? Anything? I could see that fresh color with a nice sleek ponytail. What's she be hiding behind that mop? Behind the ear scars?

10:52 AM"

Sweet fancy Moses. A curling iron and a scrunchie? She's the FASHIONDIRECTOROFELLEMAGAZINE, not Jennifer from Family Ties. TLo, can't we get some quality control for the posters here?

Isabel said...

Arugada! (Wrinkled)

Este vestido es para jovencitas.
(This dress is for younger ladies.)

Parece despeinada. (Her hair lookes uncombed/unkempt)

No debe de pintarse tanto el cabello.
(She shouldn't dye her hair so much.)

Afuera!
(Out)

lisasabatier said...

Out

Bittybis said...

I _hate_ yellow clothes. And yellow and purple? Well, I just hope it's a trend that becomes last season very quickly. IN if your criteria is being on trend. OUT if you have eyes to see and a stomach to turn.

Anonymous said...

Well she is Nina Garcia so by default she "can" wear it, but should a woman of her age no matter how fab be wearing a mini dress? I'm with the PR dudes on the length part....it the hem was a little longer I would be all for it. I also don't think the color works on her, I think the yellow should had more golden tones to it which would have given the dress a richness that is is laccccccccccccking!

Anonymous said...

Well, that babydoll silhouette is, unfortunately, still with us. And this dress brings a twist to it.

At first glance, my reaction was, "AAaahhhh! Where are my sunglasses!" but it grew on me.

Is Nina with child again, does anyone know? This dress would hide an incipient baby bump.

Milla said...

Babies...
You are to kind and sweet or you realy fear Meana.
She so does NOT pull it off.
That dress is abou 20 years too young on her.
It belongs on a 22 year old. And The last time Nina saw 22 ( or looked 22) was the first Clinton run in office. The woman has to be in her late 40's-early 50's but women that thin and who tan look a lot older and it's hard to tell.
The neckline squashes her already limited bosom like a mammogram machine too...
For me, she was so out.
She needs to re-assess her concept of age-appropriateness and take a page from Madonna's playbook.
Love,
Milla

Anonymous said...

Hm...was this dress designed by Victorya? Is boobie-smooshing the new black? It could have been fabulous, if not for the complete disregard for a woman's natural curves. Two boobs down on the dress, but I do agree that the shoes are hot!

Hutchlover said...

Out!

That style of dress is definitely not for her (or my) age group.

Not to mention the color is off, them hem looks like Ricky did it, and it looks like she got laid in the back of the limo.

(In which case, she probably doesn't care if she's in or out)

Anonymous said...

For the record, Nina is 42.

megtheexpat said...

She's in, but BRIGHT BRIGHT yellow is about thee worst color to make a comeback. It looks horrible on almost everyone.

And a side note - does Nina ever wear her hair up, or is it always down, straight, and boring? C'mon, bitch. Work it.

Anonymous said...

I love yellow, but only on bananas and baby chicks.
Sorry,Nina, the yellow pillowcase is a definite OUT for me!
----StkrShock

Anonymous said...

IN!

I might be biased, though, because I have an admittedly indiscriminate adoration for anything yellow. It's always been my favorite color (guess it's the Leo in me) so I'm glad it's on trend right now. Perhaps it's true that not many can wear it, but if you can, I say rock it out. Also, wish we had a better shot of the armband. The design reminds me a little of Chris's museum piece minus the big collar, the way it's wrapped/draped and the material. I think the effect works better here in a shorter cocktail dress. I prefer the towel look to the bathrobe look, I guess.

Anonymous said...

The only time anyone should wear that color is if they're biking victoriously into Paris.

I'm pretty much over the babydoll silouette on ANYONE, but especially on ladies in their more, uh, elegant years.

I guess Nina is pretty much required by her job to wear the hippest hottest trends, though, so she can be given a pass.

Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...
Yeah, Nina's hair. It is always the same. Some days it's more full than others, but it has been this style for the last 4 yrs. Does the girl not own a curling iron? A scrunchie? Anything? I could see that fresh color with a nice sleek ponytail. What's she be hiding behind that mop? Behind the ear scars?

10:52 AM"

Sweet fancy Moses. A curling iron and a scrunchie? She's the FASHIONDIRECTOROFELLEMAGAZINE, not Jennifer from Family Ties. TLo, can't we get some quality control for the posters here?

Ever hear of a concept called a JOKE? Good lord.

Allen said...

Who knew my Minnesota Vikings gear would be considered chic this year?

Sage said...

Embeedubya said...

. . . . Woodstock. Rubber Ducky. . .

11:35 AM




:) I saw Laura's Woodstock dress for the first time last night.
Cute. As a Button!
She made yellow work. :)

Anonymous said...

um.......um......

She's paying homage to my LA Lakers?

Oh, I dunno....


(who was the designer?)

Anonymous said...

When they replayed the finale last night and Heidi introduced Nina, I was waiting for the usual "ninagarciafashiondirectorofellemagazine" but there was a "nina garcia" and a second of silence. Was I not hearing things? Did Heidi not run her usual line, or was it edited out?

Anonymous said...

She looks like a poorly wrapped birthday present.

And bad fabric choice. Wrinkles.

Christina said...

You guys are such cute hem whores!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
"Ever hear of a concept called a JOKE? Good lord."

You bite your tongue. There is NOTHING funny about putting Nina Garcia in a scrunchie.

Kris said...

Ick. She looks like she was caught in an ill-advised tryst and tied the school-bus-yellow bedsheet around her boobs to cover herself during the walk of shame.

Anonymous said...

Cute!

-- desertwind

Anonymous said...

PS - What I really like about this dress is its light-hearted, slightly disheveled, slightly naughty "this thing I just tied together this evening to run out for cocktails" vibe.

Rami is crying out for the light-hearted touch.

My only reservation: is it a little too casual for this sort of fundraiser?

-- d'wind

personette said...

OUT.

and this - was hilarious:

The only time anyone should wear that color is if they're biking victoriously into Paris.

Anonymous said...

out--not for the color, but for the towel/UPS at the door analogy.

Anonymous said...

It has four problems :

The boobs are wonky.

It does not flatter her form.

It looks like she slept in it.

The hem is a mess.

Sorry, the dress, the hair, and the face just make her look long in the tooth.

neil said...

I mean... both, right? Seeing as she's not running against anyone. Let's get some competition up in here.

Anonymous said...

Nina... you are OUT!

Definitely not age appropriate.

I still think you are fabulous though.

Christos.

Anonymous said...

You people are WRONG, she looks amazing, you bitches are just jealous!

Anonymous said...

"Sewing Siren said...

I like it when people go out on a fashion limb. It shows they care."


Exactly. She's not boring herself, that's for sure. You go chica!

Anonymous said...

That particular yellow is wrong, but it doesn’t need to rule out yellow altogether, imho.

Anonymous said...

People always have opinions on what's age appropriate wear...i think if you have the self confidence to know you look good in it, go for it!

TigerYogiji said...

Out. Frankly, it looks like she's wearing a shower curtain...

Lilithcat said...

Minis are always age-appropriate, assuming you've got the gams to carry them off.

I like that yellow on her. The dress itself, however, needed ironing.

Anonymous said...

If La Nina saw a model looking like this, she would be outraged about the color, the messiness of it. I don't think she'd be pleased to see a phone of herself in this bright yellow, rumpled dinner napkin.

Anonymous said...

This looks like something Mariah Carey would wear.

Anonymous said...

OUT OUT OUT
Hate everything but the color

Kristin said...

I actually like the dress but in any other color than canary yellow. Just makes her look ashy. It's very Victorya on top with the smooshy boobs!

BTW, she's only 43 and not dead yet. The color makes it young and would look better on someone not so "tan". Also, if you're going to make a statement with that color, you really need to turn up the makeup and accessories a notch. Just ONE notch, not 10.

Anonymous said...

Nina looks fab, whatever age. ADORE the dress. It suits her well.

Anonymous said...

That dress is supposed to be on a young girl...and she's not. It's not terribly flattering either. Basically, I don't like it. Though I always hate dresses like that.

TED said...

If this were a fug or fab poll, I'm afraid I'd have to go with fug.

Rainwood said...

Although I'm not a big fan of bright yellow, I think Nina has the right skintone for it. The dress itself is kind of cute, in a Peeps Easter kind of way, maybe a little too youthful for La Chica but there's no getting past the wrinkled crotch and the wonky hem. I'm also not loving the slave bracelet and gumball ring with the dress. Takes it a little too casual/Carrie Bradshaw.

So my verdict is neither fab nor fugly. More like f-okay. So she's in. But just barely.

Anonymous said...

WAY OUT! That dress does nothing for her.

Anonymous said...

As many have said, this dress is too young for Nina, but worse than that, this dress doesn't fit her.

Nina is probably a size 2 but the dress seems to be a size 1. The long fold in the front should hang straight down, not be pulled open.

If the dress were a larger size there wouldn't be fabric folds pulling sideways toward her hips.

This dress, longer and roomier, would have been elegant.

Suzanne said...

"The only time anyone should wear that color is if they're biking victoriously into Paris."

Brilliance.

Thombeau said...

I love Nina, but that dress is absurd. And not in a good way.

Anonymous said...

She is out! And she is skinnier than I thought - look at those sinews in her neck. EEEEWWWWWWWW! Yeech!

Anonymous said...

Oddly enough, the color doesn't bother me. As someone before mentioned, her professional role somewhat obligates her to *try* to keep in step with current color trends. I think she would have done better with an orange or golden yellow --as opposed to egg yolk, but the deed is done.

There's a *reason* that we 40-something women(generally speaking) avoid the mini-length. Unless it's winter and you're sporting some mighty fine black tights -- the KNEES are usually a dead give away of how many years have passed into memory.

Check out Chica's knees, which she is coyly attempting to obfuscate with the purple clutch.

While I think she missed the opportunity to accentuate her slender, fit body...I don't think it's a total screw-up. Perhaps next time--more waist definition, less knees. ;)

Anonymous said...

I'm not wild about the dress but I think pairing it with the purple clutch was brilliant.

I think there's some really interesting structure going on there in the neckline, sort of origami-like. The rest of the dress being relatively simple keeps it from seeming overdone. But yes, it smashes her chest and the hem is weird.

I don't think it's too short on her though. I should look so good at 36. I should have looked so good at 26.

eggs mayonnaise said...

That dress looks like Rami draped it while running at full speed, and then Victorya snuck up and made sure it was even LESS symmetrical and wacky because IN HER HEART SHE COULD NOT LEAVE IT ALONE.

Or, Tom Hank's liferaft from Cast Away blew away and exploded onto Nina's chest.

Thank you and goodnight.

Anonymous said...

So far out I can barely see her without a telescope. Nina, honey, are you getting enough oxygen out there?

Honestly, I don't care how trendy that yellow is, it's a hideous color. Very unflattering. And the color's not even the worst of this look. The fabric looks wrinkled, she's got that flattened-boob look that Victorya was so enamored with, and the bow! I don't even know what to say about the bow. And, as you mentioned, the hem is a mess.

The accessories are ugly as well. That enormous purple cocktail ring? Please. It's a little too reminiscent of the plague of J-Lo engagement ring replicas that popped up on the fingers of so many teenage girls three years ago. The clunky mid-forearm bracelet on Nina's left arm is also fugtastic and also, to use one of Nina's favorite phrases, a little dated. Okay, one doesn't need to pull out the diamonds on all occasions, but I'd expect Nina to have a little more class.

Sorry, this look is just a miss on all levels. Even the cute shoes can't save it.

Anonymous said...

I love the slave bracelet! Very Natalie Wood.

Anonymous said...

What has she done differently to her face? I noticed it in the break between the regular shows and the reunion special. She has had something done to her face...some ps around her brows or something. It throws me off every time I look at her.

Anonymous said...

Sorry, the purse looks like a purple brick.

Anonymous said...

Ew! Too bright of an easter egg to me! yucky!

Hate the color -- and yellow and purple just looks too easter to me - or maybe that's just my catholic school coming out.

thanks for the post!

Anonymous said...

Women her age should either be showing legs or shoulders, not both (even if they're in pretty good shape).

Think the purple is unnecessary. Don't like that peculiarly placed bangle on her left arm.

Anonymous said...

paola said...
"Women her age should either be showing legs or shoulders, not both (even if they're in pretty good shape)."

I've been tickled by some of the comments about age-appropriateness of Nina's dress, mostly because they sound like things I *might* hrmmm...cough...have said, in my 20's... back when my knees were as perky as a pair of silicone breasts.

Well, maybe that was an awkward analogy, but paola's comment about "one or the other" I think has great merit.

I'm Nina's contemporary in age and this dress could have been mitigated by hem length OR shoulder coverage.

Well done, paola...very Tim Gunn of you. :)

Anonymous said...

Many of the posts seem highly critical like this isn't a picture from real life. Her hair isn't perfectly in place, there's a wrinkle in her dress, the color isn't perfect for her skin ... but it's not a fashion shoot for a magazine layout you know. She went to a party. She got out of the car and the dress wrinkled from it. Maybe there was a nice breeze.

She looks incredible and anyone who disagrees should email me their picture to show me how they think it should be done! Okay, just kidding.

Anonymous said...

The dress looks like a satin bedsheet tied into a sheath, and a lopsided one at that.

Anonymous said...

she's out
what a tacky dress
my goodness

Anonymous said...

I love the color, but did she have to raid the linen closet for the bed sheet?

Nina, the toga party is over, you're out.

Anonymous said...

HATE the color on her.
HATE the style on her.
LOVE the accessories.

Nina is a great-looking woman who could definitely still rock a mini. But I think she looks better when it's more structured. I thought she looked fabu in the dress she wore for the PR finals.

Anonymous said...

Call me conservative.

Like so many others, I don't like what the neckline does to the breasts. Can't see one, and the other looks completely squeezed.

The fabric may be beautiful, but unless the fundraiser is in San Tropez or some other resort location, it looks way too much like a Club Med sarong to be appropriate for this kind of occasion.

Considering what Nina and Michael Kors were saying about Uli, I must say I'm surprised to see her in this look.
- Windy City Wendy

Spandrel Studios said...

That shade of yellow doesn't work for her at all. And just a smidge too short, IMO.

Allen said...

Oh come on! I probably made the very first football reference on ProjectRungay and NO ONE COMMENTS??

Man! :P

mumblesalot (Laura A) said...

It doesn't quite make it

Anonymous said...

'Well done, paola...very Tim Gunn of you. :)'

Sally, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me (particularly as I'm sitting here reading blogs in a pair of flannel pyjamas that Tim Gunn would put straight in the bin)

Anonymous said...

I'm not so sure about the dress. I do think that she's a bit to old for that. Unless your really short and skinny, you can't pull off anything that short. Plus, she looks like she baked herself in an oven. That woman is WAY to bronze.

Anonymous said...

She's so far out, she makes me feel like I'm back in the closet. That dress does nothing for her, the purple is a distraction rather than an accent, and...ugh. Where was Tim when Nina needed him most?

Tonya said...

Go TIGERS!!!!

ooops, with all the yellow and gold I thought she was an LSU Tigers fan LOL

I know no one is gonna get this unless they follow college football.

Personally, I don't like the purple or the yellow. I won't be wearing these colors this spring. Besides the color, I think the dress is cute and it looks good on her.

Fnarf said...

I don't like the dress, and I like what's in it even less.

Anonymous said...

another yellow dress! i've been seeing nothing but yellow for spring!

Nina looks good though. =)

ali baby said...

Nasty on all levels. I have never thought of Nina as particularly attractive. Her hair is much too long for a woman her age, however she might look mannish if it were shorter.

Hey Allen, I'm a huge Vikings fan but purple and yellow (gold) don't look good on anyone.......

Anonymous said...

Beautiful dress, beautiful color. Just not for Nina. Sorry, she is OUT!

Anonymous said...

and she complains about OTHER women wearing dresses that are not 'age appropriate' ? Wow!

Anonymous said...

OUT

she's like wearing a towel after went to sauna,i jz knw u would agree wif that!
that yellow is soooo striking.HELP!!MY EYES!!!softhen the yellow will save me (and her obviuosly).

love d shoes.

love d purple.