Althouse: "I look like your wicked sexy English teacher and you look like you're writing a sequel to 'Our Town' for your final project."

December 7, 2008

"I look like your wicked sexy English teacher and you look like you're writing a sequel to 'Our Town' for your final project."

Fashion -- I won't say "catfight" -- dialogue.

13 comments:

Bissage said...: I’m not so concerned about Ms. Johansson’s floral print dress, although it bears mention that Mrs. Bissage has an old bedspread that is identical. I use it as a drop cloth when painting.

No, what concerns me is that blue-red-green thing on Ms. Johansson’s inner forearm.

Is that a stamp so she can get back inside without paying another cover charge? I sure hope it’s not a bruise or an infected cut. Because if it is, it looks really nasty and it might leave a ScarJo.; 12/7/08, 9:35 AM
Larry Davis said...: Tattoo.; 12/7/08, 9:53 AM
Darcy said...: Haha. That was cute.

Only problem is Eva never has to tell anyone she's smoking hot. Does she?; 12/7/08, 10:04 AM
Ron said...: Darcy, for ScarJo, I'll trade you an Eva Mendes and a Kristen Chenowith to be named later!; 12/7/08, 10:08 AM
Darcy said...: That's great to know, Ron. I've always been very envious of the dark haired, exotic beauties.

I think ScarJo is beautiful, too.; 12/7/08, 10:13 AM
ricpic said...: Does a dress have to be whambam to be sexy? Of course the flower print fades in comparison to the hot yellow; seen on its own it might, I'm fairly sure it would, make a very different, more positive impression.; 12/7/08, 10:34 AM
Wince said...: Ever notice that there are some women who look way better above the neck in video than in most still photography?

And I don't think it's just a case of frozen face. I think it's about changes in natural expression that, obviously, are much better captured in video.

I've always put Johansson in that category. Jennifer Anniston also comes to mind where I've noticed a big divergence.; 12/7/08, 10:49 AM
Darcy said...: That's way too charming a thing to say, ricpic! Stop it.; 12/7/08, 11:29 AM
ricpic said...: A guy can't win round here. ;^); 12/7/08, 12:10 PM
Anonymous said...: The thing I dislike most about GoFugYourself is the arbitrariness of the criticism. "Heather" seems determined to say something bad about Johansson's dress, completely disregarding the fashion of it.

Johansson's dress is clearly in the style of 50s/60s dresses: the cut of the neckline, use of the print in both the dress and belt, the contours and pleats. It is very evocative of the fashion in Mad Men. And what does "Heather" think of that show? "You might remember Maggie Siff from her stint on Mad Men as a department-store owner who hooks up with Don Draper. And personally, I would rather my memories be restricted to the awesome period costumes she wore on the show, as opposed to the alarming early-millennium-era outfit she's wearing here"

"Awesome period dresses" was her opinion of six months ago. What changed? Are the costumes less awesome when worn outside the television? Would they be less awesome if someone propped a canary-yellow hat beside the screen?

What criteria of beauty are being asserted by that blog?; 12/7/08, 12:27 PM
Trooper York said...: Fashion is tough gig. These people are worse than when I worked a couple of summers as a longshoreman on the docks of Brooklyn. "Catty" you don't know the half of it.

When we went to the Magic, Moda and Winn shows in Vegas this past July I told the vendors that if they had anything that Doris Day, Audrey Hepburn or Jackie O wore between 1960 and 1965 I would buy it then and there. We managed to get a nice collection of retro fashions that look really great. Our motto is if you look good in it that's all that counts.

I am sure Scarlet feels the same way.; 12/7/08, 12:48 PM
Synova said...: I never quite "got" Scarlett Johanson. Yet, apparently, men who like women *do*. I think that maybe it's the "sex kitten"-"girl next door" thing. And I think Scarlett knows that it's a look she can pull off and it's a look that men really like.

If I'm right, then look at the two dresses.

Eva is beautiful and the bright yellow is striking because she's *not* blond. But the skirt is narrow and the top precarious. Now, one might think that precarious is *good*, but look at Scarlett. Consider the two of them and what they're wearing.

Now think of a coat closet and which lady might, if she were motivated, be willing to go for a quickie against a wall.; 12/7/08, 1:35 PM
blake said...: Now think of a coat closet and which lady might, if she were motivated, be willing to go for a quickie against a wall.

Both?

What?!

Oh, you said, "think", not "dream".; 12/8/08, 4:54 AM