Comments on: Are these cups half full or half empty? http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Monica Rae http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-139145 Monica Rae Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:03:45 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-139145 Yikes! I agree with Audrey! I have seen too many brides--well, one is too many, so I have seen more than too many brides with gowns like this. And why is it always the flat-chested girls that pick them? Even those who are well-endowed curiously decide to order a size too large. Whenever they sit down, slouch, turn around, walk, stand still--whatever--you can see straight down their dress. And no, no bra. Yikes! I agree with Audrey! I have seen too many brides–well, one is too many, so I have seen more than too many brides with gowns like this. And why is it always the flat-chested girls that pick them? Even those who are well-endowed curiously decide to order a size too large. Whenever they sit down, slouch, turn around, walk, stand still–whatever–you can see straight down their dress. And no, no bra.

]]> By: Polka Dot Bride http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138913 Polka Dot Bride Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:07:26 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138913 Wow...I hadn't seen the second pic..nor the first pic that er large before! Wow…I hadn’t seen the second pic..nor the first pic that er large before!

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138708 La BellaDonna Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:22:54 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138708 Aaaaiiieee. This dress would look delectable on, say, Kelly Osbourne. Or America Ferrera. On the erstwhile sprightly Ms. Parker, though, it mostly reminds me to pick up dental floss. What I find particularly disturbing in the picture in which she is bent over, showing everyone the Rack O' Lamb, is what I can only describe as ... boob condoms. I suspect they are the infamous stick-on bras, which allege that they will provide the wearers with support, which is a Total Lie - as brilliantly illustrated here. And shame on the costume department. Given an hour in the department, and I could make her look as if she fills out the dress naturally. Someone lost track of the fact that the bosom should go <b>up,</b> not <b>down,</b> in order to look well in a formal ball gown. Aaaaiiieee. This dress would look delectable on, say, Kelly Osbourne. Or America Ferrera. On the erstwhile sprightly Ms. Parker, though, it mostly reminds me to pick up dental floss.

What I find particularly disturbing in the picture in which she is bent over, showing everyone the Rack O’ Lamb, is what I can only describe as … boob condoms. I suspect they are the infamous stick-on bras, which allege that they will provide the wearers with support, which is a Total Lie - as brilliantly illustrated here.

And shame on the costume department. Given an hour in the department, and I could make her look as if she fills out the dress naturally. Someone lost track of the fact that the bosom should go up, not down, in order to look well in a formal ball gown.

]]> By: Annalucia http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138667 Annalucia Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:29:42 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138667 This dress is not made for the thin woman, not even if her skin is peach and ivory. If it is leathery, as it is with the SJP, it is most disastrously unfitting. Far better for the lady to wear the dress with the bateau top and no sleeves. This will expose the slender arms and cover up the vast acreage of That Which Should Not Be Put On Display. This dress is not made for the thin woman, not even if her skin is peach and ivory. If it is leathery, as it is with the SJP, it is most disastrously unfitting.

Far better for the lady to wear the dress with the bateau top and no sleeves. This will expose the slender arms and cover up the vast acreage of That Which Should Not Be Put On Display.

]]> By: QuiteLight http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138610 QuiteLight Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:33:25 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138610 Wow, I actually thought this was a parody. She looks so drawn & severe. I love the skirt, but the top is a costume-y horror. Like they cast a drag queen for a dream sequence. And I never rag on celebrities. This is ragging on the movie costume dept. for making her looks like sheer bridal hell. Wow, I actually thought this was a parody. She looks so drawn & severe. I love the skirt, but the top is a costume-y horror.

Like they cast a drag queen for a dream sequence.

And I never rag on celebrities. This is ragging on the movie costume dept. for making her looks like sheer bridal hell.

]]> By: Victor http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138504 Victor Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:18:59 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138504 I tended bar & waited on tables, for more than ten years, at a country club that allowed non-members to rent out their ballroom for whatever. Office parties, frat parties, weddings...the owners weren't proud. They'd take anybody's money. And during those moments at your wedding when the bartender and service staff weren't needed, we'd critique everything, but especially the clothing on the female half of the wedding party. We were bored...and brutal. And we would totally tear this bride a new one. (The guys? Who cares about a bunch of guys in rented tuxes?) I'm sorr...no, actually, I'm not. Nothing works. Not the feather, not the veil, not the bouquet, not the hair, not the gown...nothing. It's a train wreck. I tended bar & waited on tables, for more than ten years, at a country club that allowed non-members to rent out their ballroom for whatever. Office parties, frat parties, weddings…the owners weren’t proud. They’d take anybody’s money. And during those moments at your wedding when the bartender and service staff weren’t needed, we’d critique everything, but especially the clothing on the female half of the wedding party. We were bored…and brutal. And we would totally tear this bride a new one.

(The guys? Who cares about a bunch of guys in rented tuxes?)

I’m sorr…no, actually, I’m not. Nothing works. Not the feather, not the veil, not the bouquet, not the hair, not the gown…nothing. It’s a train wreck.

]]> By: JaneC http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138501 JaneC Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:52:52 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138501 Good heavens, the cups on that dress are so much bigger than her actual chest. Isn't there a seamstress on set? And someone with an iron? A dress that covered more of her ropy upper torso and arms, and a lack of veil would have made her look a bit younger and classy. This makes her look old and like she's trying too hard. Good heavens, the cups on that dress are so much bigger than her actual chest. Isn’t there a seamstress on set? And someone with an iron?

A dress that covered more of her ropy upper torso and arms, and a lack of veil would have made her look a bit younger and classy. This makes her look old and like she’s trying too hard.

]]> By: cheeky http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138496 cheeky Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:01:49 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138496 I can't help but be horrified by both of these pictures. She looks horrendous in the first picture, and her boobs were not meant for that dress. I can’t help but be horrified by both of these pictures. She looks horrendous in the first picture, and her boobs were not meant for that dress.

]]> By: kerpupples http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138495 kerpupples Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:38:59 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138495 It is the illustration of the optimism of the Never teh Bride that she so generously refers to these cups as half anything. I'd say 1/8 is more like it. I find it extremely entertaining that the rest of the ensemble looks worse than that ridiculous feather she's wearing. Eat a cookie, SJP! It is the illustration of the optimism of the Never teh Bride that she so generously refers to these cups as half anything. I’d say 1/8 is more like it.

I find it extremely entertaining that the rest of the ensemble looks worse than that ridiculous feather she’s wearing. Eat a cookie, SJP!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138493 Elizabeth Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:13:04 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2007/10/05/are-these-cups-half-full-or-half-empty/#comment-138493 women over 35 look *ridiculous* in giant poofy ballgown wedding dresses no matter how well (or in this case ill) they fit. I would like to believe that Carrie would have gone for something chic and more appropriate, - a tea length something perhaps. I second the hoping it's a dream sequence. women over 35 look *ridiculous* in giant poofy ballgown wedding dresses no matter how well (or in this case ill) they fit. I would like to believe that Carrie would have gone for something chic and more appropriate, - a tea length something perhaps. I second the hoping it’s a dream sequence.

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