DS Forums

 
 

Flattering/unflattering dresses


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-11-2009, 16:02
icequeen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Posts: 884

I cant believe some of the hideous dresses/outfits worn this year.......last night that lime green 'thing' worn by Jade was vile.....Natalie has some really unflattering stuff.....that horrible paso dress of Ali's last week and other disgusting and unflattering dresses.....do the celebs not get a say????
icequeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 08-11-2009, 16:11
ESPIONdansant
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Somewhere in the UK
Posts: 6,493
Laila's paso dress was very Brentford Nylons.
Ola looked wonderful for once.
Erin's? Did they run out of fabric?
Natalie C. Well, she has had some shockers.
Ali always looks "meh" but that's Ali.
Jade's wasn't great.

But I refuse to believe that they can't find some good styles or colours for Natalie C.
ESPIONdansant is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 16:13
drbolognaise
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Ben Brigade Member No. 66
Posts: 2,609
Laila's paso dress was very Brentford Nylons.
Ola looked wonderful for once.
Erin's? Did they run out of fabric?
Natalie C. Well, she has had some shockers.
Ali always looks "meh" but that's Ali.
Jade's wasn't great.

But I refuse to believe that they can't find some good styles or colours for Natalie C.
Ali's dress was really nice!

I cant stand the dresses poor Natalie has been put in. She started off so well with her hot pink tango dress but why are they insisting on putting her in long sleeved gowns which make her look frumpy and way older than she is?
drbolognaise is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 16:18
icequeen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Posts: 884
Ali's dress was really nice!

I cant stand the dresses poor Natalie has been put in. She started off so well with her hot pink tango dress but why are they insisting on putting her in long sleeved gowns which make her look frumpy and way older than she is?
I agree, its like no thought has gone into them.....they are making her look frumpy - not great colour for her either.....

Ali's dress this week was nice

Katya had a leotard with a bit of net curtain.......

I wish the designers would consider what is flattering....sometimes Natalies hair is terrible aswell
icequeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 16:28
ESPIONdansant
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Somewhere in the UK
Posts: 6,493
The hair is often horrible. Zoe's hair during "parrot week" was atrocious.
ESPIONdansant is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 16:33
KipsKaz
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 656
Flav's was the best dress by miles last night. All the other were well.... I found thos bows on Ali's dress really annoying.
KipsKaz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 16:36
bunnykin
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 991
The worst so far this series for me was Lilia's dress with a sort of metallic blue belt around what was an otherwise virtually naked midriff. That was awful.
Agree about Zoe's hair last week too.
bunnykin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 16:40
icequeen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Posts: 884
ohhhh I forgot to comment on the terrible outfits for the group swing (comedy pants and braces)
'Parrot week' hahahaha

sometimes the hair is a bit severe and sometimes Jade's eyebrows are in different positions
icequeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 16:57
Smokeychan1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 9,286
My worse gripe was that they didnt at least colour co-ordinate the dresses to the Remembrance Day poppies that they insisted all the couples should wear.

On some - Ali's aquamarine gown for example - they looked truly hideous and totally ruined the 100s of hours the designers and dressmakers put in to make them.
Smokeychan1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 17:31
icequeen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Posts: 884
I thought the poppies spoiled the outfits aswell - but it is the BBC and they have to be seen to be doing the right thing........
anyway I really hope the dresses improve..... :/
icequeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 17:59
reclinewithme
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,026
The worst for me so far has been Natalie's jive outift with that horrible flat bow plonked on her head - it made her look ridiculous.
reclinewithme is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 18:06
icequeen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Posts: 884
right - they need to work on natalies dresses much more. thank god we dont have the jitterbug
icequeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 18:33
Spinaker5
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,143
Natalie's jive dress was awful but she did say on ITT that it had to be changed so maybe that was her choice. The original one was more flattering. I liked Jade's jive dress and think it suited the cheeky routine.
Spinaker5 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 20:37
icequeen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Posts: 884
I know what you mean but some people seem to come out really well with the dresses whilst others look terrible - some of the male outfits dont seem to match the partners - however - I totally loved the pros waltz outfits and whole spectacle - the chandeliers looked fab
icequeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 21:01
bobbla
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,211
Worse dress for me was Flavias Waltz dress last week with the animal print arms - hideous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't understand why dress designers have no idea what shape suits Natalie. I haven't liked any of her dresses. Bring back whoever designed Letitias paso dress!
bobbla is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 21:07
bunnykin
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 991
I know what you mean but some people seem to come out really well with the dresses whilst others look terrible - some of the male outfits dont seem to match the partners - however - I totally loved the pros waltz outfits and whole spectacle - the chandeliers looked fab
I thought that too. For example, Ola's catsuit last week and Chris's outfit. I realise they both had red on them and am willing to believe they were probably the same shade of red, but Chris' top seemed to be red over a black background whereas Ola's catsuit seemed red and white and the red stood out as much more vibrant.
bunnykin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 10:27
workshylady
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 649
In fairness to the dress designers Natalie C has a difficult body shape, she is big around the middle. When they put ladies like her in drop waist flowy gowns that attempt to sail past this problem area everyone complains, when they put her in fitted stuff everyone complains. They can't magically give her an hourglass figure when she hasn't got one.
workshylady is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 11:21
susiew
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 101
The role of a good designer is to design a dress that flatters not emphasises a figure 'fault'. The designer is marvellous - if you are a thin girl, but for some reason, she is unable to flatter the more curvy ladies. Don't blame the ladies, the designer needs to come up with some more flattering designs for the lovely Natalie!
Some of her designs are beautiful, but others make even the most stunning figures - like Jade's - look questionable. The outfit she wore on Saturday was dreadful.
susiew is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 11:24
Lurksalot
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 660
The role of a good designer is to design a dress that flatters not emphasises a figure 'fault'. The designer is marvellous - if you are a thin girl, but for some reason, she is unable to flatter the more curvy ladies. Don't blame the ladies, the designer needs to come up with some more flattering designs for the lovely Natalie!
Some of her designs are beautiful, but others make even the most stunning figures - like Jade's - look questionable. The outfit she wore on Saturday was dreadful.
I agree with you here. The designers are used to dealing with very slim athletic dancers bodies. I think they always struggle with the more generously proportioned ladies.

EDIT: Obviously I wouldn't put Jade in the 'generously proportioned' category. I
Lurksalot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 11:38
Lorelei Lee
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,909
I actually think that for a non-size-8 girl, Natalie's done pretty well in the dress department until that royal blue monster on Saturday. Other than that, she's had some fab dresses - I liked her tango one, her VW dress, the AS one and the jive number particularly. Oh, and her paso frock was the best of the series.

I think some of the worst frock horrors of this series showed up on Jo Wood, who looked like she was in curtain material more often than not, and yet has a beautiful figure. Jade's had some great ones - all her Latin costumes bar the jive one have been excellent, and all her ballroom ones bar the pink meringue for her first waltz (her only poor dance as well, oddly).

Don't a number of the pro dancers get their own dresses done by other dressmakers? Flavia's are clearly not the product of the BBC minions, and I thought Erin's weren't either...either way, it means they can't complain about what they end up with.
Lorelei Lee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 13:14
icequeen
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Posts: 884
I am happy that Natalie is there to kind of 'represent a real figure' but they do make her look frumpy......Flavia and Ola always have this kind of 'trendy and cool' feel about the way they dress (apart from that leopard print thing!!!!!)

The dresses look lush on those pictures and them rarely materialise as well.

I would personally like to see some less severe and more feminine hairstyles......
I know that I am banging on about clothes and hair but as an audience we do spend a lot of time looking at them (!)
icequeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 17:00
MissMatch
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,188
I loved Ola and Ali's dresses on Saturday but I wasn't keen on Katya's spangly knickers with half a tent on top combination.
MissMatch is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 17:24
Shappy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: By the window
Posts: 14,154
Brian needs to wax his eyebrows.
Shappy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 20:17
SeasideLady
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 15,470
Some of Erin's dresses have been awful - the Rumba dress was a mistake as it kept riding up past her bum, and she kept trying to pull it down. And the dresses they give Natalie have been quite good I think for a curvier girl. If she was given skimpier dresses the nastier posters on here would have a field day. I preferred her Jive dress to that of Jade's, a strange design as well as a horrible colour.
SeasideLady is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 20:23
*Janz*
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: London
Posts: 133
In fairness to the dress designers Natalie C has a difficult body shape, she is big around the middle. When they put ladies like her in drop waist flowy gowns that attempt to sail past this problem area everyone complains, when they put her in fitted stuff everyone complains. They can't magically give her an hourglass figure when she hasn't got one.
for the life of me, i can't remember what the proper terminology is, but bear with me as i try to describe what i mean. could they not put Natalie in something which is nipped in right under her bust and then flows out - that way hiding the 'problem area'?

EDIT: remembered it - empire waist, is what i meant
*Janz* is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 22:40.