Celebrity Time Machine: Eva Longoria Parker

Actually, it should be called celebrity twin machine. All those years in the Swiss Alps have been good to Shania Twain.

Dear Stylist: We're Pucci'd Out

Dear Stylist,

Christina Aguilera is wearing way to much Pucci lately. It's just so very Carmela Soprano at a cocktail party.


To avoid looking like the very rare yet widely available on ebay for $7.99 Christina Aguilera Barbie, we suggest limiting the Pucci wardrobe to scarves and headbands only please.

Thank you.

Yours truly,
The Aesthetes

Question of the Day: Is Heidi Klum Wearing Jazz Shoes

Um. Yeah. We're going to go ahead and look in other direction.

Michelle Williams: Brilliant on the Red Carpet

We've always thought Michelle Williams has been brilliant from the start in her red carpet choices. We offer you a brief journey back in time of some of our favorite highlights.

The 80s Look Great on Ashley Olsen

We love the 80s.

With the Cosby Show, Alex P. Keaton and Miss Jackson (if you're nasty), the cultural riches from this decade of our youth are endless (shout out to Taylor Dane, Rick Astley and Tony Toni Tone).

What we're not loving is every hipster wannabe embracing the fashion of the decade like Milli Vanilli clutching feverishly to their Grammy (that means you Vanessa from Gossip Girl). Yet once again, the enigma that is the Olsen twins strikes again and this time it's Ash.




Domo arigato Mr. Robato, the 80s look great on Ashley Olsen.

Happy Birthday Blog!

After over 150 posts we find ourselves one year older if not so significantly wiser (we still don't understand stirrup pants, Rumer Willis and the appeal of '90s fashion). A Question of Taste turns one year old today! To all our friends and fellow Aesthetes: thanks for reading.

Denise Richards: Mallrat

Why is Denise Richards wearing so many bad mall outfits lately? This phenomenon seems to have started around the debut of her new reality show Denise Richards: It's Complicated (yes, we're admitting to watching if only to bathe in her deep, authentic, midwestern accent).

Apparently she picked up a crocheted dress at JC Penney, matched it up with a jacket from Wilson's Leather, took a break at Wetzels Pretzels before scooping up a dress at Rave and a hat at Delia's right before stopping by Spencer's Gifts and Things Remembered to get that perfect, personalized, engraved gift she'd been looking for.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Crossroads

We like to pretend we don't see bad chick flicks. We like to pretend that we didn't find ourselves in the theater in opening night of Crossroads or that we aren't on pins and needles for the premiere of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. But we have to admit, if nothing else, chick flicks are often fertile ground for future starlets to hone their skills, talent, and fashion sense. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants sprouted some of our favorites.

America Ferrera (SoTP/Ugly Betty)


Alexis Bledel (SoTP/Gilmore Girls/Sin City)


Phat Tony has spent years unabashedly loving the wonder that is Alexis Bledel. Of course, this was, in every possible way, limited to Gilmore Girls, a fading, but true hybrid of ABC Family and Family Guy (literally... Daniel Palladino was a writer and producer for both)


Blake Lively (SoTP/Gossip Girl)

A Question of Taste: Nature vs. Nurture

Apparently an Aesthete is born at an early age. Even back in the days of Smurfs and Muppet Babies, Betsy and Phat Tony had distinct fashion points of view. Sadly, other, differing opinions were often foisted upon us by meddling parents. We remember clearly the irritation when the offending items were introduced into our wardrobes. For Phat Tony it was the dreaded cardigan while Betsy feared the floral dress.


While there's nothing inherently evil about said garments we nonetheless had violently negative reactions to them. To this day, neither of us can stomach either of these trends which have recently become a part of mainstream adult wardrobes.


As you can see fair reader, there's nothing that horribly offensive about either item. Aside from the danger of looking like Mr. Rogers when wearing a male cardigan or like a librarian in a floral dress, most laypeople can pull off wearing both. For us however, we're just not going there. We're too busy playing Mario Kart and Zelda anyway.

Whining Over Wine: Episode Three

Hello all, Phatty Tonz here (go with it, it's new, I'm trying it out)... true, it's been a while since I've blogged, but please know that while I cannot sufficiently apologize for my absence, I have been taking this time alone to be taking part in some introspection. And of course, by that I mean blatantly self-serving and bizarrely self-important judgment. Welcome to my world. Jump on in, the water's fine.

That being said, before I attempt a re-genesis of sorts, I felt it best to discuss arbitrary items with my cohort, and let's face it, my muse. And by "muse," I mean a wonderful individual who fully validates everything I say, so matter how absurd. Thanks Bets, you're major.

But I digress... here's a glimpse of the amazing nothingness that helps make our friendship so deep, so real. It's special. Obviously.

9:45 PM
Phat Tony: Bets, seriously, while I love So You Think You Can Dance (hereafter, SYTYCD), I'm kind of over the audition process. While the rest of the world might be all about bad dancers thinking they're good, in large part to misdirected and unintelligent stage parents who don't understand when "being supportive" equals "ruining someone's life via fake compliments and rainbow sequins," I can't help but hurt for all the potentially talented folks who are making bad reality tv decisions. For example, Xtina should not be an inspiration - 10 too many red and blonde hair extensions aren't going to make Mia Michaels love you.
Betsy: Wait, so her hair is too long or too voluminous?
PT: Too voluminous... we're talking Ricky's, here.
B: Like the Jessica Simpson and Ken Paves line "hair-do"
PT: it was a hair-don't.

10:35 PM
PT: Lisa on Top Chef has the worst haircut ever. it's one thing to get the most butch haircut in the world if you just don't want to deal with doing your hair everyday. It's completely valid, it's an efficiency argument, you don't care how your hair looks so you don't want to take the effort. Fine. But she clearly uses product, but it looks horrible. And she looks like a truck driver.
B: I AGREE!
B: There's so much that bothers me about her. I hadn't put my finger on the hair though.
PT: And also, I don't care how into your craft you are... if you're the type to want to do reality tv, don't spend your time at SuperCuts. She should know better. Anyone who so obviously likes watching themselves should know better.
PT: On another note, I'm SO over the barbell eyebrow ring. If you're gonna do lesbian-chic, try harder.
B: Were you really ever into it? Of course, aside from the three weeks in 1994 that Manic Panic hair dye seemed like a good idea.
PT: You're right... but I think I was supportive of people who were. But generally only the people who spent their entire high school career in art studio.
B: Yeah, there was always a lot of scowling and Doc Martins in those art studios.
PT: And a lot of really really straight hair.

10:49 PM
B: One thing I never understood about Top Chef is how every season has had a contestant with a mohawk.
PT: I believe the faux hawk is an easy solution for folks with thick straight hair who are sick of hair that sticks straight up for no reason.
B: You know when you put it that way, I'm definitely not going to hate on that solution... mainly because there's nothing I hate more than a dude who spikes his hair straight up in the air.

Bromance

Brody Jenner: Hey Dude
Kevin Federline-Spears: Yo yo Brody, what's happening?
BroJ: Oh nothing man, just trying to get up in that reality show limelight as my own person. I just signed a deal with MTV to do my own show called Bromance. FINALLY, I can get out of the long Lauren Conrad shadow.
KevFed: I feel you dude. I've been trying to get out of the wife's shadow fo'eva.
BroJ: Don't you mean ex-wife?
KevFed: Whatever, she's still the ball and chain weighing me down. Why can't I go to rehab? Where is the paparazzi when I go shopping at Ed Hardy? Where are my record sales? Popozao.
BroJ: Gesundheit, I think you could probably go to rehab if you really wanted to.
KevFed: Ugh, she just makes me so mad. No one's letting me perform at the Music Video Awards drunk with no rehearsals. No one says boo when I shave my head.
BroJ: Well, at least you've got that Asian inspired shirt.
KevFed: Yeah, I like yours too. Lightning! It's like Fire. Bold choice man, bold choice.
BroJ: Oh look! I think we're being photographed. It's the shirts man, I think it's finally working!

Question of the Day: What Former Project Runway Contestent Was Recently Unleashed on Hollywood

Seriously, where are Michael Kors and Nina Garcia when they're needed:


ill fitting,


unecessarily complex


and badly constructed have come to town, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.