Fug Girls: The Best and Worst Country-Fried Looks From the CMTs
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Country music’s relentless parade of celebratory acronyms rolled on Wednesday night with the CMT Music Awards. And although the red carpet was missing the wide swath of WTFs typical of its jazzier ACM and CMA brethren, fortunately Nashville’s BFDs still know how to pull out an OMG here and there to keep things vibrant. And so, ICYMI, here’s a slideshow of the night’s WTGs and LOLs, just in time for us to run out of acronyms ourselves.
Most Confusing: Carrie Underwood An outfit with rump windows shouldn’t look frumpy, and yet here we are: Even the transparencies and Art-Deco det...
Most Confusing: Carrie Underwood An outfit with rump windows shouldn’t look frumpy, and yet here we are: Even the transparencies and Art-Deco detail on these shorts can’t erase their geriatric aspects. Like the boring silhouette, or the color that looks like Grandma’s seafoam Jell-O salad.
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Least Practical: Taylor Swift When she twirls, it’s picturesque. But when she’s not in motion, Taylor’s dress looks like a magic trick gon...
Least Practical: Taylor Swift When she twirls, it’s picturesque. But when she’s not in motion, Taylor’s dress looks like a magic trick gone wrong — a pair of giant hankies impudently wilting from her hips instead of staying hidden. This is fine if she plans to spin around all night (and practical for mopping up the sticky results of motion sickness), but we’re pretty sure Keith Urban wouldn’t allow that, in case her whirling skirt accidentally buffs off his tan.
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Best Argument for Paying a Stylist: Clare Bowen As Scarlett on ABC’s Nashville, Bowen dresses like a toddler who got locked inside Anthrop...
Best Argument for Paying a Stylist: Clare Bowen As Scarlett on ABC’s Nashville, Bowen dresses like a toddler who got locked inside Anthropologie. As herself, Bowen apparently prefers looking like a toddler who got locked in the potpourri closet at her local spa.
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Best Argument for Paying Your Stylist Some Overtime: Nicole Kidman It’s not that Nicole doesn’t look fine; other than the boxy, mannequin-stiff c...
Best Argument for Paying Your Stylist Some Overtime: Nicole Kidman It’s not that Nicole doesn’t look fine; other than the boxy, mannequin-stiff coif, it’s respectable. Yet respectably forgettable. After her glorious Cannes run we were hungry for more, but then again, it was so glorious that we can understand the need to relax and give the staff a breather and a Mai Tai.
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Most Welcome Return: Kristen Bell We can’t figure out why Bell keeps hosting these things (judging by that first picture, she might not kn...
Most Welcome Return: Kristen Bell We can’t figure out why Bell keeps hosting these things (judging by that first picture, she might not know either), but we’re not complaining, especially when the once-and-future Veronica Mars looks so cute fresh off maternity leave. The gold dress is divine, the black leather is enviable, and the other one … is also there. Okay, we don’t love the harness, but props to Bell for taking form-fitting chances at a time when lots of stars would be in high-fashion camping tents.
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Most Dreary: Jana Kramer The vibe this gives off is as old and tired as this trend. Perhaps she can also wear this to its funeral?
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Most Dreary: Jana Kramer The vibe this gives off is as old and tired as this trend. Perhaps she can also wear this to its funeral?
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Most Random Attendee: AnnaSophia Robb At least Nelly was performing; we’re not sure what TV’s latest Carrie Bradshaw was doing there, much less w...
Most Random Attendee: AnnaSophia Robb At least Nelly was performing; we’re not sure what TV’s latest Carrie Bradshaw was doing there, much less why she was showing HBO levels of thigh. Perhaps the CW is just that desperate to get the word out about how that show still exists.
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Most Obsessively Thematic: Cowboy Troy When your name is Cowboy Troy and you’re at the CMTs, we get the gist. But bless the man for highlighting ...
Most Obsessively Thematic: Cowboy Troy When your name is Cowboy Troy and you’re at the CMTs, we get the gist. But bless the man for highlighting the point, underlining it, and then dotting the i with a mint-colored heart.
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Strangest Visual: The Band Perry Kimberly looks perfectly nice and classic in a red gown with lacy cutouts, and then her brothers look like Aeros...
Strangest Visual: The Band Perry Kimberly looks perfectly nice and classic in a red gown with lacy cutouts, and then her brothers look like Aerosmith threw up on the Monkees.
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Worst Bodice: RaeLynn Because what girl doesn’t want to look like her boobs are growing out of her shoulders?
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Worst Everything Else: Ali Lee This poor kid looks like a refried figure skater from some Bravo show called The Real Salchows of Deep...
Worst Everything Else: Ali Lee This poor kid looks like a refried figure skater from some Bravo show called The Real Salchows of Deepest Iowa. And let us state for the record that if Andy Cohen picks that up and makes it happen, we are totally in.
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