Flattering/unflattering dresses - Strictly Come Dancing

icequeen · 08-11-2009, 16:02

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????

ESPIONdansant · 08-11-2009, 16:11

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.

drbolognaise · 08-11-2009, 16:13

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Originally Posted by ESPIONdansant

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?

icequeen · 08-11-2009, 16:18

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Originally Posted by drbolognaise

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

ESPIONdansant · 08-11-2009, 16:28

The hair is often horrible. Zoe's hair during "parrot week" was atrocious.

KipsKaz · 08-11-2009, 16:33

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.

bunnykin · 08-11-2009, 16:36

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.

icequeen · 08-11-2009, 16:40

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

Smokeychan1 · 08-11-2009, 16:57

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.

icequeen · 08-11-2009, 17:31

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..... :/

reclinewithme · 08-11-2009, 17:59

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.

icequeen · 08-11-2009, 18:06

right - they need to work on natalies dresses much more. thank god we dont have the jitterbug

Spinaker5 · 08-11-2009, 18:33

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.

icequeen · 08-11-2009, 20:37

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

bobbla · 08-11-2009, 21:01

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!

bunnykin · 08-11-2009, 21:07

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Originally Posted by icequeen

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.

workshylady · 09-11-2009, 10:27

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.

susiew · 09-11-2009, 11:21

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.

Lurksalot · 09-11-2009, 11:24

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Originally Posted by susiew

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

Lorelei Lee · 09-11-2009, 11:38

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.

icequeen · 09-11-2009, 13:14

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 (!)

MissMatch · 09-11-2009, 17:00

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.

Shappy · 09-11-2009, 17:24

Brian needs to wax his eyebrows.

SeasideLady · 09-11-2009, 20:17

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.

*Janz* · 09-11-2009, 20:23

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Originally Posted by workshylady

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

08-11-2009, 16:02	#1
icequeen Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: somewhere in my head Posts: 500	Flattering/unflattering dresses 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????

08-11-2009, 16:11	#2
ESPIONdansant Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Somewhere in the UK Posts: 2,658	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.

08-11-2009, 16:28	#5
ESPIONdansant Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Somewhere in the UK Posts: 2,658	The hair is often horrible. Zoe's hair during "parrot week" was atrocious.

08-11-2009, 16:33	#6
KipsKaz Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 152	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.

08-11-2009, 16:36	#7
bunnykin Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 874	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.

08-11-2009, 16:40	#8
icequeen Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: somewhere in my head Posts: 500	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

08-11-2009, 16:57	#9
Smokeychan1 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,024	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.

08-11-2009, 17:31	#10
icequeen Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: somewhere in my head Posts: 500	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..... :/

08-11-2009, 17:59	#11
reclinewithme Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 700	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.

08-11-2009, 18:06	#12
icequeen Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: somewhere in my head Posts: 500	right - they need to work on natalies dresses much more. thank god we dont have the jitterbug

08-11-2009, 18:33	#13
Spinaker5 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,934	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.

08-11-2009, 20:37	#14
icequeen Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: somewhere in my head Posts: 500	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

08-11-2009, 21:01	#15
bobbla Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,413	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!

09-11-2009, 10:27	#17
workshylady Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 593	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.

09-11-2009, 11:21	#18
susiew Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 68	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.

09-11-2009, 11:38	#20
Lorelei Lee Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 994	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.

09-11-2009, 13:14	#21
icequeen Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: somewhere in my head Posts: 500	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 (!)

09-11-2009, 17:00	#22
MissMatch Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England,The World,The Universe Services: RIP MJ, Joe to win XF, Ali to win SCD Posts: 454	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.

09-11-2009, 17:24	#23
Shappy Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: By the window Posts: 3,410	Brian needs to wax his eyebrows.

09-11-2009, 20:17	#24
SeasideLady Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 338	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.