Comments on: Red Carpet Trendwatch: Short Dresses at the SAGs

By: marie

marie — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:44:37 +0000

they look nice in those dresses, but they should dress more lorgic as in dress to kill if they have good figure it shoul much their dressing cod.

By: me

me — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:28:26 +0000

I absolute love Reese Witherspoon’s dress. Somehow, she always manages to look perfect, no matter what style of dress she’s wearing.

By: Charla Dickenson

Charla Dickenson — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:15:58 +0000

Hi Ellie,

Thanks for your comments. I agree with your thoughts. Rachel Mcadams is great, but her look wasn’t really working. I realy liked Reese’s yellow dress at the Golden Globes and I thought it was an appropriate event, like the SAG’s, for short and long dresses. I also think the Oscars is definitely an event where long formal gowns are more appropriate.

I really think it is wrong for the height requirement at America’s next top model to be 5’7″. 5’2″ is a lovely feminine height. Tyra herself has learnt a thing or two recently about how wrong physical standards are. So many women proove everyday that height is not required to model clothes beautifully.

However tall you end up don’t ever give up on what you want in life. Women do not need to be taller, it’s the fashion industry that needs to be more open. Hopefully someday some strong and confident women will come along and help change those unecessary standards. I wish you all the best, and good luck in pursuing your goals and dreams.

The fashion industry needs to change, women don’t.

Take Care

By: Tayme

Tayme — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:03:15 +0000

All three of these ladies are gorgeous. I just love Reese Witherspoon and her fashion choices. I actually love Heather Graham’s dress. Rachel McAdams is young and beautiful and she’s gonna go in that direction. I love her dress and the pattern. If that was me wearing the dress, I would of made it go right at the knee or above it a little, but she looks very cute. Not too fond of the pink in her hair, but it’s just the SAG Awards. Awards like the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and the Critics Choice, are meant to be somewhat casual shows, so the ladies who wear the cocktail like dresses look beautiful, because in my opinion they suit the Award show of that night. I think the long flowing gowns are most beautiful at the Oscars. Some of the dresses are impecable (sp?). Reese is my favorite dresser at award events. I love her fashion choices. She goes soft, sweet, sexy and looks elegant as well, and she’s not boring.

By: jenb

jenb — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:07:31 +0000

i think they look sexy and hot i would wear those to a data if i had one!!!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:57:08 +0000

Well, those three ladies right there look fabolous to me.
a mini-dress can either complement the short, to make you taller looking, or for the tall, emphasizes on your long lovely legs.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:12:09 +0000

Charla, I completely agree with you! Height shouldn’t matter in the fashion world! I really want to try out for America’s Next Top Model, but there height requirement is 5’7″ minimum (I’m 5’2″ at the moment but still growing). Anyways, it makes me feel better that Reese can look so good & she’s so petite :)
As for the dresses, I loooove Reese’s & Heather’s, but Rachel’s is too short for an awards ceremony, and what is up with her pink hair?!? However, I would only go short at the Globes/SAGS, not the Oscars!
Also, Reese seems to love short dresses: she wore short for the Globes and SAGs in 2006 as well.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:30:47 +0000

I love the floor gown traditional look but the fashion worlds always changing and if I had to walk the red carpet and had legs like those I’d want to show them!

By: KC

KC — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:25:18 +0000

Who says you have the wear a gown? Who says!!!?? It’s not like the ladies who decided to go short are wearing denim mini’s they are wearing the shorter lengths to the appropriate and more casual awards shows. Typically the Golden Globes/SAG awards tend to be more casual (i.e. guest are seated at round tables, more reception style, food is served etc). The ladies who decided to go short all looked great.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:13:06 +0000

The short mini dresses are too skimpy and not that attractive looking. I like the longer and flared out gowns.

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:50:07 +0000

There were a lot of short dresses, but my favorites were longer: Katherine Heigl, America Ferrara, Jaime Pressley and Jennifer Hudson all looked Oscar-worthy, proving that the SAGs aren't just a second rate red carpet. You can read my full best and worst dressed list here, if you'd like: http://fakinggoodbreeding.blogspot.com/2007/01/best-and-worst-dressed-list-sag-awards.html It seems like it's been an especially good year for red carpet fashions, I can't wait to see a lot of these younger actresses pull out all the stops for the Oscars.

By: mary

mary — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:23:00 +0000

Rachel McAdams is so pretty, but she oftentimes has pretty sketchy taste. That dress does nothing for her. And the pink highlights have got to go. Didn’t she get that kind of stuff out of her system in junior high?

By: Katie Dewey

Katie Dewey — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:03:01 +0000

I love this look…however, I also must have to comment on the shoes. The right shoes must be worn with this outfit. And I have to give props to Reese Witherspoon who looks amazing in her pumps.

By: Liv

Liv — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:47:15 +0000

i think they all look great. they’re keeping it very nice, young and not to serious.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:24:55 +0000

I like Rachel McAdams dress the best, with Reese’s dress next and I liked Heather’s dress the least.

By: jen

jen — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:39:05 +0000

Heather should “grow up” her style? Her dress is pretty classic, and she definitely has the body. I know what people mean by dressing too young, but I think a lot of people are really taking it too far…come on! The white shoes thing went out the window years ago.

By: T Walker

T Walker — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:26:22 +0000

McAdam’s hair is just WRONG. I hope it is for a movie and it’s not a personal choice. Her dress also fails to show off her fantastic figure.

Graham’s dress is okay, but it is the wrong color. It practically matches her skin tone and don’t get me started on her shoes!

Witherspoon epitomizes the short dress look! She looks classy and regal in this short dress. It showcases her petite frame and her hair is divine.

By: michelle

michelle — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:09:43 +0000

i think wearing short dresses to the sag awards is fine and the ladies look lovely in them especially rachel mcadams.
it’s not the oscars!!! they can wear whatever they want.

By: Charla Dickenson

Charla Dickenson — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:38:41 +0000

This picture made me think of something I would like to point out. All these women are of different heights and they all look great. I do not understand the fashion industry and their insistence on using ONLY super tall women. Look how great Reese looks and she’s a mere 5’2″, if I didn’t know better I would think she was the tallest. It’s really Heather Graham who is 5’8″. Tall women look great and elegant but so do petite women. I really wish the runways would have women of different heights, petite women always look angelic and fairylike and women of average height look so feminine. I just always thought the height requirement was so silly. It’s not something I’m passionate about but I just thought it was odd and wanted to mention it. Why doesn’t anyone in the fashion industry try to break the mold, designers think they are so unique but really they are all followers; no one has the guts to go put some so called ‘shorter’ women on the runways. (I’m just discussing height here, I know that weight is a mega issue too). My point is there is no one mold for beauty and these women show that well in terms of height. At least celebs represent women of different heights a little better than the fashion industry; even thought they are well known to lie about their height. Anyway tall, short or average celebs prove that height has nothing to do with looking fantastic in clothing. Maybe the fashion industry will get the memo sometime and change their clone world and show some actual creativity for a CHANGE(a word they may be unfarmiliar with).

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:33:47 +0000

I love Rachel McAdams as an actor, but I am not thrilled with this dress. She is young and has a great figure, so I don’t think a short length is necessarily bad. I just don’t like this particular dress. The best dressed (in my opinion) did have the more traditional full length gowns: Helen Mirren (stunning), Vanessa Williams (huge leap from the Globes), Cate Blanchett (another big improvement over the Globes). Can’t wait for the Oscars!