Kirsten Dunst covers the November issue of Flare while wearing a pink and red Giambattista Valli dress that we’ve already seen on a red carpet situation on Emma Stone. At one point very early in its conception, may have had the potential of being pretty boobtastic but has been rendered ridiculous by the actual shaping of the dress. The shoulders are too boxy, and the flappy details around the waist just look silly. If the dress was merely a two-toned, fitted shape, Kiki probably could have pulled it off in a sophisticated way; that is, she might have done so before the unkindly airbrush patrol took control of the sitation. Kirsten is only 29 years old and still relatively fresh faced, so what need was there to change her face so much? Then there’s the hairstyling, which reminds me a lot of Michelle Pfieffer in Scarface — cocaine is normally not something that comes to mind when thinking of Kirsten Dunst, but I could be wrong on that note.

At any rate, Kirsten appears within the magazine to promote Melancholia, which hits theaters (in limited release) on November 11. For her leading role as a depressed bride, Dunst received the Best Actress award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Since Kirsten underwent inpatient treatment for depression in 2008, she had plenty of experience from which to draw in playing her role:

On Her Performance In Melancholia: It was really hard for me to watch because I don’t recognize myself in parts of that film. It weirds me out a little bit. Like my voice change, this look in my eye. It scared me a little bit.

On Depression: I think that most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don’t, I think that’s weird. People are embarrassed to talk about it – I would never put anyone down that was in that kind of space.

[From Flare]

Naturally, I do agree that almost everyone experiences some degree of depression at some point, but (from what little she says in these excerpts) Kirsten’s not really drawing the distinction between clinical depression based upon one’s body chemistry and the type of depression that is triggered by a tragic or otherwise life-altering event. Everyone is susceptible to the latter form of depression except for those rare people who are fortunate enough to never experience tragedy in their lifetimes. Then there are sufferers of lower-grade, chronic depression that usually indicates a low level of serotonin. Obviously, depression is a very complicated matter, and Kirsten has previously stated that her depression was of a primarily stress-induced variety, so she does know to a degree of which she speaks. Still, to label people who’ve never been truly depressed as “weird” goes a bit too far. Let’s go for “extremely lucky” instead, shall we?

Photos courtesy of Flare; Kirsten at TIFF courtesy of WENN