Kristen Stewart in beaded Balmain for ‘SWATH’ Sydney premiere: pretty?

Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth were in Sydney, Australia yesterday (today?!?) for the Australian premiere of Snow White and the Huntsman. I don’t know where Charlize Theron was – I saw photos of Charlize getting on a plane, and I thought she would be at this premiere too. But Kristen is enough. Kristen is who we want to see. Sort of.

For the premiere, Kristen wore this Balmain “gown”. That’s how it’s being described – a “gown”. Look at the details though – this is a (fancy) tube top/bustier and an awkward skirt. If it was actually a gown, I might like it. If the House of Balmain had actually made an executive decision on the best length for the gown, I would have liked it even more. This is neither a full-length gown, nor tea-length. It falls somewhere in between, and that’s awful. The effect it gives Kristen is that she’s short, stubby and in need of a tailor. Now, all that being said, I do like the idea of the dress – dark green with lots of silver beading, strapless and showing off her figure. All of that is a good idea, it’s just the execution that leaves something to be desired.

I do love her hair like this, though. Some will say it’s not fancy enough for a red carpet, but I really like that she tried a big, high, messy bun. From the neck up, I have no complaints. Her skin looks gorgeous too. And I’m throwing in a little Chris Hemsworth, because I know how to keep my bitches happy.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

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  1. Charlotte says:

    She looks horrible and she is horrible actress.

    • RovingLass says:

      I thought she looked pretty when she was smiling in the first pic and she has a bit of colour. Not terribly fussy for her hair but her makeup is nice and the dress is okay.

      That being said, +1 to the horrible actress. The lip biting and twitching drive me nuts.

      • Amelia says:

        She really does need to smile
        more! I heard that she’s self conscious about her teeth so doesn’t show them off much.
        I thought the same thing about her colouring, she looks lovely with a tan. I love the pale look too being someone who’s skin hates the sun, but I can appreciate a good tan.
        The ‘gown’ is fug though, it has to be said.

    • CTgirl says:

      KS can’t ever quite get it right on the red carpet. This dress is about 4-5 inches too long, the shoes are about 3 sizes too big, she appears to be allergic to accessories, her manicure is atrocious, and the hair is a bird’s nest. With all of the assistance and money that she has, KS is a tragedy on the red carpet.

      • carrie says:

        she gets a lot of things right and wrong on the red carpet. Her lack of accessories work for her, the less they adorn her, the better. Minimalist works with this girl, which is why that hair is a bad look on her.

    • clue says:

      This girl is just too butch looking to carry off high fashion. She never looks comfortable in it.

  2. Jenna says:

    Thor…Thor. Wait, what? THOR!!! **swoonage**

    Oh yeah, Kristen…love the top. Would’ve liked it if the skirt went either just below, or just above the knee.

    But back to more important things, THOR! **thud**

    • Eve says:

      Traitor!!!

      Oh, who am I kidding? Lately I’ve been cheating a lot on Captain Sexy’s ass with this:

      http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vxgd6xjy1r8dzo2o1_500.gif

      • Jenna says:

        It’s not our fault we’ve fallen for the Asgardians.

        Though I’ve cheated on Captain Sexy for weeks now. *hangs head* Actually, nah. I’m not even ashamed. Don’t get me wrong, I still love that ass but…THOR!!! I like it. A LOT.

      • Amy says:

        Unf. Thank you for that .gif! I think I’m going to keep that open in a tab indefinitely and refer back to it frequently. Unf.

      • Eve says:

        @ Jenna:

        Yeah! They’re “ASS guardians” so how can we possibly resist? 🙂 .

        @ Amy:

        You’re welcome, and yes, you should totally do that.

      • Jenna says:

        Exactly! They’re back there guarding “ASS” so…Captain Sexy is on the back burner for now. I’m sure he’ll be fine. 😀

      • DeltaJuliet says:

        Ahhhhh! Is that Loki??? Holy sh-t he IS hot!

        **swoon**

      • allons-y alonso says:

        Eve, it’s not cheating if it’s with Tom Hiddleston. That gif *swoon*.

        To Kristen Stewart: The bullfighter is really pissed off you took his costume. He wants it back.

  3. marie says:

    I like the top but not the bottom, its definitely the length. And her bun makes her look like she comes to a point, like Don King pre-fight. Her make up is pretty good though..

    • Maguita says:

      It has a “Hindu goddess” feel to it; She should have gone with something that showcases naked feet and a great sexy pedicure.

      And a simple ponytail would have been much better too, because as you hilariously put it, it does look here like Don King’s undone bun before a fight!

      • Rory says:

        You’re right! Hindu goddess! But it fails. The gap between the top and the skirt give this skinny girl what looks like a fat roll. Skirt is also way too long.

  4. lisa says:

    too much happening in that outfit. top, skirt, shoes..

    Not a good look. But her face is lovely

    • atlantapug says:

      I agree.

      Also, I think that dress takes a girl with a beautiful figure and makes her look waist-less and large hipped.

      Ugly dress, ugly color.

  5. Tiegs says:

    “Kristen is who we want to see.”

    Speak for yourself. I can’t stand her smug face and thin-lipped snarl personally, so I only clicked hoping to see a bald and beautiful Charlize.

    • nina says:

      I think she means that whether you love or hate her, people always end up commenting en masse on kristen stewart threads. In that sense, she is right, she gets more comments than charlize.

  6. anna says:

    The Butch and the Huntsman.

    The worst hair on her ever and that’s an achievment since her hair is a tragedy 24/7.

    She’s still trying to sell:”I so don’t care but will still star in a big blockbuster and wear a designer dress, I’m an artist”.

    • carolinaq says:

      she hardly looks butch here. I’m not liking the skirt or hair, but she looks pretty girly and flirty here.

    • Courtney says:

      I like her but I hate that hair trend with a high bun. That’s what I look like when I am washing my face! It’s just not a flattering look on ANYONE.. it needs to end already.

    • Lila says:

      @Anna She is smiling in two out of three photos. Maybe you need to get your eyes checked. I get calling her out when she’s not smiling, but how the fuck does she look miserable/ungrateful and trying to be an “artist” in that top photo and the other photos when she is smiling? You need to stop projecting.

      • ORLY says:

        “but how the fuck does she look miserable/ungrateful and trying to be an “artist”
        Lila – did we read the same comment from Anna? How did you get that interpretation?

      • Lila says:

        @Orly. Anna’s whole she’s still trying to sell “I so don’t care”. Smiling indicates she does care, although I hate judging people on their facial expressions in the first place. Other posters have stated she’s grimacing too. It just irritates me when the girl actually smiles wide and people still say she looks like a miserable bitch.

      • ORLY says:

        Smiling doesn’t indicate she cares, it indicates she was likely asked to smile and she did. I’m sure you’ve seen those red carpet things, “turn left” “over here” “a little to the right” “smile” “Over your shoulder” etc.
        I just don’t get how you read all that stuff from that one comment.

  7. brin says:

    It’s the first thing I’ve liked on her maybe ever.

  8. She looks pretty but that “dress” is one of the most unflattering designs I’ve ever seen.

  9. Mikki says:

    Her hair is too much like Bride of Frankenstein for me, and she could’ve added some accessories. I think the outfit could’ve worked better as one piece, shorter length maybe.

  10. Tally says:

    Who cares about Kristen…when Chris Fucking Hemsworth is standing right there! OMG

  11. Another Nina says:

    Charlize could not attend ’cause Stew ran out in her shoes. Seriously, why is Stew wearing shoes 3 sizes larger??? And I insist that her hair- dresser needs to be laid-off. She already has a very long face with Reese – like chin situation. And this hair-do just make her look like an onion. She looks tanned, that’s unusual, I haven’t formed an opinion about it yet …
    Thor is Thor and he is gorgeous…

    • mia girl says:

      I like the tan…she has a nice glow. Someone posted in another thread that she gave up smoking. Maybe that’s why her skin looks even better than usual.

    • lolab says:

      I think she has a pretty petite face/head actually. If anything, the extra poof of bun on top is just overwhelming for her fine features and tiny noggin. The slight tan looks pretty though.

  12. Crystal says:

    I love the outfit. The detail is amazing but the length is awkward as f*ck. I love the shoes too but I’m a sucker for anything sparkly. Her make-up never goes wrong. She’s gorgeous.

    Jesus Christ on rye toast, wtf is that hair though? I’m glad she going back to brown (even though she’s one of the few women in hollywood that can rock any hair colour) but that style is tragic. Is that a quif with a back-combed bun ??? In 2012 ??? Lord.

    Chris is sexy. Thank God he didn’t wear that one grey suit that he’s worn to every other premiere. Where’s my queen Charlize. Flop premiere without her tbh.

  13. Sue says:

    Hate to be mean, but Kristen never looks pretty to me. It is the hair/makeup thing. Her hair always seems frizzy and the makeup is too harsh. She also comes across as very ackward…. Wow I am being mean!

    • lolab says:

      I usually don’t like how her hair is styled(usually either too severe or too messy), but her makeup is usually flawless. I think it’s because she has great skin

  14. nordicgoddess says:

    now i know where my hungarian grandma’s couch cover went…

    • Another Nina says:

      Good! Stew is a treasure like that – she also promoted my window drapes in Cannes…

  15. T.C. says:

    Kaiser you like that hair? It looks like hideous Don King hair. I like the top half of the outfit, the skirt needed to be longer or shorter.

  16. Memphis says:

    If it was longer (or even shorter) and it was an actual gown as opposed to separates, I would have liked it much better. The length just seems off.. And that hair..no, just no. But hey, I get to look at Thor so I don’t really care about her outfit.

  17. nina says:

    she looks great with a slight tan like this, she should work this look a little more often, especially for summer. The hair and dress look almost like a maxi-dress/messy bun combo after a day at the beach. I think it looks fine for location.

  18. Jennika says:

    Chris is so fukcing hot

  19. Abby says:

    If that top was with a huge satin ball gown bottom I would have liked it. Love me some loubies, but she needed solid colored shoes with this dress monstrosity.

    I don’t even want to comment on how much I didn’t like SWATH. Could have been so much better, and Kristen was a mouth breather the whole time. Charlize was wasted. And Thor. Glad he was there. 🙂

  20. ladybert62 says:

    hideous dress
    awful hairdo
    awful makeup
    awful facial grimaces

    overall: major fail

  21. Colu says:

    Her makeup looks great, but I wish this girl would learn how to stand. She is the most ungraceful actress I’ve ever seen.

    I love the dress except for the length. I’d cut it to fall just below the knee and would love to see it on Halle Berry or Octavia Spencer.

  22. bea says:

    The beading pattern on on the sides of the skirt is unfortunate. If you raised the beaded ‘circles’ up to the hip it would help. I like skirts of that length, but not on her, she’s not tall enough. And the fabric seems very heavy weight for her slender frame.

    BUT I do think that something like this ensemble could work very well for her. Maybe in leather, with lighter or no bead work……

    She’s making it all worse by posing poorly.

  23. Anne says:

    Yeah… I think Kristen can look AMAZING sometimes. Like, she’s gorgeous, stunning, I would kill to have her face and body etc… Then othertimes, I think she looks like a hot mess. This is one of those times. I just don’t like anything about it. It makes her neck look short and her face look long and her body look heavy, which…come on, she’s miniscule. Just bad.

    • Hanna says:

      Who you tryna fool? She looks like some random teen down the street. Look, Kirsten is a pretty girl, but she’s not gorgeous.

      • Anne says:

        No, beauty isn’t subjective at all. We all must agree. I forgot. Oops.

      • Diana says:

        She finds her beautiful sometimes, is that a crime?

      • raina says:

        lol, why are you arguing with someone about who they find beautiful or not? I think she’s beautiful cause she has some great features. But I don’t really get arguing over something like pretty vs.beautiful.

  24. poppy says:

    Kristen looks beautiful. The hunter green is lovely against her skin. The lengeth of the skirt isn’t great but i can’t even care bc the details are so so lovley

  25. Nilber says:

    I wasn’t a fan and still am not for the most part. I did see SWATH and loved it. We went as a family and even my husband (cranky and this was not his choice of movie) liked it.
    She isn’t a traditional beauty but I give her a pass. The natural awkwardness the she displays is seen in how she dresses and wears the clothes. Maybe she will grow into it, maybe not. She is a decent actress as long as Twilight isn’t what you base your decision on. Eh, who knows what her future in acting is at this point.
    For her this look is one of her better ones but it doesn’t wow me by any means.

  26. Hanna says:

    She looks a bit lost. She always does, of course. The whole ensemble is awful.

  27. aquarius64 says:

    The dress is fine; the hair is a mess. The killer: the signature Stewart Slouch.

  28. Ming says:

    Luv the dress.
    Hate the hair.

    Every time you hate on KStew, God kills kitten, every time you love the RPattz, it gets resurrected.

  29. Lee says:

    mmmmm Chris Hemsworth.

  30. serena says:

    Dress is too long.

    Gosh, Chris is so hot!

  31. AmyLynne says:

    This would have been a great color on her with a definitive length and toning down the beading. That said, I like her hair! Does it look lighter or are the pictures playing tricks on my eyes?

  32. Jane says:

    Let´s be real, the skirt is probably that length because they didn´t want to spray-tan her legs too. Look at her ankles….

    • Michele says:

      That doesn’t look like a spray tan to me. Her chest looks slightly reddish like it’s sunburnt. She does live in Los Angeles and is not working right now so she may just be a bit tan from being outside. Robert was also sporting a tan during his Cosmopolis promo.

      Overall, I think she looks beautiful. I too wish the dress was just a little bit shorter. That length is tough to pull off unless you are quite tall. Her hair from the back is very pretty. She has a braid that you can’t see from the front. Her makeup is perfect. She looks happy and relaxed.

      The awkward posing doesn’t bother me at all. Jennifer Lawrence is just as awkward posing on the red carpet. Both are young and will probably get better at it with time. I don’t think it has anything to do with lack of confidence. I think in Kristen’s case, she’s just a sloucher, unfortunately.

  33. Monkey Jim says:

    Love tan, love hair & make-up, length of skirt doesn’t work on her, but do like the general idea of whole ensemble, even if she doesn’t quite pull it off. I only became interested in her style towards end of last year, when she started mixing things up a bit – not just another mini dress, again.

  34. Kristen says:

    I think one of the biggest problems that Kristen has with her red carpet styling is that nothing is ever the right length for her. Most of what she wears cuts her off / hits her at the wrong place.

  35. Kim says:

    Beautiful outfit but doesnt work on her at all. It would be perfect on Charleze or Gwenyth. She needs to stand up straight. She looks silly in the dress partly due to her posture. She just doesnt know how to wear couture. She doesnt have the confidence for it.

  36. Diana says:

    Hated both the dress and the hair, but the make up: beautiful!she has such great skin.

  37. BB says:

    I love her smile 🙂

  38. Eleonor says:

    OH MY.That’s a mess.
    Is she wearing a carpet?
    The only thing I like is the makeup, the hair…please.

  39. Prim says:

    Wrong Kaiser. Charlize is who we want to see. The queen of the screen and red carpet. Sorry K-Stew, you don’t measure up. We wanted to see Charlize’s shaved head without that stupid hat she’s been wearing.

  40. TXCinderella says:

    All she needs is some dangly earrings and the outfit would be perfect. I think it’s really cute. I’d be dumping Rob for Chris if I were Kristen. He is smoking hot!

  41. Dee Cee says:

    Too much decoration on skirt, when she rolled the hem up to her knees and put on sneakers, making a shorter skirt with deep green border it was super cute..

  42. carly says:

    The clothes are different but I think she looks good, her face looks perfect, her make up team always does a great job, doesn’t hurt that she really has perfect skin, and not that she stopped smoking it will get better, she doesn’t fake tan, she probably hit the beach during her time off.

  43. A says:

    Charlize is in Nambia filming Mad Max 4. I read that they started at the first of this month, so I’m assuming they didn’t need her on set until now. I actually like the outfit, except the length is wrong. It’s very different but the detailing is beautiful. Dislike the hair though. She has beautiful, natural hair. I wish she would take out the extensions and wear her natural hair down. She looks beautiful and happy in my opinion. Girl can’t win with some of you though. I see a couple people saying she’s grimacing or miserable when she has a big old grin in that first picture.

  44. Really? says:

    She doesn’t bring out my bitch-o-meter whatsoever, never has; i thought she was great in Panic Room with Jodie Foster and i think she’ll just continue to get better and better with each flick. I like that she’s true to herself and doesn’t go the sex kitten route to get attention, even when she’s all dressed up, you can feel the irony. Ok, so it’s her brand of irony, but it doesn’t irk me at all.

  45. DemoCat827 says:

    Make it into a lengha and I’ll like it. Love the color and beadwork. She needs to STAND.UP.STRAIGHT.

  46. The Original Mia says:

    Kristen who? I’m all about that Aussie! He is so yummy.

  47. Stubbylove says:

    I see nothing other than Chris Hemsworth’s hotness – bloody hell, what one could do with that man…

  48. Jovia says:

    I like it, but the length is wrong. Love her hair and makeup.

  49. LittleDeadGirl says:

    I have to disagree. The hair looks awful on her, I HATE it, and the dress is equally bad. I don’t mind the makeup and that’s the only nice thing I can say about her look.

  50. ema82m says:

    I actually like the outfit but it is several inches too long…would be much better if it stopped just below her knee. Also the shoes are no good with it. Having said that she must have been cold cause it was freezing here in Sydney last night!

  51. Amy says:

    I’m not a fashion designer but this outfit could be improved in 3 easy steps:

    1) make it a one piece dress and not a separate top and skirt

    2) make it hit at the knees

    3) add 2 spaghetti straps

    Voila, perfect little dress to go to the premiere!

  52. lucy2 says:

    I kind of like it but don’t know why, but agree there’s something off about it.
    I find her pretty annoying, but I have to say, I didn’t totally hate her in Snow White. Charlize was incredible, but Kristin…wasn’t bad. Not great, but not bad.

  53. Vera says:

    I love Balmain normally for their gorgeous details (and I still find the details on this beautiful), but this is just not flattering. I mean, it isn’t horrid in that her body looks awful, it is just an awkward length for her. The top is fine, but the skirt bit is just…meh.

  54. hina says:

    Like Posh Spice, she always looks pissed off in photos Kristen