I never would have thought that the “in” color in 2016 was going to be shades of butter-yellow. Alicia Vikander did butter at the Oscars, and Jessica Chastain did a brighter butter shade for Cannes’ opening night. And here’s Amal Clooney, doing her version of butter-yellow. Why is this color a thing this year? Why is this The Butter Moment?
Anyway, Amal walked on her husband’s arm at the big premiere event for Money Monster, which is not in competition at Cannes but they’re hoping a big, splashy, international premiere will help launch the movie. This is Amal’s first time in Cannes and this is her first red carpet since the Berlinale in February. Amal chose this high-impact butter Versace gown. While I take issue with the idea that this is the best color for her particular coloring, I have to say that she DID stand out on the carpet. Most of the women on the red carpet on Day 2 of Cannes were wearing black, nude or metallic. So Amal was like a ray of buttery sunshine, with red lips and red jewelry.
I’m struggling to really find issue with the look, honestly. I think her train was too long, but then again, this is Cannes and if there’s ever a moment for a long diva-train, it’s right now. I think the silhouette is nice, even though the whole one-shoulder Grecian look has been done to death. My biggest issue? She really, really needs to work on standing up straight. I suspect she slouches so that she won’t tower over George. But it just looks sloppy. Oh, and Amal almost had a Duchess Kate-esque “Marilyn Moment” with the too-high slit on her skirt – go here to see.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
A very elegant and pretty gown.
Yes, it is. I’m not sure that’s her color, but it’s a beautiful gown and she looks lovely.
I agree about the color. I’m Middle-Eastern and have similar coloring to Amal (though I’m paler) and most shades of yellow look awful on me. I think she looks quite good but yeah, there’s something about it leaves me a bit cold.
LadyMTL I have darker skin too (Indian background) and my sister wants me to wear this colour to her wedding reception this fall. I am dreading it because I hate the way yellow looks on me.
That being said, it is a beautiful gown and her hair, make up & jewelry look great as well.
I have pale skin and can’t wear yellow either, though I love the color.
Yeah she looks great.
I wonder if it would have come off better with some big ol’ emerald & diamond earrings instead of the orangey-red baubles she is sporting. Or yellow & white diamonds- that might have tied it all together. The chosen earrings really throw me.
I’m confused. I think the butter color looks gorgeous on her skin tone. I tend to think it’s a great color for Mediterranean coloring.
The pictures of her crotch-shot aren’t here, nor of her struggling with the dress multiple times. Way too complicated for her. I do love the color.
It’s a beautiful dress but she’d have looked even better in a brighter yellow.
She looks BEAUTIFUL in this gown. I love it almost as much as Jessica’s from yesterday’s post, and that’s my fave red carpet look in a long time!
I really like it, too. I think the color works well on her.
I think they are both ridiculous people but I think her look is stunning in these pics. The DM snaps show how awkward the dress really was.
She’s a lovely show piece. How could she let George turn her into an ornament.
I love it. This is a great look on her and I love the color!
Agreed. This is the best she’s ever looked. It’s lovely.
I think the gown is beautiful and agree that this is one of her best looks. however she looks painfully thin.
She looked great and she and George as a couple look wonderful together. Lots of positive body language.
love the dress but it looks like a pain to wear. And yes, buttercup is one of the 10 fashion color trends for Spring/Summer 2016.
it’s a beautiful gown. my question is – why is she at the premiere on the red carpet in the line-up w/the other stars (julia, etc), when the other cast members didn’t have their spouses with them? seems weird but maybe i’m quibbling and maybe other stars have brought their spouses onto a lineup w/the cast but i don’t ever remember matt damon bringing wife into a line-up with other stars.
also i sa the photo of her w/her slit exposing her crotch and it was just embarrassing
I honestly loved it. Somehow, this is one of the few looks that gave her coherence, so I’m all about it.
Kind of looks like something Kate Middleton could have worn, although I think Amal probably wears it better. I’m not remotely intrigued by Amal, but even she seems to have more of an “it” factor while wearing clothes than Kate does.
i think self-confidence plays a lot in it. Amal is a very accomplished person however we dice it.
we see flashes of it too with Kate (i think no pun intended).
when she was still Miss Middleton, the many pap strolls she took. confident, radiant, young woman. her wedding day.
when she’s doing sports events she looks amazingly in element (especially when she lets herself go more–see the first Honeymoon North American tour, when she was kayaking etc). only when she began to doubt _then_ overcompensate that the house of cards crumble.
also, when she does stuff with William, most of the times she looks tense and questioning herself. and nowadays she just looks a mess most of the time.
why? i think William is a hard person to please and its taking its toll on Kate.
i hope to all goodness that Kate will gain her confidence back.
meanwhile, back to Amal, this is one of the best dresses i have seen on her, one that i like unreservedly.
Her “waity moment” aside, i love this gown. She looks beautiful!
I love this dress on her. W/ her stand out height and coloring this softer silhouette and subtle shade of yellow works.
2016 the year of butter. What a concept, too bad we can’t just eat all the butter we want and not gain weight, then the year of butter would have true meaning. I like this dress and it does look great on her. My only problem is the slit. It doesn’t need to be that high, and I don’t really know why it is, because when she stands and you don’t see the slit it lays beautifully and would be fine without a slit. Just a design choice waiting for a malfunction to me.
I don’t have problem with the high slit, and that goes for all the ladies that wear clothing that is pron to Marilyn moments.
What I don’t understand is why they never take precautions. A safety pin on the inside of the dress to secure the part of the slit at crotch level, and voila! No danger of showing too much.
Ditto hem weights or simple pins inside the dress or if all that is too much, wear a mini slip. There are some really gorgeous ones with lace borders etc.
Because even a gorgeous undergarment still isn’t intended to be seen under a dress like this, and I’d imagine that hem weights would ruin the way the dress is intended to fall. Not trying to say that the only option is flashing the undercarriage, just giving an opinion. Of course, someone could use double sided tape or something like that. Or not do a dress cut so aggressively in a flow fabric that’s intended to flutter in the breeze.
If you look at the pictures at DM you can see how ridiculous she looked. Why was she posing with the cast when she has nothing to do with the film and then keep everybody waiting when she messes with her dress like a ten year old.
She really loves the publicity, the attention and the cameras. Nobody can deny that anymore.
I thought she looked great. The only thing I didn’t like were the earrings.
but yes it was a breach in Protocol. She should not have been with the cast on the RC… George should have done that by himself then they could have posed after. I recall a year or so ago one of heads of Cannes talked about just this. That some get it right and other do it wrong.
Partners joining the cast for photo’s is pretty common at Cannes, especially if they have any sort of profile. Despite the glamour, Cannes premieres are in some ways a bit more casual than a regular premiere. Some people don’t like it, but it happens at at least half the premieres each year, more if lots of celeb couples are in attendance.
Amal is a barrister. Of course she likes attention. I’ve never met a barrister who wasn’t extremely comfortable in the limelight. If you take on big cases that garner media attention it’s basically a requirement of the job. She was on the Assange case and handled pushing her way through hundreds of screaming reporters with ease, I don’t know why anyone would be surprised she’s comfortable on a red carpet.
There were signs on the DM article intially that Clooney PR placed a couple of extremely positive comments and had uptickers on standby. It didn’t work as regular punters were then quick to debunk the preferred Clooney narrative for this appearance. They are trying very hard to create ‘an Amal’ and it’s just not sticking. In this instance, even less so as their attempts to have her upstage the real stars for Clooney vainglory have struck most as even more graceless than Amal looked stumbling around the train on that dress.
It is a lovely ‘fantasy’ dress best suited to a sketch or, at most, worn for a still photo-shoot (Grecian tableux) with all the necessary arrangement for pose.
It wore her and she looked ridiculous next to the poise shown by JR and JF.
George really needs to tone down his presentation of ‘an Amal’ – if he really loves her, I personally have my doubts, then less would be more.
This was obviously designed to be a set-piece ‘steal the show’ for Amal, but has come across as being desperate, inappropriate, and obvious.
I completely agree about the marketing of Amal by George (and others). And from my perusal of various sites after her infamous comments re: Trump, the response is very negative-both in the U.S. and U.K. We’ll see how the marketing strategy changes, I guess.
The other thing is that George is drawing a connection with the theme of the film (Money Monster) and Donald Trump (DM- 5/12/16), “”Trump is actually a result in many ways of the fact that much of the news programs didn’t follow up and ask tough questions,” said Clooney.”
I refuse to drink the kool-aid.
@Amelie, the response is negative regarding her common sense comments about Trump? Big deal. That’s coming from a bunch of pro Trump supporters who apparently live on the Daily Mail, etc. I couldn’t care less what Pro-Trump people think about her comments. No Democrat would bash what she said. She was on a U.K. news program about a case she was handling and asked a question about Trump while on.
She was not over the top in her answer regarding Trump, and I would hope someone’s dislike of Amal on here wouldn’t color how they react to a perfectly reasonable response when asked, one that I am in full agreement on.
I am a woman and am appalled by how far Trump has gotten running on hate and misogynistic remarks and fear and racism and no real answers to issues he supports.
@Jayna:
Re: DM-I viewed the article there for the first time, several days after she made her statements and there were over 6,000 comments, mostly negative. Commenters were from both the UK and US. I then went to several other websites for perspective and the results were similar; folks didn’t care for Amal’s entry into a US political process. They referenced both her cosponsoring of the Hillary fundraiser and her comments. I don’t know why you assume that Trump supporters favor the DM or People websites. My deduction is that folks thought she overstepped her bounds in her comments. One commenter on a blog suggested that Amal, could have very deftly sidestepped this question and that would have been the better course of action. From what I have observed on her interviews, she is very able at not answering questions. She does this fairly consistently when anything of a personal nature is asked.
Re: your statement. “I would hope someone’s dislike of Amal on here…” is that in reference to me? My only issue frankly with her is that the marketing of Amal has reached the level where she is on my favorite Sunday political talk show, on a sidebar of my home town digital newspaper and on the digital headline feed for an international news show which is broadcast from France to mention just a few places. The Amal PR machine is saturating the media in the US and abroad and frankly, I think there are more important news events, news makers etc. to be covered. She is after all a junior counsel who happened to marry an actor. I gather from your posts that you are a fan of both George and Amal. You know, it’s a big world and I think there’s room for lots of opinions.
The look on Julia’s face while Amal was trying to get her dress untangled is classic Julia.
It seemed very odd that Amal was the only SO to pose with the cast and Jodie and she looks out of place.
Amelie-I’m curious where you saw a negative reaction-the entire world is perplexed (to put it mildly). I’m not sure why she was questioned about Trump at all (if he’s elected, it won’t affect her in any way), but her comments were really quite restrained.
Yes I laughed looking at Julia pretending to enjoy the Amal show ha ha. Especially as Julyas dress was such a yawn. And of course the focus wasn’t on her. So why wasn’t Amal put in the corner like Danny Moder?!
@zinjojo There was a video of Amal getting out of the car and she did the fakest greet and meet kiss on both cheeks with Julia ever. I don’t think they like each other and Julia gets way too cosy with George in a flirty way. THough I do think they’re just friends.
Amal should have chosen a low-key dress if she was going to pose with the case.
REally. She is not in the movie, let the actors have their moment. The other actors didn’t have a spouse there.
And she had a Kaity flasher moment where you could almost see everything in that dress. Then, she struggled with it a number of times. It was a complicated dress.
The thirst is strong in this one…..
that’s exactly my question. it looked so weird and like she was very thirsty/looking for all the attention for a movie that she is only related to b/c her husband is in it
Amal struggled in that dress she was all over the place we have seen that dress done better on women who looked like they were in charge not the dress. All the Money Monster women were in black and white. Amal either didn’t get the memo or once again decided to make it all about her and the best way to stand out is to wear yellow. Problem with Amal is that she seems to think she belongs on the red carpet and be in pictures with the cast like she is part of the film. The other spouses stood back but not Amal. She couldn’t handle the train or the split and looked clumsy and out of her depth. Her arms look like sticks she is underweight and her bad posture makes her look worse. I don’t think it’s because of George because she slouches with or without George.
Even if she’s not in a film, I guess I don’t see why she has to make herself look bad on purpose just because she’s not a movie star. And since Clooney puts his energy into promoting the wife as an ornamental piece, I’d probably want to look good if i knew the world’s press was going to critique me because my husband is too dumb to realize the scrutiny he’s putting me under. She doesn’t strike me as stupid herself — if Clooney told her to step back, I think she would. But I think he wants to display her and she’s going with the flow as his partner.
While it’s lovely on its own to me, the DM pics really showed her struggling. Definitely awkward. There should have been an assistant to arrange the train for pictures. Not unusual for red carpet gowns to be difficult to walk in or pose in without someone else’s help in arranging the gowns properly. What made it even more awkward was her gown stood out too much during the group shot. If that group shot did not include spouses, she shouldn’t have joined in. Conclusion: really awkward. I still like her.
I understand if you’re only looking at these photos why you’d have difficulty finding any fault with this. But look at any of the pictures the DM included and you see that A) She struggled mightily with the dress. She needed to be helped up the steps. She held up photos on the carpet. Then you’ve got a delegate trying to tame the thing in the group photos at the top of the steps. B) The long train looks completely OTT, messy, and kind of cheap whenever the tiers aren’t hidden and everything is perfectly in place. And C) Speaking of the train, she looked kinda’ ridiculous posing for her life and being presented like she’s part of the production of that film. It’s especially jarring in the group photos where she stands out like @DanaG says, because she’s the only one wearing a color and in this high-slitted, big, flowy, Grecian gown at that. Robert’s gown is not as “grand”. It wasn’t what the cast was going for. And I imagine watching someone slouch, trip, and wrestle with a dress all evening diminishes the “wow” factor a bit. Its also rare that you see spouses on the carpet at Cannes like this. Off the top of my head I can only think of Tony Parker and Eva, Brad and Jennifer, and Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millipied. So even then you have kind of special circumstances (like French husbands, lol) that do not apply to serious, genius, lawyer, Amal. (Not saying that she should look less-than. But she doesn’t need to be–And I don’t get why either would want her to be–front and center at all times. I guess we’re blaming Clooney for the show and the arm-candy/famewhore-ification of Amal again @perplexed? Couldn’t we also guess that he could be giving her what she wants as well? It doesn’t have to be either/or. I’ve said from day one that I don’t see why anyone would marry Clooney if “THIS” isn’t exactly what they wanted.)
“(I guess we’re blaming Clooney for the “show” again.)”
I’m blaming him because he knows how this stuff works. He could advise her to wear a different outfit if she’s breaking protocol. Or he could not stick her in the cast picture (why is she there unless he asked? It’s not like she’s the one with the power to put demands on how photos can go). I also wouldn’t really expect a non-actress to know how to navigate this kind of scene, especially if the husband is sticking her out there on purpose and talking her up every chance he gets.
I don’t think she’s a wallflower or anything like that, but I really don’t think she’s trying put on that show by herself. He wants attention on his wife as much she likes the status of being married to him. So, no, I don’t see it as an either/or thing either. I can think she likes that attention as much as I think he wants everyone to admire his wife.
Yeah, I get that. I couldn’t think of how to word what you quoted without it sounding like I was accusing you of something. 😀 Sorry about that.
This is just exactly what I expected from George and Amal. From the word go I thought that if she was anything like how Clooney and People magazine sold her as, then she wouldn’t be interested in Clooney the guy, and she would never marry Clooney the celebrity. And I just get shades of Kate Middleton whenever I get a hint that people are removing someone of their agency and then acting like they’re excused and blameless when they’ve been willing participants all along. It’s a thing, LOL.
Honesty, if you look closely at the pics on DM, George looks very much over it. The expression in his eyes show him to be conflicted between giving Amal and her PR-not-so-savvy mother a good talk and just letting her be. The Amal-the-fashionista strategy is a circus and I suspect it’s Amal being egged on by her mother that’s driving it. In what universe does turning a human rights barrister into the most fascinating $50,000-designer-outfit-clad glamazon sound like a good idea? Really don’t know where they’re going with this.
It looks a bit like lingerie in that last shot. But Alma does look lovely.
“Alma”. YMMD! snort-giggling. That’s what she really is. an “Alma”. Dowdy suburban 1950 hausfrau.
Is clooney really short?
I like that color on her. Yellow can be tricky.
I love it. Maybe Paula Deen does too.
These are lovely shots. The Daily Fail shows her getting all tangled up in the train, almost showing her lady parts to the world and holding the whole cast line up whilst she adjusted herself. It was cringe worthy. I hope this is the last we see of of George and Mildred for awhile. They need to get on that ride on lawn mower and zip away and give us all a break for a bit.
Those photos made me question whether they actually utilize whatever special practice mirrors/lighting setup GC claimed they have for her use.
The train was tangled and problematic, plus the whole unwrapping moment (which could have easily been avoided with a pin or some fabric tape).
If a Kardashian had worn it, we would’ve only seen the funny dress-gone-bad pics.
Now that is so true. The Daily Mail did mostly post the trouble with the dress shots, but a lot of the more friendlier outlets just posted shots where she was standing still. Standing still the dress looks nice, but when she moves the slit, the train and the movement of the dress is awful. A couple of the women had dresses that were worse moving than standing still too. I think of Juliane Moore in one, granted it didn’t look good standing still either, but it looked horrendous moving.
@golden retriever post of the day! Lol the lawnmower George was boasting about his wife giving him!
I say this so rarely (i.e. never) about Amal, but this look is stunning. The dress is gorgeous.
Love it. Love the color, the fit, and the Watteau train. Not in love with the prom curls, but I’ll survive.
Yellow is always being pushed as the hot new spring color. It is the fetch of spring fashion. It is, however, hard to pull off with a lot of women’s coloring, and also hard to match to existing wardrobe pieces.
Very pretty!
+1
The colour is lovely on her but boy is that dress thirsty.
It was slit higher than Angie’s at the Oscars and she kept sticking her leg out and staring down to really emphasise what she was doing. At least she had matching knickers.
It was pretty obvious she was staring down because the gown got out of control and trying to make sure nothing was worse than it was and trying to contain it and eventually stepped on it and got tangled up in it.
I agree with Maum. It was extremely obvious that she was making sure her leg WAS showing, not the other way around. In the photos and in the videos she constantly and purposefully parted the dress but you can look at it any way you’d like.
ugh, why (in that link about the slit in her skirt) is she posing with the cast when she wasn’t even in the movie?
That’s a very Yoko-esque thing to do IMO.
Because George wanted Amal there to bring attention to himself and this movie, I can’t stand either of them, pretentious famewhores.
She looked great and boy she loves the cameras.. but why was she in every picture with the cast of the film?
This dress is gorgeous and I love her jewelry with it. I definitely think she stood out on the red carpet.
I think it’s perfect for Cannes. Glamorous enough for the occasion, but it’s also quite pared back, befitting someone who isn’t actually in the movie. The dress is relatively simple, and she didn’t go big with make-up or jewellery.
The photos on the Daily Mail show how difficult this dress was to handle. The train is too long, the slit is too high. Other than that, it looked nice on her and that color seems rather tricky to wear. She should have this dress altered to remove that train, straighten out hem, and lower the slit. Then I think it would be really great.
Agree. The Daily Mail photos made it look like a disaster to move and pose with.
When you look at Amal’s photos, she has worn ultra short skirts/dresses, mullet dresses and garments with slits. She also has had multiple mishaps with clothing so that numerous indiscrete views of private areas are shown in photos. I am trying to understand why she doesn’t make changes in her wardrobe so that wouldn’t occur…especially since the photos are not private. but circulated all over the internet.
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I love this gown on her. The color is really lovely.
Think she looks beautiful. Can’t see anything off about her posture either.
So… if the concern is towering over him then why wear such high heels? Her legs already go one for days.. why not a little kitten heel? Are those just not “in fashion” right now?
I don’t think George minds her being a lot taller in heels for events. He dated someone much taller than Amal, Stacy Keibler, who is really tall naturally, without heels, and he seemed fine with it.
Shoes are probably dictated by the dress. If it’s on loan she probably can’t just hem it, so out come the heels.
I definitely smell political aspirations on him. I get very strong TomKat vibes from this couple.
He has said he will never run for office and thinks he can be more effective in a different way for the causes and issues he cares about. George loves his lifestyle, able to live life on his terms and go where and when he wants and choose his projects. He’s not going to give that up for some job he has to clock in and really make no headway anyway, which is how it is in politics anymore.
Yes but he also said he would never marry. So can we really trust him on this.
He wouldn’t ever have married a woman from a Muslim background if he were serious about running for office. He just wants cred and an easy NGO appointment to keep active in his later years.
she’s not Muslim, she’s Druze, though to the right-wingers at Fox News etc there is no difference between the two. But yes, there is no way George would have married a British woman of Middle Eastern background if he wanted to go into US politics.
I mean, look at the kind of nasty things right-wingers say about Michelle Obama, even though she’s American and Christian. They’d say worse about Amal, and about George for marrying her.
That’s wrong. Her dad is Druze; her mum is Sunni. Technically we don’t know what Amal is – she could well be atheist – but my point is she’s labelled “Muslim” in the mainstream media. I have nothing against Muslim people but I’m just pointing to the cold, hard reality she’d never be considered First Lady material because of her parents’ ethnic and religious backgrounds.
That’s exactly what I’m saying – irrespective of her actual religious/ethnic background or views, she’s read as “Muslim” = terrorist sympathiser, and there is no way she’d ever be considered FLOTUS material. So we’re really on the same page there.
@teacakes et al:
Although I initially thought there was a racial/religious piece to the antipathy re: Amal, after observing ‘the entire shabang’ for a while, I don’t think this enters in for the majority of folks.
There have been other Hollywood hunks and other celebrities who have married either out of their race/religion or just got married (Warren Beatty) and from what I know of these situations if there was a kerfuffle, it died down. John Wayne for example is still considered an American icon and he married three Latina women; he was never married to an Anglo. Michael Caine married a woman who is ethically (east) Indian. Then there was David Bowie and Iman, George Lukas and Melody Hobson etc.
The comparison that I think is more appropriate in my opinion-is when Warren Beatty and Annette Bening married. Beatty was a gorgeous actor, perennial bachelor & womanizer. There was coverage of the wedding, but then things died down and Warren & Annette lived a quiet life. We were not bombarded with continual media coverage of what Annette wore, pap walks, the home they bought, the dog they adopted etc. And I don’t recall Warren making public declarations of his love-or the alchemy thing- etc etc. For me, this gives good perspective on the spectacle of the coming together of George and Amal.
The question is, what is all of this continual hoop-la for?
Amelie exactly: The question is, what is all of this continual hoop-la for?
It feels like he’s campaigning for something. Something is driving him to sell this marriage to us, to prove something. It really reminds me of the TomKat days. George’s proposal story to Ellen was like hearing Tom go on and on to Oprah. It makes my antennae go up when people are selling cute stories. It’s a turn off to me. It seems like there’s an agenda.
@teacakes Got you.
@Amelie and @benchwarmer It’s just soft power. He just wants to be a soft power couple like Angelia and Brad. He assumed people would just love George and Amal him as celeb authorities on important issues. Her obsession with clothing doesn’t really fit though, and I think that’s where her mother comes in. Her mother thinks it’s important to have her dress like the wife of a $250-million former A-list actor to push her image out there. If you look at her outfits before and just after they got engaged, she had some serious ops moments, esp her weird shorts and top at their engagement barbecue or whatever it was in LA. I do think it’s just soft power credibility. He definitely has no political aspirations because he loves his lifestyle way to much.
I dislike they way he promotes his wife, trying to make her a major celebrity so that they can be a ‘power couple’, these people reek insincerity because they are insincere. Why can’t he be professional and promote his movies rather than constantly trying to sell his wife and their ‘marriage’ so they can play ‘power couple’ to shove their political agenda down everybody’s throat? Who are the moneyed interests behind that agenda?
The dress is nice. She looks nice. That’s about all the interest I can muster here.
Her hair, the gown and the red flourishes are all perfect. This is one of the best looks I’ve seen from her. I think the buttery yellow is very flattering for her skin tone too, but that might be because the red lipstick and earrings tie it all together so well. I think it’s hard to go wrong with this shade unless you’re extremely pale (because it would wash you out).
I like the dress and earrings but I think her makeup and hair are way too harsh. She needed to have been more ‘undone’. In some of the pictures on Daily Mail they’re so close to her face you can see the makeup caked on. I also do not believe she’s 38. Maybe 42-44 but not 38.
I missed this post at first. I thought she looked spectacular–that shade of yellow is divine on her and the coral earrings were a great touch to freshen the look. Even if she does seem a bit thirsty, she carries herself very well.
She looks gorgeous, and I usually don’t say that about her.
The color-although lovely-does not work for Amal. I think she is a winter which is why black and red and white are great choices for her. The entire look-dress style, hair make-up, feels old Hollywood and she continues to choose this look. For me, it’s starting to feel like a caricature of Jessica Rabbit-minus the bust.
I agree with you about the style. I think she looks best in some ‘sharper’ silhouette, since she has strong features that don’t go well with the girly/romantic thing. This is more of a ball dress you would wear at the Vienna Opera Ball (but then better without the overlong trail). Mustard yellow (or even orange), shiny fabric, asymmetric/one shoulder cut, no or shorter trail, hair half up… because this pale yellow washes her out. But she seems to like those princess-y gowns a’la Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief.
Honestly, I think she looks fantastic. The gown, the styling, the hair…everything is perfect. Also, hello Jack O’Connell!!
Love the retro glam prettiness, but that’s not quite Amal’s shade of yellow, in my opinion.
I thought she looked lovely — hair, makeup, jewelry, and gown. But I do think if you’re going to wear a gown like that, it’d be a good idea to practice walking around in it.
I think she looks good minus the unflattering pics she have stepping on her dress etc.. GC also looks good in the pics…not so much grampa looking as he has been for a while lol
I love everything about this look!
I read this morning a.poor review of Money Monster in Chicago Tribune, so I will wait for the movie to move to rental market. The last few movies George has been in have been poorly received. I wonder if he does not get any good scripts sent to him any more.
I’ve read positive reviews too. I say don’t let critics dictate what is good and bad. They miss the boat a lot. Support movies like this because they are not going to be around anymore in the mainstream with comic book films taking over everything.
That’s a hella high maintenance dress for a plus one.
HA. That’s a great way to state it!
Although I find the dress to be very pretty, that shade of yellow is not hers. I also think it’s too princess-y for the occasion, next to being difficult to walk in, as is documented on plenty of other pics by now. She had some truly embarrassing moments with it, and I’m sure George was not amused. And I agree with the posters who find it strange that she’s in the line-up with the stars. They basically had to wait because she had difficulties making it up the stairs. All in all it just proved to me how insecure, yet at the same time hungry for attention she is. And if I was a friend of hers, I would be asking her about her continuing weight loss. I also would advise her to tone down makeup and hair a bit.
Dress okay (though slit too high) but very costume-y. Amal and George play Hollywood retro glam couple. Hate that.
Also she looks more like someone who was in a movie rather than a spouse, but again, that’s their marketing.
Couldn’t help noticing the photog behind them trying to get a shot of Amal. Honestly, I think she’s better looking than Amal (compare their profiles in last pic). She doesn’t have that goofy, rabbit-y open mouth thing, and without being dressed by twenty people, she looks good. Plus doing a honest day’s job. Give me that over all the Kates and Amals in the world.
Dawnchild, You may not like Amal and consider her unattractive, I think she is beautiful, but beauty is subjective. I’ll give you that. One thing that is concrete is a professional degree and job, both of which Amal has. How can you equate a professional, employed and accomplished woman to Kate Middleton? That’s a huge distortion.
True that, sanders.
I guess I meant the reveling and playing to paparazzi cameras without having done anything to deserve it besides being married to a guy that enables you to access designer dresses that are generally not available to normal, hard-working, human rights lawyer. I do think Amal is beautiful, btw. I just think she is affected in her posing and simpering. Sadly, she was far more lovely before she became camera fodder (through her own deliberate courting of them, I might add).
dawnchild, sure, I see what you mean. She is not your typical human rights Iawyer. Even the cases that she’s taken on draw a lot of attention and increase her fame. I personally don’t have an issue with how she practices law and don’t see that it’s incompatible with being married to a famous actor. I think it makes George more interesting to have married a professional woman of colour. I never would have thought he would choose someone like that. I also imagine they have little in common though I know plenty of regular couples who fit that description.
I would think that any woman who marries a celebrity does so for the lifestyle it affords. In this way, I don’t think she is any different from his previous girlfriends. It just seems she gets more flak for it.
Amal gets more flak than his other girlfriends? I think you are rewriting history a bit. Most of George’s girlfriends were pegged as bimbos or worse, and after he found Amal, even his mother put down the previous women. Also, her cases did get her mild media attention, but not the amount and kind she is getting now.
Amal gets a lot of flak, because unlike other celebrity spouses or significant others she puts herself in the spotlight. Whether this is George’s idea or more hers it doesn’t matter. She is an intelligent woman who should know the score. Cannes is a perfect example. All the women are in mostly black, and she wears a soft yellow dress with a train and slit that gains a lot of attention. Also the cast picture, no other significant other is in that picture, but she is in the picture. In addition her movement issues with the dress make her delay the picture too. Yes it is odd as no one else’s significant other is there, and makes her seem like she enjoys the attention a bit much.
Wow! Gorgeous!
She looks nice, but she is not a movie star. It is not her movie. I feel like she wants to upstage everyone. Try being more modest.
George has looked the best he’s looked in years. Before that, he has had a sallow sick look to his skin and older but not sexy anymore. This is the first time I’ve gotten a glimmer of the old George with the sparkly personality, kind of sexy with the tan and silver hair and facial hair and in black. It’s working for him.
@Jayna:
“he has had a sallow sick look to his skin”
He is known to be a heavy drinker and that can unfortunately be a sign of cirrhosis of the liver.
Ama looked great. But so did the others. Very nice pictures of good looking people.
Agree. I don’t get the Amal dislike. *shrug*
Gown is gorgeous and while not that partial to yellow, this kind of soft, non-acidic shade is lovely. Very elegant gown and deflects from the fact that the woman wearing it is actually not a real beauty – her hardness is difficult to conceal. It’s Amal’s persona that always grates – talk about famewhoring . . .
Totally agree, I like the dress, but her face is so hard and masculine, it just ruins the whole thing, and how much makeup does he wear, sorry but she is not an attractive women in any way.
I think all of these buttery garments look great. I’m excited for the Butter Bonanza! #justice4butter
Why does a flowy gown need a split? It’s a lovely gown but that split sort of cheapens it for me.
Lemony Snicket!
If I had to parade around in front of a gazillion people with cameras, walk steps in high heels, etc., I’d be damn sure I wasn’t going to step on my dress or get hung up in the train or expose my granny panties or all the other dumb things we see on red carpets like falling down and nip slips. This isn’t rocket science. If you are stumbling around like that you are either a rube or drama queen looking for attention. Both are tiresome.
Mrs Alamuddin is trying to upstage the REAL female stars. Extremely bad behaviour and not the first time on a red carpet. Her state of mind just must be utterly desperate for seeking attention. Does she have no lawsuits to work on (whatever low her level of contribution may be?!?)
There is no reason for her to pose with the cast. She is so thirsty it is annoying. Go away and do your “human rights thing” that gives your husband “credibility” outside Hollywood circles. Bleah
She looks good in this outfit. Very elegant but i havent seen the Daily Mail pics so my opinion could change if i saw the tangle, large split and the crotch holding.
However good she looks there is just something unlikeable about Amal that i cant really describe. She just has a negative effect on me every time i see her.
Can we talk about how ill fitting George’s tux was?
I’ve lived to see the day the new mayor of London is sexier and more youthful than George Clooney. Amal, looking for a mate of higher rank, me lady?
hi kaiser,
you’re articles are the best. ” the buttery moment” is just so genius.
Bitch, EAT.