Hats Off To Ricki Lake (no really)
March 2, 2009 by The Snarkstress
Filed under Fashion Miss
There was one year during junior high school that I insisted on wearing a black corduroy pageboy hat. No matter how much my parents tried to reason with me and explain that the fashionable choices of the moment were a poor choice for photos that would live on forever as a commemorative piece of my personal history.
I didn’t relent and now there is a fabulously unattractive photo of me wearing the hat and a fine set of braces with blue rubber bands. Amazing choices all around.
Since then, I’ve learned better. I don’t wear hats when a camera might come around (I believe it was a traumatic set of photos at a party that included a bucket hat which finally cemented this rule of thumb for me). However, it appears Ricki Lake, who recently took a page from my junior high year book at the World Poker Tournament, did not get the memo and somehow feels hats are a good decision for a trendy night out.
Image: Splash News
Yes, Ricki – good for you on losing that weight..again. Your hair is shiny and you’re boots are cute. But I had to squint very closely to see what was going on around your midsection and let me tell you…I am not impressed.
The hat is a quality piece of ugly, but that baggy shirt and mini skirt are battling to the death and no one is winning. Make a choice, Ricki. Loose top…form fitting bottom. A-line skirt…give us some shape above your midsection.
You’re not a teenage girl awkwardly making your way through junior high. You were at one time compared to Oprah! I expect more from you Ricki. Let this be a lesson that pageboy caps do not belong in school pictures or at poker tournaments. Now go see a tailor about that top of yours.
