MR. BLACKWELL’S LIST THING
MR. BLACKWELL has been doing it for decades, and in the interests of having a good laugh he decided to do it again this year, despite the events of 9.11, so here it is, the best and worst dressed women of the year:
THE WORST:
10. GILLIAN ANDERSON
9. CAMERON DIAZ
8. CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES
7. KATE HUDSON
6. PRINCESS STEPHANIE
5. BJORK
4. DESTINY’S CHILD
3. JULIETTE BINOCHE
2. BRITNEY SPEARS
1. ANNE ROBINSON
THE BEST:
JULIA ROBERTS, OPRAH WINFREY, DIANNE SAWYER, RENEE FLEMING, NICOLE KIDMAN, GWYNETH PALTROW, JOAN ALLEN, PENELOPE CRUZ, RENEE ZELLWEGER, KATIE COURIC
Mr. BLACKWELL apparently didn’t have the heart to rank the best in any given order. How thoughtful.
PRESS RELEASE
For Release on or after
January 9, 2001 10:00am PST
Mr. Blackwell's 41st Annual
"Worst Dressed Women" List
 1.) Britney Spears: "Oops she did it again. Her bra-topped collection of Madonna rejects are pure fashion overkill. Relax help is on the way!"
2.) Angelina Jolie: "Fashion interrupted. Hit by a Gen-x gothic hex!"
3.) Björk: "She dances in the dark - - and dresses there too. Looks like a fractured fashion fairy tale. Let's dub her "Alice in Blunderland!"
4.) Madonna: "From Ghetto Glam to Rhinestone Cowgirl to Mrs. Guy Ritchie. Any way you label it, she's still just kitschy, kitschy, kitschy!"
 5.) Elizabeth Hurley: "Poor Liz: Her barely-there fashion bombs have hit a sour note, a word of advice, buy a coat!"
6.) Christina Aguilera: "What can I say? Is she a boring and body-baring bungle or just auditioning for "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle?"
7.) Dr. Laura Schlesinger: "When it comes down to fashion horror, no one does it better than Dr. Laura. A turtlenecked Terror!"
8.) Courtney Love: "When push comes to shove, no one's fashion is tackier and wackier than punky, funky love!"
9.) Mariah Carey: "Her X-rated Baby Doll disasters are laughably low-rent. Who's her designer? Larry Flynt?"
 10.) Katherine Harris: "The Pretty, Brassy Lassie from Tallahassee needs cosmetic direction, her paint-by-numbers make-up screams out for discretion! A recount please!"
FABULOUS FASHION INDEPENDENTS FOR 2000
Juliette Binoche, Halle Berry, Cherlize Theron, Faith Hill, Liz Smith, Gweneth Paltrow, Heather Locklear, Queen Rania Of Jordan, Ashley Judd, Winona Ryder
FASHION CAFE BAMBOOZLES INVESTORS
  Supermodels, CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, NAOMI CAMPBELL and ELLE MACPHERSON attached their star names to the FASHION CAFÉ themed restaurant chain. The first location opened in 1995 in Rockefeller Center and closed in 1998 for economic reasons. Many celebrity based restaurants similar to the Fashion Café, Hard Rock Café (music), Planet Hollywood (movies) and the All-Star Café (sports) have faced financial trouble in the past few years. However, those issues pale compared to the financial fraud charges filed against the Fashion Café’s creators, Tommaso and Francesco Buti. According to a New York Times article on December 12, 2000 the brothers have been accused of "35 counts of wire fraud, 14 counts of stolen property transportation, 1 count of money laundering and 1 count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to transport stolen property in interstate and foreign commerce." Luckily, the 3 supermodels only lent their names and not their money to the venture.
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