‘Fug Girls’ blog takes worst dressed list to new level by critiquing celebrity fashion with biting wit
September 16, 2008
Cracked out. Ridiculous. Fugly. These are all adjectives used by the authors of my absolute favorite Web site of all time, gofugyourself.celebuzz.com, to describe such heinous fashions as leggings paired with formal shorts and cuffed pajama-looking jumpsuits that celebrities think are necessary to wear. This is a blog dedicated to critiquing the appalling fashions that celebrities wear, and doing it in the most hilarious way possible.
The blog is only four years old, but it already has a huge following, and I definitely look at it multiple times a day. While not everyone is interested in fashion, this blog is still a must read. The authors are two normal women who have not only a sense of fashion, but a sense of, well, normalcy.
They look at “in” trends and aren’t afraid to say how completely ridiculous they look on real live people. They also look at celebrities who just have problems dressing themselves.
For example, they took a picture of Katy Perry who was wearing an ugly dress with airplanes and roses on it over purple tights, topped with a granny sweater and let her have it with this little diddy:
“I fugged a girl and I liked it. Bad taste, stupid outfit. I fugged a girl just to try it. Hope her PR don’t mind it. It looked so wrong, it felt so right. At least she’s not wearing hotpants tonight. I fugged a girl and I liked it.”
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Now, some people think that Heather and Jessica, the authors of the blog, are extremely mean for being so harsh on the celebrities. One delightful reader left a nasty comment saying, “You two need to stop eating Twinkies and get on the treadmill. Clearly you’re fat and bitter, and no one will ever love you.”
Their response?
“We would get off the couch, if the donut glaze on the backs of our thighs hadn’t hardened into a thick paste, forever yoking us to the sofa.”
Another reader said, “You crack on celebrities. That means you’re jealous, right?”
And their reply:
“You’re not reading our blog – you’re reading our souls! Who wouldn’t want to go to a premiere dressed like a drunk genie?”
Who indeed.
Anyway, if you are someone with a sense of humor, you will probably like this blog. And if you have any common sense, you will realize that celebrities are people who are most likely getting fashion advice from five different stylists a day. If they can’t throw together a decent looking outfit, particularly with all of their resources, they are going to have a hard time in Tinseltown.
Then again, maybe they won’t. After all, this is the place that keeps allowing Dane Cook to “act” in movies.
My point is that the Fug Girls’s criticism is all in good fun. These lovely ladies delight in the absurd and have the ability to bring happiness to an otherwise dreadfully dull day. They are better than an Illini victory over Ohio State! Oh who am I kidding? Nothing is better than beating those smug little so-and-so’s, but the Fug Girls are pretty darn close.
So if you like making fun of celebrities, like fashion, possess a rapier wit or just don’t want to do your homework, you will like this blog. And don’t let the term “blog” scare you off from what could be the best discovery of your life! Yeah. It’s that good.
Colleen is a senior in Media and loves that the Fug Girls hate jumpsuits as much as she does. She can be reached at [email protected].