To be honest, I am not quite sure what Pineapple Express is about; the television ads have been quite oblique. So I googled "Pineapple Express" and lo and behold, it's not just the name of a movie starring lovable oafs Seth Rogen and James Franco. Wikipedia informs us that it's a meteorological term too: "Pineapple Express (also known as Pineapple Connection) is a non-technical, shorthand term popular in the news media for a meteorological phenomenon which is characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands and extending to any location along the Pacific coast of North America." a.k.a. bad weather in California sweeping in from Hawaii. This could be a metaphor: bad fashion certainly swept into Mann Village Theater in L.A. last night for the premiere of Pineapple Express. Could it have come from Hawaii? Who knows, but the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly are after the jump.
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The Good
[Perrey Reaves]
Perrey Reaves' dress is smart, as in perfect for the occasion. The pattern and the cut are ultra-flattering.
[Leslie Mann]
Leslie Mann displays an ineffable California-ness in her dress and shoes and hair. Additional points for making a long-sleeved, ruffle-hemmed, and scarf-at-the-neck dress look fresh, not dowdy.
The Bad
[Emma Stone]
When will the madness of peep toe boot/pump/sling back heel hybrids stop? Emma Stone looks generally foxy here, but I can't abide by THOSE shoes.
[Adrianne Curry]
Adrianne Curry's dress performs the amazing feat of making her look statuesque and blah all at once. But the main thing here that really bothers me is the glasses. As a four eyes myself, I often wonder whether there are some contexts in which glasses ruin the look. This picture may answer my question.
[Lauren Miller]
Personally, I would feel really paranoid with a zipper right down the front of my dress.
[Kanye West]
Kanye's hip hop-meets-Mr.Rogers-meets-the-future thing can be quite good, but in this case, one wonders whether a slightly less buttoned-up, stiff style would have worked better.
[Lizzy Kaplan]
Lizzy Kaplan looks like she was lounging around in a lace teddy, but suddenly had to go the corner store for milk. Solution to being a little too naked to walk out of the house: leggings. Voila!
[Amanda Peet]
Another casualty of over-casualness: Just picking up the kids from soccer practice. Be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail!
[Shiri Appleby]
In Shiri Appleby's outfit, we encounter two difficult things to carry off: linen and suspenders. Together, a deadly combo.
[Alicia Silverstone]
Alicia Silverstone's pants and top are an utter waste of some fabulous shoes.
The Ugly
[Elizabeth Banks]
This is the kind of outfit I always tried to engineer with my friend in the sixth grade. Like oh, wouldn't it be awesome if we could turn dad's dress shirt into a dress? But then after a few minutes of being held up with safety pins, our wonderful creation would slowly slink down my torso. It didn't really pan out then and it doesn't pan out now.
[Marcela Mar]
Midriffs are for the beach.
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