Celebrity Style Spotting: Who Wore Sir Alistair Rai's Caftan Better? Kristin Chenowith or Katherine McPhee?
Nancy Lichtenstein is back sharing her take -- and me with mine-- on who wore it better... in other words, Celebrity Style Slam but with less slam and more trend-spotting.
This oversized sequined caftan by Sir Alistair Rai brings some glam factor to the 80's basic look of an oversized tee shirt. Worn in different colors and accessorized differently by Katharine McPhee and Kristin Chenoweth, there's a big difference in the star wattage here. Read on to see who wore it better:
Nancy is in bold, I am in regular type!
Katharine McPhee
NL:
Katharine McPhee went for the gold and I think it was a wise choice. It modernizes what could be a too retro feel, flatters her coloring and shows the sequins off better.
SW: I liked the gold and I liked the white but not on Kristin. I think McPhee made the better choice based on her coloring.
NL:
As for the shape, this is clearly meant to be oversized (inherent in the word caftan), but you can still tell there's a woman's body under here. The V neck flatters her collar bone and the batwing sleeves give it a little more style than an ordinary tee shirt.
SW: This has more style but also more pitfalls in it -- based on how you wear it so it's about being very careful on how you put it together. The success or failure is in the details.
NL:
Katharine McPhee paired the caftan with black leggings and suede knee-high boots. I liked the way it dressed down this look that could be overly evening--it looks unstudied. She seems like the fun girl with cool things in her closet who's more concerned about comfort because she's going out for the long haul but can throw together anything because all the pieces have style.
SW: I have to agree with Nancy that Katherine made a wise choice. I do think that she could have gone tonally with brown or rust to create more dimension and something different than black but it still worked and it was fun. She was casual without being sloppy and it was thought-out without being too fussy.
NL:
Her makeup is fine, it showcase her beautiful eyes without looking harsh or overdone, but the hair took the look down a little bit too much--I'm wearing my hair the same way as I write this and it's because I didn't have time to blow dry it. As for the accessories, I love the big black statement ring, and she gets points for wearing a necklace, but this one doesn't go with the top at all.
SW: The area that I saw McPhee fail in was the hair, a bit on the make-up and tons on the jewelry. I think the statement ring should have been tonally different-- go for color bronze, ruby or emerald-- something that pops the color. The necklace needed to be different-- bolder, chunkier. A statement necklace or something picking up the style thread of the ring would have been better!
NL:
Rating: 4 stars--the hair and jewelry could be better.
SW: Agree with Nancy on this one but I think she could have been 3.5 stars
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