Outfit Check: Annalynne McCord at TI’s Sirens Show

Apparently Treasure Island (TI) casino in Vegas is changing its pirate show to something involving scantily clad ladies who sing, or something. And Annalynne McCord showed up to this event to model her new line of Slutty Halloween Costumes for ladies who find the traditional slutty Halloween costumes just too modest and prudish. I don’t really have anything else to say about this, mainly because I’m afraid to look at it too long lest my eyes burn out.

Overall: PLEASE MAKE IT STOP.

Outfit check: Annalynne McCord at Hollywood Style Awards

Blah, blah blah. Here’s Annalynne McCord on the red carpet for the Hollywood Style Awards, whatever those may be. I am so bored by this outfit that I can barely be bothered to discuss it.

• I’ve gone on record as preferring the curly hair. This loose blow-out is better than the pin-straight look she sometimes rocks, and waaay preferable to slicking all the hair back. But I still think it’s less flattering than the curls and frankly, without the curls she blends into the haze of blonde-ish starlet-ish ladies roaming the streets of Hollywood. The curls give her distinction and personality. GET WITH IT.
• Oh, a little black dress! How innovative and interesting! Nice architectural details in the pleating on the bodice, but boring boring boring.
• Nice shoes – note how the flesh toned shoes lengthen her legs and make her look super long and lean.

Overall: B for BORING.

Outfit check: Annalynne McCord at Spike TV Scream Awards

Apparently Annalynne McCord was in some remake of some horror movie about which I frankly do not care. (Horror movies are not for me, especially the current ones which are more like gore-porn than any suspense or drama.)

• I think her hair looks fabulous. She just doesn’t look like herself when it’s all blown out straight or slicked back. Here, it looks natural and soft and gorgeous. Well done, stylist.
• I assume she’s looking a bit gothy because of the event – it makes sense to dress witchy to go to a horror movie event. For that reason, I’ll let go the drippy black necklace + black dress + black nails + black shoes. I think it looks a bit halloween-y, especially because some trick of this photo makes it seem like she’s baring her fangs. (Hint to writers: having Naomi be a secret vampire would really liven up the show…)
• I do not understand the dress on a fundamental level. It looks shiny, as if it’s made of plastic trash bags (remember that Project Runway where the lady bought all the trash bags to make pants out of? these are higher quality trash bags but still BAGS for TRASH.) It might be a netting kind of thing with something under it, but I’m not understanding it and frankly I am really not liking it that much.

Overall: C for love the curls, hate the outfit.

Outfit check: Annalynne McCord at Target Event

Again, Annalynne McCord looks fantastic – in sharp contrast to pretty much every single on-screen outfit and hairstyle she’s had while on 90210. Which again raises the question of who she pissed off in wardrobe and hair for them to abuse her so badly. Look how great her hair looks when it’s all natural and not crispy and crunchy with way too much product! Why cannot this look be replicated while shooting!!

• Cropped jacket with gold military buttons is very very on trend and looks great.
• Love the color and drapey-ness of the green silk blouse underneath.
• Wide legged brown pants, again very on trend, makes her look tall, her legs look miles long, and her waist look tiny.

Overall: A for Apologize already so the show can present you as the beautiful girl you are!

Outfit Check: Annalynne McCord is tippy

Annalynne McCord was photographed on the 90210 set clutching her assistant for help balancing. Some sites are saying she’s too skinny and was swooning, but I think anyone would need to clutch something when trying to walk in those killer heels.

• The dress is pretty – simple, flattering, looks young enough for a high school student to wear. Wouldn’t advocate it for a night out at a club, too many ruffles around the neckline.
• Hate the necklace.
• Terrified of the shoes, although they are definitely fierce.
• Her hair looks gorgeous. Not blown out too straight, not too frizzy or crunchy. Gorgeous curls.

Outfit check: Annalynne McCord at Madden NFL party

Here’s Annalynne going to a party for the EA Madden NFL video game, or something. It was taken in August 08. This picture convinces me that Annalynne must have done something really bad to piss off the styling people on the show, or her stylist in real life, or both, because at the end of the day, she is a gorgeous girl and her hair is beautiful. However, there are about a billion ways in which she can be made to look cheap, tarty, and ill-styled.

• Green jersey tube dress – looks amazing. makes her look tall and svelte but not skeletal. It’s a great bold color and she looks great in it. I see you, super long leg!
• Grey leather wide belt. Obi-style belts are way trendy right now and this is a great use of one. I might have trimmed the extra leather straps flapping around on the buckle, but it’s an unexpected color to pair with the green, really gives her a shape, and makes her boobs look huge.
• Cute gold sandals! Stylish and sophisticated without being tarty.
• Her hair looks amazing! I like it curly like this, instead of blown out so straight she’s unrecognizable. Also instead of what they do to her on the show, crispy and poufy.

Overall: A, and apologize to whoever you need to so you can look like this on the show.

Outfit check: Annalynne McCord at Emmy suite

Did you have any idea that Annalynne was this gorgeous? You certainly wouldn’t know it from the way the show dresses her, or from those last few red carpet appearances with the straight hair and weird black dresses. Her pose is a little weird, yes, but she’s in a Nine West gift suite for the Emmys trying on shoes and modelling them, so I’ll give her a pass on that (especially because she probably got some free boots for doing this).

• First, her hair and face look nothing short of amazing. She’s got the cheekbones to look like a young Michelle Pfeiffer.
• Black lace top – modern, flattering, not a bustier made of denim with shoelace corseting.
• Skinny black pants that make her legs look about a million years long, especially when paired with the black patent leather stiletto boots. (I am not as fond of the fringe ones but assume that those are the ones she’s trying on.)

Overall: A+.

Outfit check: Ryan Eggold & Annalynne McCord

Ryan Eggold and Annalynne McCord went to the Point Foundation Honors Party. It’s a really cool foundation that gives scholarships and academic support to LGBTQ youth. I loved reading about the scholars and their projects, especially the woman who made a documentary about “singular relationship between two identical twins as one transitions from male to female.”

So – good for Ryan and Annalynne for going.

That said – who would have known that was Annalynne but for the caption? I looked at these pictures on a Ryan Eggold fan site and vaguely wondered who the nondescript blonde was. i noticed how the satin dress makes her waist look funny before i noticed it was Annalynne. (The who cast should get a lesson on avoiding shiny satin.)

Clearly the curls are a good thing for her and part of her persona. The slicked back straight hair from the other night should be something for a special occasion, not every time she goes out. She looks great with curly hair. That said, there is a happy medium between this and the supercurls of crispyness she had in ep 3.

Ryan Eggold – I still can’t decide if he’s hot or not. With these glasses and hair, he looks like Josh Lucas, which doesn’t help because I also can’t decide if Josh Lucas is hot. His clothes are fine and the skinny-ish tie is a nice touch.

Overall Annalynne: incomplete, as I couldn’t even tell it was her. please try again.
Overall Ryan: B

Outfit check: Annalynne McCord

This isn’t a great shot to do an outfit check on, as you can’t really see most of the outfit. I can see enough, though, to know that I don’t want to see the rest and that Annalynne should really fire her stylist (or get a stylist to begin with) STAT.

This is Annalynne waiting to emerge from her car at the Roosevelt Hotel to party with Shannen and Jessica Stroup. No, Annalynne is not waiting to go to a goth/fetish club. To my knowledge, she has not taken on additional jobs as a professional dominatrix. My guess is she is trying to be stylish and edgy and polished, but hasn’t quite got the hang of looking sophisticated, rather than – well, trashy. (Annalynne – this is where the stylist comes in! Call me, we’ll talk!)

The other important lesson I learned from this photo is that she CAN make her hair straight if she wants to. This means that when the stylists on the show make her have a huge nest of teased out curls it’s not because that’s what her hair just does, it’s because they intentionally are creating that look. THAT IS SCARY and makes me want to replace all the hair people on the show.

90210 ep 3: Lucky Strike

in this episode: Wilson family demonstrates their strong midwestern values to the envy of hollywood folk; Jessie Spano’s inner pain is revealed before we even have established her as a megabitch; Silver is a wuss and can’t handle some mild Jackie Taylor behavior; and Brenda doesn’t even show up.

Full recap after the jump…