Niet elke jurk op de rode loper heeft de instemming van de media. Het signaleren van modieuze wansmaak is inmiddels een vast onderdeel geworden van roddelbladen, roddelrubrieken op de TV en hun tegenhangers op het Internet.
Hier is een citaat uit Celebrities Undressed (een onderdeel van MSN Entertainment): Did Ashlee Simpson take a wrong turn on her way to meet Twiggy in swinging '60s London and end up Down Under? The skinny-legged singer is an aquamarine mishmash as she hits the MTV Australia Video Music Awards in a far-more-flawed-than-mod minidress seemingly stitched together using Goldie Hawn's psychedelic getups from "Laugh-In," Dorothy Hamill's old skating outfits and a few crepe paper streamers left over from St. Patrick's Day. The result is a Franken-frock so frightening even Molly Ringwald's patchwork "Pretty in Pink" alter ego would say, "Honey, just buy something brand new."
