R.I.PRichard Blackwell was a dress designer and actor, who eventually found his niche writing rhymed criticisms on the quality of celebrity style. He released his first famous " The 10 Worst Dressed Women "list in 1960 and his last, just this year, in 2008.
Mr. Blackwell chronicled his life in a biography titled "From Rags to Bitches".
Mr. Blackwell chronicled his life in a biography titled "From Rags to Bitches".
Here are some of his famous critiques:
Goldie Hawn ("A peeled grape on the end of a pipe cleaner!
Raquel Welch ("She may have a heavenly body but her clothes look like they were designed by the man in the moon - a real luna-tic.")
Vanessa Redgrave ("A do-it-yourself kit on stilts that came unglued.")
Doris Day ("Doing your own thing in blushing pink...but for thirty years?")
Momma Cass Elliot ("Little Orphan Annie in gowns by Oscar Meyer.")
Barbra Streisand ("Today's flower child who has gone to seed in a cabbage patch.")
Elizabeth Taylor ("Looks like two small boys fighting under a mink blanket.")
Ann-Margret ("Marlon Brando in a g-string.")
Liza Minnelli ("Pop-art picture of a fried egg at sunrise, eaten by Auntie Em.")
Meryl Streep ("From Streep you could weep, her beauty of a career cannot be denied, but that beast of a wardrobe is pure mother of the bride.")
Britney Spears ("When it comes to couture chaos, this tacky terror should take a bow. From the Princess of Pop to the ultimate fashion flop! An over-the-hill Lolita.")
Mariah Carey ("The world applauds your musical emancipation, but please--leave that body to our imagination.")
Renée Zellweger ("Runs the gamut from Kewpie doll dreck to Red Carpet wreck, she looks like a painted pumpkin – on a pogo stick.")
Diane Keaton ("In prudish fashion pitfalls that bury her beauty, it could be Queen Victoria on jury duty! Dowdy, dumpy, and frumpy!")
Celine Dion ("Half sequined scarecrow, half gaudy acrobat. Is it Abe Lincoln in drag? I'll leave it at that!")
Donatella Versace ("Resembles a flash-fried Venus, stuck in a Miami strip mall.")
Madonna ("From ghetto glam to rhinestone cowgirl to Mrs. Guy Ritchie. Any way you label it, she's still just kitschy, kitschy, kitschy!")
Raquel Welch ("She may have a heavenly body but her clothes look like they were designed by the man in the moon - a real luna-tic.")
Vanessa Redgrave ("A do-it-yourself kit on stilts that came unglued.")
Doris Day ("Doing your own thing in blushing pink...but for thirty years?")
Momma Cass Elliot ("Little Orphan Annie in gowns by Oscar Meyer.")
Barbra Streisand ("Today's flower child who has gone to seed in a cabbage patch.")
Elizabeth Taylor ("Looks like two small boys fighting under a mink blanket.")
Ann-Margret ("Marlon Brando in a g-string.")
Liza Minnelli ("Pop-art picture of a fried egg at sunrise, eaten by Auntie Em.")
Meryl Streep ("From Streep you could weep, her beauty of a career cannot be denied, but that beast of a wardrobe is pure mother of the bride.")
Britney Spears ("When it comes to couture chaos, this tacky terror should take a bow. From the Princess of Pop to the ultimate fashion flop! An over-the-hill Lolita.")
Mariah Carey ("The world applauds your musical emancipation, but please--leave that body to our imagination.")
Renée Zellweger ("Runs the gamut from Kewpie doll dreck to Red Carpet wreck, she looks like a painted pumpkin – on a pogo stick.")
Diane Keaton ("In prudish fashion pitfalls that bury her beauty, it could be Queen Victoria on jury duty! Dowdy, dumpy, and frumpy!")
Celine Dion ("Half sequined scarecrow, half gaudy acrobat. Is it Abe Lincoln in drag? I'll leave it at that!")
Donatella Versace ("Resembles a flash-fried Venus, stuck in a Miami strip mall.")
Madonna ("From ghetto glam to rhinestone cowgirl to Mrs. Guy Ritchie. Any way you label it, she's still just kitschy, kitschy, kitschy!")
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