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Posh Spice tops Blackwell’s Worst-Dressed list

Posh Spice tops fashion designer Mr. Blackwell’s annual Worst-Dressed list. Mr. Blackwell criticizes Victoria Beckham for wearing one “skinny-mini monstrosity after another.”
/ Source: Reuters

She crossed the Atlantic to hit the big time in fashion, but on Tuesday Spice Girl Victoria “Posh” Beckham suffered her first Hollywood flop when style maven Mr. Blackwell named her the worst-dressed celebrity of 2007.

“In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty ‘Posh’ can really wreck-em,” Blackwell said in his annual list of fashion fiascos among music, movie and television stars.

With husband and soccer star David Beckham, she moved to Los Angeles last year amid huge media fanfare, and among the top items on Posh’s “to do” list was launching herself as a style setter with a passion for fashion.

Beckham, who has been on a reunion tour with the Spice Girls, was not alone among pop stars who earned Blackwell’s disdain.

In the No. 2 spot was singer Amy Winehouse with tough-girl tattoos, mini-skirts and hair piled high. “Exploding beehives above, tacky polka-dots below,” said Blackwell.

Just behind was former child star Mary-Kate Olsen whose diminutive frame and floppy fashion “is hard to explain,” said Blackwell. “She resembles a tattered toothpick trapped in a hurricane,” he said.

Blackwell has issued his “Worst-Dressed” list for 48 years, and for just as long it has been widely watched and talked about among fashion followers. He began his career in the 1950s, had his own clothing line for 35 years and designed for older stars Jayne Mansfield, Peggy Lee and Jane Russell.

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UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JUNE 03: Singer/actress Victoria Beckham arrives to the 2007 MTV Movie Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on June 3, 2007 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Victoria BeckhamFrederick M. Brown / Getty Images North America

He said this past year stands out as one of the “most disastrous fashion years in recent memory.”

Singers seemed to hold a key spot in Blackwell’s mind in 2007 with pop stars Fergie and Kelly Clarkson as No. 4 and No. 5 in the worst-dressed rankings.

Britney Spears has made the list in the past, but Mr. Blackwell says he gave her a break this year.

“For those of you who were expecting to see Britney's name adorn the 2007 list, I felt that it was inappropriate at this time to make comment, when her personal life is in such upheaval,” Blackwell said. “I hope 2008 is a better year for her.”

Amid all the fashion faux pas, Blackwell was able to find some stars who managed to look good, including Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor and even the Queen who, Blackwell said, “managed to update her Stonehenge of Style image.”

The 2007 top 10 worst-dressed list is as follows, with Blackwell's critiques:

10. Alison Arngrim: "Little Nellie of the prairie, looks like a 1940's fashion editor for the Farmers Almanac."

9. Lindsay Lohan: "Lindsay the fashion frenzy strikes again! Lohan takes fashion to a new low."

8. Jessica Simpson: "Forget the Cowboys. In prom queen screams, can it get any worse? She's a global fashion curse!"

7. Avril Lavigne: "Gothic make-up courtesy the mad spatula — Fashions provided by ... The house of Dracula!"

6. Eva Green: "Stuck in neon nightmares not fit for the sane. Fashion this loud could give Bond a migraine! A profusion of confusion from toes to nose!"

5. Kelly Clarkson: "Her heavenly voice soars above the rest ... but those belly-baring bombs are hellish at best! She may be the queen of 'Pro-Active' — but that wardrobe looks downright radioactive!"

4. Fergie: "Another style-free 'Fergie' in fashion's hall of shame? Yes, when it comes to couture chaos, guess it's all in a name!"

3. Mary Kate Olsen: "YIKES! In layers of cut-rate kitsch, Mary Kate's look is hard to explain ... she resembles a tattered toothpick-trapped in a hurricane!"

2. Amy Winehouse: "Exploding beehives above … tacky polka-dots below ... she's part 50's car-hop horror."

1. Victoria Beckham: "Forget the fashion spice — wearing a skirt would suffice! In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty posh can really wreck-em."