Julie Bowen in metallic Oscar de la Renta: hot mess or pretty decent?

Here’s the thing about Julie Bowen: I actually like her a great deal, I think she’s pretty and she’s a gifted actress and comedienne, and I almost always love her interviews, so she’s a pretty interesting and intelligent woman too. BUT… her style is almost always horrendous. Like, she’s one of the few ladies that I always know is going to mess up her red carpet look. So, when you come into it thinking, “Damn, I bet Julie Bowen looks like hell tonight,” you can actually be nicely surprised when she puts in some effort to look styled and pretty.

So Julie wore this metallic grey-black-pewter Oscar de la Renta gown… which I actually like. I was on the phone with my mom, and she absolutely hated the whole look, though. I think lots of women identify with Julie Bowen, and with her Modern Family character, and they expect her to really bring it, style-wise, to awards shows. Maybe they don’t realize that Julia doesn’t really know what looks good on her, but I give her credit for trying, and I do think she’s improving. My mom’s biggest problem with this look was that Julie looks too thin, Julie’s “too old” (my mom’s words) to wear a deep-V-neck gown, and lastly, Julie’s HAIR. I dislike the hair too, but it’s not as bad as it’s been before. I think Julie just has hair issues, and she doesn’t know what to do with it for the red carpet. So we get this little flat-ironed ponytail… ugh. Just put it in a bun, Julie.

My biggest problem? Julie’s makeup, always and forever. She wears too much makeup on Modern Family, and she wears too much in real life and on the red carpet. If you wiped all of that crap off of her face, I suspect you would find a very naturally pretty and young-looking woman.

Congrats to Julia and Ty Burrell on their Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress wins for Modern Family. I LOVE how many awards Modern Family is getting, because I think it’s the smartest and funniest sitcom in a long time. I always that Julie Bowen must get tired of Sofia Vergara getting all of the attention from the show, but apparently Emmy voters are bigger fans of Claire and Phil.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

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