Carrie Ann Inaba . . . . . 4!”
I don’t watch the Tonight Show. I like Jay Leno OK, but I’m more of a Late Show with David Letterman fan. But for the first time ever, I watched the Tonight Show last night.
Why? Because I wanted to see if Carrie Ann Inaba would make me proud, or disappoint me. I fully expected to be disappointed, and I wasn’t disappointed, because she did disappoint me, as I expected.
See, I figured she’d wear some kind of short black dress during her appearance along with fellow judge Bruno Tonioli from the hit TV series Dancing with the Stars. A small part of me had held out hope that Carrie Ann would wear pantyhose, but I knew I was kidding myself.
Carrie Ann gets to hide behind long gowns and a desk as a judge on DWTS, so I suppose she’s pretty much off the hook with whether to wear pantyhose on the show. But I’ve seen a few photos of her during public appearances, and never have I seen her wearing pantyhose. So, as I feared, she is one of those brainwashed celebs who’ve jumped on the bare legs bandwagon.
Now, I hate to be judgmental. I mean she is a beautiful woman and she has tons of charm and personality. But her legs looked perfectly AWFUL last night.
And those shoes! I can never understand how so many women don’t seem to realize that big, cloddy shoes make their legs look so dumpy. Sheer pantyhose and pumps would have been so much more attractive, not to mention appropriate.
There are so many reasons I am bothered by Carrie Ann’s choosing to do the bare legs things:
- Lack of judgment, misplaced values, missed opportunity, no self awareness, no sense of pride in how she looks, or maybe she just doesn’t care
- She could have/should have been an ambassador for the No. 1 rated TV show she represents had she bothered to dress for the occasion. (She represents ballroom, which is a classy thing, yet, she must not think it deserves to be held in such a lofty place)
- Her willingness to follow the pack when she must have had better sense. (Didn’t her mother tell her she should wear pantyhose for the occasion?)
- She’s Asian, so I’d hoped she would know better
Those of you who’ve read my blogs know that I hold Asian women in the highest esteem. For one thing, Asian women appear to be more committed to femininity and have a higher sense of values than most of their Western counterparts. And Asian women are far more prolific wearers of pantyhose – in the office, on screen and in everyday life. Especially, Japanese women.
But, of course, I am speaking of “real” Asian women. Carrie Ann Inaba, of Chinese, Japanese and Irish descent, is too Westernized. She’s similar in that respect to Lucy Liu, whom I adore. And it pains me to have to say this but Lucy Liu, a Chinese-American woman who was born and grew up in New York, almost never wears pantyhose during the many charity events, awards ceremonies and other high profile venues she attends. At least, Lucy Liu wears pantyhose when it counts the most – her TV and movies appearances.
I think it’s sad that Carrie Ann doesn’t seem to care about her image. I really want to like Carrie Ann, but I’ve lost some respect for her.
Am I being too harsh? I welcome your comments. Meanwhile, check out the photo gallery from the Tonight Show:
Further to what AJ is saying its almost like many women of prominence need to be trained to wear pantyhose or consider that if they want to look their best, hosiery can certainly enhance that.
Not related to this post in a hosiery sense or a TV appearance by a celeb but of the same mentality; does anyone recall a few years back when the Northwestern University women’s lacrosse team had their team pic taken with G.W. Take a gander.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.northwestern.edu/shared/cms/images/newscenter/2005/07/lax_bush2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://viviansalama.wordpress.com/page/24/&h=354&w=500&sz=72&tbnid=gljLFqr3eg6YtM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpresident%2Bbush%2Bflip%2Bflops%2Bpicture&hl=en&usg=__BoM8smfyfSZTEuBaWBA3VF1QJhI=&ei=2rb_S6evG8H38AapsZHqDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=2&ct=image&ved=0CB0Q9QEwAQ
Robin, I would hazard a guess relating to your blog that it comes down to many men and women just do not know how to dress appropriately for an event these days.
I really think it’s a question of good taste and attitude. To me, it is sad when anyone — but especially celebrities — just don’t care how they look regardless of the circumstances or venue.
Robin
Yeesh, can’t disagree that the Carrie Ann bare legs look is unattractive, but some of your reasons sound a bit harsh, Robin (e.g. lack of pride). Some of my wife’s friends that go bare legged when wearing dresses I don’t think do it out of lack of pride, judgement, or no self awareness. My guess is it’s more a misguided fashion sense – they think they look perfectly fine with pale legs, or as you suggested, don’t care whether their legs are more sexy, or less sexy looking.
I’ve never watched DWTS, but perhaps contrasting Carrie Ann with any of the stars to do take the time to finish the look with pantyhose would provide a nice contrast. Of course, that’s assuming that any of the Stars do wear pantyhose during their TV appearances…I’d hope at least some of the stars and other female judges do?
You may be right. Thanks for expressing your thoughts about this, AJ.