No, I think some of these ladies must earn extra money in the
gentlemen's clubs where they are de rigeur. Either that or the
designers all work for said clubs and forgot to swap out the footwear...
I've only started to look at the images since my computer is running
at glacial speed tonight and so its taken 45 minutes to get as far as
Miss Curacao, and I was wondering if the costume designers could be
charged with crimes against human decency???? I mean to produce Miss
Curacao's atrocity, they must have OD'd on cocktails mixed with lots
of Blue Curacao or something equally ghastly... and frankly as a
Canadian, Miss Canada's is downright offensive, and must be doubly so
to one of members of the First Nations. <shudder> Some of the
others are just plain weird. I think I will leave it at that, others
seem to be covering the details quite adequately. Oh, I managed to
get a couple more pictures. The Czech Republic looks like a bizarre
take-away box to me. LOL!
Cheers,
Danielle
At 02:14 AM 9/13/2011, you wrote:
So the new shoe fashion is kamikaze platforms?
They are already tall why add the height? Definitely a carnival or Vegas
feel. A lot of retro hair. What's with the white?
Albania - simple, yet elegant.
Angola - very theatrical.
Argentina - ?????? prom?????
Aruba, Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks
& Caicos, Uruguay - carnival.
Australia - rendition of the Scarlet curtain gown but with granny's
patchwork quilt or rag rug.
Belgium - ?prom? or maybe a play on Belgium lace?
Bolivia - definitely carnival and a good one.
Botswana - looks like folkwear but the shovel is a bit much.
British Virgin Islands - ribbon trade????????
Canada - That is sooooooo wrong. Headdress is worn by the Assiniboine (women
of the nation wear it if they are chief) The bodice is hard to tell what it
is suppose to be but the tongue and teeth look like the bear (makes her look
like she has a poochy tummy) The skirt is suppose to be a teepee. The
crossed arms is a Hollywood stereotype. Even if she is of Indigenous decent
the costume is still all around tacky.
Chile - statement more then folkwear but nice creative design.
China - good folkwear.
Colombia - I've seen this from an old Hollywood movie. Nice design.
Costa Rica - except for the platforms, really nice design.
Croatia - What?????? The hair says sock hop but the dress says "be my
valentine"
Curacao - carnival and not quite right.
Cyprus - Nice modern take on the folkwear.
Czech Republic - Beam me up Scotty?
Denmark - The skirt looks crooked because of the way she is posed. They
should have put more into it as it looks to much like a wedding dress for a
themed wedding. To my understanding 1700s reenactments are popular in
Denmark so I can see why the dress style.
Dominican republic, Great Britain, Sweden, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ukraine -
??????????????
Ecuador - Impressive. carnival style but natural tones.
Egypt - Hollywood strikes again but I can think of worse Hollywood costumes
to mimic. Should have gone for color instead of the white.
El Salvador - I'm not sure what to say on this.
Estonia - Off the rack. nice that she is wearing flats but it just doesn't
make sense with the outfit.
Finland - Evening dress. possibly association to long nights and winters?
France - High School play of Marie Annetoinette? Come on folks, this is Miss
Universe! There should be better quality then this even for a folk costume.
Germany - Not a nice modern take of folkwear. Looks like something from
Frederick's of Hollywood cataloged.
Ghana - Nice but could pass for evening wear.
Greece - lovely but with the do she looks like an actress from some of those
old Italian movies.
Guam - is cute.
Guatemala - Very good take on folkwear.
Guyana - carnivalish but looks to be a modern take on folkwear.
Haiti - nice modern take on folkwear.
Honduras - Looks like something from the Sports Illustrated swimsuit
edition.
Hungary - Interesting modern take on folkwear. Though the hat makes it look
like she has cat ears. :)
Indonesia - traditional.
Ireland - modern Celtic goddess look? Theatrical. My first thought was ,
cool use of cds. It's nice but like many of the costumes here, it leaves a
person wondering what it represents.
Israel - prom?
Italy - with all their fashion sense they came up with this? Looks like
lingerie. Really? they took the colors of their flag and made a red dress,
added a green fan with white and a bit of white on the dress with
pearls...REALLY?
Jamaica, Venezuela, Puerto Rico - again, carnival.
Japan - Japanese Anima(sp?)
Kazakhstan - what is with the wedding dresses for folkwear? Nice modern take
though.
Georgia, Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, New Zealand, Panama,
Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam - interesting and impressive
modern take on folkwear.
Mauritius - lace and feathers........
Mexico - rummage sale at the costume shop. Actually it is one of the better
attempts at symbols to represent the country.
Montenegro - looks like haute couture fashion.
Netherlands - What were they thinking or looking at when they can up with
this? At least they didn't go the Dutch route as that would have excluded
other regions.
Nicaragua - looks like someone just threw what ever was on hand together.
You know that whoever designed it did not consider that Miss Dorn did not
have the neck muscles for the headdress.
Paraguay - a Vegas showgirl costume gone wrong, way wrong. I did not know
that Paraguay had peacocks.
Philippines - Looks like one can not make up their mind. Looks like they had
two different costumes and they lost the lower have for the white lacey top
and the upper piece to the gold skirt.
Poland - has a folk feel to it but still looks like prom or bridal.
Romania - Vampire Queen?
Russia - modern bride? interesting modern take on folkwear.
Serbia - really?
Slovak Republic - Not a good take of folkwear.
Slovenia - Emmy dress.
South Africa - should have left off the black and pink stuff.
Spain - haute couture or stylized flamenco dress. The oriental fan really
says Spain (sarcasm)
Sri Lanka - traditional but looks like something that would be worn as
evening wear.
Tanzania - the new Zena warrior princess?
Turkey - The mirrors are the only thing I can think of that might say
Turkey.
USA - Not bad but the hat is way to big.
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