I wanted to give props to Avril Lavige for ditching the raccoon makeup (I know it doesn’t look like she did, but just compare her here with one of the last times she was papped, below), wearing a very tasteful, if plain, dress, and actually designing it herself as part of her Abbey Dawn line. Ok, so maybe she didn’t design it herself, because it doesn’t have pink skulls, purple tiger print, black and yellow stripes and a hoodie on it. She had the sense to slap her label on this otherwise unremarkable black short dress with a sheer neckline, though, and that’s something for Avril.
I also really love her stars and stripes shoes. This is the way to rock the new stars trend instead of wearing a fug dress with them splashed all across the front like Fergie. The shoes are too big and she’s wearing that whiteout polish that’s inexplicably popular now, but those complaints are minor.
Here’s one of the last times Avril was papped (above), which was outside an interview with Extra on 7/12. I really hope she was crying, like I don’t want her to have been reduced to tears or anything but that’s the only excuse for this awful makeup.
And here she is promoting her fashion line in Berlin on 7/7/11. I live in Berlin and while we have a thriving punk scene here it’s authentic and gritty, not looking like a teen girl who cut up her jeggings to sneak out of her parents house and drink Jaeger with her girlfriends. Who am I kidding? There are just as many wannabe kids here and she’d fit right in.
This is Avril at the Much Music awards on 6/19. See what I mean? She was so much improved last night. I think she looked shyer in her big girl dress too.
photo credit: WENN.com
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