Nelly Furtado’s Little Black Dress Look
December 14, 2009 in Body Type and Clothes, Nelly Furtado by Versus
Nelly Furtado wore this little black number at the photocal of the Gala Awards 40 Principales 2009 in Madrid the other day.
Puffy sleeves can look great on curvy pear shapes, because they balance the figure and add some volume on top, but I don’t think that these ones right here are particularly flattering.
What do you guys think? How do you find this dress (and tights and shoes) on Nelly’s figure?
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It would look better if it had more of an A-shape and if she didn’t have ankle straps. Now her legs look short and stubby-ish..
those are definitely the wrong shoes to wear…i have legs just like hers and I learned a long time ago to never wear ankle straps! When you have short and relatively heavier legs you need shoes that show your ankle.
Me too! Straps are a no no.
GORGEOUS face, terrible dress. Nice shapely hips and behind.
I have the same legs also, but i admire her for wearing what she wants and don’t care about being judged, like i do LOL
Some girls have very slim legs. Others, to various degrees, have thicker, stronger legs and each must decide what looks best for them. Some, who have legs not as slim as they would like to will dress so as to make their legs look as delicate as possible and in that way compete with those very slim legged women.
Very slight and slender women make the most of their beauty by emphasising their delicate physical fragility and weakness. Some stronger and studier women diet and exercise to try and achieve this “ideal” femininity.
But some women can never come close to this ideal. Nellie is strongly built, with thick, richly muscled, powerful legs. No amount of dieting or careful dressing can achieve for her the “ideal” look represented by much slighter, more lightly muscled women. Even by trying to compete with them Nellie would only be dooming herself to failure, while at the same time reinforcing the idea that to be beautiful you must be slender, delicate, and fragile.
That’s why Nellie dresses as she does, for instance in these pictures, and chooses a dress to emphasise her thick, strong body, and ankle straps to draw attention to her muscular calves and strong powerful thighs.
Nellie is stunningly beautiful and the epitome of strong feminine beauty. So many women work out so hard and diet endlessly but are still forced to resort to hiding their legs in shame because they are too big to compete with the fragile femininity of models and celebrities. Nellie is leading the way into a world in which these women have an alternative ideal, although unfortunately one as unattainable for most as the original. It will still involve working out in the gym, this time to build up their strength and musculature as they pursue the beauty of powerful femininity. But few will be able to compete with Nellie’s natural power and beauty and in her presence they will hide their limbs in shame and marvel at Nellie’s powerful loveliness.
Her figure is alright, not the best I’ve ever seen but healthy and fine. Her outfit, however, is just soo unflattering. It makes her look like she’s got really weird proportions (which she doesn’t) and I agree that an A-shape for the dress would’ve been better.
I always thought she was a little taller, btw, but she looks quite short here (not that that’s bad).
She is beautiful, but this outfit it’s not for her.
You’re right!
FAIL FAIL FAIL
That dress is just wrong on so many levels!!!Actually I hate everything about this outfit. Her face and hairdo are nice, that’s about it.
She is beautiful, she looks great in black
One of the most vain of all the female singers (coming up close to Beyonce and Shakira- just look at her videos). I wish that vanity wouldn’t’ affect her ability to make good wardrobe choices- this outfit is horrendous!
Sorry Nelly- I used to adore you but you’ve become nothing but obsessed with yourself…
Agreed. She used to be very free spirit looking, different music and laid back in general, now she is nothing more than timberlands girating idiot.
Yes! Girating Idiot- you said it perfectly. Ugh. It breaks my heart, she was more innocent before she had her kid!
H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E
What the hell… her legs look super thick and horrendous…
She should look into the mirror before leaving the house…
I can’t get over this, it’s the most shocking image of the day!
I agree…she has got thee most gorg face! I met her at my salon @ years ago in Miami….remember thinking “that poor girl, such an awful body…waist up size 2…waist down size 14…” not a damn thing you can do about that…can’t have it all…can’t have it all..
you need to get a grip!!! she has a lovely figure. how often do you run around staring at peoples legs?? who cares if her calves are slightly thicker than the rest of her. i would be more than happy to have her body.
you are all being really mean and judgmental. i hate when people bitch like this. no wonder everyone is so paranoid. i hope you are all perfect, cause the otherwise the self loathing must be killing you.
she should stop eating junk food… yep i think she’s fat!
Actually, she’s healthy.
pear shaped with thicker legs…yes….FAT..not at all..
lol so just because the weight isn’t in her belly she isn’t fat? her legs are thicker, and they are also FAT. get over it. i’m so tired of the double standards between pear shaped and apple shaped bodies. doesn’t matter where the huge amount of excess fat is… if its there its fat!
The way I try to gauge if someone is actually overweight is if I can picture them jogging for a while. I could totally see her working our hard. I think that’s her natural body shape, and she looks good.
it must really suck to have legs like that.
Actually, having strong, shapely legs rocks. Yea they’re a challenge to dress properly and in a flattering manner(as evidenced up there
), but when done, they are awesome 
Her outfit choice is what sucks, not her legs 
I have strong, shapely legs that I dress well…and I still think they suck
I would love to have slender legs.
Actually for a majority of reasons those including health reasons. It’s better to carry weight in your legs/thighs then your midsection. I think she looks good, sure her legs are a little big for her body, but she doesn’t appear fat at all.
WHAAAT HAPPENED???
love her bod-she has nicely shaped legs.the puffy shoulders do not flatter her.
BARF. . . I feel like she’s trying to replicate a Victoria Beckham look, but looks closer to a gothic version of Dynasty. . .
wow, I never knew she had short thick legs, they don’t match her face at all. From seeing her on videos I thought she was much thinner than this.
Oh Dear!
she….is…… HUGE
holy crap… lose some weight girl
She should have spent some more bucks… Instead of rocking that H&M model.
It’s just not right on that figure.
I get that bringing 80s fashion back is the new “in” thing, but some 80s outfits should remain in the past…
she’s such a pear shape! dress to your type! show off your teeny top half, not the thicker bottom! shes just showcasing the wrong part + it makes her look way bigger than she actually is
This.
I hate redundant belts. Especially thick ones. It would be worse if she wore it on her hips, but it’s still sitting at an odd spot and not actually doing anything. She looks hilarious.
she’s always been curvy and had thicker legs then you would expect but dayum. girl needs to lay off the sweets.
How tall is she?
In other pics she didn’t look as heavy below.. is it the dress or a weight gain?
According to google, she’s 5’1″.
HORRIBLE!!!!!!!! but on the stage she was gorgeous
wow! those are some thick legs.
when did this happen?
In case you have not-so-skinny-legs leave the ankle straps? She has put some weight on, but I still think she looks beautiful and it’s nice that she is bit different, not everybody needs to be skinny
…but I hope she won’t gain more
She’s so cute!! love her!! x
Really, really HUGE thighs and ass! BUT I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ugly legs, she did not do a good job of drawing attention away from them.
Either this photo is taken from a bad angle or she really gained some weifgt…because her legd look big.I used to know Nelly Furtado as a super hot woman…wth happened to her …to much junk food maybe