Kate Winslet’s Little Black Dress
Making a splash back in 2007 at the National Board of Review Gala, actress Kate Winslet shows off black to amazing effect with a contemporary interpretation of the classic but ever popular little black dress.
But not just an ordinary little black dress. Yes, it qualifies. Its simple, tasteful, elegant, not too short. But it’s also strapless and just the tiniest bit low cut. And with that splashy black bow for impact, it’s definitely not boring.
An elegant dress, absolutely! But not a dress most curvy women would have the courage to wear or the panache to carry off with such great style. Nonetheless, given Winslet’s dramatic flair and extraordinary self possession, it works. She doesn’t even try to draw attention from her weight with heavier jewelry. A simple necklace and earrings, barely visible, do nothing to counteract the power of the dress itself – or the fact that Kate is definitely not skinny.
Many women, thinking themselves heavy, would consider this dress, covet it even, but then conclude, “my shoulders are too big” or “my chest is too husky,” returning it to the rack for all the smaller women who “can wear that sort of thing.”
And what about that extraordinary bow, the keynote of the entire dress? How many women with Kate’s body would hopefully try it on, only to conclude “that bow makes me look fat!”
Does the dress make Kate look fat? Does she care? She got rave reviews wearing it. What does that tell you about showing off your curves in a fantastic dress, a dress many women would judge as “something only a skinny woman could wear?”
The next time you find yourself longing and wishing you “had the body” for a dress like this, but then turn away because you are “too fat,” just try asking yourself, “What would Kate do?”
There you go. Does Kate know something other women don’t? Maybe she does. The radiant photos of her in this exquisite black dress say it all.
Kate Winslett has mastered the art of celebrating herself.