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# Fug or Fab: Cate Blanchett
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-or-fab-cate-blanchett-4-12-2012/
- Published: 2012-12-10T17:00:01.000Z
- Updated: 2012-12-12T01:33:16.000Z
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Fug or Fab, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 07:31

Let's try something here. Check out the gown in black and white:

[![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/158027259.xml "Cate Blanchett")](https://gofugyourself.com/fug-or-fab-cate-blanchett-4-12-2012/an-alternative-view-of-the-9th-dubai-international-film-festival?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

If you imagine this colorized, how would you do it? What color and then contrasting panels would ensure that you loved it? Paint it with your imagination for a second, and then see how it stacks up for you in full bloom:

[![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/158026287.xml "Cate Blanchett")](https://gofugyourself.com/fug-or-fab-cate-blanchett-4-12-2012/2012-dubai-international-film-festival-day-1-2?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

What do you think? How did it compare? I know those inserts are designed to shock the eye, but even so I'm not actually sure that brassy shade is quite right -- somehow even on a dress that's trying to be dramatic, it feels at odds. But in the pro camp, she's totally selling it, and she's such a delightful example of how minimalist makeup can still let your face be a star (ahem, Kim Kardashian, she of the Ten-Trowel Regimen). Regardless, I am so happy Cate Blanchett is starring in something that will require her to leave the house. She seems to have receded somewhat from red-carpet dominance, which if you think about it is a great tactic -- make us miss you, then show up in [a pimpled lilac confection](https://gofugyourself.com/oscars-well-played-cate-blanchett-02-2011?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) that is oddly hypnotic and super, and we will be like YES SHE'S BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER -- but it also means we're being denied her tomfoolery. Or her triumphs. Which would you say this is? Is it fug, or is it fab? Or is it a classic case of [carte Blanchett](https://gofugyourself.com/fug-or-fab-cate-blanchette-11-2012?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)?

\[Photo: Getty\]