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# Oscars Well Played, Penelope Cruz?
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/oscars-well-played-penelope-cruz-2-02-2012/
- Published: 2012-02-29T21:00:28.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-26T01:02:50.000Z
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Awards & Galas, Fug or Fab, 2012 Oscars, Oscars, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 07:30

I couldn't bring myself to Fug or Fab this, because it didn't seem to teeter on the edge of both -- it's a perfectly nice dress, but the question for me is, does it make the grade as a GREAT dress?

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2012/02/140012090.jpg "Penelope Cruz")](https://gofugyourself.com/oscars-well-played-penelope-cruz-2-02-2012/84th-annual-academy-awards-arrivals-46?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

The color is wonderful, and she looks classy. But, and I realize it's a bit soon to know this, I can't decide if I will remember this dress. Because I remember [this one](https://gofugyourself.com/oscars-well-played-penelope-cruz-02-2011?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (post-baby bad-assitude!), and I remember the HELL out of [this one](https://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20396039%5F20327331%5F20705076,00.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), and I'm not sure if this quite stacks up to those memories. Does that mean it's bad? No. But the material is so-so, there's some hinkitude around the bodicc, for me, and the way the skirt attaches to it seems sort of lackluster... like someone had a big idea for a glorious gown, then procrastinated on the Internet looking at old SportsCenter clips and realized there wasn't enough time to execute it with full grandeur. So basically, any issues I have with this are totally Keith Olbermann's fault. Yes.

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