'American Idol': Hollie’s fashion flop

Poor Hollie Cavanagh. Her “Flashdance” hit bombed and so did her turquoise fringy haystack of a dress. It was like someone gave her directions for wearing it – skip around like a nut job, and don’t forget to shimmy. The whole season has been a miss for this contestant – she’s dressed too old every time, though this might have been her worst.
The problem with some of the looks last night was a lack of authenticity. The contestants need to dress for who they are. Cavanagh should look like a young, fresh thing, not like some trying-too-hard diva.

And speaking of Phillips, puh-lease stop wearing brown – it matches his skin tone, beard and hair and dulls him down. Again he donned the super baggy jeans, along with a rumpled button-down and a brown tee. In the duet he looked better in a casual blazer and black shirt. The contrast is good for him, but truth told, he is the real deal – a bluesy rocker who cares more about the music than the look.

We have to admit that Skylar Laine came turned out better than usual, though still not fab in a raspberry colored prom dress (it matched the raspberry strand in her hair) with a high-low hem, and ew, white stilettos. Randy Jackson, sporting a red shirt with big multicolored polka dots said, “I like the way you look,” and Ryan Seacrest added, “You look very pretty tonight.” Her decision to de-countrify in a fashion sense was conscious. She said, that she put on “a pretty ol’ dress.”

Best look of the night? Seacrest, who appeared on “The Today” show in New York early yesterday morning, but looked fresh as a daisy for this L.A. gig later in the day donning a perfectly tailored charcoal Burberry suit with a purple pocket square. He's the man.