Is Corey Feldman holding a purse or a pan flute?

That is pretty tough competition. You'd have to really work at it to break into the top five.

I'm sorry, but there's a special place in a dark, dank, moth-ridden closet for the Spanx-courtesan of 1989. It was home made too: [img2.timeinc.net]

Uh,

I'm sorry, but I totally heart the swan dress. It's not like she didn't realize it was a ridiculous dress.

@La Cieca: I lurve 60s Babs. Illusion netting and sparkles can never be wrong!

@Princess Sparkle Pony: Agreed. I really don't mind the swan or Cher. They know they're in costume, not merely dressed up. You'd be disappointed if they showed up looking normal. Whereas the backwards tuxedo has no excuse.

@Princess Sparkle Pony: Agreed. The Fug Girls pegged Bjork a long time ago as being incapable of making a fashion mistake. She just is who she is, she's not trying to impress, and making fun of her just doesn't work.

Helena Bonham Carter looks like something from a Paul Lynde daydream of evil.
That or Mary Poppins' lover...

@BoHan: I think Bjork is just so damned cute that I must agree - making fun of her is pointless. Besides, compared to HBC, she looks like Hepburn in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.

i still love cher's outfit. like dave letterman said - "it looks like she's going to darth vadar's funeral." you go, bitch.

I think Lara Flynn Boyle's tutu was a bigger faux pas than Bjork's. Or was that the Golden Globes? Does it matter?

@gwendolyn: Yes, I'd start the petition to replace Bjork with 1989 Demi Moore, but then again, I'm all for people taking chances - if I see Jodie Foster in another tasteful Armani gown, I'm going to fall asleep.

so it's settled, swan bjork is out and demi's biker shorts bustier combo is in.

Oh my God! Jon Bon Jovi. The hair. The crushed velvet. *Swoon*

Still, it is pretty awesome that Bon Jovi was dating Jem. Or is that one of the Holograms? It's been awhile.

@ElektraBlue: Lara Flynn Boyle in the pink tutu made me think of state fair cotton candy on a paper cone and I got sick of that by the time I was 14...

Helena looks younger now...hmmm.

@ElektraBlue: Yeah, that was the Globes.
Also, this confirms my fear that I am the only person, anywhere, ever, to have loved that backwards Dior suit.
And I don't mean ironically--just balls-to-the-walls loved it and would wear it myself. Come on, there's another fan of that suit out there, right? Please. Just lie to me, it's okay.

@IBentMyWookie: No way!! I LOVED that suit and would wear the hell out of it! (And you know I would, too!)

Let's start a band, and you can have one in white, and I'll have one in black, and we'll be like the old(er) white girl (klassy!) Kriss Kross!

Also, puleeeze, people. She designed it herself, even!

@Princess Sparkle Pony: I totally agree. Not that anyone else could ever wear it, but on Bjork it kinda made sense.

Yeah... Bjork is totally on the wrong list. Swap her with that Daryl Hannah fugfest from the best dressed list, and we're all good.

It is so unfair to drag anyone from the 80's or early 90's into this. I challenge you to find 10 Oscar guests from that time period who didn't look crap wrapped up in a gigantic bow.

@heidiho: Your post was hidden from me, girl. I was afraid I was alone on that.

Well, these put me off my tea.

Who wants to live in a world where Bjork and Cher (or Barbra and Celine for that matter) dress like Reese Witherspoon? This gallery just makes me nostalgic for a time when stars really dressed up for these events. Too many stylist approved, pastel mermaid dresses and flat ironed hair now. Its all country club wedding style.

The swan dress makes this list because, frankly, it's a bad swan dress. Any second year fashion student could have made one that looked "swanier". This just looked like she strangled a Muppet and poked her legs into it.

But the backwards suit is not so bad, actually. Celine just couldn't pull it off. She has no sass. No ass either, come to think of it.

But where is that pink monstrosity that made Sandra Bullock look like she was standing in a pastel wedding cake?

I'm with Sweet Panda Love. And the egg thing Björk did with the swan dress? Genius. The only thing I'd change is the ankle-strap shoes. She just doesn't have the ankles for them. Still, she's Björk. It's all art somehow.

Just think, there is someone who is purposefully picking out an atrocious outfit right now. Many true creative types are terrible at creating something that works for them. They need a bitch in the corner who looks at them and says, "No". You can't give a reason because sometimes it's unpleasant. Certain outfits demand a certain bodytype/age/physical presence. Something that looks good on Julia Roberts wouldn't work for Reese Witherspoon. Growing up with 3 sisters and playing dress judge all those years have honed my talents. "Turn around", "change the top". "Where did you get those shoes?" etc. I really hope someone picks something hideous. It's so much fun to watch.

What was Helena Bonham Carter doing at the Oscars in 1987? Not getting her eyebrows plucked, I can tell you that much.

@rosserfan: a room with a view
@Little Mintz Sunshine: one of the bonuses of the gothy avoidance of sunlight.

@OldTowneTavern: That's why we included Daryl and Claudia on the Best Dressed list. Yes, today they'd look hideous, but at the time, they were the only ones not decked out in ornamentation and glued on crystals, complete with shoulders up to their ears!

It is truly amazing how Ms. Dion can rotate her head all the way around to her back... oh wait, you mean that IS her back we're lookin' at? Sheee-it. There is no difference between her chest and her back!