# Holy moly. I thought Kate Winslet was hot before, but now ... wow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251 "2011-09-14T04:24:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/21 "2011-09-14T10:38:50Z")
Moving thread to Cafe Society, from IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/22 "2011-09-14T10:44:45Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Doesn’t look good to me, especially the bleached blonde hair with dark eyebrows. Agree. I know, I know, women aren’t doing it for my benefit, but I wish they would realise that bleached blonde hair almost _NEVER_ looks anything other than dreadful. Doubly so when it’s cut short. She’s allowed to dye her hair [red](http://www.hissandpop.com/celebrities/w/katewinslet/photos/kate-winslet-002.jpg), though. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/23 "2011-09-14T10:48:48Z")
Kate is beautiful, check her out[in the ad campaign of St. John](http://www.sjk.com/en-us/shoponline/shoptheadcampaign/). The Stella dress is interesting, though it practically shouts at one to notice it… ---
**Author:** ![Post\_Miss\_Post](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Post\_Miss\_Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Post_Miss_Post)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/24 "2011-09-14T11:00:22Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I hope I’m being wooshed. That’s about the worst I’ve seen her looking. I’d just like to chime in with most of you and say that while I think Kate Winslet is usually very beautiful, she really looks terrible here. > [@chela](#): > > Kate is beautiful, check her out[in the ad campaign of St. John](http://www.sjk.com/en-us/shoponline/shoptheadcampaign/). The Stella dress is interesting, though it practically shouts at one to notice it… This comparison says it all. With a softer look she is completely gorgeous. I also like that she refuses to be a skinny-mini. Maybe that’s why I can forgive her the horrid picture in the OP. At least she owns it! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/25 "2011-09-14T11:33:13Z")
I think she looks her best when naked, and I’m not being flippant. Has the whole lush figure/animal vitality thing going on. Most of the stick-figure Hollywood actresses, you see them in a bikini and you think, “Damn, girl, eat a sammich before you collapse!” Winslet has that healthy, vital look going on. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/26 "2011-09-14T12:52:19Z")
The coloring of the dress exaggerates the hourglassness of her figure and makes her look like Jessica Rabbit, while the hair, makeup, and facial expression make her look harsh and standoffish. So no, that particular picture doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/27 "2011-09-14T13:09:47Z")
I don’t think that’s a very good look for her. The dress accentuates her curvyness, which I recognize is a generally-accepted good thing, but it doesn’t really work for me. Plus, from the waist up she looks a bit like a post-op trannie. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/28 "2011-09-14T13:18:00Z")
Not the best picture I’ve ever seen of her, but not too bad either. She’s got the curves and I’ve never seen her so hideous that I’d kick her out of bed. This may be the best dress I’ve seen on her: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/\_gwZTIHwSxdU/R8X3VN52Q\_I/AAAAAAAAAaM/Lv\_RulKVryY/s400/oscars2.jpg](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gwZTIHwSxdU/R8X3VN52Q_I/AAAAAAAAAaM/Lv_RulKVryY/s400/oscars2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/29 "2011-09-14T13:50:55Z")
I’m with the OP and the article writer here… :drool: Quote: “Winslet was poured into it like a plaster mould and then set to smoking hot.” Yeah, pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/30 "2011-09-14T14:35:31Z")
I think she has a great body and her face used to be cute (and even prettier when she was at her heaviest, around Titanic), but she has been looking more mannish by the year and she’s far from being the biggest beauty in Hollywood. But I love it that way. She’s naturally attractive and doesn’t appear to have a single injection or surgical procedure. She seems smart, down-to-earth, to have a healthy body image and way of dealing with the craziness of Hollywood - in short, like someone I’d want to be friends with. Also her hair has been awful for years. She almost always wears it scraped back which is flattering to few women. She does not have the right complexion for the shades of blond she chooses. She looks phenomenal as a brunette and redhead and I just can’t understand it. I like that dress, though. I love the stretchy bodycon trend. Pose looks a bit silly there. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/31 "2011-09-14T14:37:55Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Kate is beautiful, check her out[in the ad campaign of St. John](http://www.sjk.com/en-us/shoponline/shoptheadcampaign/). The Stella dress is interesting, though it practically shouts at one to notice it… Picture #7 is stunning. On a whole different plane of gorgeous than the scary linked picture in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/32 "2011-09-14T14:59:58Z")
She’s gorgeous. I’m not entirely sold on her lipstick/makeup choices in that pic, though. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/33 "2011-09-14T15:02:18Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Doesn’t look good to me, especially the bleached blonde hair with dark eyebrows. I concur. I understand the appeal of the hourglass figure–I’m there myself–but she just doesn’t look pretty in the OP’s picture. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/34 "2011-09-14T15:04:45Z")
Another vote for “generally beautiful but not in the OP’s picture”. That hair and lipstick color combo is ghastly. ---
**Author:** ![WILDJC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cdc98d/32.png) [@WILDJC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILDJC)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/35 "2011-09-14T15:06:03Z")
She’s a man babe! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/36 "2011-09-14T15:32:38Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Agree. I know, I know, women aren’t doing it for my benefit, but I wish they would realise that bleached blonde hair almost _NEVER_ looks anything other than dreadful. Doubly so when it’s cut short. Bingo. I can’t figure out why on earth beautiful natural redheads go blonde. Just to take a couple of examples: Laura Prepon and Lindsay Lohan (yeah, she was beautiful, once) look terrible as blondes. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/37 "2011-09-14T15:39:07Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > She is stunning…but I find myself liking her better with longer hair. But I’m female and boringly straight, so that probably doesn’t count for much. Ms. Winslet _does_ look best with long hair. But she’s so ridiculously beautiful that shearing her tresses matters little. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/38 "2011-09-14T15:49:59Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Bingo. I can’t figure out why on earth beautiful natural redheads go blonde. Just to take a couple of examples: Laura Prepon and Lindsay Lohan (yeah, she was beautiful, once) look terrible as blondes. I recall reading some interview where Laura Prepon said she got hit on more as a blonde than all the time she was a redhead. Blonde Prepon doesn’t do it for me, but then I’ve always had a thing for redheads. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/39 "2011-09-14T15:52:23Z")
Her knees are a little sharp too. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251/40 "2011-09-14T17:17:15Z")
I shall agree with everyone saying she’s gorgeous, but doesn’t look it in that picture. As for hair colour, the pink and blue in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind would be my preference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-moly-i-thought-kate-winslet-was-hot-before-but-now-wow/596251.md?page=3)