# Not a flattering picture of Amy Winehouse **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270 "2008-07-21T16:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/1 "2008-07-21T16:51:18Z")
Not the most [flattering picture](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/21/winehouse.husband.ap/index.html) of Amy Winehouse. ::shudder:: That’s all I have. Carry on. . . Tripler _“A horse is a horse, of course, of course . . . and no one can talk to a horse of course . . .”_ ---
**Author:** ![samm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@samm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samm)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/2 "2008-07-21T16:53:37Z")
I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a flattering photo of her though… ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/3 "2008-07-21T17:10:51Z")
[QUOTE=samm] I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a flattering photo of her though… [/QUOTE] [This](http://notw.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/08/amyw.jpg) one is not too bad. That was before the trainwreck started IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/4 "2008-07-21T17:17:13Z")
Ugh. Someone call in the cavalry. I’ve never seen a face of such unbridled ugliness. It would behoove her to seriously consider a makeover. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/5 "2008-07-21T17:18:52Z")
She looks better in that original picture than she does in about 90% of the other pictures of her lately. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/6 "2008-07-21T17:25:58Z")
Anyone who starves themselves while ingesting a bunch of poisons is going to look rough. For a while, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/7 "2008-07-21T17:29:04Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. 'Cause technically, she’s still a musician, right? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/8 "2008-07-21T17:29:26Z")
Pre-notoriety, La W. had a definite exotic appeal, with a slick little bod and a classically sensual Semitic face. (No rats in her hair either: it was naturally straight.) There’s a pic of her folded up on a couch, wearing a dusty pink sun dress, that I think is drop dead sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/9 "2008-07-21T17:32:21Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] [This](http://notw.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/08/amyw.jpg) one is not too bad. That was before the trainwreck started IIRC. [/QUOTE] Yes, in that picture she looks like R. Crumb’s [Devil Girl,](http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/madamevb/devilgirl12.jpg) and I’d screw her ragged in a hot minute. Nowadays she looks more like a man in woman’s clothing, strung out on drugs and mentally disturbed. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/10 "2008-07-21T17:33:16Z")
That’s not her, that’s Blake Fielder-Civil. At least according to the caption. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/11 "2008-07-21T17:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=samm] I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a flattering photo of her though… [/QUOTE] I thought the exact same thing when I saw the title. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/12 "2008-07-21T18:01:39Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s not her, that’s Blake Fielder-Civil. At least according to the caption. Wow, it’s true what they say about married couples. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/13 "2008-07-21T18:06:55Z")
_Winehouse’s husband jailed for 27 months, begs judge for longer sentence_ ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/14 "2008-07-21T18:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Pre-notoriety, La W. had a definite exotic appeal, with a slick little bod and a classically sensual Semitic face. (No rats in her hair either: it was naturally straight.) There’s a pic of her folded up on a couch, wearing a dusty pink sun dress, that I think is drop dead sexy. [/QUOTE] I think [this](http://www.liverpool.com/assets/_files/images/jul_07/lb_liv__1183538070_amy_winehouse_new_large.jpg) might be the photo you’re talking about. Yeah, she was a beauty. Once, for about 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/15 "2008-07-21T18:13:25Z")
Is there some story behind the strange eye make-up she always wears? Bat wings…drug-addled… Is that in style somewhere? I’ve never seen anything like it, and it’s awful. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/16 "2008-07-21T19:04:50Z")
She looks like she has bad breath. The perception of these two senses shouldn’t commingle, but somehow she’s managed to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/17 "2008-07-21T19:08:36Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Yes, in that picture she looks like R. Crumb’s [Devil Girl,](http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/madamevb/devilgirl12.jpg) and I’d screw her ragged in a hot minute. [/QUOTE] Is…Devil Girl supposed to be attractive? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/18 "2008-07-21T19:11:17Z")
“Amy? That you? Message on the fridge for you…Mr. Powers telephoned wanting his teeth back!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/19 "2008-07-21T19:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] [This](http://notw.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/08/amyw.jpg) one is not too bad. That was before the trainwreck started IIRC. [/QUOTE] Good Lord! I had no idea she ever had that much meat on her bones. Too bad she fell apart. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270/20 "2008-07-21T19:14:58Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] Is there some story behind the strange eye make-up she always wears? Bat wings…drug-addled… Is that in style somewhere? I’ve never seen anything like it, and it’s awful. [/QUOTE] I think she’s trying to channel the Ronnie Spector look… [http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/gossip/ronnie\_spector/amy\_winehouse\_and\_ronnie\_spector\_have\_more\_than\_eyeliner\_and\_beehives\_in\_common\_20071009.php](http://janetcharltonshollywood.com/gossip/ronnie_spector/amy_winehouse_and_ronnie_spector_have_more_than_eyeliner_and_beehives_in_common_20071009.php) Personally I don’t think she should bother–she doesn’t even come close to pulling it off. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-flattering-picture-of-amy-winehouse/457270.md?page=2)