I cannot believe you put Adam Sandler in your worst-dressed category. Just because he doesn't strut around in Armani suits, does that make him tacky and frumpy? Hate to break it to you, but most American guys dress in baggy jeans and sports T-shirts.
Tammy Hassinger, Santa Clara, Calif.
Too bad your fashion staff criticizes people for dressing comfortably, for themselves and not to impress others. I applaud Adam Sandler for wearing what he wants, not what a fashion consultant or a personal shopper buys for him.
Scott Fisher, Bay City, Mich.
Adam is my favorite comedian-actor, and your article reminded me why I like him so much. He always stays true to himself, unlike most Hollywood snobs.
Genesis Matos, Brooksville, Fla.
On his last appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Adam Sandler stated he was "trying to make PEOPLE'S worst-dressed list." I just wanted to say thank you for helping him achieve yet another goal.
Louisa Giaquinto, New York City
I agree with your judges on the worst and best dressed, except for Cher. Because she is Cher she can get by with dressing as young or as wild as she feels like. She has the body and personality for it, and we fans expect it.
Alice Rogers, Galena, Kans.
Give Cher a little more respect. Maybe she should be in a category of her own. Her style is probably the No. 1 reason she is still topping the charts after more than 30 years.
Erin Colvin, Canastota, N.Y.
Cher has finally got her career back on track: a hit album, a sold-out tour, and she's back on your worst-dressed list.
Mark Pyland, Groves, Texas
Come on, PEOPLE! Gwyneth Paltrow one of the best dressed? Only if you think looking like a homeless tooth fairy is stylish.
Patricia Castro, Montebello, Calif.
Eeewww! Brad Pitt as one of the 10 best dressed? He looks as if he just went on a major shopping spree at the local thrift store. Yuck!
Julie Kinney, Olympia, Wash.
Your judges dissed Val Kilmer for wearing cargo pants, yet you praised Brad Pitt for wearing them not 14 pages before. With all the problems going on in the world, do you have to demean someone based on personal style? Susan Grodi, Temperance, Mich.
Personally, I think Shania Twain looks stunning in all of the pictures you printed. Did Shania do or say something that offended your lofty sensibilities so much that you felt a need to degrade her obvious beauty this way?
Laurie Fiddleman, New York City
Shania Twain clearly has her own sense of style, which I applaud. So she happens to look good in sequins, velvet, silk and leather! Seems to me your judges were jealous.
Eliza C. Keller, Post Mills, Vt.
I was very upset to find Mariah Carey on your worst-dressed list. I have always seen her as a beautiful, talented, well-dressed woman. Ms. Carey was ridiculed for wearing a tube dress by your judges, but Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones were on the best-dressed list, and they were wearing tube dresses as well. Ryan Burella, Toronto
I found it ridiculous that voters would find Mariah Carey's dress sense defective. I am sure the majority were women jealous of her flawless body.
Paul Denham, Sheffield, U.K.
I loved seeing the beautiful outfits that Gwyneth Paltrow and Catherine Zeta-Jones were wearing. It's wonderful to see women still dressing with class and elegance and not looking sleazy.
Anais Escobar, Coral Springs, Fla.
I noticed a designer double standard in your Best & Worst Dressed issue. Funny how Pamela Dennis objected to the "all-over sequins" on Shania Twain's white long-sleeved gown by calling the look "horrible" but thought Joan Rivers looked "amazing" in a red long-sleeved, all-over-sequined number. Could it be because Joan's dress was a Pamela Dennis design?
Jennifer Roberson, China Grove, N.C.
I am a high school freshman. Most people think freshmen are the most immature people in the world, but the writers and contributors of PEOPLE's Best & Worst Dressed list have just won the award. I think everyone who had anything to do with it is simply a wannabe celebrity with nothing better to do than to see their own names in print and shriek with glee at their own witty comments. Maybe if you people got lives of your own, you wouldn't have to judge others'.
Corey Mull, via e-mail
Your annual Best & Worst Dressed issue proves it once again: Money can't buy taste.
Susan Petersen, Lincoln, Neb.
Matthew and Gunnar Nelson
I was very disappointed by your article on the Nelson brothers. As a writer, I understand the need to find an angle for a story, but Matthew and Gunnar are not hard-luck cases and should not be portrayed as such. They have successfully founded their own record company, written and recorded their own material through the years, treated their fans with the utmost respect and promoted peace and love in every song and interview. As musicians—and, more important, as people—they have demonstrated time and again that they are survivors. Everyone should be so lucky.
Caitlin McCarthy, Seattle
PEOPLE, wake up! The Nelson brothers are not only the sons and grandsons of American musical legends; they continue the Nelson tradition with their own unique style. Their new CD, Life, is a celebration in song. Your article did not reflect their uplifting attitudes.
Teresa Carter, Poquoson, Va.
Alan Thicke
Alan Thicke can't understand why his marriage didn't work out. Well, Alan, try marrying someone closer in age instead of someone who is 20 years younger than you. Do you really think she married you because of your looks? I don't think so.
Vita Mulholland, Sewell, N.J.
H. Ty Warner
I work as a nurse with many elderly people, especially the dying, and I put my Beanie Babies to work. They comfort these patients more than you can imagine; they sit on their pillows, and some patients hold them to the end. My Beanies may be scruffy when they get home, but boy, how truly loved they are.
Robyn Hunt, Sarasota, Fla.
Jessica & Kimberly Bailey
Only two weeks before the terrible accident that claimed the lives of Jessica and Kimberly Bailey, my two sons tried to ride on the Wild Wonder in Ocean City, N.J. They got into the car, and as they were trying to go up the hill, something didn't grab and the car rolled backward. Employees tried to push the car up the hill a little bit, but it didn't work. Something told me to get my kids off that ride right then. My deepest sympathy goes out to the family of Jessica and Kimberly Bailey.
Janet Coppola, West Orange, N.J.
My family visited Ocean City's amusement park a month almost to the day before the Bailey family did. My 8-year-old daughter rode Wild Wonder with her aunt. They both got off of that ride and swore they would never ride it again, saying it felt "wobbly" and lurched too much. It is bone-chilling to realize that Wild Wonder was probably as unsafe during my daughter's ride as it was during the Baileys', and that it was only fate that determined when a tragedy would occur.
Kirsten Freitag, Portsmouth, R.I.
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