BEST AND WORST DRESSED
Bravo! Your panel of judges couldn't have done a better job in choosing the Best Dressed of '96. Teri Hatcher is terrific, and Noah Wyle is a knockout.
HEATHER KEECHEL, Westover, W.Va.
You guys had the nerve to trash Janeane Garofalo, who dresses in the coolest, funkiest, fabulo-vintage beau-teousness that the world has ever seen? Hello, has anyone seen Rent? Bloomingdale's has like a whole floor full of imitation, mismatched vintage nonsense inspired by this Broadway show. Meanwhile, Janeane is doing it right, and all Holly Robinson Peete can do is gape, openmouthed with incomprehension. By the way, Holly, I remember that denim-and-lace jacket from 21 Jump Street. You shouldn't be talking fashion.
AMY KEYISHIAN, New York City
I cannot believe that after all these years Cher ends up on the Worst Dressed list yet again. One of Cher's unique and entertaining attributes over the last 20 years has been her wardrobe. She should be given credit for her individuality, not criticized for looking different than the politically correct, trendy, designer-clad majority in Hollywood.
E. CASSON, Kansas City, Mo.
I find it ironic that among your Worst Dressed was Helen Hunt, whereas in your July 15 issue you included her in your Style Watch column under the headline "Sheer Perfection." In that issue, Janice Min wrote glowingly about the exact same outfit your judges criticized and called Helen a "Hollywood standard-bearer." As I see it, Helen dresses with a sense of humor as well as style. I think your judges should develop one too.
DIANE KOHAN, Hamilton, Md.
Now I know why Michael Jordan wanted so much money. If I had to work next to a walking freak show like Dennis Rodman, I'd want more money too.
PATRICK MURPHY, Burlington, Wis.
Dennis Rodman has every right to express gender in any way he chooses. If your judges would like to see less of his self-expression, then I suppose they shouldn't give him another look. It's a good thing people did start cross-dressing; otherwise women would still be primarily in skirts instead of pants. Get used to it, America! Transgen-dered individuals are everywhere, and they are not going away!
CHRISTINA HOFF, Albuquerque
Thanks for putting someone my age on the Best Dressed list. Prince William is an excellent choice. I wish guys in my school dressed like him.
KATIE LAMIE, Hart, Mich.
Is that a pack of cigarettes I see in pregnant Melanie Griffith's hand? Shame on you, Melanie!
PHYLLIS JESCHKE, Sunnyvale, Calif.
JIMMY JOHNSON
Attention, Rhonda Rookmaaker—hold on to that seven-carat ring, honey, 'cause your boyfriend is no gem. You moved a thousand or so miles from home, you fluff the hair of a man who can't or won't say that he loves you, and the most he'll admit is that you're best friends. Wake up, Rhonda! Your "I know his moods" sounds like code for "I know I come after football." Keep that hairdresser's license. You could be benched without notice.
ELLEN HARVEY, Colts Neck, N.J.
DICK MORRIS
If it were just Dick Morris's infidelity that was in question, then Howard Metzenbaum's comment, "If Dick Morris can help a candidate win, he will be very employable," would probably be correct. The real question is not about his relationship with a call girl but about his cavalier attitude toward both loyalty and keeping confidences. I cannot imagine anyone so desperate that they would trust him again.
M.G. FOWLER, Batesville, Ark.
THE INSIDER
If Shirley MacLaine has (as she claims) "never been in an R-rated film, at least not in this life," then who was inhabiting her body when she starred in the R-rated The Possession of Joel Delaney, Desperate Characters, A Change of Seasons and Postcards from the Edge?
D. WEBB, via e-mail
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