Social Butterfly

Posted on January 12, 2015 by jjneal

Kiera Knightly in a butterfly motif gown at the 2015 Golden Globes

Actress Kiera Knightly fluttered into the 2015 Golden Globe awards ceremony wearing a butterfly motif gown. Perhaps it was a shout out to the 2007 film, Silk in which Knightly played the role of wife of a French Silkworm smuggler.

The fashionistas were not impressed by the entomological theme.

From Jill Hurley:

Kiera Knightly is wearing a giant butterfly on her wrist…what has happened to fashion

From Carolyn Baumgarten:

Kiera Knightly’s dress inspiration: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Prairie chic!

From Heather McDonald:

Kiera Knightly Dress looks like something an old lady who collects butterflies would wear.

I guess butterflies are not “in” this year. No matter. Entomologists everywhere are applauding the courage to model the finest in insect wear. Love those butterflies!

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Jonathan Neal is a retired Associate Professor of Entomology at Purdue University and author of the textbook, Living With Insects (2010). This blog is a forum to communicate about the intersection of insects with people and policy. This is a personal blog. The opinions and materials posted here are those of the author and are in no way connected with those of my employer.

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1 Response to Social Butterfly

anastaciast says:

January 13, 2015 at 1:43 am

Love the butterflies! Not so much the ruffles. But since Kiera Knightly would look good in a burlap sack, I think the critics are just jealous. 🙂

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