Trawling the internet in search of inspiration yesterday I found this:
Cate Blanchett in a granny square dress.
Yes, the lovely, stylish Cate is wearing a granny square dress.
OK, I know I wrote a post a while ago espousing the wonders of the granny square and how I really want it to come back into fashion, but umm… I really don’t think this is going to help my cause. 
There are so many ways the designers could have improved on this – smaller squares, less garish and more subtle colours, better shape of dress…
But apparently this was meant to be ‘humorous’ (i.e. ‘ironic’ or ‘kitsch’), and while it may be all those things (and you have to give Cate her props for bravery), I fear that unfortunately they’ve set the image of crochet back about three decades with this instead. 
I think it would look better even if it didn’t have the sleeve, and was just straight across at the top. But I agree with you, thanks Cate for helping keep the stereotypical “ugly” crochet view alive
Great blog btw, found it thru Crochetville
Thanks!
This is hideous. Cate Blanchett usually has such exquisite taste. What happened here?
This is the fashion equivalent of a blind spot.
The dress might be hideous but at least her shoes are nice!
I agree with the person above, Cate has super cute shoes on.
But hey- she got heaps of publicity for whatever she was promoting.
I like your description, Mooncat– ironic and kitsch. With that, I think the wonderful irony of this dress matches Cate’s clever smile. What a brilliant composition she’s created by donning this kitschy number for the mere sake of fun;)