Soap Opera Weekly
October 7, 2003
Copy This Look!

“Dressing on a budget is do-able,” advises Catherine Hickland (Lindsay, One Life To Live), who has been doing it for years. “It’s like my mission in life to go to Target. Ask anybody who’s ever been there with me – I won’t leave until I’ve bought an outfit that I can wear proudly. I do believe in buying designer pieces, but ones that will make the other things you already have look better.”

Other advice? “Don’t shop for clothes when you’re depressed,” counsels the actress, “because you’ll think of the day you felt so bad and it will wind up being buyer’s remorse. Shop for cosmetics or something that’s not going to do you in financially. Go to the drugstore and buy lip gloss.”

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1: “This is Super Soap Weekend West. I swore to myself that I wasn’t going to fuss over my clothes even if it was an event. I wanted to look casual, but nice. These are Seven jeans and a top I bought at Cache that actually looked a lot better than this. This angle makes me look fat, which really pisses me off, because I’m so not right now. The shoes – I had about an hour-and-a-half in Beverly Hills before I had to go to Anaheim. I had color in my hair, and I literally ran out of the salon and shopped with a salon robe on because that’s how sick I am. And of course, Hillary (B. Smith, Nora) had to have them, so she picked up the phone and bought them the next day. She has to have everything I have.”

2: “This outfit is neat. This is a Gucci top, a Dolce & Gabbana belt I bought in Italy and the pants – I don’t know, I can’t tell. The shawl is from Banana Republic and the shows are from Donna Karan. So, this is kind of a designer outfit even thought it doesn’t look so fancy. Not bad. You never see me in color.”

3: “This is one of those ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ moments where you’re wearing faux leather crocodile. The pants are by Tark. The necklace looks like something I might have bought at Express. I shop all over the place.”

4: “Oh, look at me. I looked in the mirror and I said, ‘Sure, that looks great. You’re ready to go.’ And I left the house. Now, I’m looking at the picture going, ‘What the hell’s wrong with you?’ That’s a BCBG skirt and a top from a cheap store I love to death called Zara. But I hate the way I look.”

5: “Oh, I love this one! I think this is a Zara bottom – the same inexpensive store I was just talking about – and a Gucci top. I’m loving my whole vibe here. I’m looking like I’ve had a drink, feeling good, like I’m owning my bad self. I like that. I had a fall on my hair, not extensions. The earrings are turquoise and silver, I don’t remember where I got them. I have about 300 pairs of funky earrings, so it’s hard to remember.”

6: “This is a complete Dolce & Gabbana outfit, from top to bottom. I thought it was really amazing at the time. Looking at it, I still like it, but it wasn’t worth what it cost and I would never spend this kind of money again. I just think you can get fashion and not spend a lot of money. It’s something I’ve learned over the last few years. But I look nice.”

7: “This was a going away party I gave for a friend of mine who was going out on the tour of Beauty and the Beast. It’s not bad. It’s all Zara, that inexpensive store, head to toe. I look happy.”

8: “OK, this is a bad day near the studio where I was trying to sneak out under a hat and of course someone caught me and asked for a picture and of course I always oblige. I feel like it’s rude to say no. Those are always regrettable moments and this is one of them. I have no idea what I’m wearing. I’ve never seen it before or since.”

9: “Here is a nice casual look. A pair of blue jeans and a nice duster coat. I always wear good jeans; there’s a big difference in the way good jeans look. I’m not built like a boy, so I have to be careful of the jeans I wear. Seven always look flattering on me, so that’s probably what they are. The jacket is by Zara and I’m proud of that. I’m learning to be smart.

10: “This is from Zara International as well. The shoes are Stuart Weitzman and I love them because they match everything – they’re Plexiglas and plastic. But I’m told these are the shoes that strippers in every strip club in America wear. So I’m not wearing them that much anymore – not that there’s anything wrong with that! I think I bought the top on the street at one of those little vendors for $10. I have no jewelry on. Whenever you wear glitter or shimmer, you have to take it easy on the jewelry.”

11: “I look like an 8th Avenue hooker – not 6th Avenue, not 7th, not 10th, but 8th. Like an animal died on me. It’s fake of course, because I will not wear real fur. If I’m not mistaken, this is a Zara purchase as well. Thank God, because you won’t catch me in it again and it didn’t cost much. The earrings I bought in an antique store – they’re probably 70 or 80 years old. I would never wear them again, because looking at them now, I can see that they overpower my face. I like retro-looking jewelry and clothing, so the earrings aren’t bad. I’ll give them to somebody that I think will really love them.”