Joan Rivers' most scathing red carpet fashion criticisms: 'She's a disaster'

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Joan Rivers was as funny as she was feared, especially during Hollywood’s award season. Having built her career on speaking her mind, the comedian became a red carpet fixture in the mid 90s for her praise and criticism of celebrity outfits. In tribute to her cutting one-liners, here is a selection of her best red carpet zingers.

Anna Kendrick (Oscars 2014)

Joan Rivers: “I like her, such a good actress, but the dress is ill-fitted, the slit is too short at the knee – the bodice of her dress makes her look like she has her left breast in a sling.”

Rivers’ humour wasn’t lost on Kendrick.

RIP Joan Rivers. Being publicly told that my dress is hideous will never feel quite as awesome. You will be truly missed.

Lady Gaga (2012)

Rivers kept her instructions to Kelly Osborne, her purple-haired co-host, simple: “Look away, Kelly! I don’t want you to have to see this: so many of your people have died to make that dress.”

Natalie Portman (2010)

Joan Rivers: “I don’t like that she’s carrying a book. It says: ‘This movie sucks, it’s so boring I’m going to read through it.’”

Lindsay Lohan (various)

Joan Rivers: “She’s such a disaster, when the trains actually wreck now, they call them ‘Lindsay Lohans.’”

Yesterday, Lindsay finally set the record straight:

We'd fuss but love was there. Cant believe ur gone. Love to your family. You were iconic and trailblazing. RIP Joan pic.twitter.com/hV7fH03gfw

Rihanna (2014)

Joan Rivers: “I love Rihanna. I think she can do no wrong, but … I have not seen lips that green since Miss Piggy got out of the backseat of Kermit’s car.”

A few months later, and Rihanna was rallying her troops:

Please keep Joan Rivers in your prayers

Keri Hilson (2011)

Joan Rivers: “I just wanna build a fire, pour champagne, and make love on top of her.”

Florence Welch (2011)

Joan Rivers: “She was so committed to that bird theme that halfway through, she left the ceremony to go crap on somebody’s windshield.”

Lena Dunham (various, but specifically: 2013)

When Rivers was questioned about Dunham’s body she said: “I don’t look at her breasts, I’m always reading them.” (In reference to Dunham’s many tattoos.)

Which is why it was so fitting that Dunham eulogized Rivers on Twitter the best way she could:

That being said, Joan is gone but a piece of her lives on: her nose, because it's made of polyurethane.