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Congratulations Haley Bracken, you’ve made it. You’ve gone to a sporting awards night basically topless and now your photo is in all the papers. Your parents must be so proud.

Haley Bracken in her self-designed gown. Picture: Mark Smith

What next? Attending the 2011 Allan Border medal with no pants on?

Someone needs to explain to me the point of this race to the bottom of the scrap fabric bin that we’re exposed to twice a year: once at cricket’s “night of nights” and then at the other end of the year at AFL’s Brownlows.

Is there some kind of reward for the WAG who turns up in the tackiest, ugliest “self designed” outfit? (I love how they’re usually “self designed”, no actual designer would put their name to them).

Did Mrs Bracken wake up this morning with a TV deal, or a $100,000 cheque under her pillow? Because then perhaps I could understand why she decided to leave her dignity at home last night.

But instead I think there’s a formula at play here. The less productive one’s day job, the less material in one’s dress.

At the opposite end of this spectrum last night was sports presenter Lee Furlong who wore this:

Lee Furlong with Shane Watson. Picture: Mark Smith

Funny she didn’t feel the need to modify her outfit by cutting holes in the fabric over her breasts and accessorising with some nipple tassels. Thank you Lee.

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- Justin says:
  
  08:14am | 16/02/10
  
  Come back Susie Elelman, all is forgiven.
  
  Reply
Lucy says:

05:00pm | 16/02/10

Suze had real boobs too which were a little more “spontaneous” than this lego mounds.
- BTS says:
  
  08:15am | 16/02/10
  
  Meow!
  
  Jealousy is such a curse.
  
  Reply
Ari Ajja says:

09:23am | 16/02/10

I AM jealous. I wish I had the chutzpah to go out dressed like that. I have one dress that shows more cleavage than I usually allow and I’ve needed therapy since I bought it in November and will attempt my first outing in it this Sunday.

Dress $600
Therapy to wear it $1.5K
If all my bits stay in place - MIRACLE.
BTS says:

10:42am | 16/02/10

Good for you Ari!

Don’t be discouraged by others who feel it necessary to tell you how you have to dress.
Kate says:

05:48pm | 16/02/10

Hehe! Ari, that’s what double sided tape (also known as Fashion Tape) is for! A girls best friend, and you won’t spend the night worrying that your dress is falling out of place. Have fun!
- KH says:
  
  08:18am | 16/02/10
  
  The ‘dress’ is certainly hideous, these people are sad, pathetic losers, whose only chance at their ‘15 minutes of fame’ is to date someone with actual talent, and get themselves photographed at any cost. In their teeny tiny little worlds, they are ‘special’ because they bagged a cricketer/footballer/whatever, and their only reason for continued existence is to engage in ongoing competition with the other poor sad women who think they are the most ‘special’. Just ignore them. In reality, most of them are probably admin assistants who spend their days sitting around dreaming of the cashed up bogan who can support them in the lives they have become accustomed to in their dreams, where they don’t have to ‘work’ and spend all their husbands money. They are good for a laugh though…........
  
  Reply
BTS says:

09:10am | 16/02/10

Oh selective editing! So we can parade and criticise WAGS, but we can’t make comment on Punch journalists. I see…integrity…
Simon says:

10:48am | 16/02/10

BTS should have his/her own blog
Adam Diver says:

02:53pm | 16/02/10

@ BTS You also go swimming at the beach
David says:

06:51pm | 16/02/10

Victoria Beckham is proof of this, She is nothing without her hubby
Robert Smissen says:

11:42pm | 17/02/10

BORING! ! ! When I saw Nicole Cornes red dress in 2007 I though “well the bar can’t get any lower than this” but Hurley Brackish just proved me wrong
- Tory Maguire says:
  
  08:20am | 16/02/10
  
  Damn, you got me BTS. And so quickly too. The jig is up I guess.
  
  Reply
BTS says:

08:36am | 16/02/10

Evidently, she should have worn a nun’s habit or perhaps wrapped herself up like a mummy. It’s an awards night, like the Hollywood red carpet, it’s time to dress up. You see more at the beach.
- Bent says:
  
  08:49am | 16/02/10
  
  The only people to blame here are the media.
  
  You go to news.com.au and there is her picture, main focus of the home page. This is NOT a news article. You have to scroll down to the Fox Sports section to see a picture of the medal winner. If the media didn’t pretend this was news, then no one would even talk about it. It would be pushed to the back half of Womans Day, and those guys who we have been watching hit around a ball on a field for the last year will be the ones who get the attention they deserve.
  
  Honestly, I am completely over this WAGs rubbish. They are not worthy of being the focus of attention for people waking up to read the news in the morning. I’m sure there are plenty of people who feel that the media only reports on things that the public want them to report on, and if the public weren’t interested in what the WAGs were wearing, then it wouldn’t be published…. but seriously… who actually cares what they wore? Can’t the Allan Border Medal be about cricket for a change?
  
  Lara Bingle is the worst thing to happen to Australian cricket.
  
  Reply
Macca says:

11:58am | 16/02/10

Worse than Colin Miller?
PatC says:

02:00pm | 16/02/10

Worse that Trevor Chapple???
Maybe I’m showing my age here.
Liz says:

08:01am | 17/02/10

This is ‘news’? You’ve surprised me now!
- ARI says:
  
  08:52am | 16/02/10
  
  While it kind of leaves me cold, Beauty is such a fleeting thing and if thats what she values and wants why not? Now that dress is racey. In ten summers it will be ridiculous. Very few of us at all will have any time in which to be in the spot light, so let her get on with it. Maybe if we asked her, Ms Maquire, she might say of you that you are not making enough effort. perspective is a funny thing.
  
  Reply
- Ben says:
  
  08:59am | 16/02/10
  
  All the feminists of the 60s and 70s must be frothing at the mouth now that many modern women judge their worth by their sex appeal. Oh, hang on, wasn’t sexual availability the hallmark of the liberated woman? Look how far we haven’t come . . .
  
  Reply
- Magic Ball says:
  
  09:01am | 16/02/10
  
  I think the nude bit quite too much on the eye. I don’t need to see the highly augmented breasts behind them. I think I even saw a bit of nipple behind those “well placed” flowers on a photo taken closer up. I think if the dress was actually blue right through, it would have been a nice dress. The nude see-through thing just reminds me of ice-skaters cross a debauched “I Dream of Jeannie”. Now if I didn’t read wrongly, she threatened to wear it at some Miss World/Miss Universe event??
  
  I agree Lee was well dressed, there were also a few other girls that dressed well too.
  
  As for Bingle, well anything that a fashion house will throw out, she will wear. It was only a matter of time that you’d see a Chanel tattoo on a celebrity. Hopefully these photos of her with them on will be deeply buried and inaccessible in an archive from years to come.
  
  But hey, we aren’t dealing with the sharpest pencils in a the packet here. Sad but true.
  
  Reply
Rover says:

12:43pm | 16/02/10

Hey Magic Ball, how long did you have to spend looking at the close-up for a glimpse of nipple?
If you don’t need to see her boobs, don’t look.
And if you want to make the point that someone else is not that bright, it helps if you re-read your work before posting. “in a the packet”. D’oh.
- Julia says:
  
  09:22am | 16/02/10
  
  As a friend of mine used to say ‘all arse no class’.
  
  And I don’t think you’re jealous, Tors. I think you were raised properly.
  
  Reply
Nicole says:

10:35am | 16/02/10

Agreed, Julia - accusations of jealousy are completely unfounded. Even if I had that body, I wouldn’t want to dress like that. Jeez Haley, a little mystery never hurt anyone.
Kim says:

03:16pm | 16/02/10

I think she’s taking the “if you got it - flaunt it” bit a little too far. I know I don’t particularly want to see her - but maybe there are others who do. Who really cares anyway? Is this really news worthy stuff?
- Karen M says:
  
  09:35am | 16/02/10
  
  I wish I had the body to wear that dress, even though its not to my taste. I think Lee Furlong looks lovely, she has class.
  
  Reply
- Razor says:
  
  09:35am | 16/02/10
  
  That wasn’t a dress - it was lingerie.
  
  I feel sorry for everyone at the function having to continually avert their eyes for fear of being accused of being a learing pervert.
  
  Reply
- steve says:
  
  09:41am | 16/02/10
  
  Totally agree—it’s not a damned nightclub you’re walking into there, it’s a prestigious(?) event celebrating Australian cricketers.
  
  But sitting back and playing devils advocate for a second; when your husband plays international cricket in a little girls headband, this could be the lesser of the two evils ...
  
  Reply
- Faul Kinell says:
  
  09:48am | 16/02/10
  
  How can a bloke let his wife go out to a do dressed like that?
  Speaks volumes of who wears the pants in that union!
  
  Reply
Evie says:

10:01am | 16/02/10

Yep that’s right Faul. He should have packed her back to the kitchen with the rubber gloves and hair rollers. Whatever, who cares. It’s a gross dress and pretty tasteless but she’s a grown woman.
Here we go again says:

10:10am | 16/02/10

@Faul Kinnel,
I wasn’t aware a bloke had to “let” his wife go out to a do dressed like that.
What is your preoccupation with ladies fashion? Yesterday you called for a halt to face covering ( too modest?) and today it’s a ban on sexy dresses ( too slutty?)

With all this time on Punch, the world is obviously missing out on your “revolutionary” concept for Australian Female Contemporary Wear. Quick, get designing…...Can’t wait.
James says:

10:18am | 16/02/10

Better yet, he could force her to cover herself from head to toe (face included) every time she leaves the house.
AliceC says:

10:46am | 16/02/10

Better yet Faul, why don’t come up with a range of clothing that women can wear, according to your standards. And then all women will be forced to wear this same outfilt, all the time, with no variety, to ensure you and other men are satisfied.
Budz says:

10:50am | 16/02/10

Would your let your husband go to a black tie work function in his footy shorts and singlet?
FF says:

12:59pm | 16/02/10

What’s wrong with what Faul said?
If my husband is uncomfortable with what I am wearing I would respect his wishes and consider his thoughts as he would also have my best interests in mind!
A man who lets his wife walks out half naked, with no dignity, class or self-respect without at least protesting against it has to question whether he really loves his wife or loves the idea of people admiring and coveting a stripper type woman by his arm. (Basically more about him.)
His family’s integrity and self-respect is at stake - especially his wife’s.
Some things only a husband need see.
If not why do we bother marrying if everyone gets privilege to access both the man and the woman? That’s why any access by outsiders out of the marriage is called ADULTERY.
Kim says:

03:24pm | 16/02/10

@FF - oh come on! Would you really change your clothes if your husband didn’t like what you wore? Are you for real? As my hubby tells me: “if you don’t like what I’m wearing, who cares? You don’t have to hang on my arm all night…..” BTW - we’ve been married for 20 years and never really had a go at each other on what we wear. Mind you, can’t say I’d ever really wear something like that anyway, but if I did, it would be my choice - not my husbands.
- Charity Box says:
  
  09:53am | 16/02/10
  
  Self designed dress,it looks similar to Susie Elelmans dress from the Logies about 25 years ago…and Susie looked far more classy…
  
  Reply
- Justin says:
  
  09:54am | 16/02/10
  
  Was the Australian Women’s team there? If so, what were their HABs wearing?
  
  Reply
Adam MacLeod says:

11:20am | 16/02/10

I think a few of the Australian womens team also have WAGs! (Sorry!!)
Macca says:

11:32am | 16/02/10

@Justin, I think you mean PAGs…
Addy says:

02:52pm | 16/02/10

Adam MacLeod:

Comment of the Day!!!!!!!!!
Davido says:

08:46pm | 16/02/10

No, he definitely means WAGS.
- Zeta says:
  
  09:54am | 16/02/10
  
  I watched the Today Show this morning, it was purely accidental since I’d been watching the Winter Olympics the night before. I won’t be doing it again. Normally I’m more of a Cartoon Network on silent with Alan Jones in the background kind of guy.
  
  Anyway, that leathery tart with the two bags of liquid long chain monopolymers was on to explain herself. Before you even get to the dress, she doesn’t look like a woman. She looks like Nuclear Man from the ill fated box office disaster Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. It’s as if Lex Luthor tried to clone Jennifer Hawkins or some other bland archetype of attractiveness inside the Chernobyl sarcophagus, and this is what stepped out of the birth chamber, complete with radioactive breast rockets, ready to kill the Superman franchise with a glare.
  
  Her interview was the kind of tasteless morning TV pap we’ve come to expect when the wives of cricketers are allowed anywhere near a teleprompter. But there were these two particular tid bits I thought I’d share with the Punch:
  
  1. Her Mum helped her put on the boob lace. Now, my Mum has helped me through some hard times, but whenever I’ve wanted to do something overtly self-destructive, like date a celebrity or get an interesting facial tattoo, she’s always been there to raise the fact that this might not be a wise notion. Whose Mum sits there with a tube of crazy glue and helps you make a media moron out of yourself? “Oh darl youse is ganna look sew hot!” Charge the mother with child abuse. I guess that puts the rest of her in context then.
  
  2. This dress will see another appearance. Oh yes. This was just a preview. Or more rightly, an advertisement. Because *insert wag name here, not looking it up* is drumming up support for the ‘Miss Globe’ awards, which I thought were for excellence in breast augmentation, but turned out to be a kind of ‘Miss World’ for important married women to stress how important their lives are, how much they value their expensive nannies, and how much charity work they do. She’ll be wearing the dress there to raise awareness for some disease probably.
  
  What have we become? Is this what God meant for us? Or is this some kind of twisted punishment, some reflection of how far we’ve fallen? Every time I see one of these women, I can’t help but wonder if they don’t augur the end times.
  
  Reply
AFR says:

11:41am | 16/02/10

Or, Zeta, instead of thinking the armageddon is coming….. you could conclude its just a bloody dress and move on.
Lady Fong says:

12:02pm | 16/02/10

Leave God out of this please! When S/He created Adam and Eve they were in their total, i.e. totally naked except for the fig leaves which artists out of prudery added over the millenia. Get a life and get over it.
Jane says:

07:58pm | 16/02/10

PMSL , agree with Zeta!
- Changa says:
  
  10:09am | 16/02/10
  
  Why don’t you ask your boss Mr Murdoch why we have a race to the bottom and where the cultural cues come from? He was the pioneer of the bikini-clad Page 3 girl in his newspapers - his NEWSpapers!!
  
  Reply
- Bruce says:
  
  10:09am | 16/02/10
  
  Ah, show it off while you have the chance. One day she will not want to.
  
  Reply
- sad says:
  
  10:18am | 16/02/10
  
  she looks scared and insecure. its actually really sad.
  
  Reply
Simon says:

10:47am | 16/02/10

Yes she is clearly insecure . . . I award you no points for your comment.
- Super D says:
  
  10:45am | 16/02/10
  
  Frankly if I was Nathan Bracken I’d be a bit annoyed.
  
  His wife has offered him as much support as her dress offered her.
  
  The night is not about the WAGS its about the players. They should be there to support their partners in their achievements rather than bring attention to themselves.
  
  Lee Furlong looks stunning. Demure is the new sexy.
  
  Reply
Macca says:

11:30am | 16/02/10

@Super D, last night was about the cricket?
PatC says:

02:08pm | 16/02/10

No sure about “stunning”. They both look like they need a decent meal.
- Lady Fong says:
  
  11:01am | 16/02/10
  
  I thnk she looks lovely, creative and proud of it. It is so hot [temperature] in summer in Oz that in truth we should all go naked if it weren’t for airconditioning. Why can’t a woman design and wear her own dress? Is there some UNIFORM way we all have to clothe ourselves. You are on a slippery slope Tory: next you’ll want us all to be in burka…that’s where your thinking ends.
  
  Reply
- Jen says:
  
  11:15am | 16/02/10
  
  She’s got that “Vegas Stripper” look going on. Honestly these wags are just plain hags, not a patch on the ultimate wag Vicoria Beckham.
  
  Reply
a girl says:

01:02pm | 16/02/10

Completely agree. Did you see her clear 6 inch heels? Gross. I get the look she is trying to go for. Alexander McQueen made a similar dress last year, as seen on Cheryl Cole at her 26th birthday party - NOT at a prestigious awards night. A dress like that should be reserved for the flat chested runway model - on the runway. Lee Furlong looked lovely. Victoria Beckham has impeccable style.
a girl says:

01:20pm | 16/02/10

Not to mention the 80’s porn hair
- Adam MacLeod says:
  
  11:23am | 16/02/10
  
  Generally agree, but someone please give Lee Furlong a Tim-Tam. She may be classy, but she looks like she’s been starving herself too long. (And therefore probably not a better role model).
  
  Reply
- Nicole says:
  
  11:25am | 16/02/10
  
  Absolutely no class, and that bit of material leaves nothing to the imagination. What has become of our society? There are no values anymore when it comes to the younger generation. I just love it when I’m out and some silly bimbo bends over, I just love seeing what they had for breakfast. Put some clothes on girls.
  
  Reply
- Asher says:
  
  11:27am | 16/02/10
  
  Boring wags that probably twitter
  Can cricket australia be any more shitter?
  
  Reply
Macca says:

12:17pm | 16/02/10

We could field like Pakistan.. or be as corrupt as the BCCI

or we could be English
rohan says:

08:18am | 17/02/10

“or be as corrupt as the BCCI” ?? - from where?

Better than being child molesters like your footy stars!
- Martin G says:
  
  11:41am | 16/02/10
  
  Just another WAG. Thanks Tory.
  
  Good to see the AdelaideNow site promoting the dress above the Allan Border Medal winner (which is what the night was about!!!). All class.
  
  Reply
- Carl Palmer says:
  
  11:41am | 16/02/10
  
  Isn’t this the type of fashion worn on the catwalks of NY, Rome, Paris, Milan etc…. for all to see. Not only are some of these models half naked, but some of the designs are totally hideous. You gotta blame them.
  
  Reply
- iansand says:
  
  11:42am | 16/02/10
  
  Gownless straps have been a fine tradition for this sort of thing for years. The only reason that it is at all important (and it isn’t) is the brainless predictability of journalists. If they really cared about stopping it they could *gasp* stop reporting it.
  
  Reply
Julie says:

08:11pm | 16/02/10

Gownless straps? Well that would definitely cause an uproar on the red carpet unless they were strategically placed.
- Jezza says:
  
  11:42am | 16/02/10
  
  It saddens me that after so many years of women fighting to gain equality with men that the media would demean us by printing this trash. Lee Furlong looks so much more elegant in her dress. I once had a friend who dressed “tarty’ because she thought it would get her a rich husband. The rich husband she “got” was actually married to a very elegant women that he refused to leave. He kept telling my friend that he loved ‘tarty’ looking women & I’d answer “then why is he married to a modest, elegant woman?” Both of my sons are attracted to & have married intelligent well educated demure women & admit that they are turned on by intelligence & not big, fake tits!!
  
  Reply
Kate says:

06:04pm | 16/02/10

Sorry Jezza, but the moral I got from that story was that modest, elegant, demure women will be the ones who end up stuck with the moron who messes around with skanks on the side! Neither of those options sounds good to me. There is a middle ground here, where women can look quite sexy and still be intelligent and have a personality. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. Lee does look great, but I certainly wouldn’t judge her for showing a little more skin - you don’t have to be covered all the way up to your neck to be respectable.

And Jezza, I’m sure both your sons are lovely guys and married great women, but seriously - do you really think that they would tell their dear Mum even if they did like to perve on ‘tarty’ women??!
- Anjuli says:
  
  12:05pm | 16/02/10
  
  What was she thinking just to get her 15 minutes of fame we have all seen this type of thing before why do they keep reporting so rubbish ,she is a lovely looking girl she did not have any thing to prove. Next year they will be walking the red carpet in the nuddy.
  
  Reply
- Karen M says:
  
  12:05pm | 16/02/10
  
  Definatly not to my taste, but each to their own. I think it might have been uncomfortable for others at the function,you would need to be disciplined keeping your eyes trained to her face as you spoke to her. I feel and this is just my opinion, that women who wear clothing like that are attention seeking. They want people like you and me to notice them and they obviously want the media attention. Shes an attractive young woman and would have got attention anyway
  
  Reply
- BMJ says:
  
  12:12pm | 16/02/10
  
  What’s wrong with going to a bash and letting it all hang out? It’s funny how everyone also is quick to judge her “intelligence” because she wore a racy dress. Get over yourselves.
  
  Reply
Zeta says:

12:35pm | 16/02/10

I think you’ll find there is a direct mathematical correlation between stupidity and how one looks at a WAG function. It’s called Zeta’s Razor:

Where x equals augmented bra size, plus y, the sum square centimetres of visible flesh divided by the batting average of the WAG’s partner, times z, the total milimetres of spray on tan applied divided by the sum total column inches devoted to her the next day = IQ.

The Rand Corporation invented that equation to predict Victoria Beckham’s chances of becoming President of the European Union. Fact.
- Jen says:
  
  12:13pm | 16/02/10
  
  I’m keeping my opinion on this subject to myself, seems everyone has said everything there is to say anyway, both for and against! However, what I will share is my pleasure in the reading of said comments! Reading this blog has been a fabulous way to brighten my very boring work day! Thank you all!!
  
  Reply
- Macca says:
  
  12:18pm | 16/02/10
  
  @Tors, yes, yes it can.
  
  And as long as the lady is not part of my immediate family, let the judging continue
  
  Reply
- Stiffy says:
  
  01:02pm | 16/02/10
  
  Tors, your so conservative. This is red carpet night and wags will be wags
  
  Reply
Nicole says:

02:16pm | 16/02/10

Conservative? No, Tors just has class!
- Willy K says:
  
  02:17pm | 16/02/10
  
  I think Haley is a great role model for Australian girls. Too many people seem to believe that breasts should be hidden when they are a legitimate and at times beautiful part of a womans body.
  
  Reply
- Ryno says:
  
  02:43pm | 16/02/10
  
  Best dress since Twiggers’ red number at the Brownlow! Less is the new more - you know it makes sense!
  
  Reply
Dan says:

10:45pm | 16/02/10

That dress was awesome. However, I don’t think there’s any comparison. Rebecca’s drsss was incredibly elegant, and she certainly didn’t design her own dress.
- Ally says:
  
  04:22pm | 16/02/10
  
  The dress in question is absolutely hideous. I’m tired of seeing which “WAG” can “steal the show” by choosing the most ridiculous outfit of the year. Show some class. If I was her husband, I’d be embarrassed to have my wife turn up in that outfit. There’s a difference between elegant and just plain tacky.
  
  Reply
- Saskia says:
  
  04:36pm | 16/02/10
  
  If you’ve got it - flaunt it.
  
  And if you haven’t got it - show everyone your bits.
  
  Reply
- Davido says:
  
  04:44pm | 16/02/10
  
  Yes and it rocks.
  
  Reply
- zach says:
  
  04:51pm | 16/02/10
  
  I can’t understand all these people who do not like the dress. I think it is gorgeous.
  
  Not everyone women could pull it off but she pulls it off with ease.
  
  As a dress to were to the local pub no way. As a dress to wear to a red carpet function I reckon its almost flawless. (Ok perhaps she could had to stop at her ankles not trail on the floor).
  
  Reply
- Lucy says:
  
  04:58pm | 16/02/10
  
  Why stop at the waist?
  
  Everyone is showing their vaginas these days.
  
  Reply
- Craig says:
  
  05:50pm | 16/02/10
  
  I know I’m revealing I know too much about these things, but Mrs Bracken has ambitions in “glamour” modelling. She’s been in at least one of the fine lad’s mags I peruse on occasion. I would have thought she’s secured herself a few more appearences and a tastier cheque for them.
  
  Reply
- Blackadder says:
  
  05:53pm | 16/02/10
  
  I don’t know why women with boob implants feel the need to show them off. They look absolutely disgraceful, Haley - please cover them up in future, as they look like two perky little rocks jutting out horizonatally at right-angles to each other - like a cross-eyed Marty Feldman (may he RIP). Gross.
  
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- Dave says:
  
  05:57pm | 16/02/10
  
  Forget the dress, the headline should have been, “Does these even qualify as breast?” I think that’s what the fuss is all about.
  
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- M Cooke says:
  
  06:12pm | 16/02/10
  
  Looks like my cousins boob job, to high in the cleavage to be real but good luck, as my cousin always claims better than bee stings, and she looks nice.
  
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- Phil says:
  
  07:06pm | 16/02/10
  
  Awesome dress Haley.
  
  You have the body to pull it off. Everyone else is just jealous they dont spend the same amount of time on personal grooming and fitness as you do.
  
  Hey the income of your partner probably helps, but you look amazing.
  
  Hey the fact that hubby has not been in the team of late, no doubt the publicity this will bring will do him no harm
  
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- Kylie says:
  
  07:53pm | 16/02/10
  
  Apart from her obviously fake boobies she looks hot. Not sure about her comments about the dress looking like the ocean and the rain forest! But… she has a hot look in the dress regardless, although I’m not sure why WAGS insist on getting it all out…. maybe they are just trying to keep the boozie bimbos away! Can’t blame em really!
  
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- Lapla says:
  
  10:31pm | 16/02/10
  
  Grow up Australia how did Lady Godiva make the history books.
  Since when did anyone have the right to tell a lady how to dress?
  Whatever wherever however it is her decision.We are born naked and the world would be a better place if there were no fashion or clothes.
  
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- Dan says:
  
  10:42pm | 16/02/10
  
  She can wear what she wants, but I think it’s a terrible dress. It’s not sexy, it’s not classy, it’s not memorable. I think it’s embarassing and would win my ‘worst dress of the night’ award.
  
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- Michelle says:
  
  12:53am | 17/02/10
  
  She’s just showing off her incredibly obvious boob job. To an extent I agree with ‘if you’ve got it flaunt it’, so long as it is tasteful. But I don’t agree with ‘I was insecure in myself so I had bags of saline put in my boobs to the extent that they no longer look real so flaunt it’ school of thought. Aren’t women insecure enough?
  
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- Jacquie Butterfield says:
  
  02:43am | 17/02/10
  
  Very distracting and somewhat embarrassing for guests at her table but a really beautiful showing, whether manufactured or natural! And I’m not jealous, just in awe at perfection.
  
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- Liz says:
  
  07:58am | 17/02/10
  
  You can’t beat elegance, wins every time
  Lee gets the award.
  Monroe did this first with real breasts and she didn ‘t wear trackies underneath..what a look! Wonder when the regrets will set in?
  
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- PercysChoice says:
  
  08:09am | 17/02/10
  
  Plastic “boobies” seem to be the latest fashion accessory. Lets hope our bovine friends the cow does not adopt this practise or our milk might be curdled. Shes an attractive woman in a fake kind of way.
  
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- Little Miss Scifi says:
  
  08:44am | 17/02/10
  
  Amen sister!
  
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- Cameron says:
  
  09:46am | 17/02/10
  
  All she did was bowl up a couple of bouncers. Perfectly appropriate for a cricket function
  
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- jo says:
  
  10:48am | 17/02/10
  
  It’s a shame we’re such a ruthless society. I think the dress is a little indiscreet too, but she does also look fantastic, and if her husband’s proud of her then who cares? Why don’t we save our contempt for murderers and people like that who really deserve it?
  
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- Average Joe says:
  
  12:11pm | 17/02/10
  
  Mrs Bracken’s dress got the thumbs up in my house (all females). She looks fantastic…..to state the bleeding obvious: she’s not trying to dress ‘elegantly’ but rather ‘sexy’. She’s succeeded big-time.
  
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- pabz says:
  
  05:34pm | 17/02/10
  
  ROFL, i say make that dress mandatory.
  
  No more wars, too many of the men busy drooling =P
  
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- SteveB says:
  
  04:49pm | 19/02/10
  
  I seem to remember Halle Berry wearing a very similar dress (red base rather than blue as I recall) while accepting her Academy Award a few years back, apparently it was tasteful when she was wearing a ‘nude’ dress designed by some famous gay dude, so is the problem that Miss Bracken designed this dress herself?
  
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- The sauce says:
  
  04:57pm | 22/09/11
  
  Its usually the oppressed, the humourless, the prudish and the titless who snipe and hiss about women who enhance themselves and become goddesses. Complaint is a cover for your inadequacies flat Tory. Thanks for the picture of Hayley though. I can’t stop beating off over it.
  
  Oh Oh….aaaah….
  
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