What one performance do you think Chris looked best at?
 

Sorry if this has been brought up before. It's just something I thought of yesterday (as I was ranting on Tumblr about how a lot of people don't find her conventionally beautiful, but I think she's stunning and blah blah blah - I must drive people crazy).
So yeah, not just a particular time period, I guess not even necessarily a performance, but a specific concert or interview or whatever.
I really thought she looked incredible at the Super Bowl. I wish more of it had been filmed (or shown, at least). When it comes down to it, her outfit was actually kind of ridiculous. Cowboy boots and a mini-skirt? The bead embroidered jacket with the ruffles on it (the skirt had beads too, actually)? The sunglasses? It was all really odd when you think about it, but she worked it. There was just something about her hair that day (her hair, maybe - the length, and how it didn't look too voluminous but was still style just right). Also, I think I can speak for everyone when I say that I really love when Chris shows a little leg :nod:
Another thing is the various little looks and smiles she gave between lines when she sang Say You Love Me. Good lord, her smile just makes me melt. I swear to you, I love her so much it makes me physically ache sometimes...
Ahem, so, anyhow, what are some other peoples' favorite looks of Christine's?

imo, she looks the best in the 90's, I thought she looked smashing in the dance!

^^^ I wholeheartedly agree. Pretty much anything throughout the 90's. Watching her on The Dance when I was 10 or 11 is what made me go from loving her merely for her music to being completely captivated by her in every way - her music, her personality, her beauty, all of it.

With that, I should also point out that I hope I don't come off as shallow, talking about how much I love her and starting this thread about her best looks and everything. The music is obviously the most important thing, but I appreciate EVERYTHING about her, and that includes her beauty.
I'm not shallow, I swear. :distress:

Oh gosh! I instinctively want to go into total fangirl mode and say she ALWAYS looks fantastic. However, I really loved her Tusk look. The back of her hair pinned up like that makes my heart go all fluttery. I just think it's lovely.

The Mirage video.

She looks so happy, and obviously has a good buzz.:thumbsup: I love it when she's lip syncing to Blue Letter!

Tango In The Night
 

I think she looks beautiful during the Tango year. But, specifically, she looks gorgeous, beautiful, HOT, in the SEVEN WONDERS video clip.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...avic/aaa-2.jpg

This is probably because I hadn't seen them in a long time and not because she looked her best, but I was blown away by the way she looked for the Dance recording. The pants suit was so flattering. She looked trim and chic. She didn't look like herself in photos taken during that time, but on video her personality still shone through and it was so heartwarming to see. She looked healthier than she had at times in the past.

Michele

Definitely the Dance. She looked great with that short hair cut!

100% this this this!! Loved her on the Tango video too.

The Dance I would say. Totally classy. Voice like an angel (mouth like a sewer :lol:)

Gail

:lol::lol: I love this.

Thanks for that link, Steve!!!!:thumbsup:

Christine definitely looked her best during the Chicken Shack days and this was about the only time she demonstrated any sense of style. Since then, she has just become progressively more ugly, not that she was any great beauty to begin with...
PS Does anyone realise that the reason Christine seemed unrecognisable during The Dance was that she had been heavily facelifted (as she had been for the Behind The Mask album) and was wearing a wig (just as she did for the Tango In The Night live video)?

Are you out of your damn mind? She is absolutely beautiful. Maybe not conventionally pretty, but definitely gorgeous in her own way.
God, it just kills me when people say that. An old friend of mine once said she looks like a man and I literally started to cry (I almost feel like crying now).
Christine and her music really really mean a lot to me on an extremely personal level, and I really can't stand it when people I care about get blatantly insulted like that.
Maybe you don't like her for whatever reason, but that's no excuse to be a jerk. You could always just avoid this section of the forum, you know.
You're just mean. :(

Christine has more style than Stevie...Actually, everything is about style and attitude with Christine. Her humour, her talent, her british accent, is what makes her beautiful, to me at least. She really is beautiful. And she dressed great, especially during the Tango in the Night era. She was shining at that time, when everyone else in the band was kind of...meh. She's one of the few women that makes me like the 80's style. So, yeah, 1982-1987 is her best period.

Please don't misunderstand my comments - I didn't intend to cause offence, it's just that I don't particularly care for Christine's appearance. I think she's a supremely talented musician, singer and (at times) songwriter, but I could never consider her attractive or stylish. She presents herself in a suburban, cheap kind of way and almost always looks a little coarse and common. I'm sure she's a lovely, decent sort of woman, if not a little boring, but that's okay. Just my opinion mind...

Well really, you don't need to come to a thread that discusses particular moments of her looking good just so you can say that she's been getting uglier and uglier since the 60's, and that she wasn't any great beauty to begin with (although popular opinion says SHE IS). You could have easily said that you thought she looked best in her Chicken Shack days and left it at that.
She wasn't wearing a wig during The Dance, either. I don't think. If she was, I'm pretty sure my heart is going to break...
See, now you're freaking me out. Shame on you.
Anyhow, saying she was never pretty and that she's just getting uglier is unnecessary and rude.
Just my opinion.

Fair enough, I accept that my comments were inappropriate and I apologise. I do admire Christine, but was simply being honest with my comments. Sorry mate.
For the record, as much as I adore Stevie, I think she's also had her fair share of tasteless moments, from the beginning of her career right up to the present (some of her outfits featured in the "In Your Dreams" promo reel leave a lot to be desired).
At the end of the day, all I'm really concerned about is their talent and they both have that in abundance.

who cares if she was wearing a wig? She still looked very sexy and classy, as she has the last 20 years. In the early 80's she looked a wreck, I don't think she even attempted to have a style since Stevie was getting all the attention anyway. Towards the end of the 80's and the 90's she really looked smart and fetching. Man, I hope none of these Fleetwood Mac Band members ever come to this board, they would be totally saddened by how some people rip them apart :)

^ They do.

I'm respecting Phil's opinion, this time, because I know that if I don't I'll become a force worse than all the chiffonheads put together.

u know this for a fact?

Bob Welch goes in the pre-Rumours forum. Ken Callait has a thread in Rumours about his book and he pops in to other threads from time to time. I may be wrong, someone who's been around longer than me will be able to correct me if so, but I'm pretty sure I've seen a post by John McVie, too.

^ Oh dear, I suddenly feel very nervous...

Gee, ya think?

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...ptimespace.jpg

Now that we saw those interview clips taken around the time of The Dance, I would say that Christine was wearing extra hair when the dvd was filmed and during the tour. That doesn't make me like the new look she presented any less. She probably did have a face lift around that time too, but it looked great and her body was fit and trim. Seeing her bouncing around behind those keyboards for the first time in years buoyed my heart and spirit.

And she STILL looked terrific when she was going around doing interviews for Meantime seven years later, wearing nothing but worn jeans, probably the same size -- or smaller -- than what she used to wear in the 1960s, promoting music that showcased a voice that had only grown fuller and more impressive with time. With a sense of humor and style that you're still thinking and smiling about, years after you've experienced it.

Michele

Stevie looks kind of ridiculous in that picture up there, but definitely still gorgeous.
As for the Chris/hair thing...I guess I'm going to have to watch some videos from around that time again. Ugh, this is just painful.
Let me try to explain this - I look at Christine and I see absolute perfection. I don't mean that in an over the top delusional way or anything - I know she's human and everything. The more I think about those little things (the fact she's had plastic surgery, wigs, etc.) is the more I think "god, maybe I think she's beautiful and perfect, but a lot of this beauty is artificial now..." Not all of it, but little parts. Wigs. Face lifts. Even if she has had surgery and stuff, she still looks gorgeous, so that's good. Oh, but then I tell myself "Well listen to yourself silly goose. You think she's ALWAYS looked beautiful, even before any surgeries or whatever, so these stupid little fears of yours make no sense." Eh. Well. Then the overly analytical part of me kicks in and starts going "Chris had a face lift. She must have thought she wasn't as pretty anymore or something, I guess, so she figured she needed to fix that. Poor Chris. She's always been beautiful. Blah blah I don't want her to think she needed it because she didn't blah blah I don't want her to have low self esteem because I don't want her to be sad blah blah whatever."
The more I type is the more I realize that I must sound like a total lunatic. Oh darn. I have a feeling people are going to be like "Who is this new person here at the forum? She's absolutely loony toons..."
Sorry. :(

Don't ever apologize for your enthusiasm! You are most welcome here. This is the Christine forum and some gushing is expected! We Chris fans are, in general, more reserved than some of the folks on the other forums ... so a touch of over-the-top enthusiasm is a great addition to the forum. I've loved reading your comments -- please keep them coming!

I really like her look during 1975 tour... I think she had very cool regal style..

Regardless if she had a wig or had a facelift she is and always has been beautiful! Is it just me or did she seem to age in reverse? :D
In pictures and videos I have seen from the 70's she looks a lot older than she did in the 80's or 90's. Am I the only one who thinks this? haha

I have always loved her in this video of "Isn't It Midnight." I love how she is dancing/jumping around at her keyboard. She look so happy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9GIjhLZvIw

YES!
She does look radiant on that. And happy. What really irks me about the TITN footage is that the camera always flicks back to bloody Stevie. If it's a Christine song, leave the other one out! :mad: They don't flick to Chris during Stevie's songs half as often.

And that's why I can't belive she "always" hated to tour. I still think that happened in the late years (BTM, The Dance..)

At that same Tango video, she looks very happy during Everywhere (actually a combination of 2 performances)

I couldn't agree with you more! I was watching a Tusk era video (I think) and during Don't Stop I don't think she was on camera once. She is singing, yet they are filming Lindsey! I mean I love him as much as the next person but c'mon now!

No, I've seen certain earlier pictures where she looks older than she is. I gather that's what burning the candle at both ends and drinking will do. Certainly, the last few times we've seen her since The Dance she is much healthier and looks relaxed and refreshed and that translates to youth. Also, we only got a little video of her during the Meantime exposure, but just seeing her move in those short clips, she seemed limber and happy.

Michele

She was gorgeous on the Mirage tour and Tango. And showed off those beautiful legs, if I recall correctly.

I think Christine loved to perform, but found the travel to be very wearying. I think that's what is meant when the statement is made that Chris hated touring. She loved the music part.

I don't really buy that either... for someone that hating travel... she did it from 1967 to 1997... I travel a lot and it gets old fast.. but seriously if you hate it that much you wouldn't do it for 30 years and create such amazing things on stage..

I think the whole "I've always hated touring" is a complete exaggeration. I think after BTM and the earthquake and having put in 30 years it got old... She did the Dance and said.. farewell....

You could be right, but then how do you explain "Homeward Bound," which was written very early in her touring career? Or was she just having a bad day when she wrote it?

Another possibility is that even more than the travel, it was living in the U.S. all those years that was wearying for her. She always missed England, I think.

I think we can agree that she never hated performing. You look at those videos ... she LOVED performing. She loved playing the keyboards, and she loved being in a band. And she loved success.

Yeah i think Homeward Bound is about a sentiment all artists feel when they tour and live out of a suitcase.. and they kind of all hate it... but I think all the members except Stevie, who seems to really really love escaping life on the road, have felt that feeling.

I'd say the Mirage Tour....but she always looks great, damnit.

I wish she'd come back. I'm starting to get swept up in all this Stevie-hype, Chris needs to save me before I become a full-on chiffonhead :distress: