Celebrity Dish IX

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Jan 8, 5:52 AM EST

Associated Press

Mr. Blackwell, the chronicler of clothing catastrophes, poked fun at former model and reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith for committing the worst fashion follies of the past year.

"Don't bother with a new designer, Anna, just hire a structural engineer," Blackwell suggested to the 35-year-old Smith, who stars in E! Entertainment Television's "The Anna Nicole Show."

The 43rd annual worst-dressed list from the acid-tongued critic and former fashion designer ranked Ozzy Osbourne's daughter Kelly as the year's No. 2 offender for looking like "a fright-wigged baby doll, stuck in a goth prom gown."

Colombian singer Shakira was third, with Blackwell calling her "overwrought and underdressed," while he remarked that fourth-place Cameron Diaz looked like she was "dressed by a colorblind circus clown."

Britain's Princess Anne, gothic author Anne Rice, designer Donatella Versace, actress Meg Ryan and pop stars Christina Aguilera and Pink also made the list, which was released Tuesday.

On the positive side, Blackwell praised Reese Witherspoon, Debra Messing, Halle Berry, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Jordan's Princess Firyal, Renee Zellweger, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Aniston as "Fabulous Fashion Independents for 2002."

For a second consecutive year, Blackwell was unable to deliver his put-downs at a news conference because surgery on his throat has left him with a weak voice, according to his spokesman, B. Harlan Boll.