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Wednesday, 9 January, 2002, 07:27 GMT
Robinson is 'worst-dressed woman'
Anne Robinson at Radio City Music Hall, New York
The presenter's off-screen dress is a "Hogwart's horror"
The Weakest Link presenter, Anne Robinson, has topped Hollywood's annual list of worst-dressed women.

Her off-stage clothing was described as "frumpy" by critic and self proclaimed fashion guru, Mr Blackwell.

Britney Spears came second in the list for 2001 for a fashion sense said to be "a rehashed Madonna on a really bad day".

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles
Camilla Parker Bowles's dress sense is attacked
American R'n'B group Destiny's Child come fourth for being a "trilogy of taste-free terror hitting a crescendo of off-pitch kitsch".

And Camilla Parker Bowles also makes it to the top ten after she is said by Mr Blackwell to "pack the stylistic punch of a dilapidated Yorkshire Pudding."

The dubious honour of being Worst Dressed Woman, which has been compiled since 1960, is usually reserved for music and movie stars.

But the BBC television presenter has become a television star in the States with the British quiz show being screened on American broadcaster NBC.

It is not her on-screen trademark black clothes that have won the attentions of Mr Blackwell but rather her attire when not in front of the camera.

He said she looked somewhat like "Harry Potter in drag. A Hogwart's horror".

See also:

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US hype for airbrushed Anne
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