Awards season is upon us.  That can only mean ONE thing.  Mad Men’s January Jones will appear on everyone’s BEST and WORST dressed lists.  Her style (or lack thereof) has polarized critics from LA to NY.

Take the Golden Globes last Sunday for instance.  Her snug, fire-engine red frock had everyone talking.  Some called it glam.  One critic from BellaSugar said: “January Jones slinked her way into the Golden Globes looking like some combination of Marilyn Monroe, Veronica Lake, and Grace Kelly.”

Others were a little more harsh.  Another critic said, “And so it goes, our love/hate relationship with Ms. Jones continues.”  The Huffington Post immediately slapped her on their worst dressed list.  PopCrunch begged the question, “Why doesn’t she just wear something pretty and stop pushing the envelope?”  Terms like “dominatrix” and “harlot” were also bandied about in reference to her dress.

Personally, I didn’t get why the Versace gown seemed to be so constricting.  January has a darling figure … why the hell did she feel the need to squeeze her boobs together like she was getting a mammogram?  Kudos on the hair and make-up though.  She looked very old-school Hollywood.  (She managed to pull that off at the 2010 Emmys too, but that royal blue gown made her look like a demented peacock.)

Ever since Jones burst on the scene a few years back and started getting nominations for her turn as Betty Draper, she’s become a clotheshorse.  Designers love her because she’s daring.  Critics love her because at least she’s willing to buck trends from time to time.  But if she gets any more eccentric in her choices, we might as well start calling her Helena Bonham Carter.