Awful Cover: Glee

Don't even get me started. No, seriously. Don't get me started on this. Yes, GQ, the PERFECT person to shoot a cover and editorial spread about a show about teenagers is TERRY RICHARDSON, who's recently enjoyed a tidal wave of press about how he is TOTALLY GROSS to all the underage models who are sent to him! WHAT AN AWESOME PLAN. And what is YET AWESOMER is to decide that the women on Glee should pose COMPLETELY SCANTILY CLAD.

Look, I get that GQ is kind of lad-mag adjacent and that the people on Glee are of age, but when you look at this cover and the shots inside and Dianna Agron looks like a nun simply because she's wearing BOTTOMS, maybe we've crossed a PR-bridge too far. After all, when you've got Lea Michele making her Victoria's Secret face on the cover in her underpants, do you ALSO need her to be eating a lollipop in her panties inside? And also eating a lollipop in her panties with her legs spread and playing with her hair? And, oh, just standing around in her panties -- sans lollipop this time, but threatening to take off her top? I don't mean to strangle myself with these pearls that I'm clutching BUT COME ON. You can be cute and you can be sexy and you can be alluring and you can still wear something other than your panties in every single shot in a national magazine, especially when the other people in the spread range from COMPLETELY (Cory) to kinda (Dianna) clothed. I don't blame Lea Michele for this -- although I have to admit that my reaction to these pictures was to say, "oh, god. She really IS unbearable." -- but I do blame SOMEONE for not saying, "hey, this show is all about how cool it is to be different and talented, so maybe our lead actress -- who is crazy talented and would be even if she were wearing a zombie costume -- doesn't need to be styled like the most important thing about her is her body, just like every other anonymous sexpot in every other lad mag in the world.

I need to go breathe into a bag now. What do you think?

Great Outfits: Lea Michele

Lea Michele enters my girl-crush crew in this hot pink Zac Posen minidress and Tabitha Simmons heeled outfit.

Lea is cute in a silk cerulean blue dress that has a flowy top and tight skirt. I even like her platform ruffle detailed heels.

Is she gorgeous here or what? I am fanning myself. Lea's nude slingbacks make her legs look fantastic.

Sweet and just the look for spring in a classic lace bodice, silk skirted dress and leather strappy sandals.

Michele looked every bit the teen queen in a bright yellow Maggie London dress, leg-lengthening nude pumps, and a contrasting Kotur clutch.

I love this sweet little flirty floral chiffon frock. I dunno about the heavy shoes though.

Lea wears another sweet flirty frock, this time a red and black floral number with simple leather sandals.

I love this flaming color on Lea. I kind of like her fruity pumps. Her hair looks fabulous.

Lea channeled her flirty style in an Isaac Mizrahi minidress with a bustier bodice and a gathered petal-pink skirt; she accessorized with a Fendi clutch, Giuseppe Zanotti metallic pumps and Irit Design gems.

Lea Michele made her Grammys debut in a flirty navy dress with a shredded chiffon skirt from Romona Keveza, diamond Lorraine Schwartz bangles and black satin Brian Atwood platforms. She admitted that the single-shoulder design was her second dress of the evening, citing a "wardrobe malfunction" with a too-sheer white dress. "You could see through the entire thing."

I don't know who's been styling Lea Michele, but he or she should get a fat raise for the stellar work being done this awards season. Lea's been looking ADORABLE. This is so cute and youthful and it's super flattering.

I am fanning myself. Lea Michele is STUNNING in this gorgeous Maladrino silk gown. I love how the gown addresses her curves while at the same time elegantly falling past her body. Her bangles are a fun addition to her flawless look.

First, I wasn't sure. Then I decided it was sleek and sexy and that she was -- with an assist from the perfect shade of red lipstick -- pulling off something that's actually rather hard: a beige semi-Grecian body stocking. But for someone who passes fairly well as a high-schooler on TV despite being twenty-four, this works intelligently for Lea: It's not jarring enough to make me watch Glee and think, "Oh, right, there's that sexpot twenty-something trying to act like a goody-two-shoes student,",and yet it's grown-up -- but without being old and dowdy and musty.

Lea chose an elegant nude Herve L. Leroux gown with Grecian pleats. I hate this color on her, as I think it does little for her, but I just love the natural beauty of this classic gown.

I thought, a first glance, that this dress was too heavy for Lea Michele. It turns out Lea is just curvy, and that adds a different factor to the gown than the stick thin model adds on the runway. This gown may come off as a thick cloud of doom, but it actually is classic elegance. Detractors say this dress is too old for a starlet in her twenties who's just tasting fame.Supporters say it's cool, and she's stunning, so who cares? I fall somewhere in between: It's by no means my favorite of Lea's awards-season looks, but I applaud her for selecting a wide range of styles the past few months finding a way to make each one her own. Even though this is mature, she carries it well.

"Boyfriend jeans are my spring fashion must haves. Any kind because I have a really expensive pair from Barney's that are really awesome, but I also have a pair from Express that are just as great."