Michelle Williams in Jason Wu

Nah, not too short. 

It depends on the angles.  Generally, I’d think this would be a fine length, but anything above the knees, you have to be nervous about where the camera is positioned to avoid giving the audience an eyefull.  In this case, I don’t think there’s an inordinate problem, unless the cameraman is a total perv.  Did she have a recent faux pas that’s making her nervous about that?

…And Michelle looks absolutely psychotic in the close up photo. YIKES. 

I wonder if those pleats kept popping up on her when she sat down… she looks like she is trying to hold them down.  

She looks so cute!  I used to hate her on Dawson’s Creek, but she’s really grown into something special…

I think it’s on the cusp of being too short, but is fine. She might have been a bit more comfortable with another inch or two, though.

Nope.  I think she looks adorable.

Compared to Kim Kardashian, who puts her vadge on display for the entire world to see her skirts are so short, this is practically nun-like.

I’m more concerned about the boob squish that’s happening right now.

She’s so lovely.

It isn’t the skirt, it’s the lessons on how to sit in a ladylike way. Turn your knees to the side. Sit up straight. Do not lounge. Clasp your hands in your lap. Who is going to be comfortable doing all that?

The outfit is very chic, but you’re right. She’s very uncomfy.

I vote she’s nervous because she’s by Leno. He would scare me too.

By my personal standards, yes.  By Hollywood standards, no. … Maybe she’s more like normal people than I thought!

That outfit is adorable. She always looks a little uncomfortable. She has rounded shoulders, so she always looks stiff but slouching, like she is tired but something is pinching.

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Then again, that could just be because she’s sitting next to Jay Leno.”  Oh, thank you for that!  

I don’t think the skirt is too short for a sit-down interview on TV.  But I don’t think it’s the right shape for a sit-down interview on TV.  The little overskirt kind of gets lost.

Jay Leno is awful and sexist and completely unfunny, so I think it’s the latter.

Did she ever had this hair when she was dating Heath Ledger?  I’m a bit confused by her claim a few months ago (and didn’t they break up for like a year before he died and she was dating new people at the time?)?

Anyways, I think she’s a pretty good actress but she always looks a bit sad and dowdy to me (thus I’m having trouble to buy her as Marilyn).  Looks like she’s doing her Oscar campaign now. 

Not too short, but she’s aware that she could be wearing something longer in case the camera angle’s strange. It’s not from the Lea Michele school of ‘up my arse whoops – totally the point though’ dressing, so she does get points!

Not the prettiest skirt I’ve seen but not too short. I recently saw snippets of Nicole Scherzinger on a couple of talk shows (flipping channels, did NOT watch more than a minute hehe) and each time her dress was SO ridiculously short she was constantly tugging at it. Classy. Made my eyes twitch.

Anyhoo, to me she just looks uncomfortable being on the show.

Love the dress but that is not the venue to showcase its best feature, the peplum. (And no it’s not really too short.) Here’s an idea not just for Michelle but for any woman who’s on the talk show circuit: pants! They don’t have to be Ellen DeGeneres-eque. But a nice ensemble featuring pants would eliminate all worries of potential flashing.

She’s never really comfortable in front of people- regardless of what she’s wearing.

Good until she crosses her legs, then borderline.

Her new hair color paired with that cut makes me weep for my lesser cheekbones.

Not too short, but maybe she’s just being extra cautious. Meanwhile, she blows the Jolie-Pitts out of the water when it comes to looking good.

no, not really.  although if the table was moved in the last shot, that might be questionable.  but la nina regularly wears skirts on pr that reveal her bootie and no one cares.  and a cute little butt it is, i might add.  cute dress on michelle, too.  she looks much better here that she did in palm springs (today’s other post). 

Why does her neck look so short here?  She is lovely but these photos make me say the words “tortoise head” over and over when I look at her head and neck.   Why?  Also, I can’t stand Leno.  

If she feels it is uncomfortably short then, for her, it is.   It’d be too short for me, in those circumstances, even in my heyday. But it IS  longer than many female guests wear on these shows, so by that metric it’s not too short.

It’s the peplum part of the skirt that makes the eye think it’s too short for sitting. It makes it look awkward — an image exacerbated by how uncomfortable she looks. (Someone upthread said her constant uptightness/discomfort makes it hard to image she can be believable as Marilyn, and I tend to agree, but we’ll see.)

I think being on any late night show must be the most awkward thing ever. Older men and bad jokes, yikes!

At first glance it doesn’t appear too short at all, but in my opinion, if you’re going to sit there holding the skirt down and feeling and looking uncomfortable, then you should wear a different skirt. It’s a shame because she otherwise looks very pretty.

she looks cute, and i don’t think she really looks uncomfortable, she just has a lady-like consciousness of her skirt and not wanting to flash the good china.