Actress Nicolette Sheridan, from the television series "Desperate Housewives," poses backstage at the American Music Awards on, Nov. 14, 2004. (AP/file)

    BEIJING, Jan. 12 -- "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollette Sheridan, known for short skirts, tight pants and a famously dropped towel in a television ad, was named the worst-dressed woman of 2004 on Tuesday by fashion designer Mr Blackwell.

    "In barely-there bombs, she's a taste-free pain. Let's crown her the Tacky Temptress of Wisteria Lane," he wrote in a statement released Tuesday.

    In his 45th annual no-puns-barred list of what he calls "The Bad, The Sad and The Downright Ugly," Mr Blackwell said the 41-year-old actress, who a plays a suburban vamp in the hit ABC series, is "a taste-free pain." 

(Agencies)

File photo of Nicollette Sheridan taken 2004

Nicollette Sheridan in "Desperate Housewives"