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This Vivienne Westwood dress is actually a three-quarter length version of the full-length gown Carrie wore in the Sex and the City movie, but that hasn’t stopped people snapping it up : and nor has the fact that it costs £4,530,either! The dress went into Net-a-Porter’s ‘New In’ section yesterday, and by mid-morning it was already sold out, so unless they only had a couple in stock, we guess we might be seeing a few Carrie-esque brides this summer.
Sarah Jessica Parker is pictured in the original after the jump. What do you think, readers: is this the kind of thing you’d wear to your wedding?
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No sooner had we stumbled upon these two-tone tights at the ASOS website earlier today, than our officers also spotted Pixie Geldof out and about in them in London. Clearly then, these tights are just begging to be written about, and so here they are! What does everyone think of them? We think it's an interesting idea, but we'd probably prefer a colour other than the nude/black versions, which seem to have the effect of bare legs with paint down the back of them. Your thoughts?
The tights themselves are £10 – you'll find a picture of Pixie wearing hers under the jump…
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![Spl89052 007[2] Style on Trial: Jennifer Lopez in drop crotch pants](http://www.thefashionpolice.net/images/6a00d8341c873353ef01156f91ee32970b.jpg "Spl89052_007[2]")
You know how we keep on thanking our lucky stars that harem pants don’t actually seem to making it into mainstream fashion, despite appearing in great numbers in every store in the land?
Looks like we spoke too soon, because here’s Jennifer Lopez, striding out proudly in her very own pair of drop-crotch pants.
The thing about this, though, is that although the crotch is close to her knees, which is an automatic Fashion Police penalty, the fact that she’s wearing these with tall boots almost makes it look like she’s just wearing a skirt. Now, we know the argument here would be, “Well, if she wants to look like she’s wearing a skirt, why doesn’t she just WEAR a skirt?” There’s no arguing with that, but still, we’re inclined to let J.Lo off the hook here: and those aren’t words we ever thought we’d hear ourselves say.
What do you think, Fashion Police jurors? Is Jennifer Lopez guilty or innocent of crimes of fashion?
[Thanks to Jen for the report!]
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Such is the unfortunate prevalence of harem pants in our world today that we've been forced to give up pointing out individual atrocities and simply throw them all into the Harem Hall of Shame, instead. We did. however, think these ones by McQ were bad enough to warrant a post all to themselves:
So bad, it's like they bypassed "harem" territory altogether and just proceeded straight to "oh my God, I've just filled my diaper/nappy." In fact, we think Alexander McQueen may even be doing it deliberately, playing up the diaper qualities of the look, and creating a silhouette that's as ridiculous as anything we've seen:
These particular offenders are now safely confined in the Fashion Police jail (We didn't want them to be a bad influence on the other harem pants in the Hall of Shame, so we've thrown them straight into solitary). If you'd like to get them out, though, bail has been set at £150, and you can buy them here.
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We wish that wasn't snake print in the paler sections of these shoes, but we're willing to live with it for the striking, geometric design and pale pink suede uppers. We're not sure we'd ever wear them, but we'd certainly enjoy looking at them. If you would, too, they're 1,050 euros (Ah.Yes. There is that…) and you can buy them here.
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As you may well have guessed, The Fashion Police have been spending a lot of time thinking about swimwear recently. Well, it gives us something to do while the wind howls around the HQ and the rain pours down.
Last summer, the high-waisted bikini brief made a welcome return to the swimwear scene, and we're pleased to see there are still some around this year, too. As well as being a little less revealing, and therefore more comfortable, than some of their low-riding counterparts, these also have a nice "Bathing Belle" kind of feel to them, and being the unashamed retro lovers we are, that has a lot of appeal.
This navy polka dot bikini is by Fleur T, and is currently available at Topshop. The bad news, however, is that it doesn't come cheap: £60 for the bottoms and £70 for the top, although there are some other, slightly cheaper cuts available too.
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