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![what to wear [Guest Post] Style Challenge formal evening wear for curvy figures](http://www.thefashionpolice.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/what-to-wear.jpg "what to wear")
Deepti writes:
I make $45000 a year and I want to be a Fashionista without going broke. I’m bigger than average in size (ahem, lets not discuss exactly how much bigger) but I am sick of Empire waists and Wrap dresses. I know you get what to pay for but do I really need to pay $45 for a scarf in Texas? I know my shoes are fugly but I can’t walk in anything with over a 1-inch heel without falling on my butt. I love this top and the price at Ross but its the wrong size, why the heck can’t I find this in another size here?
These are the things that cross my mind every time I shop. There are the celebrities who need to make statements with fashion, the industry folks for whom fashion is a livelihood, the retailers for whom its a business, the die-harders for whom fashion is a living thing – but what about the rest of us? The rest of us who have busy lives, tight budgets and big butts?
So keeping all those in mind, here’s my “Style Challenge” for all the Fashion Police readers. I am spending 4 days in Las Vegas for the Holidays with Friends and we’re planning a night out in formal evening wear – please keep the aforementioned curves, budget and season in mind. Happy Online-Window Shopping!
[Note from The Fashion Police: This isn't a formal Style Challenge because as you read this, we're actually on vacation and won't be around to post the results. Please feel free to help out your fellow Fashion Police reader by posting your suggestions/outfit links in the comments, though!]
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Are those harem pants, or are you just pleased to see us?
Well, well, well: looks like we women aren’t the only ones to face the curse of the dropped crotch this year – and the poor men who’re expected to wear these pants are even worse off than we are, if you can believe it.
We’ll leave you to make up your own jokes about why this model might need so much extra room in his pants. If you just want to get your hands on those pants, meanwhile (sorry) they’re $117 from here.
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You COULD pay £265 for these Vivienne Westwood trousers. You could do that.
OR, you could simply take that ugly old over-sized sweater you got for Christmas that time, and wear it upside, on your legs. Same difference, really. Either way, you’re looking at some serious time in the Fashion Police jail…
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Fi writes…
When I saw this in a magazine it was in blue and my first thought was ‘OMG, who killed Gonzo from the Muppets?!’ The culprits turned out to be Miss Selfridge and they have cunningly tried to disguise their crime by dying the jacket black which is the only colour currently available on their website. However, we are not fooled and the jacket is therefore thrown into Fashion Police jail for its crimes.
Bail is set at £120 and you can release it here.
[Read more from Fi at her blog, ShoeGal]
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For once, we think we may have identified a fashion crime that Lady Gaga WOULDN’T wear. These Irregular Choice boots are just way too clumpy for our favourite repeat offender, which is ironic, given that they appear to have been named after her.
Are they too clumpy for YOU, though? They come in two different colors, and have a handy platform to give you a bit of height. And to make your foot look like a bridge. If that sounds good to you, they’re £129.50 from Irregular Choice.
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Do my hips look big in these?
What we particularly love – and by “love”, we mean “hate” – about these Zucca leggings isn’t their resemblance to a pair of old fashioned jodhpurs. No, it’s the way the printed waistband and droopy fabric combine to create the illusion of a pair of trousers in the process of falling down to reveal the model’s underwear. Because who WOULDN’T be willing to pay $475 to look like they lacked the basic ability to dress themselves? Who indeed.
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"Formal trousers" fail
Fi writes…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Marks and Spencer: this happens. If these were listed as lounge pants or leisurewear, I’m not saying it would make their existence right, but possibly it would make them more acceptable. But M&S? Dear old M&S, stalwart of the British nation have these listed under Formal Trousers. Formal? Really? The drawstring, the pockets: they’re jogging bottoms, and damn ugly ones at that!
But if you like them and want to wear them to a formal occasion this Christmas (although really, we’re begging you not to), you can get them here for £25.
[Read more from Fi at her blog, ShoeGal]
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