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Yes, you are reading that correctly. Missoni think this is a dress. The Fashion Police would wager that if something doesn’t cover your butt, it is not, in fact, a dress. We would call it a top.
Fortunately My Theresa (the site on which this misnomer was spotted) recognise this and have posted the warning: “Rather short and very sweet. Style it as a top or dress.” And we are very grateful that they have because you just know that someone (Lindsey Lohan, Lady Gaga, usual suspects) will try to wear this as a dress with nothing but large pants and tights (if we’re lucky) underneath it. My Theresa have even styled it with trousers so you know they are not fooled into thinking it’s a dress. To be fair, they do state that the mannequin is 5’11” and so if you are say, 4’11” then yes, it might perhaps work as a dress on you.
Are you 4’11” and would you wear it as a dress? If you’re not, but you like the garment anyway, then you can buy this sweater for €569 here.
What is it, readers: dress or top?
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When you know you’re appearing on the same red carpet as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (more on them later), you’re going to have to do something, anything to make sure you get your share of the attention. Huh, Kristin Cavallari?
What Kristin chose to do in this difficult situation was… well, see above.
There’s whole lot going on with this outfit. The spikes. The chains. The, er, girls, and the illusion that they might burst forth at any second. (Thankfully it is but an illusion: we get the feeling this dress is actually pretty secure – it just looks like a stray breeze might render her topless.) The upper torso. Did we mention the side boob? There’s side boob.
When you look at this outfit, you may well think “Rihanna“. And you’d be right to think that, because Rihanna’s worn it too, only in red. It’s a much more “typical” kind of style for R, but that doesn’t mean other people can’t wear it too, obviously, so tell us what you think of Kristin Cavallari’s attempt to wear spikes and chains? Hit or miss? Fashion crime, or absolutely fine?
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You’d better make sure you’ve got a few hours to spare before you delve into the archives at the Virtual Shoe Museum. You can browse the beautiful and the bizarre by designer, color, material or a host of other options. There are a ton designers on the site – few of whom are the names you’d expect. Some that you do recognized aren’t typically remembered for their shoes, either. For instance, two paintings of shoes by Vincent van Gogh are included in the collection. This isn’t the shoe department at Saks, so don’t expect a lot of wearable pumps or wardrobe inspiration. But whether you’re more interested in seeing excuisite footwear like the Morphogenesis by Pauline van Dongen above, or Goat Shoes with hooves for toes and guns for heels, there’s something to marvel at.
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Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Sunday Cloud dress, £268, My-Wardrobe| Tweet |
Selfridges Manchester have issued an apology after attracting fierce criticism for a window display showing an Alexander McQueen dress hanging from what looks to us very much like a gallows.
Selfridges’ statement read:
“Presenting a fashion item from the new Alexander McQueen collection hanging was never intended to be linked to the designer’s untimely death or how he died. Nearly all the new season items from our new window scheme, The Desirables, showcased in both our London and Manchester stores, are hung artistically on their own to present them as even more extraordinary. However, we do acknowledge that, in retrospect, presenting the dress in our Manchester Exchange Square store in this way was a mistake, and would like to apologise if this particular window has upset anyone. The dress has been removed and replaced by another designer’s garment.”
We’d say that when the designer’s death-by-hanging is still so fresh in everyone’s minds (or, indeed, at any other time, come to think of it), it’s possibly not in the best taste to “hang” one of his creations like this. What do you think, though?
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Case File: Obsesity and Speed Shreddy T
We opened the case on Obesity & Speed’s Shreddy T back in March of this year, and since then it’s become something of a celebrity fashion favourite, with Miley Cyrus in particular taking the Shreddy T to her teenaged heart.
This weekend saw Miley turn once again to her faithful Shreddy, while Gwen Stefani also gave the shirt the Gwen seal of approval. (Gwen’s also wearing drop-crotch jeans in this photo. We feel like she’s almost trying to provoke us here.) The, er, joy of this item is that while it looks fairly unremarkable from the front, once the wear turns her back, it’s a whole different look:
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It just goes to show: sometimes even the fashion greats will want to try and make you look like you’ve got a couple of coyotes strapped to your ankles. And they’ll want to charge you $2,000 for the privilege, too.
Trust no-one, readers. Except The Fashion Police, obviously. We’ll always keep you right.
Or we’ll try to, anyway…
Christian Louboutin Toundra Coyote-Fur Trimmed Suede Ankle Boots, $2,095 at Saks.
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