What's Up With Split-Personality Dresses? | yohana
There are two opinions on the split-up getup. Some say it's like two dresses mated and made an ugly baby. Others hail it as a creative and avant-garde way to rock the asymmetric look.
Personal stylist Vanessa Valiente has her own take. "Celebrities get bored of the tried and true equation of good style and branch out to more adventurous and unique options."
Adventurous yes, but if it looks terrible, what's the point? Valiente maintains that the split-personality dress can work "with the right fabrics, hues, details and lines, but more often it can look offbeat." We're going to go ahead and add strange, odd and just plain wrong to that list.
As for what exactly runs through these celebs' minds when they don the two-tone frock, I'm no mind reader. But they probably think they look great, and we would agree in Hilary Rhoda's (above right) and—sort of—Melissa George's (above left) case. What celeb with tons of dresses at her disposal would choose anything short of spectacular?
But Valiente tells me it's more likely they are hoping to create a fashion-forward or groundbreaking look over a merely pleasing ensemble. "After all, a celebrity can't become a fashion icon without taking that risk of choosing the shocking garment over the beautiful one."
She's got a point. Even if Julianne Moore's dress was a style slip-up, who really needs to see yet another yawn-worthy iteration of the Hervé Léger bandage dress? (We're looking at you, Amanda Bynes!) I'll take my risk-takers and tastemakers any day.
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Personal stylist Vanessa Valiente has her own take. "Celebrities get bored of the tried and true equation of good style and branch out to more adventurous and unique options."
Adventurous yes, but if it looks terrible, what's the point? Valiente maintains that the split-personality dress can work "with the right fabrics, hues, details and lines, but more often it can look offbeat." We're going to go ahead and add strange, odd and just plain wrong to that list.
As for what exactly runs through these celebs' minds when they don the two-tone frock, I'm no mind reader. But they probably think they look great, and we would agree in Hilary Rhoda's (above right) and—sort of—Melissa George's (above left) case. What celeb with tons of dresses at her disposal would choose anything short of spectacular?
But Valiente tells me it's more likely they are hoping to create a fashion-forward or groundbreaking look over a merely pleasing ensemble. "After all, a celebrity can't become a fashion icon without taking that risk of choosing the shocking garment over the beautiful one."
She's got a point. Even if Julianne Moore's dress was a style slip-up, who really needs to see yet another yawn-worthy iteration of the Hervé Léger bandage dress? (We're looking at you, Amanda Bynes!) I'll take my risk-takers and tastemakers any day.
fashionsandmode.blogspot.com
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