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JLady
11/25/09

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Heavens above, Natalie Portman looks divine.
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Tart of Darkness
11/25/09

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Erin Featherston's look is gorgeous!! But I can't get behind so many of the women with long straggly hair and droopy looking bustlines. I can haz support, pleez? And a hairbrush?
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badmutha
11/25/09

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There is nothing more fun than dressing up and dancing the night away. If you can't dance like crazy at the Ballet function, then you shouldn't even go.
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BetteD
11/25/09

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Julia Koch looks like the world's most ferocious fruit roll-up.

I don't understand in which universe Natalie Portman's dress qualifies as "perfection." I'm pretty sure that length isn't flaterring on anyone. And the shoes look completely out of place. Meh.
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jigglyball
11/25/09

@BetteD: At first, I thought that perhaps she's doing some kind of meta reference to sparkly glam by wearing a starry sky print. But even if that's the case, she's conspicuously underdressed. To me, her dress says, "I'm so above my company (and everyone ever) that I can wear a sundress in the winter to the damn NYC Ballet."
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BetteD
11/25/09

@jigglyball: I know I will probably get hateraded on for this, but N. Port always seems to have an air of being above her company. I've always found her to seem a little in love with herself. And y'know, child rapists and whatnot...

#tips
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jigglyball
11/25/09

@BetteD: Nah, I think there's actually some NPort haterade making the rounds, and I guess I been drinkin' it. I'm fairly certain we're not alone in our opinions.
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lisas
11/25/09

@BetteD: Oh oh I'm on that train. I used to quite like her, but since she's ok with child rape, and compared eating a steak to rape, she's off my list. See ya, Portman, you pretty wooden doll.
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lady_justice
11/25/09

@jigglyball: @BetteD I agree with both of you. I think the print of her dress looks like material you would get at Joann's fabrics for the purpose of costuming Merlin in a 5th grade school play. Also, I feel like she's one of those Harvard grads who would somehow work their alma mater into every 3rd or 4th sentence when talking to you at a cocktail party. Oh yeah, and being an apologist for a child rapist and equating eating meat to being a rapist (WTF?!) doesn't really boost my opinion of her either.
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Madison watches too much TV
11/25/09

@lisas: Kiiiinda sick and tired of everyone saying Natalie compared eating steak to rape when if you actually read the article, you'd realize that she didn't do anything of the sort. Next!
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SheelaNaGig
11/25/09

@jigglyball: I thought it looked like a sundress too! A pretty sundress, but not appropriate for the NY Ballet in late November. I'm not a fan of hers as an actor, but she usually dresses very well at least.
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lisas
11/25/09

@Madison watches too much TV: Oh well as long as she only endorses the rape of 8th graders, that's ok then. Next!
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Madison watches too much TV
11/25/09

@lisas: Yes, she's totally out there with a sign telling every pill-popping 70s era director to rape at whim. I'm sure that's her intention.
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BetteD
11/25/09

@lisas: How is it that I haven't gotten around to hearting you yet? Ah, well, fixed now.

#tips
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hfree
11/25/09

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I was once at a black tie event where Alexandra Lebenthal wore an enormous red satin caftan cape thing (think something Andre Leon Tally would die for) and sliver cigarette pants. She looked amazing. That woman can wear anything.
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lafleur
11/25/09

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I hope Mila Kunis wore her own dinner jacket over a fancy dress. That is fresh as hell.
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yvanehtnioj
11/25/09

@lafleur: I just bought a tuxedo jacket for that very purpose. I'm most definitely a fan of the look!
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Tart of Darkness
11/25/09

@lafleur: I hope so too because she looks terrific in it!
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noisy doll
11/25/09

@lafleur: I think it is hers because you can see some white "shirt sleeve" poking out of it, even though you don't see the rest of a white shirt. A man's regular jacket wouldn't have a thing like that on it.
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Sapphire
11/25/09

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A ballerina's body has got to be difficult to fit, so I sympathize, but #6 does her no justice. Her upper body is swimming in the bodice, and the color is an odd muddy shade.

LOVE the flounce in #14, as well as the bold color.
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Tart of Darkness
11/25/09

@Sapphire: I'm not so sure why her body would be difficult to fit. It's sort of the body that everyone is trying to get, no?

But I agree with you about the dress. I can just see the designer saying "Well, okay, we'll put your top in a bag and then...."

I love her posture...such a refreshing change from the hunched shoulders look. Hunched shoulders I guess are to pop the collar bone at the shoulder so you can look truly thin. Or something.
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noisy doll
11/25/09

@Tart of Darkness: big, strong legs aren't quite the same as model skinny. I have the NYC Ballet Workout DVDs, which feature a couple of different company dancers in very tight workout clothes, and while I myself love their build, it simply isn't the same as that of a runway model.
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Tart of Darkness
12/01/09

@noisy doll: Well, that's certainly true. Of course the ballet ideal is very muscular legs that are still slim enough to see space between them at the crotch. And they are not as big as figure skater legs.
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SidheDragon
11/25/09

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I guess the difference between a flowing robe and a kaftan is who's wearing it. Wealthy socialite: flowing robe. Kaftan: my grandmother.

Grandma's were prettier and the matching shoes were comfier.
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gold_gato
11/25/09

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Natalie Portman's dress makes me want to fall asleep. It should be shorter, with younger shoes. A teen print + mom length = Lindsay Lohan Jamie Lee Curtis mashup
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
11/25/09

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Wow. How much champagne does it take to get the Ballet Master to lead the lindy, ya think?

Good times.
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noisy doll
11/25/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I want to think none at all, because Peter Martins is awesome. :3
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HimsCocktailWiener
11/25/09

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Whenever I see Natalie Portman I think of Kenneth Branagh as Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing: "By this DAY! She is a fair lady."
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JessickerFletcher
11/25/09

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I'm doing a slow clap for Erin Fetherston right now. Homegirl took some major risks and triumphed gracefully.
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gold_gato
11/25/09

@JessickerFletcher: She looks awesome!
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Tchotchke
11/25/09

@JessickerFletcher: The only thing I don't like about her dress is the little bow on the bust. Snip that off, and I'd love it.
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Tchotchke
11/25/09

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I don't really care for Natalie Portman's outfit, to be honest. There is something about the tailoring that renders it frumpy, to me, the length is unflattering to someone her height, and the shoes are boring.

I think that Mila Kunis looks adorable, though.
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Ailatan
11/25/09

@Tchotchke: I agree, I think it would look wonderful if the skirt were a bit shorter, it's an awkward length.

Also it looks too much like a simple cotton dress, I don't know what the material is but it doesn't photograph very well.
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yvanehtnioj
11/25/09

@Tchotchke: I'm with you. Aside from the stumpifying length, the bodice is just unflattering. The pattern isn't doing anything for me, either. It looks like a twin-sized sheet set bought special for Science Camp.
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Snowbunny
11/25/09

@Tchotchke: Mila Kunis always looks adorable. Mila Kunis is the new Natalie Portman. Or Natalie Portman is the new Mila Kunis, a la "Face-Off"
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Tchotchke
11/25/09

@Ailatan: I would add that the straps and bust are too low also. I'm 5'3" and any dress that hangs that low creates an effect that draws the viewers' eyes downward, thereby making you appear shorter and dumpy. If you're petite, you want clothing that plays up that factor and makes you look lithe, not stumpy.
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Tchotchke
11/25/09

@yvanehtnioj: Ahh, I didn't see your comment before writing almost the same thing! Great minds and all that business...
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curiousgeorgiana
11/25/09

@Tchotchke: From the ribs up-- I think it's flattering. And she looks gorgeous in general.

But the bottom? Yeesh. Needs to be shorter, more flattering line, and lighter shoes.

She's beautiful no matter what, but this is not a flattering look for her.
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Leucadia
11/25/09

@Tchotchke: I just don't like blue and black together, no many how many magazine editors try to convince me it's a "daring" combination. It just always looks like a mistake to me.
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Tchotchke
11/25/09

@Leucadia: It really depends on the shade of blue, in my opinion. For example, a saphire dress with a black belt would be beautiful. But, if the shades are too close, it makes it hard to discern between them and it looks sloppy, in my opinion.
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yvanehtnioj
11/25/09

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RE: Sarah Sophie Flicker, I vote folly. I could've gone along with it up to a point, but the twee pose pushes it over the edge to annoying.
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cinematheques
11/25/09

@yvanehtnioj: That and I can see her panties.
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LaMorena
11/25/09

@yvanehtnioj: I agree. I WANT to like it, but the makeup pushed it over for me. If she had kept the tones more neutral instead of the brights she did, it would have toned down the look. And yes, the pose--too cheeky!
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R_Claw
11/25/09

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I just have to:

Graceful men, lift lovely girls, in whiiiiite. Yes, everything is beautiful at the balle---et, I look pretty, I was happy, I would love to at the ballet.
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
11/25/09

@R_Claw: I was just coming here to do the same thing. Well played.
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