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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 06: Twenty year veteran children's entertainer and actor Phil Cale chats with a young child during his Santa performance at Stanhope Gardens Shopping Centre on December 6, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Phil Cale is commencing his 6th year playing the role of Father Christmas as a professional Santa performer. Straight Down The Line Promotions is one company training and supplying hundreds of Santa's to Australian suburban areas, Phil Cale will see an estimated 4000 children during his 35 day assignment at Stanhope Gardens Shopping Centre this year. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

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Young women enjoy themselves in an inflatable swimming pool as they participate in a local radio station's 'Pool Party' promotion in Sydney on December 4, 2009. Sydney is currently enjoying milder weather following recent heatwave conditions which has seen record temperatures recorded across much of southeastern Australia. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Tattooed model and supporter for the environmental group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia, Dani Lugosi, holds a sign reading 'Ink, Not Mink' drawing the attention of workers in Sydney's central shopping precinct on November 24, 2009. Covered in little more than tattoos, Lugosi was helping PETA to ask shoppers to 'leave fur to its original owners' and to draw attention to what they see as cruelty rampant in the fur industry. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 20: A woman sunbakes on Balmoral beach as temperatures in Sydney soar well into the 30's and in some regions over 40 degrees centrigrade on November 20, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The dry conditions have prompted a total fire ban and the first catastrophic fire warning in the state. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 12: Residents of Sydney cross a city street in Sydney as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest swimwear parade on November 12, 2009. The attempt held as a fundraiser for the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience and run by swimwear company Budgy Smuggler, fell short of the current record of 287 participants set recently in South Africa. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10: People sunbath alongside a perspex art work titled 'A Symbolic Inscription of the Imaginary' by Australian artist Nicholas Elias as part of the Sculptures By The Sea outdoor art exhibition on November 10, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The 13th annual exhibition which ends this weekend has seen over 500,000 visitors along the Bondi to Bronte coastal walk to view over 100 pieces from artists all over the world. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

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Curiousity gets the better of an admirer of the silicon and fibreglass work 'Little Lost Boy' by Australian artist Paul Trefry after overly-cautious organisers put a swimming costume on the figure for the official launch of the 13th Sculpture By The Sea exhibition on Sydney's Tamarama Beach on October 29, 2009. The annual outdoor display features sculptures by 114 Australian and international artists and is expected to attract over 600,000 visitors before closing on November 15. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 25: A women dressed as a zombie poses during the Thrill The World 2009 event, which sees fans from all over the world dance simultaneous to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' at Luna Park on October 25, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The event aims to raise money for charity and break the current world record for the Largest Simultaneous Thriller Dance. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 25: A women has make-up applied during the Thrill The World 2009 event, which sees fans from all over the world dance simultaneous to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' at Luna Park on October 25, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The event aims to raise money for charity and break the current world record for the Largest Simultaneous Thriller Dance. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 22: Photographs are seen during an exhibition to showcase 150 local artists in Glebe on October 22, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The exhibition runs for a month with the lifesize portraits displayed in a variety of outdoor locations in Glebe. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 21: A human tree statue is seen during the VIP Launch of the Opera Bar's 'The Best Beer Garden in the World' installation bar, which will be in place for just 5 days, on Sydney Harbour on October 21, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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Australian Margo Bates, 99-years, is pushed by Trish Cunneen to the start of her 50-metre freestyle swim at the Sydney Aquatic Centre during the World Masters Games on October 16, 2009. Bates won her sixth gold medal during the event at the games, which has seen 28,292 competititors from 95 countries and ranging in age from 24 to 101 taking part in the world's biggest multi-sport event. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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A woman (below) takes a photograph of an art installation in Angel Place, a laneway in central Sydney on October 6, 2009. The installation called 'Forgotten Songs', has suspended bird cages (above) plus the sounds of some of the birds which may have lived in the area before the city replaced their native habitats. The project is one of eight installations in the network of inter-connected laneways in Sydney's central business district and is part of the art festival 'Art and About' which runs through October. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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A dancer from a local Brazilian Latin American entertainment group performs for Sydney shoppers during a city retail shopping arcade promotion in Sydney on September 24, 2009. Australian retailers have weathered the worst of the global downturn with governement stimulus measures providing a boost to consumer spending. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 23: A women is seen walking her dog under the Sydney Harbour Bridge on September 23, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Severe wind storms in the west of New South Wales have blown a dust cloud that has engulfed Sydney and surrounding areas. (Photo by Stuart Hannagan/Getty Images)

A woman takes a photograph as the Sydney Opera House (C) is shrouded in an eerie blanket of dust on September 23, 2009. Sydney's cars and buildings turned orange as strong winds blew desert dust across the city, snarling commuter and air transport and prompting a warning for children and the elderly to stay indoors. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 13: A woman watches kites in the sky at Bondi's Festival Of The Winds at Bondi Beach on September 13, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Celebrating 30 years this year, it is the largest kite-flying event in Australia, attracting locals and internationals alike and is run in conjunction with the Australian Kite Flyers Society. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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A young woman takes part in a teeth power brushing promotion in Sydney on August 3, 2009. 300 Sydneysiders brushed their teeth to mark the start of Dental Health Week. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP/

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Elephants stand under a shower of water as they attempt to cool down at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Animals at Sydney's zoo were given large homemade ice blocks filled with fruit to help stay cool as temperatures were expected to hit 41C (106F). The ambulance service issued a warning for the elderly and children to stay out of the heat and drink plenty of water as as a heatwave hits the state. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Sometimes you just have to look at a moddle like Nikki Phillips and go, okay, I get it: If I wore that it would look like a sack. This is a legit profession.
Full disclosure, kids: I hate the color purple. Not the Alice Walker novel or the Whoopi Goldberg movie or — perish the thought! — the Oprah-produced musical, just the actual hue. I get intellectually that it's beautiful, but I just can't disassociate it from Glastonbury neo-pagans and Lisa Frank stickers. I guess that means I'm neither creative nor royal. Nevertheless, the cold, logical part of my mind can acknowledge that TV presenter Lizzy Lovett looks lovely.
There is a half-hearted movement afoot to christen these two-part dresses "blirts" or "dirts" or something. We're all for the evolution of language, but not for linguistic Gattica. Kirsty Lee Allan's ensemble will remain a "dress."



The Bad:
You know sometimes on Project Runway someone designs something and you're like, well that sucks, and then they get to the runway and Nina's all, "It's Balenciaga — but it's you!" And Michael's all, "It's American, it's French, it's outer space, it's fabulous," and you just think: I will never understand fashion? Yeah. Eva Mendes.
Zoe Naylor's loud mini is — how do you say? — ugly.
Have you ever had to eat at the home of some hippie who thinks "creativity" is a substitute for "knowing how to cook" and has gone to Chinatown and has a bunch of ingredients he wants to try, and a bunch of random spices? Sara Groen's dress is kind of the equivalent of that.
Is it just me, or is Jaynie Seal's dress too big for her?
I think we've all had moments of considering stuff like this in the party section of Forever21 and thinking, it would be fun and kooky! Unlike Jade McRae, sanity usually prevails.

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Model Paneer Rose works a mod dress/coat combo. The sheer hose confuse me slightly, but I'm easily confused.
Radio presenter Blanca Dye targets breast cancer with a cocktail dress, lab coat, and boots.
Singer Tiffany Wood's weapon of choice: an aggressively printed maxi.
The pernicious fiction that a camisole increases a wrap's modesty is laid to rest by television personality Charlotte Dawson. Also in her arsenal: hose, pointy booties.
Model and TV presenter Sarah Murdoch seems to say: If the slit won't get the job done, by god, the cleavage will!
Kelly Smyth targets breast cancer in white, elf-toed go-go boots, mucho cleavage, and shocking pink mod. Who can withstand that? I know I can't.

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