Gwyneth Paltrow shows off some skin, Kim Kardashian flashes crack, and Michelle Obama and Ann Romney face off in pink. See the fashion highs and lows of the week.
There’s little Gwyneth Paltrow could do to make it onto the lower (and far less glamorous) end of this list—she simply can do no wrong, most of the time, in our book. So when she showed up at the Michael Kors’s Golden Heart Gala on Oct. 15 in an angular black Michael Kors dress with cutouts, we just had to nod in silent appreciation.
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Here is a girl who likes to dress—and sometimes that means highly ferpitzed, piled on jewels, big hats, and ball gowns. And then there are moments like this: an architectural silver strapless Calvin Klein dress, Manolo Blahnik shoes, and Fred Leighton earrings. Somewhere a ball of tulle is taking a nap.
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Viola, Viola: the actress looked stunning in an all-white mod mini-dress and bright blue shoes.
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The first lady wore a neon pink bouclé dress and jacket by Michael Kors to the presidential debate on Tuesday night—which just happened to be the same exact shade of neon pink as Ann Romney’s dress. (Was it planned? For a second, the Twitterverse thought so, speculating that they chose the color as an act of support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month). But a day later, the NBCA people emailed us with a denial: “We are unaware whether the Presidential Candidates’ wives wore pink to the Presidential debate in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” But the first lady stole the show, channeling Jackie O. with a single strand of pearls and a shrunken jacket with bracelet-length sleeves.
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Jaime King looked gorgeous at the Elle Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles on Monday—in head-to-toe Calvin Klein Collection.
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Usually the fashion crowd sticks to New York or Paris, but on Wednesday night, Boston was the place to be. The Museum of Fine Arts fêted the opening of its Mario Testino exhibition, “In Your Face and British Royal Portraits,” which attracted everyone from Anna Wintour to the model Karlie Kloss. But the standout of the evening was the stoic beauty Karolina Kurkova, who wore a short black dress with lace trim.
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The Impossible star looked lovely in a lavender and purple dress from Victoria Beckham and Christian Louboutin heels at “Take Home a Nude,” an auction to benefit the New York Academy of Art, at Sotheby’s on Thursday night.
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Something seismic happened a few months ago, when Kim Kardashian subjected herself to the Kanye makeover treatment—clearing, presumably, vast stretches of fur and bandage dresses from her closet to appear more “high fashion” for her “fashion designer” boyfriend. The results have been largely problematic, with ensembles consisting of blacks and whites and strong shoulders and booties and experiments with no makeup. But then something like this happens and throws a wrench in everyone’s day. Kardashian went out for a stroll in Miami—wearing nothing but a bra and a transparent high-waisted skirt with nothing underneath.
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Another day, another Barbra Streisand attempt. The concept was, certainly, to emulate something from Dolce & Gabbana’s risk-taking and dramatic Spring runway—but the results were more than a little startling.
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