Fug or Fab: Dita von Teese

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Okay. They're not my ONLY problem. But I think she'd look more modern without them and YES I KNOW her entire raison d'etre is to look NOT modern but in this instance I don't mean Modern As In Up to Date, I mean Modern as in NOT DATED as in Not So Freaking Predictable. The rest of this dress is not predictable at all. The gloves, not so much.

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I'd have a much larger issue with this top if it didn't feel like a neat nod to her burlesque career. On the other hand: underboob ahoy.

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And I really wish the skirt looked slightly less like a very high-fashion drop cloth.

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But I actually love the back. Why is it so hard to make a decision?