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I'm starting with this picture because you get the clearest shot of The Darts. I also enjoy that she appears to be staring at Cara Delevingne's outfit in something approaching disbelief, which is apt, because those pants weren't great on her but AHA you will have to wait until later for those because I am unkind.
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Here is the full shebang. I actually think she's working this tremendously well, but that Jessica's first reaction was the correct one: It's entirely too much midriff to be chic. And the cut of the top keeps exposing her tattoo in a way that makes me think her boobs are sneaking out, which throws me off every time.
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I even like the hair. It's sort of messy and crazy but in a way that constrasts the sleek precision of Princess Leia Goes Belly-Dancing really well.
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The back is lovely. It takes a special kind of body to wear the ol' Butt Fabric Cascade.
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But really, Lea Michele, THIS is how you come out there and HIT IT on the red carpet. She's not mugging; she's just BEING, in a way that is fierce. I can't decide if the top part -- darts, midriff, etc. -- is messing it up for me, or if it's cool, OR if she's just making it happen with her essential Rihannaness.