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Last Night's Look: Love it or Leave it?

Last Night's Look: Love it or Leave it?

Check out the head-turning outfits Michelle Obama, Jessica Alba and more stars were just spotted in! Then decide – fabulous or fashion fail?

By People Staff

Updated July 28, 2012 10:00 AM

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MICHELLE OBAMA

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PEOPLE.com officially endorses this outfit. At a reception for heads of state in London, the fashionable stuns in a white jacket with silver embroidery over a chiffon pleated skirt, both by J. Mendel, plus coordinating pointy-toe heels.

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JESSICA ALBA

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One of Narciso Rodriguez’s supports the designer at a private lunch at Barneys in N.Y.C., wearing his bold creations from head to toe.

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ELIZABETH BANKS

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We think Effie Trinket would be proud of all the color in the actress’s ensemble, from her bright Tucker dress to her red Coach cross-body. She finishes her outfit with Dannijo jewels, all worn to a Beverly Hills designer preview.

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CAMILA MCCONAUGHEY

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She’s got a , a handbag line and a baby on the way, but that’s not enough for this model! Camila celebrates her role as brand ambassador for INC International Concepts in a curve-hugging dress and T-strap heels, both by the Macy’s line, in N.Y.C.

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MARIA MENOUNOS

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Also at the Beverly Hills designer preview, the TV host makes leather shorts look surprisingly breezy, wearing her Madewell pair with a silky top, a Dannijo necklace and a pastel Coach clutch.

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SOLANGE KNOWLES

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Another Knowles girl steps out in braids (was she inspired by her sister?), wearing hers long with a graphic-print Diane von Furstenberg wrap and super-pointy heels at the Camila McConaughey I.N.C. event in N.Y.C.

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JORDANA BREWSTER

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Here’s another whimsical print we’d like to see take flight: the Dallas star’s pretty, butterfly-emblazoned Tucker skirt, worn with Dannijo jewelry, a Coach clutch and VC Signature sandals to the Beverly Hills preview party.

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ROSARIO DAWSON

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After two days of simple black shifts, the mixes things up in an abstract, formfitting black-and-white tank dress, accessorized with seriously chunky peep-toes and a bare face to the Warner Brothers pre-Olympics party in London.

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MANDY MOORE

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Red, white and ooooh! The wears a printed Tucker dress with navy-and-white striped wedges, a Dannijo necklace and red lips to the Beverly Hills designer preview.

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WHITNEY PORT

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Also at the designer event in Beverly Hills, puts her own funky spin on simple basics, pairing a flowy dress with a neon Dannijo necklace, a preppy Coach clutch and shoes that leave us at a loss for words.

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KATE MIDDLETON

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We’ve been hoping that the would switch up her footwear, but we didn’t see this coming. The royal kicks off her shoes and lets her gray-and-white plaid A-line dress take center stage at a pre-Olympics event in London.

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CATE BLANCHETT

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Work, cover girl! To fête her cover of Gotham magazine in N.Y.C., the actress wears a draped, collared shirt with a printed skirt, lace-up Roger Vivier heels and a swept-back do.

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KRISTEN BELL

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The temp in N.Y.C.: 90 degrees, meaning that is taking warm-weather leather to scorching new levels with her slim greige Current Elliott pants, to which she adds a silvery top and T-strap heels (both by Vince Camuto) for a GenArt screening of Hit and Run.

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OLIVIA PALERMO

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The perpetually fashionable New Yorker brings her chic city style to Verona, Italy, wearing those scalloped shorts we all love so much, plus a sheer top and bow-topped pumps for an Intimissimi event.

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WHITNEY PORT

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Some shirtdresses look like a button-down borrowed from your guy’s closet. This sexy shirtdress most definitely does not. Whitney wears a version with sheer horizontal stripes and adds strappy sandals and a white clutch for the Vans Women’s Classics Stylist Dinner in Los Angeles.

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ROSARIO DAWSON

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You didn’t think the allover sequin trend was going anywhere, did you? sparkles in her second LBD in two days and matching ankle-strap sandals at a fund-raiser in London.

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DEBRA MESSING

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Our favorite part of this ensemble? The actress’s snakeskin-print pumps. She dons them with a two-toned black frock for the Population Services International 2012 awards in Washington, D.C.

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TIA MOWRY-HARDRICT

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Jewel tones never go out of style, something Tia obviously knows, considering she selects a vibrant bluish-purple Christian Dior dress (simply accessorized with with a black belt, Dannijo earrings and Q by Pasquale heels, plus a wavy do) for the NBC TCA press tour in Hollywood.

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OLIVIA MUNN

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Last week we were obsessing over her demure top, now we’re obsessing over Olivia’s demure embellished white dress (it fits her so well!), which she wears with a purple clutch, Neil Lane jewels and pink Sole Society peep-toes to the L.A. premiere of The Babymakers.

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ROSARIO DAWSON

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To celebrate the launch of Karl Lagerfeld’s new collections in London, the wears the designer’s go-to color – black, in the form of a simple LBD – plus a pair of peep-toe ankle booties.

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JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER

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At the NBC TCA press tour in Hollywood to promote her new show, Guys with Kids, the actress is a woman with style, as proven by her textured Erin by Erin Fetherston LWD featuring a sexy V-neck and a metallic waist-cincher.

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NELLY FURTADO

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More flower power to Nelly, who attends a Self party in N.Y.C. sporting a conservative floral frock with fashion-forward black cage heels and an attention-grabbing white mani-pedi.

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SUSAN SARANDON

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Is Susan wearing jail stripes because she knows she’s breaking all kinds of style rules? That’s what we assume after seeing the black-and-white top over a button-up and black pants she dons at the Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry N.Y.C premiere.

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KAT DELUNA

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Looks like the singer is jumping on the warm-weather leather bandwagon. She attends the Big Apple Self bash in a cutout second-skin dress with contrasting ribbonlike embellishments that leaves little to the imagination.

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LEA MICHELE

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Sexy one night, sweet the next. The versatile wears something Rachel Berry would surely approve of to the FOX TCA All-Star Party in West Hollywood: a ruched, flowing powder pink Emilio Pucci dress with matching Brian Atwood heels, a Le Vian ring and a girlie braid.

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ZOOEY DESCHANEL

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Meanwhile at the same West Hollywood bash, fellow FOX actress sticks to her favored silhouette, wearing a golden Paule Ka dress with a fitted bodice and flared skirt, plus simple black pumps.

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CAMILA MCCONAUGHEY

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When we picture a maternity dress, this is not what comes to mind! At an N.Y.C. Cinema Society screening of Killer Joe, the expectant mom stuns in a teal-and-cobalt bandage dress and T-strap pumps, both by I.N.C.

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KENDRA WILKINSON

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Another shows off what she’s got in a short-sleeve, hot pink mini, worn with blue lace-ups and a funky hairstyle to the L.A. premiere of The Watch.

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CAT DEELEY

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Yet another of FOX’s “All-Stars” steps out for the fiesta in West Hollywood, sporting a floral-print one-shoulder sheath, oversize golden earrings and sexy sandals.

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MINDY KALING

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The only thing not funny about Mindy? Her seriously stylish black-and-white printed dress, which she ices with jeweled sandals and drop earrings at the FOX party in West Hollywood.

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CARLA GUGINO

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For the N.Y.C. screening of Killer Joe, it’s appropriate that the actress is killing it in a black-and-white sheath with a Peter Pan collar, peep-toe platforms and a bubble gum pink pout.

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HANNAH SIMONE

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Joining her Fox fam at the West Hollywood bash, the New Girl actress gives the impression of being an old pro on the circuit thanks to an ikat-print blue-and-yellow frock, black Sergio Rossi platforms and silver danglers.

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NICKY HILTON

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To let her red silk shirtdress shine, the socialite smartly sticks with simple black accessories including an oversize clutch and illusion pumps for the Killer Joe screening in N.Y.C.

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MISCHA BARTON

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Never one to play it safe on the carpet, the takes a fashion risk with a lace bustier and a tie-dye skirt topped off with a fringe jacket at a Guess party in Ibiza, Spain.

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KIM KARDASHIAN

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Perhaps the favorite leather leggings are at the dry cleaner? She flaunts her famous curves in a printed sheath, plus pointy-toe heels, to host the Midori Beachside Bash at the Delano Beach Club in Miami.

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LEA MICHELE

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No fashion regrets here! At the Valspar Hands for Habitat Celebrity Auction press conference in N.Y.C., the Glee goes girlie in an Oscar de la Renta frock and black Versace pumps.

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DIANNA AGRON

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Lea’s fellow Gleek wears a similar silhouette but plays with prints in a cap-sleeve number, plus funky T-strap sandals, at a photo call during the Giffoni Film Festival in Giffoni, Italy.

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SOLANGE KNOWLES

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WHITNEY PORT

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WHITNEY PORT

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ROSARIO DAWSON

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DEBRA MESSING

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OLIVIA MUNN

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KAT DELUNA

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