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Let's start the show.
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Our second issue (we'll get to the first in a second) with Michael's collection is the color story. These drab, dusty non-colors worked against the kind of glam he was going for with this collection. We suspect he thought the color choices gave the looks some sort of "New York-y" sophistication. This dress is clearly a variation on his challenge-winning Lady Liberty dress. Like that entry, this dress is sexy and breezy, but not at all new or modern.
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It's just alright. To be honest, it looks a bit overworked. We don't love the belt, which looks a bit, well, crafty.
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Very strange bust on this look. The cups looks sloppy and lopsided. Slopsided. As for the rest of it, haven't we seen this dress quite a few times in the last couple of years?
And that's our first issue with this collection: there's nothing new about any of it.
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Those pants are hideous and about a Cher Level Five on the tacky scale. The top is pretty tacky too, but we admit there's something a little interesting about it. Had it been part of a dress instead of a tacky vest and pant combo, it could have been something.
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Strangely, this is the most modern look in his collection, but that's only because hot pants are trendy right now. Gold sequined hot pants? Not so much.
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There's some interest in the construction of the top, but he went WAY overboard on the skirt. Pick one, maybe two elements, Michael.
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Very Halston-y. Very much that breezy-glam Palm Springs look.
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Again, haven't we seen the cocktail dress with the feathered skirt a lot in recent years? We do like the colors here, though.
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Credit where it's due, this is a bold, glamorous and most importantly, eye-catching look. We think the shades of grey and black are a bit incongruous with the rest of the collection and there's perhaps a bit too much bling around the neck, but this is our favorite of his looks.
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This, we're sorry to say, is just silly-looking. The boobs are coming out of nowhere (and that top is a mess), and the skirt looks overworked to the point of exhaustion. We like the colors here but this look is a total needlescratch of a moment.
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