So, I’m surfing the private sales like I do almost every day (much to my husband’s eternal dismay) and at Gilt I came across this *gorgeous* silk chiffon beaded gown by Carolina Herrera. Or, at least I think it’s a gorgeous gown.

Now, don’t get me wrong, there are always divine things in these private designer sales, but every once in awhile I come across something so stunning that it actually makes me stop and go, “Oooooooooooooo!”  This dress did that for me; however, after I took a glimpse of the closeup pics, I’m not so sure.  Of course, it probably didn’t hurt that my husband, ever the poetic fashion critic,  mentioned that it looked like the model had “some kind of salad hanging from her armpit.”

In the end, I decided that Ms. Herrera, she of some of the most elegant designs in the fashion world, has managed to create a gown that would equally gain “Best Dressed” and “Worst Dressed” comments from those who would be critics. Stunningly beautiful from afar but up close… mebbe not so much.  So you tell me, hit, miss or both?

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