Gwen has been busy, between The Voice, performing at the Rockefeller Center tree lighting, and visiting Hallmark’s Home & Family (presumably in service of promoting the other two). We’ll begin with the latter, on which she wore this Cong Tri ode to spaghetti, and whose pants vaguely remind me of the shape of Dot Matrix. I hope she, too, is on wheeled shoes and can motor away.

I missed the Rockefeller special, and I’m sad about it, because this dress is PERFECTLY Gwen and I’m glad Siriano sent it to her:

 

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Okay, the seam up the front of the netting looks like a surgery scar. I’m not sure what’s up with that, unless they’re trying to do an Inception-like cross-promotion of Chicago Med. But the skirt and hat are so great — it’s very swingy and perhaps slightly more springy than you’d expect in December, but we all need visual treats right now and this certainly qualifies.

 

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I suppose THIS is also very on-brand for Gwen, but it also feels like someone put Ariana Grande, mid-aughts Paris Hilton, and Elle Woods into a blender.

 

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Considering this outfit has no real color in it, and neither does her makeup, I actually think it works shockingly well?

 

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This is cute, and also like she made two dresses by painting two separate pieces of muslin and then decided to marry them.

 

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This feels a LOT more like the Gwen of yore. I like it, but I really want to discuss those shoes. They are AMAZING. They do not go with this AT ALL and they delight me to my core.

 

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This… is bananas, as if someone from space tried and failed to understand Dolly Parton. It was also the harbinger of a theme, for she has worn a fair bit of fringe this season, and also teeny bottoms.

 

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I guess when you’re sitting down for almost the entire broadcast, it doesn’t matter if your lower half looks like you Force-Quit the program while it was still working.

 

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But then she DOES stand up and OH MY GOD, I know we’ve used the phrase “denim diaper” a few times, but this is the closest I think I’ve ever seen to one. Change it, Gwen. CHANGE IT.

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