Christa B. Allen attended the 12th Annual InStyle Summer Soiree held at the Mondrian Los Angeles in West Hollywood, California yesterday evening alongside her BFF, Ashley Madekwe.
The actress wore a Robert Rodriguez fitted strapless dress with a pointy double-layered neckline.
I’m loving the 80s vibe I am getting from this frock, and I’m glad she didn’t go for the obvious styling-wise, adding metallic-blue Dior pumps, with a blue-and-white oversize Sachin + Babi kaldeiscope print clutch and dazzling Martin Katz jewels completing the look.
I have a feeling this look would’ve worked better with her hair up, the belt and even possibly the shoes as seen in the look book. What do you think?
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- Christa B. Allen’s Sachin + Babi clutch
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- Christa B. Allen’s Dior shoes
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- Christa B. Allen in Robert Rodriguez
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I would have prefered the dress in another colour.
I’m not crazy about the shoe & clutch color, but I do love the look otherwise. Even though I’m on a short hair campaign today, I wouldn’t change hers at all. I think she looks much better than the lookbook version.
I love this except for bag and shoes.
I don’t like anything about this. The dress does not fit her right in the bust, it’s sitting up too high and looks odd. I hate her earrings; they look like a buy 3 get 1 free pair from Claire’s in the mall. The shoes are so random, and the clutch is from a different planet altogether. Bummer b/c I really like the dress in the lookbook.
I don’t like the creases nor the styling. Everything looks better on the look book.
I greatly dislike the shoes and bag. They don’t go at all with the dress.
The dress is great, but the styling is awful. The clutch doesn’t go and I can’t stand those metallic blue pizza toe shoes!
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Not a bad look. I like sorta like this.
I like the look a in the look book but this young lady’s styling is not cohesive and is off putting. Nothing really works together.
I love the dress, her hair makeup and earrings. I don’t love the accessories, especially the clutch which seems to come from a different universe from the dress. I don’t live the shoes, but I can live with them.
I am not crazy about the fit of the dress.
I would have changed the clutch for something a bit simpler and gone with a slicker hairstyle a la the lookbook, otherwise I like her styling choices.
Although I love the lookbook styling, I like how she makes this look her own. And when a structured dress fits this well, a belt is not necessary. A low pony might be nice but I still like it.