Everyone's Wearing... Micro-Fashion
Call us old-fashioned, but we remember the days when a T-shirt covered your belly button, shorts covered your bottom and there was no chance of anyone wondering whether you'd not put your trousers on on purpose. But for today's starlets, less appears to be most definitely more. We round up the celebs putting the flash trend - pardon the pun - that we're dubbing 'micro-fashion' on the style map...
PA PhotosMicro-fashion’s poster girl Eliza Doolittle has been affectionately rechristened Eliza Wearsalittle in the GLAMOUR.com office. Because her signature look goes a little something like this.
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PA PhotosSubversive? Moi? Ellie Goulding intellectualises her suspender flash with a tux up top.
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PA PhotosAs well as a wacky legging, Jessie J also possesses the rare ability to be able to pull off a denim bralet. No wonder we thought she was cool enough to take over our GLAMOUR cover.
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Rex FeaturesPoor Rihanna. Not only have moths made away with half of her top, an errant gust of wind also appears to have blown her skirt clean off.
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WennWe’re going to give Nicky Hilton the benefit of the doubt and presume that, behind that enormous Prada bag, there is a respectable denim cut-off lurking.
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Rex FeaturesPixie Lott’s pins are two regulars on the London circuit – and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Here, she’s added a see-through lace shirt; a bra bonus, if you will.
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Bigpicturesphoto.comIf you can look past Alice Dellal’s ‘directional’ sunglasses and crop top, you may notice that not only have her leggings shrunk to skin-tightness in the wash, but they’ve also gone a bit see-through.
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paWhen it comes to getting it right, look to Alexa Chung for style guidance. Despite the micro-mini length of her hemline (not to mention the fact that it appears to soar up yet more at the sides), she manages to make her dress look nothing short of chic.
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PA PhotosWe’re going to applaud Leona Lewis for attempting to balance her silhouette with that longer-line skirt, but, whichever way you slice it, all we can see is a giant, fluoro, cartoon bra.
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PA PhotosViva Versace! Daisy Lowe turns heads in a shrunken top and matching pencil skirt.
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PA PhotosA crop top plus short shorts is a manoeuvre for the fashion advanced class only. Indeed, it’s so special, we’re genuinely not sure that there is anyone in the whole world but Chloe Sevigny who could pull this off – especially with those socks and brogues in the mix.
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PA PhotosWhen one of your biggest hits is called Bootylicious, you can’t be expected to hide your light under a bushel, so to speak. And those thighs! Beyoncé – to heart you more would be simply impossible.
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Rex FeaturesWhen you are a supermodel, there really is no need to attempt to preserve any kind of leg modesty. Not that we’re jealous of Alessandra Ambrosio at all. Oh no, siree.
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PA PhotosNo, Blake Lively hasn’t got her skirt tucked in her knickers. It’s Chanel.
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PA PhotosFrankie Sandford deftly deflects attention away from her visible bra straps by treating us to a knicker flash. Clever thing!
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Rex FeaturesLeigh Lezark is such a devotee to the micro-fashion cause, even her shoes have cutouts. Now that’s dedication.
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WennSurprised to see that fashion’s most famous wallflower, Lady Gaga, is a micro-fashion fan? Thought not.
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PA PhotosPaloma Faith puts a burlesque twist on her itsy-bitsy shorts with a pair of fishnet tights and some fancy feathered headwear.
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WennFergie artfully combines a super-high hemline and a sheer top – and manages to come away looking not too naked at all. Now that’s fashion magic, folks.
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WennNever one to let a trend get the better of her, Rachel Bilson puts her unique style stamp on some barely-there shorts with a smart blazer and stompy heeled boots.
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PA PhotosFor her first slew of X Factor auditions, Kelly Rowland makes a stab at micro-fashion in this canary yellow top – and duly gets the tongues of style commentators everywhere wagging. Shame it was for all the wrong reasons.
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PA PhotosOk, ok. If we were born into a designer fashion dynasty and had a supermodel figure like Jennifer Missoni we, too, might be tempted to go out in a dress that’s practically invisible to the naked eye.
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Rex FeaturesProving that age is no barrier to rocking a fabulous trend, J-Lo looks in-blimming-credible in this teeny-tiny bandeau.
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Rex FeaturesIrina Shayk takes a thigh split to the next level. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you... The crotch split.
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Rex FeaturesMollie King gets away with wearing this slip of a T-shirt as a dress thanks to a bit of nifty accessorising.
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