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Is Rita Ora’s Built-In Purse Dress The Smartest Invention Ever Or A Total WTF?

Last night Rita Ora was among the star-studded line up for Q102’s iHeart Radio Jingle Ball concert. She joined Iggy Azalea on stage for a performance of “Black Widow” and looked amazing in a black cat suit during another performance. But depending on how you feel about utility versus fashion sense, her red carpet look left a little to be desired.

Rita showed up on the Jingle Ball red carpet wearing a white cocktail dress that had its own little gray purse-like appendage sewn into it. I can’t tell if Rita was going for convenience or if this look was the little dress that tried really hard but ultimately just couldn’t.

It seems like it might have been a cool idea in theory that fell (very) short in execution. Cutout dresses are totally cute and slits can always pep up a knee-length party dress right? Admittedly, I love off-the-shoulder dresses and will always adore peplum (which is what I think inspired the sewn-in purse?) no matter how many people say it’s no longer in.

But trying to put all of those elements in one dress just resulted in a look that was ill-fitting and way, way too busy.

I get the sense that Rita was reaching for avant garde but ended up with an ensemble that would have sent a Project Runway contestant home. I mean, I can totally picture Tim Gunn’s disapproving gaze in my head right now.

I know I’m being harsh but the dress was just an unnecessary faux-pas that distracts from Rita’s overall beauty. Her new cascading blonde locks looked amazing and her red lipstick was officially popping (cue Lil’ Mama). But despite all of that all I could think about after seeing her was wanting to ask God why bad dresses have to happen to such good people (I’m totally being dramatic, I know).

But who knows, maybe Rita’s actually an evil style genius. She’s probably at home laughing at all us girls who are stuck carrying our purses on Friday nights out while she’s happily toting her essentials around hands-free.

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