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MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet: Leighton Meester in Balmain Fall 2011

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Leighton Meester in Balmain Fall 2011, 2011 MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet

"Gossip Girl" Actress Leighton Meester worked the 2011 MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet wearing a heavily beaded shift dress by Balmain from the House's Fall 2011 Collection. You can see a "version" of the dress above from the runway. These girls love a shift/tunic dress. Easy-breezy and heck--there's room to eat!!! Love the side-seam pockets (room for lipstick, credit cards and well...never mind). The strappy heels she wore were a much better choice than those white above-the-ankle booties seen on the Balmain Fall 2011 Runway. The clean center-parted hair goes well with such an embellished dress.

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Update: Sorry I mistakenly put the wrong Balmain dress in the photo composite above. Same collection different dress. I think both are great!

MTV Movie Awards 2011 Red Carpet: Kristen Stewart in Balmain Spring 2011

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Kristen Stewart in Balmain Spring 2011, 2011 MTV Movie Awards

Actress Kristen Stewart showed up to tonight's MTV Movie Awards wearing a strapless mini dress. But not just any Strapless Mini Dress. A red leather, safety pin studded one from Balmain Spring 2011 designed by no-longer House Designer at Balmain, Christophe Decarmin. For that Spring 2011 Collection, the House of Balmain only showed a jacket version (on Supermodel Carmen Kass) in the same fabric. But on Kristen, it was made into a strapless mini dress. I think it's perfect for the MTV Movie Awards: Rocker Chic-meets-Rebel-Francophile-Couture. The only thing: Is that part of her black bra showing? Not sure if that's supposed to be there. Now, as a designer, I know, that when I design and create dresses like this--there is a BUILT-IN Bustier in the dress, thereby basically telling the wearer "Don't you DARE wear another undergarment". But I realize, sometimes, it's necessary.
What do you guys think? Yeay? Or Nay?