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I was at the event, and in person, the sheer fabric blended beautifully with her skin tone, creating a nude effect without blatantly exposing her breasts. However, under the glare of flash bulbs and spotlights, the dress bared all, and the exquisite effect of the Swarovski-covered dress blending with the pop star’s already radiant skin simply vanished.

 

Even so, it takes more than nipples to scare a fashion crowd. After all, bras and pasties are not exactly required underpinnings at runway shows. And most designers who were at the event can likely recall a time they’ve sent a model out in a translucent top.

 

“I’m here tonight to talk about how Rihanna communicates through fashion because that, of course, is what style icons do,” said Anna Wintour, who presented Rihanna with the CFDA’s fashion icon award. “They tell us captivating stories about themselves and about the world we live in through the boldness and beauty of their clothes.

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“Rihanna speaks to her fans with her every look,” Wintour continued. “And what she says to them, and I include all of us in that group, is that it’s fun to be a little boyish one day and dress up like a dazzling diva the next, I think that is what she was going for tonight.

 

“The point is to be audacious, even jaw dropping or button pushing. And yes, we know she enjoys pushing buttons, while remaining true to yourself. She proves that incredible style can help take a young woman from a small island to the world stage and along the way spark a lot of conversation about elegance and empowerment.”

 

Mel Ottenberg, who helped dress Rihanna, told Style en route to the awards ceremony that it was a bit naked.

 

“I don’t know if it’s shocking — I’m with her all the time, so my shock gauge is off, but I told her that I thought she was ready for this dress a while ago, and that I wasn’t. I’m the prude, and I’m just catching up.”

 

Ottenberg’s boyfriend and frequent Rihanna collaborator, Adam Selman, designed the look, which Ottenberg said was held together by “fishnet and crystals and a couple of fingers crossed.” Selman has created costumes for Rihanna’s tours since 2011, and co-designed her River Island capsule collection.

 

Perhaps the most marvelous thing — and fitting for her role as fashion icon — was Rihanna’s relative ease in the sheer ensemble. She glided into the auditorium after most guests had been ushered to their seats, stooping down to hug founder’s award recipient Bethann Hardison, chatting easily with Blake Lively and warmly greeting Lupita Nyong’o, who sat a few seats down.

 

If boundary-pushing fashion takes the courage to bare it all, then Rihanna has style in spades.

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LIM College will host the unveiling of Europeana Fashion, an online European fashion archive to include more than 700,000 digital items of fashion content connected to Europeana, the European Digital Library, at a conference today. The project encompasses 22 partners from 12 European countries. Included are the private archives of Pitti Immagine, Pucci, Missoni, Rossimoda; those of museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Musée de la Mode et du Textile at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Mode Museum of Antwerp, Museu do Design e da Moda of Lisbon and more, and new associated partners the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum and the Gianfranco Ferré Foundation.

The archive offers a variety of services and features, including a specialized data model known as EFDM, a fashion thesaurus available in 10 languages and the “IPR Best Practice Guidelines Manual,” to assist Europeana Fashion partners in clearing intellectual property rights for images. In addition to delivering content through its portal, Europeana Fashion will develop an interactive component with a Tumblr as well as a presence on social media platforms.

 

Today’s conference, presented by Alessandra Arezzi Boza, communications and content director of the Europeana Fashion Project, is called “Fashion: Now & Then: Meaning, Media and Mode,” in which participants will discuss the past, present and future uses of global fashion information, and continues through Saturday at LIM.

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In my opinion, the best part of any awards show is the red carpet. It’s fun to ooh and ah over gorgeous designer gowns that you could only dream of affording. It’s perhaps even more fun to gasp in horror (or at least crinkle your nose in disgust) as someone proudly strolls past the cameras in a ghastly dress that will haunt their fashion reputation for the near future. This year’s Emmys did not disappoint in either category. We saw sheer done right…and done so wrong. We saw sparkles and sleek suits, as well as wildly unflattering shapes. Read on to see the best and worst of the 2013 Emmy red carpet!

BEST DRESSED

1. Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum sparkles in this deep red Versace gown. The dramatic neckline makes it more than just another tight, glittery dress.

2. Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington has been taking the fashion world by storm lately, and the Emmys 2013 were no exception. Washington looks elegantly sweet in a flowery Marchesa dress.

3. Kaley Cuoco

With just a hint of sheer in her Vera Wang dress, Kaley Cuoco pulls off va va voom sexiness–even in a long dress with a full skirt.

4. Jane Lynch

We rarely see a woman in a suit on the red carpet, but Jane Lynch is classy and sophisticated in Badgley Mischka.

5. Lena Headey

The “Game of Thrones” actress was daring in this see-through dress by Alessandra Rich. Her simple makeup and lack of jewelry complement an otherwise more complex look.

WORST DRESSED

1. Amy Poehler

The black Basler dress does nothing for comedian Amy Poehler’s figure. The weird, feather tufts at her hips add extra weight to the lower half of her torso.

2. Kate Mara

The stripes on this J. Mendel dress make this thin “House of Cards” star appear wide and bulky.

3. Anna Faris

Anna Faris glows like a highlighter, or perhaps a very bright banana, in a Monique Lhuillier dress. The jarring yellow and the lizard casually crawling up her back make it just…too much.

4. Julianne Hough

There’s nothing redeeming about this Jenny Packham creation. Between the unflattering color, unflattering cut (hello saggy chest and armpit fat), and strange spanx-like slip, Hough looks far from stellar on the Emmy red carpet.

5. Carrie Underwood

 

While some critics have complimented Underwood’s Romona Keveza purple gown, I think it more closely resembles a Macy’s prom dress. Would she look smashing on the dance floor at a high school gym? Duh. But on the red carpet? I’ll pass.

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