How to Ruin an Outfit With a Single Accessory—Starring Penélope Cruz and Christina Aguilera

Is an accessory photobombing your look?

By Leslie Gornstein Nov 06, 2012 9:55 PMTags
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So close...and yet so far.

Sometimes even an A-lister can have a C-list fashion day. It happens all too easily. But how, you may cry, when stars have overworked celeb stylists sitting with them at all times, sacrificing their own freedom so that Penélope Cruz can look stunning in that Oscar de la Renta/Prada/Whatever?

Well, it's as easy as adding on one unfortunate accessory.

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Just take a page from Mischa Barton and add a steaming cup of coffee to your hat.

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Or Halle Berry, who chose a stem which, unfortunately, happens to look prettier than her own stems.

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We don't know how Christina Aguilera does it. But. This. Bitch. Is. Good.

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...We really hope that's not an Xtina lollipop that Blake Shelton's got. Then again, that could be the most genius accessory, like, ever.