Jordin Sparks Flaunts Thinner Bod in Red-Hot Peplum Dress at NYC Premiere of Sparkle

The singer shows off a trimmer, sexier figure on the carpet for her latest star turn

By Leslie Gornstein Aug 15, 2012 9:19 PMTags
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It's another day in the world of style and that means another peplum.

Not that we're complaining. We like those little shelves we see sticking out from dresses and skirts all over fashion-dom.

They have no real purpose, other than to amuse us with possible secondary uses. Like blinders in case we don't want to see our own shoes, or sun shades for our legs. But whatever the reason for her peplum, Jordin Sparks couldn't look peppier in her Alice + Olivia Tracey dress!

The occasion? The N.Y.C. premiere of her movie, of course. Sparkle, costarring her and the late, great Whitney Houston, debuts this weekend and it's time that this former American Idol contender gets noticed. Nothing does that better than this top-to-toe red look, which also includes a pair of Giuseppe Zanotti pumps with a steel heel.

But what about you? How would you feel about a little shelf around your hips? What would you do with it? Tell us in comments.

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