Debra Messing looked radiant in this royal blue Black Halo Keyhole Ruffle Sleeve Sheath Dress when she attended the Avakian Beverly Hills Boutique Celebration on December 4th, 2008. Debra completed her look with an orange necklace, a gold box clutch and a pair of multicolored Brian Atwood “Marielle” satin pumps.

A few days later, Lisa Rinna wore the same Black Halo dress to the release party of her DVD “Dance Body Beautiful” on December 9th, 2008 with a matching blue bracelet and gold slingback peep-toes.

Debra easily wins because she a) accessorized better (necklace, shoes & clutch), b) her body is curvier making the dress sit better on her and c) because she is so much more natural which is generally better than looking like you live in a plastic surgery clinic.

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Black Halo Keyhole Ruffle Sleeve Sheath Dress

Black Halo Keyhole Ruffle Sleeve Sheath Dress
($345, tobi.com)

For the BCBG Max Azria Spring 2009 collection we had a lot of super sexy yet wearable draped dresses oozing modern elegance. Azria’s favorite fabrics – silk and jersey – were heavily used on the minimalistic dresses as well as on the occasional jumpsuit or romper. Plunging necklines, feminine waists, high slits left the folks in the front row astounded. There were a few splashes of bright color like royal blue, raspberry, tangerine and petrol, but the collection’s main color theme was rather dark and muted.

A big plus goes out to Azria for creating a very wearable collection, but I had very mixed feeling about a lot of the outfits, so 3 1/2 stars from me.

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My absolute favorite items are the grey draped dress below in the middle and the floaty rasbperry one-shouldered dress down the page which has this odd Versace feel to it.

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