Uh Oh: Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora Wear (Almost) the Same Dress to Madonna's Party
Rita Ora and Kim Kardashian both at the Mert and Marcus party honoring Madonna. Photos: Getty
First, JLo and Robert Duvall’s wife does it. Now it seems that Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora are doing it too. The latest fashion faux pas isn’t clashing plaids or inappropriate shoes or even showing up wearing the same jacket. It’s the dreaded “almost-the-same” syndrome.
As celebs have taken more and more precaution over the years by steering clear of wearing identical looks to the same event, the sad truth, it can - though rarely - still happen. Certainly for big events like the Oscars or the MET Ball, designers are called to design one-of-a-kind looks, that often, resembles nothing like their traditional runway collection so there’s no fear of it looking like something that may have already been borrowed. But sometimes, for smaller events such as parties or junkets or TV appearances, the rules are more relaxed, as only so many things can be custom made.
But that’s when celebrities can run into the problem of committing the “almost-the-same” syndrome. In this latest case, it’s Kim vs Rita.
Last night in London, both fashionistas attended a special party at the exclusive members-only club, Annabel’s, thrown in honor of Madonna and her career by fashion photographers Mert and Marcus, the duo that have been collaborating with Madonna on all her new imagery. While London was still buzzing about Madonna’s unfortunate tumble from the Brit Awards stage the previous night, now they were buzzing about how two very fashion-forward divas could show up at this party squeezed into almost identical rubber dresses.
The latex dresses (50 Shades reference perhaps?) were both designed by Atsuko Kudo, a favorite amongst pop stars including Lady Gaga and retail around $500. Both Kim’s and Rita’s were in a pale peach, skin tone color with Rita’s being a halter style with a self-fastening choker while Kim went a tad more demure, in a turtleneck version. But even at a London party that had onlookers like Madonna and Lindsay Lohan and Mark Ronson, these similar body-hugging latex dresses weren’t hard to miss, which is probably why Mrs. West and hubby left shortly after Rita arrived. And to top it all off, both ladies braved the cold, wearing a textured fur over their rubber.
Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora chose to top off their almost-identical latex dresses with a cozy fur. Photos: Getty
I can say from experience that as a fashion editor, we use to avoid this “almost-the-same” problem by taking anything that could look remotely similar to whatever we had negotiated as exclusives for the magazine out of the running. We did this by putting dibs on ENTIRE sections of fashion shows. While we would shoot the dress we singled out, we also did not let any competitive publications, shoot anything similar from that same show until our dress had been done. Dressing celebrities for the red carpet, or in this case, a party, don’t necessarily play by those same rules, especially if the item of clothing can also be purchased, which then completely throws all control issues out the window.
But one person that did not have to care about this fashion faux pas was the guest of honor herself, Madge, who showed up in her very first public outing since her epic fall. Already having done her fair share of latex in her career, she arrived, instead, dressed in head to toe black fur, studs and leather and - just to be safe this time I assume - heavy, lugged sole, black platform Alexander Wang boots.
Madonna arriving for the party thrown in her honor in London. Photo: Getty
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