Turning coal to diamante

Spangly designer Julien MacDonald, famous for his orangey skin, sparkly dresses, and delight in dressing nubile young starlets in bum-grazing dresses on the red carpet, dressed Gossip singer Beth Ditto for the BRIT Awards last night:



What do you think? Personally I'm not a fan of MacDonald's chandelier chic (and not just because I've never gotten into one of his shows...), but it's great to see a 'name' designer reintepreting his work for a plus-size icon, and Beth looks fabbity.