Style shrinks: Our experts analyse Selena Gomez's flouncy gladiator get-up

 

Hugh Montgomery,Rebecca Gonsalves
Friday 03 May 2013 23:48 BST
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Blinged-up goth look: Selena Gomez
Blinged-up goth look: Selena Gomez (Rex Features)

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The hair/make-up

Rebecca Gonsalves: Glossy chestnut curls and delicate make-up counterbalance the blinged-up goth look on show here

Hugh Montgomery: This 1990s soap-star hair is presumably the subconscious result of afternoons in the cot plonked in front of the'Sunset Beach' omnibus

The accessories

Rebecca: Is that a bindi I see before me? Perhaps she's been taking lessons on effortless offence from on-again off-again boyf the Biebs.

Hugh: Or perhaps it's just that the cultural legacy of Gwen Stefani should never be underestimated.

The outfit

Rebecca: Capes were a huge trend on the catwalks for next season, and this gilded cardigan/cape hybrid is a pretty spangly way of getting the look now

Hugh: Flouncy sleeves have special powers. Fact

The shoes

Rebecca: Russell Crowe called – he wants his gladiator boots back.

Hugh: This is the point at which the reinvention of a Disney tween idol comes to an impasse.

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