Well Played, Leslie Mann

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May 1, 2012 By Heather AT 8:00 am

Florals can be tough — it’s so easy to veer into loud, or ’70s sofa, or twee.

But Leslie Mann avoided all those traps somehow. This feels springy and pretty, yet still plenty dramatic. In fact, I think it’s what I want my aura to look like. Unfortunately it’s hard to give something a makeover that you can’t see. Maybe if jam a photo of this under my pillow, some random aura pixies will pop by and do me up right.

[Photo: Getty]

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  1. 8:24 am on 05/01/12
    Libby
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    Lovely dress! Love it!
    Bonus points for avoiding all of the current trends – black netting/shower curtain skirt, illusion netting, peekaboo gaps, high slit up the leg, strange folds/layers, swirly fabric flowers, etc.

  2. 8:25 am on 05/01/12
    Mahastee
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    Gorgeous!

  3. 8:31 am on 05/01/12
    theotherjennifer
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    really really pretty! Helps when you’re a size -0.

  4. 9:09 am on 05/01/12
    Heather
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    Super pretty, and it helps that she kept hair, makeup, and jewelry low-key and classy. This dress could have been ‘too much’ if everything else had been ramped up as well.

  5. 9:58 am on 05/01/12
    lisas
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    The black background makes the print formal enough for the dress. I think it’s quite Asian-looking. If this dress had 2 straps I’d love it. As is, I just like-like it.

  6. 10:54 am on 05/01/12
    Lina
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    I wish there were about a third less flowers. As it is, it reminds me of some late 60s prints, but not in a good way. Too cluttered. Needs more black to make the flowers matter more. She does look pretty great, though.

  7. 11:05 am on 05/01/12
    Kalli
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    Looks really suited to her. I like that the yellow flowers aren’t too overpowering.

  8. 12:04 pm on 05/01/12
    Francesca
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    She looks adorable. But where the heck is she? She looks the best dressed woman in the hotel convention room?

  9. 12:19 pm on 05/01/12
    Cranky Old Batt
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    Looks like one of those rare well balanced colorful Chinese brocades I covet. Oh how I love this dress!!!

  10. 2:40 pm on 05/01/12
    Ms.A
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    I love all of this! The dress is just doing it for me. The makeup is PERFECT. Love.

  11. 3:21 pm on 05/01/12
    Shiitake
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    She looks lovely.

  12. 4:02 pm on 05/01/12
    Caroleena Stantonova
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    Smashing dress! Love the Leslie!

  13. 4:16 pm on 05/01/12
    pantsonfire
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    I absolutely covet this dress. A++

  14. 6:14 pm on 05/01/12
    anny
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    Sorry, that print’s just a teeensy bit too JCPenney bedsheet. A hair too large/vivid for the mermaid cut. But yank the fishtail up to the waist, and what a cute … nah, it would still be a little too MOB.

  15. 6:43 pm on 05/01/12
    Dana
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    I love everything she wears. And she looks so young for 40 without trying to look young. Very well-played.

  16. 9:24 pm on 05/01/12
    Girlin
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    Gorgeous dress – I love this. The flowers and the black work so well together and she has chosen something unusual that isn’t totally off the wall. It suits her (very petite) figure really well. FAB!

  17. 10:19 pm on 05/01/12
    SarahK
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    No, no…this is….hideous!

  18. 11:00 pm on 05/01/12
    Laura E.
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    This is one of the best celeb dresses I’ve seen lately. It’s so pretty but also so wearable, a combination you don’t see much of.

  19. 2:30 am on 05/02/12
    Sajorina
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    That is a BEAUTIFUL woman & a GORGEOUS dress! LOVE! WANT! COVET! FAB!!! & HOT DAMN!

  20. 3:29 pm on 05/02/12
    vandalfan
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    I’d rather see a navy or forest green background with such bright flowers. It fits her so well.