I have a second style personality that I admire. I have a love/hate relationship with Christina Hendricks/Joan Holloway. I am almost infatuated with Joan’s clothing on Mad Men. I often find myself forgetting what her story line is because I’m distracted by her clothes. Looking at Joan, I often feel as though I’ve been born in the wrong generation. If I could walk around in these clothes, how could I not feel like the sexiest woman on the planet? These outfits are classic, sophisticated and fit her bust perfectly.

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I have also seen Christina Hendricks give full on glamour in photographs.

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Now we come to the problems I have with Christina. How in the world can she look so amazing, her body and breasts so perfectly put together as Joan, and then show up on the red carpet looking like this? Honestly this seems painful! I can’t even blame her stylist. This is not just a wardrobe malfunction, this is just all the way wrong! You can’t tell me she didn’t know that bra was too small and that dress was ill fitting.  This painfully shoved-up look shows up again…

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And again…

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And again…

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Can we please just stop the madness?!  I have tried to figure this out for years and still have not come up with one way she benefits by doing this.  They don’t even bother talking about how awful it looks anymore because it’s no longer a story, so it can’t be the “Any press is good press” school of thought.  It happens far too many times, and she’s wearing dresses obviously tailored in the exact same manner so it cannot be accidental.  She doesn’t “present” her breasts this way in any photos I’ve seen of her in her “daily life”.  I was still at a loss–until I thought, maybe she just likes it. Perhaps, on special occasions, when she wants to look her absolute best, Christina Hendricks likes this look.

I would love to say I’d found the answer.  That this no longer takes up space in my mind. But I cannot.  She will not let me.  And do you know why you hear that sound?

Tick…

Tick…

Tick…

That BOOM you heard was the sound of my head exploding when I looked at this!

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On the one day she wanted to look her most beautiful, she chose to look like this.  Gorgeous!  Breasts perfectly propped.

The saga continues.