Liv Tyler in polka-dotted Stella McCartney: dated, fug or cute?

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I think I knew at one point that Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney have been friends for a long time. Stella’s high-profile friendships seem to get overshadowed in the ongoing Gwyenth-Madonna War, but here are some new photos of Liv being the biggest celebrity to show up for her friend Stella, at Stella’s new store opening in NYC. Liv wore Stella too – this polka-dotted mess of a dress. It looks so… dated. Is Stella just grabbing dresses from the 1990s (all of them worn by Julia Roberts??) and calling them her own designs?

With a friendship going back over a decade, Liv Tyler can always be counted on to be one of Stella McCartney’s biggest champions. So when the British designer opened her latest store in Tyler’s hometown of New York, the actress was a guaranteed attendee.

The Lord Of The Rings beauty showed off her stunning figure in a black polka dot dress from Stella’s Autumn/Winter 2011 collection as she arrived at the Manhattan boutique. The 33-year-old, who stands tall at 5ft 10in, teamed the sheer and structured peplum dress with a pair of towering heels. Polka dots are back in fashion this season with a host of designers incorporating the pattern into their designs.

But the designer was typically more casual in a white top and black trousers as she welcomed guests and fashion writers into her latest store.

On Monday night, Tyler was in another Stella design at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art Institute Gala. The actress wore a dramatic white feathered strapless number with an ombre yellow hemline at the event, which was held in tribute to late designer Alexander McQueen.

[From The Daily Mail]

Yes, CB was going to write about Liv’s Stella dress at the Met Gala, but she never got around to it (because there were SO MANY photos that day!). I’ve included some photos of it, below. I don’t really like it… on Liv. I think it might have worked better on a blonde, although I think PARTS of the dress are rather lovely. However, the yellow-butt thing is just weird.

UPDATE: Oh, so the Met Gala gown is Givenchy, not Stella. My bad. Bad Daily Mail!

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

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