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"Charlize Theron wasn&amp;apos;t so chic at Sunday&amp;apos;s Academy Awards ... according to fashion critics.\r\nBloggers ripped on her amethyst and lilac bustier gown with rose and draped detail, created specially for her by John Galliano for Dior.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Almost every year somebody wears something off-the-wall crazy to the Oscars, and this year the unfortunate honor goes to Charlize Theron,&amp;quot; sniped Eonline. &amp;quot;Yep, those are her lady lumps wrapped in lilac rosettes, courtesy of Dior Haute Couture. This one&amp;apos;s going down in the history books along with the swan dresses and pirate costumes.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAdded The Orange County Register: &amp;quot;We hated the weird rosebud pasties on her strapless, flowing lavender and mauve gown. All the attention in the wrong place.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nCritics at New Jersey&amp;apos;s Star Ledger said the outfit make them &amp;quot;gouge&amp;quot; their eyes out. The Oscar winner &amp;quot;should have taken her bulls-eyes, er, gown and gone home,&amp;quot; they wrote.\r\nBut Theron, 34, likely won&amp;apos;t be offended.  Asked on the red carpet about her gown, she told UsMagazine.com: &amp;quot;I just loved this dress!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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