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Frills, feathers and puffed sleeves: why Cinderella's 'ugly sisters' are on trend

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(From left) A model at the Valentino AW19 couture show during Paris Fashion Week; Kylie and Kendall Jenner; Deepika Padukone. Composite: Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images; Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP After a summer of wholesome prairie dresses, fashion is heading in a more garish and flamboyant direction, inspired by two of panto’s favourite mischief-makers High fashion has long been fascinated by clothes that turn traditional ideas of prettiness on their head. That is why chunky trainers in shades of murky brown regularly set fashion-forward consumers back hundreds of pounds. But the latest iteration of “ugly dressing”, which sees malevolent characters from childhood fairytales – notably the ugly sisters from Cinderella – transform into style inspiration, may still have crept up on you like a pantomime villain. You’ll know “ugly sister dressing” when you see it: it is bright, ostentatious and utterly unapologetic. It is fla