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Lea Michele's Style Evolution on Glee: Frumpy to Fabulous!

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Mar 24, 2014 10:34 PM
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Rachel in Grey Argyle

Ah, Rachel in a sweater vest. Such a classic nerd costume...and maybe a man-trap? Lea Michele herself tells us: "I mean weirdly enough the guys loved it! I don't know, but like everyone they thought it was so sexy and I was like, 'I look horrible right now!'"


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Rachel in a Red T-Shirt

Remember back when New Directions wore costumes that could be realistically afforded by a small-town glee club with basically no budget? That was a good episode. 


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Rachel in Red Argyle

White tights and a CROTCH BOW? What is that? Where do you even get one of those? Why do they exist? Is that skirt on backwards? What?! "She's had some different vibes over the years!" Lea tells us with a laugh.


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Rachel in Blue Argyle

That skirt is vaguely fashionable! Unless it's a skort. Please tell us it's not a skort. 


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Rachel in a Plaid Skirt and Knee Socks

Somebody tell Cher Horowitz that Rachel Berry stole her look (and did not pull it off). 


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Rachel in Purple Argyle

Girl, you are wearing both plaid and argyle. That is a lot of pattern. The white knee socks are solid, though. 


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Rachel in Stripes

This is cute actually. We'd wear this, if mustard yellow went with our skin tone. 


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Rachel in a Tiny Bow

That's a nice little bow and all but we're like really distracted by Finn's Cosby-ish sweater. We can't decide if we like it. We probably do.


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Rachel in a Pink Dress

This kind of 40's-ish throwback dress is a pretty good dress in which to sing a duet with your biological mother. We wear almost this exact same thing whenever we sing duets with our biological mothers. 


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Rachel in Blue Polka Dots

And here we have the perfect dress in which to be proposed to! We're serious. We would love to be proposed to in this dress, although we would like to be older with a solid career and financial independence, and maybe on a beach at sunset, like in France or somewhere. But all that aside, who in their right mind would have ever said no to this?


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Rachel in Red Hearts

And this is the dress in which we would allow our dad, Jeff Goldblum, to pat us on the head. We would also definitely wear it to a fancy Valentine's Day garden party. 


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Rachel in a Prom Dress

We would wear this prom dress, especially if we were going to prom, but also if we were just hanging out and wanting to look fabulous but also classy and understated. 


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Rachel in a Fierce Blazer

That is a great blazer, Rachel, but what on Earth is happening behind you? That man doesn't realize he's being eaten by a squid, and Finn seems to have no idea he's about to be eaten by Rory. That balloon is the least of your concerns!


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Rachel in an Orange Dress

We're a little disturbed by the clashy nature of this orange dress with Santana's red and white Cheerio uniform, but like, we guess it's cool that they're getting along.


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Rachel in an Orange Coat

We've basically never seen a better orange coat. We have dreams about riding the rails in that orange coat. Rachel is living our pumpkin-colored dream, basically.


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Rachel in a Romper

Is that a romper? It's probably a romper. Those shorts would not look good on us, but on Rachel, they work. Also note the tiny bow on that cardigan—adorable!


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Rachel in America Colors

This outfit would be utterly divine for a Fourth of July jaunt around the Hamptons on our fancy yacht. We are unsure about the shoes, however. Very unsure.


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Rachel in Sarah Jessica Parker's Hands

Rachel is living out our dream, once again, because who has not fantasized about getting a musical makeover from SJP? Put this fabulous frock on our list for future Oscar dresses. We do have many questions about Kurt's two-(million)-toned suit, though...


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Rachel in Another Fierce Blazer

Yeah we'd wear that blazer. That thing is chic. It's probably dry-clean only though, which is a bummer.


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Rachel in a White Dress

Ugh, you Grecian goddess, you. Literally there's nothing else anyone could ever wear to a NYADA winter showcase. Everyone else can just go home because y'all can never top this sparkly masterpiece. 


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Rachel in a Sweetheart Neckline

Um, damn. This is a sexy photograph. Remember when Rachel got all sexified and sang "Slave" on top of that table for Kate Hudson? Everyone only wishes they could pull off a sweetheart neckline with such perfection. Where have you been all our lives, sultry Rachel? 


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Rachel in Platform Boots

We're beyond jealous of everything going on here. Who knew polka dots could look so rock and roll? "I'm really loving New York," Lea tells us. "We've done some really cool coats and boots and hats and things like that."


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Rachel in a Slouchy Hat

Basically ever since the invention of slouchy hats, we haven't stopped trying to get them to slouch correctly on our undeserving heads. Then we saw this and we gave up completely because we knew we could never reach this level of perfect slouch, and even if we did, our hats would fall off in our attempts to bow down to Rachel Berry's slouchy-hatted holiness. 


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Rachel in a Sequin Pantsuit

She is wearing a sequin pantsuit, you guys. Sequin. Pantsuit. It may be a costume from Funny Girl, but Rachel has never belonged in anything more officially as she belongs in this sequin pantsuit. 


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