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Fashion Schmashion
Happy 31st Birthday, Beyoncé!  While the singer might best be known for making hit singles, being married to Jay-Z and giving birth to Blue Ivy, we've always had a soft spot for her fashion. Though the last half-decade has rarely seen Queen Bee not in couture on the red carpet, we're still a little nostalgic for the days when her mom, Tina Knowles, was her stylist and would dress her daughter and fellow Destiny's Child members in boonanas matching ensembles, usually hewing to some sort of theme we imagine Tina pulling from elaborate mood boards.  Herewith, we present to you our 15 Favorite Beyoncé Looks, As Styled (presumably) By Tina Knowles.


beyoncebday1.png1. Only Bey could rock a dress that looks like it was made out of plankton.

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2. The Southwestern-style orange and turquoise combo feels very Dancing With Wolves-meets-Tina Knowles' glue gun.

beyoncebday3.png3. Sari, we're not sari about this sari.

beyoncebday4.png4. There's a lot going on with this look: a mini dress with a pleated skirt that reminds us of a Roman soldier's uniform in brocade fabric; gold strappy sandals; half-up/half-down prom hair; and what we're 85% sure is a bindi really tying the whole thing together in a very 1998 way.

beyoncebday5.png5. The whole belly-dancer thing is actually really werking here, in our opinion.

beyoncebday6.png6. And, along those lines, we really miss belly chain Beyonce!


beyoncebday8.png7. Ali MacGraw-meets-Señor Frogs.


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8. All we can say about this is fringe...just.so.much.fringe.


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9. At first we were going to make a joke about how Beyoncé just tied a bandana over her boobs but then we noticed that the top had spaghetti straps and realized it's so much more than just a scarf.  For what it's worth, we're almost positive that we bough a near-identical tank from The Limited and wore it to our school dance.

beyoncebday13.png10. This is another Southwestern-style, "urban cowgirl" moment.  We blame/credit Madonna.

beyoncebday14.png11. This dress reminds us of blue bubble wrap but Beyoncé's make-up looks really good.

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12. This is what we imagine Elvira might wear if she sang Pop R&B.

beyoncebday17.png13. When we look at this haute biker babe dress, all we keep picturing is Azealia Banks and Beyoncé doing a clothing swap.

beyoncebday19.png14. The pink camo is fun and very mid-00s but staring at this dress too long is starting to make us dizzy.

 
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15. This reminds us of the Mean Girls "Jingle Bell Rock" moment. 



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