ShinyStyle loves: Jessica Rabbit glamour

By Emily Borrett.

Jessica Rabbit herself

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A clear highlight of this past weekend’s X Factor wasn’t Treyc’s depressing rendition of “Whole Lotta Love” or Katie Waissel’s hammy performance of that song from the jungle book, but Liverpudlian Rebecca’s jaw-dropping performance of “Why Don’t You Do Right”, the song made famous by busty cartoon Jessica Rabbit. Yes, you might be baffled that I’m telling you to start dressing like a cartoon character, but your boyfriend will thank me.

Rebecca herself showed everyone watching at home that Jessica’s look is still a classic and sexy one, as she wiggled onstage in a red dramatic sweep of 1940s film noir hair, ruby-red lips and a shockingly bright taffeta dress that had hella emphasis on the hips. See, you don’t have be drawn by a pencil to pull it off.

Obviously this is more of an evening, formal look than something to wear down to the post office – unless you’re trying to make the old guy who sells stamps fall in love with you – so save it for winter parties and swanky nights out. For a daytime adaptation of the look, leave the red maxi at home and add a few glamorous details to your outfit; a pair of red heels, a pin-up hairdo and a pair of cats’-eye sunglasses are an easy way to put of a Jessica wiggle in your step.

Or, failing that, just buy everything in the gallery above and be Jessica Rabbit for Halloween. You’ll look better (and sexier) that all of the naughty nurses/maids/vampires that are out flashing their knickers on October 31st.