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Selena Gomez: English rose?

An English rose is, according to a cursory Google search, a nostalgic ideal of a young English woman who possesses a modest, natural beauty. She is well-mannered and goodhearted, dignified in social settings, with raven hair and just-pinched cheeks. Someone, perhaps, like the Texas-born Gomez, who was almost taken down by an enthusiastic fan this weekend but blamed her loose footing on her own shoes.

Selena Gomez in London.

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Then there’s the Schiaparelli tartan—a virgin wool miniskirt and matching jacket embellished with antique-ish buttons—that Gomez wore to pose before a flower wall at 180 The Strand, the home of both London Fashion Week and Sunday’s Netflix Awards brunch. She looked as though she could have been hosting a Sandringham-style gathering on a hunting-shooting-fishing weekend in the countryside.

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Selena Gomez in London.

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