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Nicolandria is no more. Last week, Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe — fan favorites and finalists from Love Island USA season seven, a couple who made dating-show skeptics believe in romance again — confirmed their breakup after a year of dating. The news hit reality-TV heads and Emily Henry readers partial to a friends-to-lovers arc the hardest. But then came a bright spot: Olandria posted photos over the weekend of herself in a leggy tangerine-colored Tom Ford gown, a revenge dress reassuring fans and the rest of the world that she’s a Girl Who Is Going to Be Okay.
The photos, which Carthen posted on Saturday, feature her in an asymmetric, draped crêpe-jersey dress with a leg slit trailing up to her right hipbone and showing an appropriately cheeky slice of butt cheek. The brand technically sells this piece as a top for $1,999, but it looks much better like this, don’t you think? Captioned “Pressure makes diamonds 😉🧡,” the Love Island USA star’s post became a virtual baddie meetup, with rapper JT commenting, “Pressure & the diamond!” and singer-songwriter Chloe Bailey writing, “Diamond indeed.”
Let this be a reminder to everyone: Before you get risky breakup bangs, start by putting on a flirty little dress and see how you feel
Olandria Carthen Has Entered the Revenge-Dress Canon
