What to Wear to Make a Great First Impression

On Smash, Ivy (Megan Hilty) and Karen (Katharine McPhee) take very different approaches to the challenge of making a killer first impression: Ivy arrives in head-to-toe classic Marilyn mode, while Karen forgoes the bombshell look altogether. By now, viewers know who scores the role-and we won't ruin it for those who are still catching up-but ultimately that first impression proves to be the lasting one. And anyone, actor or not, can relate to that. Will what you wear help you land the job-or the man-the first time you meet? It can't hurt.

Here, the lovely ladies of Smash give us their best first impressions, for auditions and beyond.

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