Maria Grazia Cucinotta is really wearing one of the breast best colors for a gown. Yes, the color is the most striking thing about her ensemble.


Eva Mendes pulls off this profusion of leopard. A bit confused by the rock headpiece.


One thing I love about Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani (with Alain Elkann) - besides her mermaid hair - is that she's always smiling.


Does actress Nicole Grimaudo pull off Studio 54 Schoolgirl?


Svetlana Hodchenkova looks like a (wicked) fairy princess. And it dips in the back. Gorgeous!


Carla Fendi seems to have dressed around her Fendi. This is, as a rule, a very tricky
proposition.


Afef Jnifen's gown suffers from "beaded caterpillar syndrome." It also suffers from Rami syndrome, in which you can tell how much work went into something, but still don't like it.


I'd comment on Patrizia Pellegrino's Vegas costume, but I'm too busy keeping my eyes fixed on her face. Where does "cleavage" end and just..."breasts" start?


I get what Laura Chiatti's doing here - but also, that it's objectively unflattering.


Sandrine Bonnaire has also been attacked: by a sequin snake!


Margareth Made has the right idea: get in as much white as possible before Monday! And she does look bridal-perfect...

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The Good:

Regal Cate Blanchett wears filmy ruffles with aplomb.

Aaaah! I love Bar Refaeli's dress. Fitted yet flowy, simple yet detailed. Check out the back:

Gorgeous.

Elsa Zylberstein shines in sunny yellow.

Love the color and the ruffles on Natalie Portman's little purple dress.

I hate it when I like something about Eva Longoria. But vivid Mediterranean blue on the red carpet is exactly right for the French Riviera. Ooh, Aishwarya Rai looks good too, even if her skirt is a wee wrinkly.

Lord, I love me some Faye Dunaway. Soft and glowing in rosy pink.

The Bad:

Hair pulled too tight and dress that looks too stiff make Devon Aoki resemble a mermaid out of water. With a scale disease.

Andrea Osvart's dress isn't exactly bad, but on the Cannes red carpet you're supposed to turn it up a notch.

It's hard to explain why Mischa Barton's gown doesn't feel right: Too heavy, too detailed, too dark? Not well-fitting enough?

Afef Jnifen is some kind of foxy model/actress. Love her hair, hate her dress. Huge sleeve or huge skirt. Not both.

Wow, Gillian Anderson! It's been so long! Great to see her. It would be even better to see her in a more flattering dress.

The Ugly:

Eleonara Abbagnata's dress appears to made of seaweed.

Julianne Moore is beautiful. And I appreciate a gown that takes risks, that dares to be different. I like when design is quirky and clever. But parrot feathers and fabric flowers and a detailed waist and sheer under sheer? Bad. In my opinion. I mean look!

A beautiful woman in an ugly dress.

[Images via Getty and Bauer-Griffin.]