The Good:
Rumer Willis looks elegant, yes. But the girl is 20, people! She should be doing fun fashion!
Not gonna lie to you: don't love the whole Leger bandage dress thing. But Kiely Williams' iteration is one of the better ones.
This is a "don't try this at home" moment; Malin Akerman makes this work, but few could.
Vail Bloom : trendy done nicely. Every component of this will look dated in two days.



The Bad:
If we went on Project Runway this is how every single one of our dresses would look, because we can't sketch or sew. I mean, the one dress we'd make before we got kicked off for doing something as ill-fitting, confining and unflattering as Katharine McPhee's.
Here's the thing: when you have breasts, there are certain trade-offs. One of the first ones is not being able to wear insubstantial asymmetrical silk cocktail dresses. Dana Goodman is not keeping up her part of the bargain.
Emmanuelle Chriqui: Please don't buy eveningwear from Forever21.
I said, please don't buy eveningwear from Forever21! God! It's like they're not even listening to a stranger commenting on their clothes a full day after they've already worn them! Jenna Dewan.
Kat Dennings's dress is cute, but it's too much for her small frame, and the neck is unflatteringly high.


The Ugly:
Adrienne Bailon's leopard tent was a mere "Bad" before I noticed the cleavage action.
I understand that as Hef's main girlfriend, Holly Madison has a certain responsibility to represent at all times. Well played, madam.

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The Good:
White mice + fishing nets = "Do" for Courtney Act .
Mitsy Mackintosh channels Carolina Herrera, Daily Mail.
Othelia Sharft works Givenchy, Carmen Miranda, and Manga with elan.
Polly De Petrie and John Richards: Liberace, squash and regal dignity.
Blue Angel-era Marlene Dietrich crossed with the Artful Dodger is a 10 for Rhys Bobridge.


The Bad:
Veronica lake? Vinyl? Yawn, Fagget Roaster.
Frank N. Furter is a classic, but Freeda Corset's interpretation just doesn't feel fresh.
Vanity Faire's riff on Little Red Riding Hood is literal, a little '96.
Nice homage, Prada Tlutch, but 27 Dresses blew.


The Ugly:
Don't know what Maxy Shield is actually going for, but it's seriously reminding us of the Montauk Creature in a dickie.

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The Good:
I know, right? It's hard not to be a Rumer Willis skeptic, and inquiring minds could probably ask why she's dressed like she's going to a debutante ball somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon, but she looks pretty!
The jury was out until the very last second on Katherine McPhee's blouse, but overall the silhouette works.
This month's Nylon cites Morticia Addams as a style icon (in fairness it also cites Mrs. Roeper and the kid from Silver Spoons but whatever.) Apparently Monet Mazur read this, too.


The Bad:
Doesn't Emma Stone look like Michelle Monaghan's little sister? The lace inserts take this frock into "Bad."
Jessica Szohr's look seems to walk an uncomfortable line between thrown-on denim and dressed-up evening denim.
If you look at Anna Faris' dress from a number of angles, you see that the bodice kind of stands away from the body in a way that's perhaps intended to be architectural but is kind of like the part of Circle of Friends where Benny/Minnie Driver says, "Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I look like the prow of a ship!"



The Ugly:
It's nice that Lisa Origliasso and Jessica Origliasso of the Veronicas are so close. Although maybe a little distance would be useful, sartorially speaking.

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The Good:
Um, didn't Jessica Alba have a baby about two seconds ago? Hollywood is messed up. But this gown is indeed lovely.
Actress Anjelah N. Johnson's turquoise sheath is Grecian done right.
America Ferrera's black and white is fun and flirty and a nice break from all the Mount Olympus stuff on the red carpet.
And...Selena Gomez takes us BACK to ancient Greece. It's also not lost on us that Disney's latest It Girl is in virginal white. But she does look lovely.
Dania Ramirez's posturing is a bit distracting, but you can still tell that she looks like a classic bombshell.
Actress Roselynn Sanchez looks fresh and cute in a puffball.



The Bad:
Q'orianka Kilcher's "Frida Goes to Studio 54" ensemble is confusing, ill-judged.
Eva Longoria-Parker's dress is bad on its own terms, but the helmet hair is the final nail in the coffin.
Singer Lucero's dramatic gown would be awesome if this were the Ziegfeld Follies circa 1918.
Note to world: This D&G dress is ugly. Please stop wearing it. Yes, Maria Canals-Barrera, we're looking at you.
Carly Enriquez goes for waay too much pouf and ruffle on a small frame.
Actress Natalie Pena is sporting one of the ugliest prints ever seen.
And if painted-on satin is your poison, here's Scarlet Ortiz
...and Myra
...and Cheryl Burke!


The Ugly:
Actress Christina deRosa pretty much stomped away with this category.

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I don't adore actress Sara Paxton dress-shoe combo, but she looks like a model of chic restraint in this crew.
Christina Milian's another one who's really benefiting from the curved grading here: under normal circumstances, I don't know how many point I could have awarded what resembles a plastic belt. But hey, next to the Hiltons? Audrey Hepburn!
Courtenay Semel was on Filthy Rich Cattle Drive, so I'm assuming she didn't actually get this ensemble at Forever21.
Laura Prepon looks like a normal person (even though I miss her red hair like a lost limb.) Major points for this.
Actress Lauren C. Mayhew is admittedly suffering from the fact that this sort of gratuitous millinery hijinx is a bete noire of mine.
Tila in girlish mode.
Visionary Robin Antin actually looks less strange here than she often does. Which is not to say she doesn't look strange, in a visionary sort of way.
Nicky Hilton paints on horizontal stripes. Which, it's true, don't seem to add any bulk, but still manage to look bad!
Paris Hilton continues her campaign to render black the new hot pink.
LiLo's pants are looking healthier than usual; the shirt, however, has lost a few inches to compensate.

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The Good:
I went through a phase of really resenting Bijou Phillips — I guess in high school. But I think we've both mellowed since then. I can now admit she looks awesome, and she can continue to be unaware of my existence, and everyone's happy.
There are a lot of circumstances in which I'd loathe Whitney Able's bodice. Okay, maybe every circumstance but this one: I think the understatement of the rest of the gown, a modest chest make it work. But don't try this at home!
I like so much of what actress Lake Bell is doing here. Sure, it's a bit Lucky - but aren't we all, in our hearts?
Actress Sara Simmonds: no fireworks, but cute!
Okay, intellectually (huh? I don't know) this bores me a bit , but Katie Luong's belt makes me think she knows her stuff.



The Bad:
Producer Roxanne Messina Captor's dress has the unfortunate effect of looking like she's wearing a bra with highly visible straps. Also, not feeling the court shoes.
Twink Kaplan retains a place in all our hearts for playing adorably frumpy Miss Geist in Clueless - and she had a good bit to do with the movie's production, too. But Michael Kors will not be denied: "satin should look like no human hands have touched it. This looks like twenty pairs of hands touched it." (Paraphrased.)


The Creepy:
So last night Jessica and I were IMing as we both watched synchronized diving, and one of us was like, "it looks cool, but why?" If we remove the first part of that clause, it applies to Janelle and Jalynne Dantzscher here.

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Model Paneer Rose works a mod dress/coat combo. The sheer hose confuse me slightly, but I'm easily confused.
Radio presenter Blanca Dye targets breast cancer with a cocktail dress, lab coat, and boots.
Singer Tiffany Wood's weapon of choice: an aggressively printed maxi.
The pernicious fiction that a camisole increases a wrap's modesty is laid to rest by television personality Charlotte Dawson. Also in her arsenal: hose, pointy booties.
Model and TV presenter Sarah Murdoch seems to say: If the slit won't get the job done, by god, the cleavage will!
Kelly Smyth targets breast cancer in white, elf-toed go-go boots, mucho cleavage, and shocking pink mod. Who can withstand that? I know I can't.

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The Good:
From that first Vera Wang at the Oscars, Amy Adams has never been afraid to do romantic.
I've liked Christine Taylor since Hey Dude. She looks darling. Good story, huh?


The Meh:
Tobey Maguire's main squeeze Jennifer Meyer is rocking a good shape, but I can't help finding the print a tad bit Fauvist nightmare.
Alicia Silverstone's dress isn't awful but it's not terribly engaging, and while I get that the belt's supposed to add interest, it also adds fug.
Is that a leather bodice? Yes, it's a leather bodice.
I actually think Laura Ramsey could have pulled off this Lisa Frank print if she'd obeyed the Fingertip Rule, but without it there's just a gravitas deficit.


The Bad:
Maria Menounos is kind of channeling futuristic cocktail in this harsh frock.
I am so friggin sick of having to explain to people like Justin Theroux that they are not members of the Rat Pack, nor mid-century jazz musicians, nor in 1997 or whenever Swingers came out, and as such have no business wearing pork-pie hats, the uniform of The Ass.
I guess if the Picasso breast is what you're aiming for, the stunning Rashida Jones has achieved it.



The Ugly:
Obviously Jena Malone's hair is for a role, right? But the combat boots? Unless she's getting method for the role of a 1993 middle-schooler (plausible I guess) this is just not on.

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The Good:
Okay, I don't adore Hayden's dress here, but I think it works on her, and the woven bodice is very Project Runway-winner.
The final data is not in, but early reports indicate that Sendhil Ramamurthy is the most dapper, handsome man in the entire world. Nice to see Heroes giving their costar some love.


The Meh:
I guess Eva L-P looks okay and everything but "uninspired" does not begin to express the drabness of this safari-denim combo, which, when you think about it, is in vaguely poor taste given the cause.
There are things to like about Leonor Varela's striped wrap, but at the end of the day, the Jonny collar takes it into mumsy.
With good shoes, Laura Margolis could have stepped this LBD up. But she opted for low T-Straps.


The Bad:
At first glance I thought, wow, Dania Ramirez's high-waisted skirt is really unfortunate. And that was before I realized it was in fact cuffed jeans.
I guess Isabel Lucas's getup could have been kinda Haight-Ashbury casual, but the hat takes it into the realm of "deliberate eccentricity" - never a good place to be.
Melinda Raney's creamsicle special. Isn't it strange that she and Eva L-P dressed for the same event?


The Ugly
Heidi Cortez is a study in quiet restraint.

Okay:
Not the most engaging look on Leighton Meester, but definitely works with her clean-lined uptown girl style. The detail on the skirt does confuse me.
Emmy Rossum is working several trends I'm normally not into, simply because they feel too trendy and a bit overexposed — metallics, check, bubble hem, check — but by simple accessorizing and sheer willpower, she makes it work.
Zoe Kravitz is adorable. I love that she still looks kind of self-conscious in pictures! This maxi could look goofy on someone older — let's face it, the print's kinda fug — but for a 19-year-old? Fun.
Kate Schelter's raglan shape is not, in general, the most flattering: but I do think she's done it right with the necklace. Which is good, because apparently she's an image consultant.


Could Be Better:
Hm. I like an early-60s-style bateau neck as much as the next guy, but in combo with a faint horizontal stripe and a flat sandal? Not one of Maggie's more successful experiments.
Between the beaded floral cheongsam and the sandal, Liv Tyler has a hell of a lot going on here.


Okay, Pretty Bad:
I kind of thought Mena Suvari's halter-neck was ugly before I noticed that the cutouts on the bodice showcased skin.
Ugly Betty's Becki Newton's dress is like someone really boring with a secret S&M fetish.

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The Good:
Patricia Clarkson's been on such a roll lately!
When I read about the whole aggressive necklaces trend for fall I thought it sounded kind of contrived. But with something simple and elegant like Jennifer Missoni's? Sign me up.
Ditto the whole "Egyptian" trend. I mean, really? But the way Georgina "Mrs. Harvey Weinstein" Chapman works the Nefertiti collar with a babydoll? Looks fresh.


The Bad:
Penelope! What is this tattered flapper getup?! Say it ain't so!!!
I daresay Tara Subkoff's trompe l'oeil tux thingamabob is very whimsical.
Javier Bardem as Sky Masterson looks a little community theatre.
So yeah, does anyone remember when Stella made that dress out of garbage bags and everyone was like, "that's obviously just a garbage bag" ? Nicole Miller does!
There are like four things going on with Holly Dunlap's neckline, none of them good.
I guess I can see how in theory a gold lame tunic and black leggings could be awesome...wait, no, I can't, Eva da Cruz.
I just feel like when you're given breasts and made their guardian, it's kind of a sacred trust. Carla Gugino has broken that covenant.


The Ugly:
The pocket-happy Daisy Dukes were problematic when Britney started doing them ten years ago — indeed, it was one of the first indications she was going off her rocker. I don't know what Byrdie Bell's excuse is.

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Do strike a jaunty pose in a striking asymmetrical knockout like indie darlin' Patricia Clarkson.
Don't show so much cleavage, like designer Cynthia Rowley , that no one can talk to you comfortably all evening.
Do make sure you can walk.

Don't wear a skull bracelet over the age of 16, like director Isabel Coixet.
Do avoid Miami Vice-style blazers like Eva Amurri's that dominate your ensemble.
Don't attempt needlessly bulky bubble-hem tunic tops like actress Jurnee Smollett's.
....and never do anything former fashion icon Debbie Harry is doing in this picture.

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The Good:

Penelope Cruz, depressingly flawless as usual. I love her in simple shapes like this.
Say what you will about ScarJo, she can really do sophisticated without ever going too old. Plus, do brights really well. This gown = stunning.

Sara Rue was on that show Less Than Perfect, which seemed to be your generic not-funny sit-com with this annoying, self-conscious "look! she's not a waif!" premise which, not shockingly, failed to redeem it. But she looks gorgeous in this LBD.

Buzz and Lois Aldrin. Do I automatically put anyone over 80 in "Good," as has been suggested? Maybe. But come on, they look really sharp!

Not my very favorite look on Salma - it's a lot of bulk for someone with her curves, especially jabot-wise. But let's face it, she'd look stunning in a sack and she still looks amazing here.

Slightly Less Good:
I'm just so sick of the whole Gaultier bra-breast-outline thing which, without novelty (which it hasn't had for like 15 years) is just kind of ugly and gratuitous. Sorry, actress Krysten Ritter.

Debi Mazar's frock has some frumpy tendencies.
As we know, I love me a good LBD. But I do feel the proportions of Rebecca Hall's are slightly off - or at any rate, that only a different and much higher shoe could have carried off this hem length in combo with the bateau.

In general I just have my doubts about the wisdom of the empire mini - it's a bit more trouble than it's worth with its babydoll leanings and I'll be just as glad when its fifteen minutes is up. Elisabeth Rohm works the celadon, though.

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The Good:
I like that Rachel Bilson's entire rep kinda rests on being consistently well-dressed rather than any acting, really.
I must admit, I was pleasantly surprised by Brittany Snow's pretty floral mini!
This could easily have gone awry, but Kristen Bell manages to pull it together beautifully.
Isn't Selena Gomez the one Disney was grooming to be the "new Miley" after the whole VF fiasco?
Leighton Meester aka Blair Waldorf doesn't just play a class act on TV.
Nice to see Natasha Bedingfield looking demure and pretty!
Scarlett works this shape a lot; she can.
Blake Lively always makes being young look so effortless.
Minka Kelly's tan is seriously freaking me out, but I guess her simple white number works with it?


The Bad:
Demi Levato's bondage bellhop from the future is a Don't.
Meaghan Jette Martin's frock is a bit "Eloise at a Bat Mitzvah."
Uh oh. Joy Lauren's vest ensemble: a lesson in bad proportions.
If a jumpsuit, Shailene Woodley's toga party spcial may be irredeemable. If a dress, merely bad.
Lauren Conrad's trendy maxi is a bit Roxy by Quicksilver, no?
I get it, Miley, I do: you basically want to wear the opposite of "being naked in Vanity Fair."
On the one hand, I like seeing Kim Kardashian in something more structured and demure than is her usual wont. On the other, this puts me in mind of the molded-cup dress Daniel designed for the Gristede's Project Runway challenge, and however awesome that was, I'm nor sure it's a good thing on the red carpet.
Who in tarnation is Fergie's stylist, anyway?


The Ugly:
Full-time red carpet exhibitionist Phoebe Price basically has this category on lockdown.

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The Good:
Am I featuring Perrey Reeves because her dress reminds me slightly of the Leanne from this week's Project Runway that totally should have won? Maybe.
Leslie Mann (aka Apatow's wife)'s hair is looking slightly Joni Mitchell for my taste, but I like the dress.
Actress Emma Stone looks lovely, eerily like Michelle Monaghan.


The Bad:
I hated hankerchief-hem dresses like Adrianne Curry's even when they were au courant.
It's hard to say whether I might have liked Elizabeth Banks' frock had she not worn a sports bra under it.
We're assuming this is Rogen's real-person screenwriter girlfriend Lauren Miller, which we're all about. It would be really nice if we hadn't had to consign her to "Bad" on grounds of frump, overly matchy accessories!
Sue me, Kanye. I just don't think your collars are working.
Clearly Marcela Mar and I don't share an aesthetic, so I almost don't know what to say here. Nice...abs?
Lizzy Kaplan's pinafore/leggings combo is sendin' me some bad high school Fall 07 vibes. Not that I was in high school, but you know what I mean.
Hard to know what to do with Alicia Silverstone here, cause it's not really bad per se. It's certainly not good, but for her it's not bad. It's just kinda half-assed. And who doesn't still love her for unclear reasons?
Shiri Appleby. We could forgive the suspenders. We could forgive the shirt. But both? You ask too much.



The Ugly:
Amanda Peet. W. T. Fuck.

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The Good:
It's funny: Gillian Anderson's one of those actresses who frequently looked awful on the red carpet. And then she gets pregnant and boom! Suddenly she's amazing 100% of the time.
Actress Mary-Elizabeth Winstead looks dead elegant in LBD. Points for the shoes, too.
I'll admit to a period where The Tudors was my guilty pleasure, and as such, I am glad to see Natalie "Ann Boleyn" Dormer looking good.
Natt Weller and date may be the most awesome/ridiculous/back to awesome couple, ever. He's also like 19.


The Bad:
These two elegant lovelies are Sam and Amanda Merchant. They are "sexy twins" and were on Big Brother. Yes.
It's not that Imogen Lloyd-Webber's outfit's awful, just dullsville. Yes, she's his daughter. Also, a writer.
Petra Ecclestone is apparently "the younger daughter of the head of Formula 1."
This is her sister, Tamara. Apparently impeccable taste runs in the family.

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The Bad:
Actress Christian Serratos clearly ascribes to the Lindsay Lohan no-pants school of thought. Oh, and apparently she's been in a lot of stuff on Disney and Nick.
As for Bianca Collins: "She is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Patti Perez in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous has guest starred in many television shows as well as had parts in Broadway shows. She also co-starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Tiger Cruise. She is Catholic and currently resides in Los Angeles, California, where she attends the University of Southern California."
Monique Coleman was in High School Musical.
Brooke Lyons, meanwhile, is Canadian and was in That's So Raven.


The Worse:
Choreographer Bonnie Story, not representing adults well.
Nikola Clark was in something called The Jerk Theory as Date #2.
Bresha Webb has been on a bunch of ER's
Mollee Gray, for her part, seems to have been in High School Musical 2.


The Ugly:
"Yassmin Alers was born in Spanish Harlem as the middle child of a close-knit family of five children. She was a swing/understudy in the original broadway cast of Jonathan Larson's Rent on Broadway, and played Mimi in the Benny tour company of the show. 'Yaz' has appeared in many commercials nationwide, and can be found in many movies and television shows." She also has a MySpace page.

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The Good:
It's so weird to think how much higher profile America Fererra is now than when they did the first movie. I wonder if that affected the on-set dynamic. Anyway, she looks aces.
Because, I mean, Blake Lively was a total unknown when SOTTP came out; now she's a teen fashion icon!
Leighton Meester seems to know her way around a closet; even though her Lucky spread was kinda dullsville, she obviously knows what works for her. Exhibit A: this LBD.


The Bad:
Jenna Boyd — she played the really annoying, saintly little kid who dies of cancer in the first movie — is young, but that's really no excuse for this circa-'87 horror show.
Ali Lohan is the least girlish-looking girl ever. She's obviously a beautiful child, but her clothes and hair make her look preternaturally harsh.
I generally like to grant a non-red-carpet-pro dispensation to non-celebs, but writer Ann Brashares is not new to this game and besides, there are, like, ten Pants books out now so I'm sure she can get a stylist if she wants. Her outfit is not wretched, but it's a far cry from good; ix-nay on the ooch-bray.
I like Amber Tamblyn and I love her father (because Gideon is my favorite brother in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers) and I like jumpsuits. But I don't think the high neck on this one does anything for her, even as I appreciate someone making the effort t wear pants to a pants-centric premiere.


The Ugly:
Maybe Tamara Feldman's Mexican-inflected thing could be quirky-cute... had she not chosen to sport black boots with it.

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The Good:
It took me a sec, too. It's Natalie Imbruglia!
Dita Von Teese probably knows what works for her better than anyone in the world, and this peach number is proof-positive of it. None of which explains what the hell she's doing here.


The Bad:
I must admit, there's something kind of jolly-looking about Kelly Brook's outfit, even though in combination — gloves, skirt length etc. — it's completely absurd. Who is she? Why, an "English model, actress, and occasional swimwear designer and television presenter."
Lady Victoria Hervey is one of your British pseudo-celebs. And is wearing a sort of metallic sack-jumper.


The Frumpy
Stefanie Powers' jacket: the last touch.
Former model Marie Helvin looks miserable. Must be because she's achieved the rare combination of cheesy and frumpy in one garment.
Well, "violin techno-acoustic fusion" musician Vanessa-Mae looks very modest, if it's any consolation.
I don't know what it is about tiered dresses like 'weather girl' Lara Lewington's — I mean, extend those layers and you've got a rad ra-ra dress — but they occupy their own circle in the dowdiness pantheon.

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Chloe Moretz. Pros: classic LBD, Cons: None! Well played, my child.
Paula Abdul. Pros: color's not bad. Cons: twenty ugly and mysterious things happening on bodice.
Kate Clarke. Pros: cream/Vee are nice on her. Cons: belt, purse, cleavage ratio!
Madeline Carroll. Pros: A Child. Con: The combat boots/dress thing was DOA before she was born.
Victoria Duffy. Pros: Patriotic. Cons: weirdly matchy.
Paula Patton. Pros: Tangerine suits her. Cons: to quote Nina Garcia, "shiny, tight and short is the fastest way to look cheap."
Mary Hart. Pros: lavender? Cons: woefully frumy. Also, lavender.

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The Good:
Gillian Anderson, tres maternity chic.
Digging Jamie Chung's simple belted number.
You know I'm in awe whenever someone pulls off lemon. Well played, Lindsay Sloane.
Madelein Martin's frock is a strange choice for July, but I still like it.

The Bad:
I'm kinda disappointed in Amanda Peet.
Bai Ling, on the other hand, I was almost impressed with...
...until I saw the back.
Pea-soup green is rarely a good idea. I think Madeline Zima's dress would be a don't in any color.
I don't know, maybe Pamela Adlon's suit is more the thing in L.A.
You're always hearing about how easy and flattering wrap dresses are. Tia Carrere's? Not so much.

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The Good:
I like how Aimee Teegarden's character on Friday Night Lights looks like a real teen. It's nice to know this is true in real life too — albeit a sophisticated and well-dressed one.
Don't worry, the shoes are fine, even though you can't see 'em here. Saffron Burrows is pretty much infallible.
Adrienne Palicki plays the town loose woman on FNL, so it's nice to see her getting to look cute and classy in real life.
Minka Kelly's ecru is an example of a good maxi.
Not loving the color, but basically Ali Larter's simple red sheath looks fab.
It took me a while to warm to this shape, but actress Dania Ramirez is making me a believer.


The Bad:
Hairdresser Tabatha Coffey: awesome name, unfortunate frock.
I love me a good pair of trousers, but unfortunately I also hate me incredibly ugly blouses like Yvonne Strahovski's.
This bandage thing is not my absolute favorite on Hayden Panettiere.

Dear Bar Rafaeli: we get it, you're sexy. Is the keyhole really necessary?

The Ugly:
Nadine Velazquez's shoes are ugly. That is all.

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The Good:
I like to think Maggie Gyllenhaal would be rocking this Studio54 radness even were jumpsuits not all the crack this season. Dig it.
Actress Sarah Dunn apparently didn't get the dress code memo, but I'm loving the maxi.
Doesn't Kelly Osbourne look cute and grown-up? Yes, her breasts are somewhat visible. But progress, people!


The Bad:
Singer Liz McLaren's grotesquely girlish babydoll has an unfortunate Courtney Love-meets-Fo21 vibe.
In New York there is a chain of cosmetics stores called Ricky's that at Halloween also sells many "sexy" costumes. Tamara Beckwith's number puts me in mind of such a sexy stewardess getup.
You know what's weird about actress Roxanna McKee's silver number? That the high neck somehow makes it less tasteful.
In the case of actress Freema Agyeman, I really just didn't like the dress much.

Arbitrary Third Category For People Who Are Annoying Me:
I guess Peaches Geldof's dress is kinda cute. But she looks so pouty and rich-It-girlish that I decided to stick her down here anyway.

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The Good:
Hey, remember when Felicity Huffman was nominated for TransAmerica and then at the Oscars everyone was like, "she's every inch the woman tonight!" and, "showing she's a woman!" and "hard to believe she played a transsexual!" ? Yeah, that was annoying.
Kate Walsh: I am sorry to have put you in "Bad" on Thursday, but you left me no choice. I know that's blaming the victim. This is somewhat better, she said severely.
Aw, Swoosie Kurtz just looks like a big ol' bowl of ice cream. You can judge whether that's desirable.
Vanessa Williams = awesome.
Hatcher: Also ice cream-like. I don't love the dress, but I do think Teri looks lovely.
A little Mad Men, a lot nifty, Dana Delany.

The Bad:
I wore something quite like Kimberly McCullough's ensemble two summers ago. But even then I knew it didn't look great.
Sarah Chalke's dress looks like it's backwards. It just does.
I mean, I know elegance isn't exactly Nicollette Sheridan's priority. She seems to be a serious method actor unwilling to depart from the aging-bombshell-cougar thing for even a second.
I know Kristin Chenoweth's all cute and spunky and everything, but her dress looks like a Sweet Charity costume.

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The Good:
Shoshanna Gruss wears clear colors beautifully. I also really like how well her designs accommodate breasts.
I was seriously conflicted about the constellations on Lydia Hearst's breasts (whoa, sorry, I'm like Russ Meyer over here today), but overall, she looks lovely.
Loud, yes. But Ashanti's young and I think this is fun. Plus, the belt breaks it up and the shape's terrific.
Oh, gang, I wish there were a better shot of Natasha Bedingfield's outfit. There were enough partial views and shots with bits of the bodice in them that by careful deconstructive work I was able to determine that her dress is, in fact, very cute.

The Bad
Olivia Palermo: go to jail, go directly to jail. Your dress is covered in spangles, and topped with a lace-trimmed vest.
Full disclosure: I own more than one Charlotte Ronson garment. She looks absurd. Also, like an American Apparel mannequin. (And yes, I realize that's a redundancy.)
Can I express to you my boredom with the shrink-wrapped strapless minidress? Sure, Julie Henderson has the figure for it. But it's profoundly uninteresting without being classic. (Can you tell I'm just trying to avoid using the "I'm over it" construction? So arbitrary and dismissive, it is.)
Nicky Hilton might have gotten a pass on this Missoni-esque number if she hadn't gone and added an equally busy python platform.
I agree, Carmen Kass doesn't look terrible; she's probably incapable of it. But the more I look at this outfit, the more convinced I become that it involved a striking disharmony of proportion and approximately five busy details too many.
Can we put Dina Lohan in here on the basis of hair? My 8 Ball says it is decidedly so.


The Ugly:
I feel a little bad putting inker Kat Von D here, since this is basically just how she dresses. The fact that she wouldn't give a fuck is a palliative.

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The Good:
As Christian Siriano would say (first and last time, I promise), Posh looks so Audrey I can't stand it.
I'm sure it says something terrible about me that when Lauren Conrad wore this exact same Dolce & Gabbana to the Dark Knight premiere, I made her a "Bad." But somehow it works on Michelle Kwan!
I should admit here that I've never watched One Tree Hill. Yet for some reason I've always liked Sophia Bush, who always seems to look far more elegant than anyone would expect.
Lisa Leslie knows how to work her long lines.
College softball player Angela Tincher looks adorable and summery.

The Bad:
Obviously, Kate Walsh is stunning — but what's with the Malibu Barbie costume?
I feel kinda bad calling out poor Alan Thicke's wife — but then, she's not exactly trying to fly under the radar with this one.
I have the non-driver's reverence for racer Danica Patrick, and I totally get wanting to wear the most inappropriate driving shoes on your day off. But the look's just not working, and GW-style, I cannot tell a lie.
Kourtney Kardashian seems to kind of want to go classy with this one. But she's conflicted about that desire.
Brittny Gastineau is not troubled by any such conflicts. She makes her priorities clear. Also her breasts.

The Ugly:
Now here, my friends, is a dilemma. Will the prize go to:
Girl Next Door Kendra Wilkinson...
Fellow GND Bridget Marquardt
...or Playboy model Sara Jean Underwood?

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Not Completely Awful (But Still Bad):
Glenn Close: not gonna win any innovation awards with this one — but then, she's not trying to.
Actress Dichen Lachman. Not too bad, right?
Catherine Dent. Again, nothing mind-blowing, but in this case that's a good thing.
What? Nothing wrong with Niecy Nash's separates.

The Bad:
American Idol contestant Ryan Starr: oy.
I don't know how to refer to Joely Fisher's turquoise garment — jacket? blouse? tunic? — so let's not talk about it.
At first glance, Leven Rambin's dress seemed okay. The more you look, the uglier it gets. I was going to say something about Dorian Gray, but it didn't actually make sense.
I grew to respect Gretchen Bonaduce while watching Breaking Bonaduce a few years ago. However, I dislike her crummy-looking suit intensely.
I guess I can see what Tamara Taylor was going for here, and maybe it could have been engaging were it not for the shocking sash. Yes, it shocks me.
Maybe if you live in Hollywood, as Crista Flanagan presumably does, and you go to these events every day, eventually it's like being in the Twilight Zone and those clothes that were bad become good, and who's to say they're not, if everyone else is wearing them too? I mean, is there a platonic truth?

The Ugly:
Yup. Bobby Trendy!

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When Maggie G. goes glam, she rarely puts a foot wrong.
Bold, yes. But if anyone can pull off a silk tap suit, it's a confident 20-year-old like Blake Lively.
I hate it when people are just ID'd as someone's date — in this case Gary Oldman's -— especially when they've taken the time to dress so nicely.
It must be hard for secret Englishman and Gossip Girl cad Ed Westwick to have such a naturally evil look to him all the time, even when he's trying to attend a film premiere on a Monday night in a nice khaki suit.

The Bad
I was afraid the fact that this was Lauren Conrad was hurting my objectivity, so I called my boyfriend (who doesn't know about stuff) over and innocently asked him what he thought of this dress. He reflected, and finally said that the skirt was okay, but "the top part sucks." This was my initial reaction, too.
I feel like we've seen Edie Falco look awkward on the red carpet before. And she's such a good actress! But there's something exceedingly awkward about this ensemble; she looks super harsh.
I don't really know why Karina Smirnoff has become a red carpet fixture. A lifetime of ballroom dance costumes seems to have had a serious impact on her aesthetic.

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The Good:
Unfortunate expression notwithstanding, Kyra Sedgwick is looking good.
Jennifer Lawrence is on The Bill Engvall Show. "The Bill Engvall show is set in a Denver suburb and follows the life of ‘Bill Pearson,’a family counselor whose own family could use a little dose of counseling."
I don't know, gang. This is kinda harshing my mellow, but it somehow suits Holly Hunter.

The Meh:
Conceptually, there are things about Melissa Sagemiller's dress that I like. But pink and black is dicey: as Genevieve Antoine-Darriaux, author of the immortal Elegance, says, pink is one of those colors that "cheapens" black. And despite all its good, retro-inspired intentions, this number puts me forcibly in mind of something off of Daddyos.com, this website that makes rockabilly apparel.
Again, don't get me wrong: I don't exactly hate actress Sarah Clarke's dress. But I do think it looks kinda surf-shop-like. The print puts me forcibly in mind of, yes, Roxy by Quicksilver.
Gina Bellman's mini is another I just wasn't feeling — although I'm willing to concede that it could work better in person. I do think the camera brings out the dress's horizontal tendencies in an unfortunate way.
17-year-old Graham Patrick Martin is also a Bill Engvall Show kid. He just looks so disconcertingly well-groomed and Hollywood and young-actor-ish!
Gloria Reuben's halter is almost lovely — I just wish the bodice were slightly more assertive.

The Bad:
Beth Reisgraf's unfortunate separates— dress? — are the evening's low point.

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You know, truthfully, I'd forgotten why Mischa Barton was considered chic. This reminded me.

Not my absolute favorite on Padma: she looks merely gorgeous rather than stunning.

It gives me great pleasure to be able to elevate Jennifer Hudson to the literal heights of the Good. I can't pretend I'm a major fan of these New York & Co. -style giraffe prints that won't go away, or the severe bob on JH, but I'm delighted to see our lady in something softer. When all the components are in place — defined waist, open neck — structured armor is not always necessary!

By "Good" I'm afraid that in the case of Jasmine Guinness I just mean "grand-niece of Nancy Mitford." I'm actually on the fence with this one: the color's great on her, but it's not doing a whole lot for her overall.

The Less Good:
Actress Jodie Whittaker's dress is sabotaged by its lacy hem. Oh, and her tap shoes.
Shaznay Lewis' mini would be so much cuter were it not made of insulation.
Singer Sandi Thorn's dress is an object lesson: these Grecian-draped tops are incredibly hard to wear, very bulky and almost never a good idea, no matter how pretty the color.
TV presenter June Sarpong is in danger of being worn by her dress's aggressive print. Her booties are no match for its power.
Certainly not "Ugly"-worthy, but the worst of the evening: actress Hattie Morahan.

Keep A Child Alive

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Here's a clearer pic of the man of the hour. I think DJ Cassidy is only, like, 25, so I guess we can cut him some slack. You know how in high school there's always that guy who thinks it'll be super-awesome and ironic if he comes to prom in a blue tux or a top hat or something, and then he just looks like an ass? This is kind of like that.
The New York Times has a piece today about how shorts are really just short pants. Ponder this revelatioon your own time. This is Kat De Luna.
Here is a woman you may have heard of: Lizzie Grubman. Two bits of trivia: 1) I used to wait on her in a restaurant where I worked and 2) she was named "Best-Dressed Woman in The Hamptons" that same summer. Both of these things were bad ideas.
Duo Nina Sky. They were not deemed worthy , by the news services, of individual ID. Or perhaps they chose to go incognito because ensembles did not work out as planned? I can sympathize.
This is a good illustration of why I chose to forgo the usual designations today. See, after looking at all these other outfits, Terrance J. (of and Rocsi)'s, date starts to look pretty innocuous — even relatively good! But then I'll look back on it in a few hours and be appalled at myself.
Here's where things s