At the Emmys, Heidi Klum was handed this canary yellow monstrosity by a stylist having some kind of personal breakdown, and chose to wear it. For every viewing, take two Advil.
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Emmys Diva alert. Taraji P. Henson in custom Alexander Wang, and killer bob. Stand well back.
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Behold the knicker-revealing open-panel dress as worn by Gigi Hadid at MTV's Video Music Awards. But really, behold a very young woman looking 40 years older, thanks to a bit too much time spent in the sun, or swiping a tub of John Boehner’s finest. Gigi Hadid is not only wearing orange. She is orange.
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Up until the VMAs, Miley Cyrus had been a little quiet. From this point on, she was loud, loud and louder. Barbarella, bondage, and Space 1999 meet in this barely-there outfit. And she’s stolen some of Amber Rose’s chain mail.
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Amber Rose, Blac Chyna, and their posse at the VMAs brilliantly wear the epithets—like “Slut,” “Whore,” and “Faggot”—thrown at them and other women and gay people on social media and the street, and make a literal fashion statement. Bold, welcome, and brilliant. Insults held up to a mirror, and those who use them shamed right back in their faces. Triple thumbs up.
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Solange Knowles, by far one of the bravest red carpet buccaneers, at the Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a brilliant Giles Deacon optical mind-fuck dress, which some meanies compared to a jellyfish. To us, it looks like it would still be very practical if she felt like accosting anyone later in an elevator. Just. If. She. Felt. Like. It.
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Rihanna took over the whole Met Ball red carpet with an amazing yellow gown by Guo Pei that also made her look like one giant omelet or pizza. A very glamorous omelet. Rihanna almost won the night, and she’d be jolly tasty for breakfast, too.
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Lady Gaga looks more and more like an aging, severe ballet teacher. Here she is, knowing that the Met Gala means devil-may-care daring, and so a gown and evening coat by Balenciaga means she can swirl dramatically all evening. Excellent.
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It’s Cher in Marc Jacobs at the Met Gala. Cher! Is! There! *Launches into verse of “Strong Enough”*
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A favorite couple at the Met Gala. She’s wearing an Alexander McQueen gown with a body painted on it, including a penis-looking shape if you look, umm, hard enough. We hope they got sozzled with Helen Mirren at the after parties.
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At the Met Gala, many of the celebs went all out. But Beyoncé’s Givenchy gown was the dramatic winner of the evening, featuring embroidery that barely covered what it needed to cover, but it did—just about. It is probably one of the most stunning red carpet looks of recent times: daring, glamorous, beautiful, audacious, show-stopping. All these months on, we remain breathless.
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Jennifer Lopez in Elie Saab at the Oscars. Her disco inferno look of earlier award season ceremonies gives way to tulle-dreamy fairytale.
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Lupita Nyong’o wearing one of the Oscars night show-stopping dresses—a kaleidoscopic vision in pearls from Calvin Klein Collection. And she said it was comfortable to wear.
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Rosamund Pike wowed at the Oscars in body-hugging, siren-red Givenchy.
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Madonna has had quite the fashion year. She survived a horrible, cape-related accident on stage in London, while on the red carpet audaciousness continued to rule. How did her Emmys look come together? My guess: Madonna was out doing her grocery shopping, in like a basque and fishnets and some old conical boobs from the early ’90s. The cashiers yawned—it’s her version of a Gap pair of khakis. Her manager called, and told her it was the Grammys. Crap, said Madonna, I’ve shocked everyone with everything. OK, I’m going to go dash home, and wing it as a bondage French maid, with my arse showing at the back. The gays will still go for it. Right? Right? Like she cares.
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Slightly terrifying “girl squad” doyenne Taylor Swift’s blue Elie Saab gown opened as a pair of drapes might, and made her look stiff and stilted at the Grammys—but the fashion critics loved it.
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Underneath Rihanna’s ginormous Giambattista Valli pink gown, worn at the Grammys: a desk, a family of five, nine Louis Vuitton valises, a small caravan, an Alpine ski resort, and possibly Pink herself. Has anyone seen Pink? She may now be part of a pink dress. This is the dress that ate the Grammys.
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Our honorary red carpet man. Ne-Yo is pictured at the Grammys in a two-tone Marc Jacobs suit, which finally liberated red carpet hombres from the blue-black thing. I utterly coveted this suit. And possibly Ne-Yo.
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Star wears business-like black trouser suit at the SAG Awards. Star makes anti-glam effort. Star rules. Star is Julia Roberts. Designer: Givenchy.
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How to Get Away With (Fashion) Murder, and Look Fabulous. Viola Davis at the SAG Awards was resplendent in a Max Mara white halterneck gown.
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Emma Stone wore Dior at the SAG Awards: men’s tuxedo meets feminine-netting-thingy. More swooning followed when we saw her deep in conversation with Meryl Streep on the red carpet.
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This is how to win the Golden Globes red carpet: Jessica Chastain in Atelier Versace, and jewelery by Piaget, shimmering in copper--and discovering her inner Jessica Rabbit, too.
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