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Best Dressed: LADY GAGA
gown by Valentino, jewelry by Tiffany & Co.
Photo: People.com
Despite losing the Best Actress trophy to Glenn Close, Gaga was every bit the winner of the Golden Globes. In an homage to Judy Garland in A Star is Born, she served a platter full of glamour to a grateful nation. Also, those sleeves went on for MILES:
Photo: Red Carpet Fashion Awards
Regal as fuck.
Runner-Up: GEMMA CHAN
gown by Valentino, shoes by Christian Louboutin
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty
I want the entire cast of Crazy Rich Asians to marry me. And also maybe share their closets with me. I adored Gemma’s effortless beauty, the draping, the leg, the shoes – it may have gotten a tad wrinkled in the limo, but it works. And more importantly, it works from every angle:
Photo: People.com
Love the strap/bow combo on the back. Just so delicate and beautiful.
Honorable Mention: JUDY GREER
suit by Alberta Ferretti, jewelry by Kallati, purse by Judith Leiber
Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/Rex/Shutterstock
The size of the bow tie is borderline ridiculous, but I still think this is a fantastic look. And the purse is adorable.
EMILY BLUNT and JOHN KRASINSKI
Emily’s gown by Alexander McQueen, jewelry by Neil Lane
Photo: Getty
He is a snack, and she is a goddess.
DARREN CRISS
tuxedo by Dior
Photo: People.com
I. NEED. THIS. JACKET.
RACHEL BROSNAHAN
gown by Prada, jewelry by Irene Neuwirth
Photo: People.com
The fit is impeccable, and the color stood out on the red carpet. The styling could be turned up a couple of volumes, but I adore watching Mrs. Maisel starting to spread her celebrity fashion wings.
TARAJI P. HENSON
gown by Vera Wang, jewelry by Roberto Coin
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty
That dark emerald velvet is FLAWLESS on Taraji. I’m also loving the belt, the jewelry, and that “bow down to me, mere mortals” expression on her face.
BEN WHISHAW
tuxedo by Alexander McQueen
Photo: Getty
Look at this happy, happy British boy. I just want to run my hands through his positively Jean Ralphio-esque hair and make him sing to me and also let me borrow his jacket. (I am aware I have already laid claim to Darren Criss’s jacket, but you underestimate my need for ALL THE JACKETS.)
TAYLOR SWIFT
gown by Atelier Versace, jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz
Photo: Christopher Polk/NBC
She turned it up a notch or two from her usual shtick. I like the glittery parts of the fabric, but that weird sheer texture is a little bit off-putting.
LAURA DERN
gown by Valentino
Photo: Getty
America’s Stepmom Laura Dern went for a classic color and a strange rouching pattern that looks way better on the skirt than it does on that sad little top.
JAMEELA JAMIL
gown by Monique Lhuillier
Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/Rex/Shutterstock
It’s borderline saccharine, but I can’t be anything but charmed by Tahani in a Disney princess gown.
MANNY JACINTO
Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty
THE CHEEKBONES. MY KINGDOM FOR THOSE MOTHERFORKING CHEEKBONES.
THANDIE NEWTON
gown by Michael Kors
Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty
Like most of Michael Kors’ oeuvre, I find this inoffensive, but mostly uninteresting.
NICOLE KIDMAN
gown by Michael Kors, earrings by Harry Winston
Photo: People.com
Like I said.
JULIANNE MOORE
gown by Givenchy, jewelry by Chopard
Photo: People.com
I’m nearly always buying the weird silhouettes that Julianne Moore and Givenchy are selling, but I really hate this. The top looks heavy, uncomfortable, and vaguely like a very poorly functioning straitjacket, and it ruins the lovely chainmail effective of that skirt.
SOFIA CARSON
gown by Giambattista Valli
Photo: People.com
Lose the ruffles and the seam in the middle of the skirt and this might actually be tolerable. But as is? Oof.
CHARLIZE THERON
gown by Dior, jewelry by Bulgari
Photo: Todd Williamson/NBC/Getty
Very beautiful and very boring.
OCTAVIA SPENCER
dress by Christian Siriano, earrings by Lorraine Schwartz, shoes by Tamara Mellon
Photo: People.com
Would have loved to see this in a bright color.
AMY POEHLER
gown by Viktor & Rolf
Photo: People.com
Fabulous lady, stupid dress.
ELSIE FISHER
suit by Kenzo
Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/Rex/Shutterstock
I respect the hell out of the attempt, but this is a crisis.
AMY ADAMS
gown by Calvin Klein
Photo: People.com
Like Charlize, you can file this one under “very pretty and also I fell asleep before I could finish this sentence.”
ELISABETH MOSS
gown by Dior
Photo: People.com
The proportions are awful, and the styling is worse.
LUCY BOYNTON
gown by Celine
Photo: People.com
Who? And also, why?
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I might be a little too obsessed with Gemma Chan, and was briefly aghast when I didn’t see her near the top of the part 1 post before I realized that obviously there would be more and yes good I am satisfied.