12. Caroline TrentiniHamish Bowles in arm and a tiered-and-bowed lemon meringue chiffon gown blissfully kissing the red carpet, it was difficult to reallocate your gaze from the vision that was Caroline Trentini. Perhaps a beach-y sophistication only a Brazilian can summon.
11. Agyness Deyn in Burberry
A dress is not just a dress when it captures a moment. As since Agyness is the girl of the moment, it’s really no surprise this Burberry gown catapults her onto the list. It’s not so much the gown itself, but the pairing of the classic dress with lethal opera length gloves and her cropped pix ‘do that has me ga-ga. It’s the same Gritty Classicism manifesto that has propelled her career, as well.
A dress is not just a dress when it captures a moment. As since Agyness is the girl of the moment, it’s really no surprise this Burberry gown catapults her onto the list. It’s not so much the gown itself, but the pairing of the classic dress with lethal opera length gloves and her cropped pix ‘do that has me ga-ga. It’s the same Gritty Classicism manifesto that has propelled her career, as well.
10. Lauren Davis in Nica Ricci.
Just because it’s Lauren Davis in Nina Ricci.
Just because it’s Lauren Davis in Nina Ricci.
9. Jennifer Connelly in BalenciagaConnolley is never one to play it safe on the red carpet - a chin-grazing feathered frock and the wilting, icky hued Oscar dress (both Ghesquiere for Balenciaga) are perhaps her most unforgettable - and this above-the-knee Eastern inspired shift (once again, Balenciaga) is no exception. In light of Poiret’s fascination with all things Asian, the draped detailing and embroidery suggests both enduring sophistication and surefire timeliness.
8. Liv Tyler in Calvin KleinThis petal-hemmed turquoise Calvin Klein gown is perhaps the diamond-in-the-ruff of the night. Only when adjacent to her devilishly milky skin and dark locks did it becoming something other than a cookie cutter red carpet ensemble. The consensus? A glamour puss in the truest sense of the phrase.
7. Mischa Barton in Giambattista ValliUnlike most of her recent choices, this white Giambattista Valli gown with black stones succeeded in being striking without being garrulous.
6. Kirsten Dunst in vintage YSLThe dress that will divide the fashionables like only American sportswear can. This navy and black YSL creation is naturally as magniloquent as she herself isn’t, explaining, it seems, more than a smidgen of the toothy starlet’s appeal. While the public will deem it categorically malapropos off the runway, I applaud her audacity to pay homage to the muse of the master, Poiret’s wife, Denise.
Kirsten Dunst took a great risk in wearing that outfit. Not many people could pull that off, and I think she did so exceptionally well.