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CASSIE (B)

Premiere of The Perfect Match in Los Angeles

Gown: Stello

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' hot girlfriend's boobage is distracting, but you can't deny she's slaying it in this slinky number.

JENNIFER GARNER (C+)

Premiere of Miracles From Heaven in Los Angeles

Dress: Oscar de la Renta

Shoes: Jimmy Choo

Garner is one of my favourite actresses who recently gave one of my favourite post-split interviews (you show that Ben Affleck!), but saccharine girly prom-wear is far from my favourite thing on her. She should not be raiding her daughters' closets.

MEL B (D)

America's Got Talent Season 11 kick-off event in Pasadena

Dress: Unknown

Shoes: Giuseppe Zanotti

Here's Scary Spice giving us an eyeful of cleavage as usual. Tell me those eight buttons are not the hardest-working adornments in fashion history.

WILLOW SMITH (F)

Chanel 2016/2017 Fall/Winter ready-to-wear collection show in Paris

Jacket and catsuit: Chanel

This is a joke right? And Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's teen daughter being named the new Chanel ambassador must be the punchline. It's Paris Fashion Week, not an X-Men audition. You just can't take someone posing like that in glorified scuba gear seriously.

BLAKE LIVELY (B+)

White House State Dinner in Washington

Gown: Ralph & Russo

This is hardly the most jaw-dropping thing Lively has ever worn - it's even a little matronly. But the fancy silvery-blue bathrobe is event-appropriate and Ryan Reynolds gives any outfit an extra boost.

MOST IMPROVED

Between tacky Hudson and tasteful Hudson, I'll take the latter, who's been missing for a while now. A tortured tin foil dress just can't hold a candle to something elegant and understated like this pretty, soft pleated frock.

Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles, Feb 28

Gown: Maria Lucia Hohan

Premiere of Kung Fu Panda 3 in London, March 6

Gown: J Mendel

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