School of frock
If not for the phenomenal Valentino show, this past week may just have coughed up the worst fashion showing of the year so far
SHU QI (A+)
VALENTINO FALL-WINTER 2015 HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW IN ROME, ITALY
Gown: Valentino
Fan Bingbing isn't the only Chinese star making the fashion world sit up - Shu Qi is hot on her heels. She's positively heaven-sent in this whimiscal white sheer confection. It's giving me utter sartorial bliss. Cue the sighs.
OLIVIA PALERMO (A-)
VALENTINO FALL-WINTER 2015 HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW IN ROME, ITALY
Gown: Valentino
Another amazing showstopper from the same event, this time in romantic black tulle. Bravo!
LILY JAMES (C)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES PHOTOCALL AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2015 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Dress: Victoria, Victoria Beckham
Forget the Disney movie, people. This is what Cinderella REALLY looked like before Fairy Godmother came to the rescue with her magical makeover. The dowdy hair colour, ugly rags and dead face - it all just makes you sad, doesn't it?
HALLE BERRY (D)
THE 2015 ESPYS IN LOS ANGELES
Dress: Teresa Helbig
Shoes: Brian Atwood
Hair Horror Part 1 - Forget the fact that I'm sweating just looking at this long-sleeved black leather travesty, worn in the summer heat no less. What is going on with that bedraggled, wiggy string mop hair? It's safe to say Berry should wear her signature pixie cut to the grave.
PARKER POSEY (D)
PREMIERE OF IRRATIONAL MAN IN LOS ANGELES
Dress: Not known
Hair Horror Part 2 - Posey is like that crazy, kooky aunty whose tresses are always tragically fried and over-coloured beyond repair, the one you keep staring at but don't say a word to. But then who's gonna answer her cry for help?
LENA DUNHAM (F)
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER SUMMER TALKS WITH JUDD APATOW EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY
Dress: Alexa Chung for AG Jeans
Shoes: Prada
My regular flunkee is back with a vengeance, this time in something you'd give birth in, at home. She's ever so determined to troll fashion critics as if her career depended on it.
WHO WORE IT BETTER?
Let's keep this match-up of the spangly Rodarte ensembles short, sweet and painless, shall we? Because hello...supermodel. And we're done!
ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY
PREMIERE OF MAD MAX: FURY ROAD IN LOS ANGELES, MAY 7
BELLA HEATHCOTE
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES PHOTOCALL AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2015 IN SAN DIEGO, JULY 11
MOST IMPROVED
HANNAH DAVIS
As this year's Sport's Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl, Davis should be nothing less than 24/7 S-E-X-Y. Which is why she was unrecognisable last month in a conservative tweed midi skirt and cardigan - looking like a secretary - a sexy one perhaps - but a secretary nonetheless. Now, a bikini model has no business being so prim and proper. But between that time and this week, someone must have told her to stop fighting the sexy. And so here we have Davis, in a figure-hugging embellished metallic mini, embracing her gifts and getting the job done.
CFDA FASHION AWARDS IN NEW YORK CITY, JUNE 1
Outfit: Milly
THE 2015 ESPYS IN LOS ANGELES, JULY 15
Dress: Mikael D
Shoes: Christian Louboutin
SPECIAL MAN-TION
VALENTINO FALL-WINTER 2015 HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW IN ROME, ITALY
Suit: Valentino
It takes a special kind of man to wear this fabulous suit emblazoned with all things non-macho like butterflies, birds and flowers, and who better to do it justice than Mr Grace Kelly himself? Perfect match, this one.
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