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They’re slimming down because women are buying more compact handbags, and people just don’t need to lug around as many cards or thick wads of cash. Fashion trends are pushing shoppers toward sleek, crossbody bags and itsy-bitsy satchels; with phones taking over the role of such physical items as membership cards, loyalty cards, business cards, and even credit cards and cash, there’s no need or desire for big, bulging wallets. This means a shift toward more petite wallet designs: zip-around pouches, thin billfold styles, little leather card cases, and so on.

“It’s natural that items are getting smaller,” said Jaime Cohn-Barr, an editor at fashion-trend forecasting firm WGSN. “People are needing to carry less.”

Historically, women’s wallets haven’t seen much change. In fact, most small leather goods take a back seat to their larger, more visible brethren. They’re not presented front-and-center in retail stores and are often buried in the accessories tab at online shops. Wallets just aren’t very glam. They spend most of the time wedged somewhere next to a person’s keys, gum, lotion, and lipstick. Handbags, meanwhile, are overhauled each season, with flashy new hardware and creative silhouettes.

These useful tools have, for the most part, followed a pragmatic formula: long, rounded rectangles with a zipper or a flap. Now such wallets are being converted to full-on clutches. Many designers make sure to add optional chains or wrist straps to wallets so they can be carried around on their own. One particularly popular tactic is a carry-all tote -- for makeup, workout gear, flats -- with a teeny zip pouch or wallet stashed away, allowing for an easy switch to a de facto clutch if necessary, said Cohn-Barr.

Fashion’s bigwigs have noticed and adjusted accordingly. John Idol, chief executive officer of Michael Kors, referred to the phenomenon last week in a conference call with analysts. At Kors, he said, “much smaller” wallets are selling faster than larger ones. Kors sells all sorts of wallets, from long, continental designs to mini-card holders and smartphone wristlets. Idol pointed to a two-trend in which consumers have veered toward smaller handbags.

“Money pieces now are getting smaller because -- again -- as more things end up on your phone, you need less things in your wallet,” said Idol. “So that’s just a fact.”

That also gives Kors a chance to upsell its customers. Shoppers downsizing their bags have no choice but to find a correspondingly tiny wallet that will fit. (“Oh, you’re getting that little leather shoulder bag? You can’t shove that chunky wallet in there, so buy this shiny, new, streamlined style.”) Following the logic farther, that upselling is necessary: Smaller bags (and wallets) are cheaper, so stores have to push sales of additional items, instead of selling just one large, big ticket, $600 satchel.

“We’ve got really well-trained associates, and these associates, quite frankly, know how to upsell in terms of multiple items to get that transaction value up, which is helping in our total conversion rate inside the store,” said Idol.

It seems these accessories will keep getting smaller as bags continue to shrivel. Cohn-Barr said she expects to see lots of micro, kitten-sized handbags come the fall 2016 season, although it’s unclear exactly how miniature they can get. Some, such as Fendi’s micro-lambskin baguettes, are already too small to contain an iPhone 6 Plus. Maybe Zoolander-style phones are due for a comeback.Read more at:long formal dresses australia

  

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As many cell phone users may already be aware, Samsung's new phones all come with a feature called, "beauty face." That means when you take pictures of yourself, you can enhance and even dramatically change the look of your face in photographs to make it more appealing.

You may be wondering, "What's wrong with my normal face?"

Well, apparently lots of things. For example, your skin probably has at least a few wrinkles or blemishes. One must get rid of those with a convenient perfect skin feature that air brushes your face. Now, if your eyes are too small, you can make them bigger, and if your face is too fat, you can slim that sucker down.

And.... voila! Perfection in your photographs has been achieved.

But, does this feature make us more satisfied with our looks, even when it's not necessarily in the realm of reality?

Perhaps.

In this day and age, when we have so many people seemingly concerned about girls and boys growing up with low self-esteem and poor body image, it's quite a paradox that the technology we are gifting upon the upcoming generations comes with a feature that can change the way they look into something that fits a certain beauty standard.

Now, of course, I am not attempting to slam this particular feature that Samsung has provided, and there's no doubt that the beauty face option is massively entertaining and fun for taking pictures with. I'm simply wondering why it is that certain features still reign supreme for being the most attractive?

Why are bigger eyes more attractive? Why is air brushed, perfect skin a necessity? Why do we need slimmer faces?

I thought as a species, we had made some big strides in humanizing beauty standards. We have more plus-sized models now, more movie stars with visible "flaws" such as freckles, scars, and crooked teeth. Many actors and actresses today don't fit the "ideal" beauty standards of the past, and as a whole it seems society has started to become more flexible in it's idea of what is beautiful.

But, hold on- maybe not. With the "beauty face" phenomenon it seems we're right back where we started. Back to editing ourselves into what we're not. Many people complain that social media is fake, and the status updates people post are just staged snapshots of their otherwise uninteresting lives.

So, then, why are we still subscribing to the old predictable beauty standards? And why are many of us so willing to post edited, enhanced photos of ourselves?

Is it just our insatiable egos that need to be fed compliments and likes? Are we just an incurably insecure society that's sick from the desire to fit a particular beauty standard?

It will be interesting to see how far technology will take it in the future when it comes to beauty and the way we see and present ourselves in the virtual world. It may even get to the point where when we meet people in real life we may not actually recognize them compared to their virtual profiles.

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Dressed to kill in a jumpsuit and hip-rolling to Teknomile’s Duros on the L train, plus-size model Philomena Kwao, 26, is the ultimate carefree black girl. And at a statuesque 5’10, with cheekbones crafted by the deities of West Africa and the meanest TWA this side of the Atlantic, the British Ghanaian beauty is also the perfect canvas — a canvas that is finally getting its golden debut in Sports Illustrated.

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As part of #SwimSexy — a new campaign launched by plus-size swimwear retailerSwimsuits For All — Kwao appeared in the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue alongside SI Swimsuit cover star Ashley Graham, 28, and model Nicola Griffin, 56. The striking ad marked a watershed moment for the magazine, which appears to finally be recognizing not just plus-size women but plus-size women across the axes of race and age.

“It was perfect,” Kwao said of the shoot, highlighting the choice of the bold, gold bikini in particular. “You know, plus-sized women have been told for so long to cover up. Whether it’s with a one-piece, a tankini, a bikini with a skirt, high-waisted things, we’re always told to hide these things that society calls flaws... Swimsuits For All has taken the bikini — which for so many years has been the reserve of tall, slim, white young women — and they’ve made it accessible.”

"And if I, as a woman of size, of color, of any age, want to feel empowered in wearing a bikini, I can," she continued. "I also just celebrate the fact that it’s even in Sports Illustrated ... they’re showing various women all around the world that actually no, there isn’t one kind of beauty. There isn’t one form or mold you have to fit into.”

Kwao confesses it’s a lesson she learned the hard way.

Though Kwao has modeled for roughly four years now and credits her career for helping boster her self-confidence, she admits that hegemonic beauty ideals made her feel insecure growing up — so much so that she used lightening soaps in hopes of more closely resembling the fairer-skinned women exalted on TV.

"When I was in my teenage years, I used to watch a lot of music videos. I saw lots of Beyoncés, I saw Mya, I saw Rihanna."

"It was always about lighter (women). Even at school or at home, even in my country – I was born and raised in London but my heritage traces back to Ghana — it’s just always seen as an extra step to your beauty: Being of a fairer tone.”

While Kwao has since come to embrace the skin she’s in and has made inroads as a dark-skinned, plus-size model — appearing in campaigns for the Beth Ditto Collection, Addition Elle, Torrid and now, Swimsuits For All — she contends that racial and, specifically, skin tone diversity remain an issue, even in the seemingly radical world of plus-size fashion.

“When celebrating size, when celebrating different shapes, I still feel like different women from different backgrounds have been excluded from that,” she said, referencing the disproportionate ratio of white and fairer-skinned plus-size models.

“I think the fashion industry and the media industry in general have a responsibility to make sure that they celebrate the rich differences in all our backgrounds to make sure we don’t fall into the trap of reducing beauty to one specific mold," she said. "And that’s why, again, I think the Swimsuits For All campaign has been so powerful because they used me."

"They used me. I have natural hair. I have a dark skin tone. I’m a plus-size woman."

The implication, of course, is that Kwao isn't the standard. But she expresses hope that more models like her will be cast and will help others to see "their black is beautiful, too."See more at:long bridesmaid dresses

  

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The 29-year-old exchanged vows with music video director Alan Ferguson in November, 2014 wearing a stunning white Humberto Leon for Kenzo gown, but in a new interview with Vogue.com, she admits it wasn’t what she had initially intended to wear.

“Humberto literally put that dress together for me in two months, and made a backup dress in case something got messed up,” she explained.

“What’s funny is that he made them in two different fabrics – one a little bit structured, and the other more fluid – and I ended up wearing the backup dress; they were the exact same silhouette. I had to get it hemmed by the tailor and he ironed it and it put a little bit of a stain on it. Humberto was like, ‘See, that’s why I made the backup dress!’”

Over the years Solange has become known for her eccentric sense of style as much as her music, and has a totally different taste to big sister, Beyonce, preferring to seek out unknown independent labels, but, as she has grown older, the star admits she has learned from past mistakes, especially when it comes to what is considered sexy.

“I’ve been with my current husband going on eight years, and it’s interesting to me how I’ve redefined sexy through my relationship, in terms of becoming the woman that I am now,” she continued. “If I had to define sexy now, as Disney as it sounds, I would have to say it’s about complete and utter confidence.

“When I first started dating my husband, I wore so much colour and print, and whenever I would wear black, he would be like, ‘Oh, my God, you look so sexy!’ Now I have learned to understand the elegance and the sexiness of black.”Read more at:best celebrity dresses

  

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To take part, just fill in the simple form at the end of this story. And if you're from the South Wales Echo area, you will be featured in our newspaper, too.

It doesn't matter where you married, as long as one of you is Welsh or you live in Wales.

This week's couple live in Cardiff.

The couple

Emma Llewelyn (nee Shaw), 28, and Karl Llewelyn, 30, who live together in Canton, Cardiff. Emma is a landscape architect and Karl is a geotechnical engineer.

The venue

They married in the impressionist galleries at National Museum Cardiff, and had their reception in the grand hall on January 30.

How they met

The couple met at the Cayo Arms on Cathedral Road on a Friday night after work in March 2011.

Emma was housesharing with a colleague of Karl’s and they got talking at the pub. Karl asked his co-worker for Emma’s number and they went on their first date to the comedy club in Cardiff Bay.

Karl said: “My colleague (Emma’s housemate) got a special mention during the wedding speeches as it’s thanks to her that we found each other.”

The proposal

Karl proposed on Christmas Day 2014 under the tree.

The wedding

The couple wanted a winter wedding in Cardiff in a building with character.

They said as soon as they looked around the museum they knew it was the place for them.

Emma added: “It’s such a stunning setting and a really unique venue.”

As the museum is open to the public in the day, the ceremony was in the evening, so they had the day to spend separately with their bridesmaids, groomsmen and close friends before getting married at 5.30pm.

Emma spent the morning at the Park Plaza spa with her friends, and Karl went out for lunch at the Hilton with his friends.

After the ceremony, guests had champagne in the impressionist galleries, surrounded by the paintings and sculptures. After the guests made their way down to the grand hall to be seated for dinner, the couple had 10 minutes alone in the galleries, which they said was “magical”, and then made their entrance down the grand staircase as the new Mr and Mrs Llewelyn, as Karl carried Emma down the stairs to a standing ovation from guests.

Emma said: “It was a surreal but wonderful moment!”

The couple had a Welsh-themed meal, provided by the museum’s caterers, eaten under the domed ceiling.

Emma wore a backless fishtail dress with sequinned straps, and Karl and all of his groomsmen wore navy tuxedos with black bow ties. The bridesmaids had made-to-measure soft pink dresses by Matchimony, which also made the matching page boy outfit.

Emma said: “We loved wedding planning, and our main aim was to keep it simple and let the gorgeous venue speak for itself.

“Looking back, it feels like we were in a movie set. We wanted the look and feel of the wedding to be timeless and elegant.”

The honeymoon

The honeymoon was the reason the couple got married in January. Emma was a bridesmaid for her oldest friend in Australia this month, so when they got engaged they decided to make that trip their honeymoon – travelling around both South East Asia and Australia.Read more at:simple formal dresses

  

Relationship Advice from Divorce Lawyers That Could Save Your Marriage

Bettina Hindin might as well be a mortician. Ms. Hindin, a matrimonial lawyer in the city, comes face to face with mass amatory destruction on a daily basis. She witnesses something arguably worse than dead bodies: the death of hope. But someone’s got to deal with the detritus of human emotion, right? “It’s like a funeral home,” she says. “You’re sad for the person, but you’ve got to make money.”

Most of us imagine that matrimonial lawyers—their preferred branding over “divorce attorney”—are among the least romantic species. Yet many of them strongly believe in the institution of marriage, and have thought a lot about what makes a strong union. The answer, based on interviews with some of the nation’s top practitioners, can be summed up in a few simple phrases:

Love is not the answer.

Don’t be a schmuck.

Find someone like you.

Don’t hang out too much.

If you dig your spouse, express it.

“The best marriages are like business transactions,” says Raoul L. Felder, the grand-père of divorce, who oversaw the demise of the Rudy Giuliani-Donna Hanover union, among other high-profile dissolutions. “Life is a series of quid pro quos, and so is a marriage.”

Manhattan family law attorney Casey Greenfield concurs. “The happiest relationships I see are the ones where the people are up front with themselves about what they want from the relationship, and they don’t ignore the limitations that are glaringly obvious,” she says. “If people would stop thinking their relationship would make them thin and rich…they might realize that the person they’re with is perfect.”

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In the long run, opposites don’t work. They might attract, but they usually don’t last for the long haul.

In other words: Your partner isn’t going to cure your existential angst. (Love is not the answer.)

William S. Beslow, whose clients have included Mia Farrow and Robert De Niro, remains surprised by the number of couples who complain about their partner’s behavior, when they knew exactly who they were from the start.

Mr. Beslow remembers a client who was a well-known financier. The meticulous and slightly OCD titan was bewildered when his soon-to-be-ex wife showed up late for the divorce trial. “I said, ‘You are obsessive compulsive…you take your computer to the beach. Your wife never wanted to hear about your business deals, she just wanted you to hug her and kiss her. Why is this surprising to you now?’ ” (Don’t be a schmuck.)

If people would only know themselves, Mr. Beslow believes, they would have much happier unions. Most of us project our own meshugas—that is: our psychiatric, emotional and sexual needs—onto the other person. But if we would really understand what we can tolerate and what we cannot, we would be better off.

Translation: In the long run, opposites don’t work. They might attract, but they usually don’t last for the long haul. (Find someone like you.)

Let’s go back to our uptight financier and his laid-back wife. At the outset, they had a tremendous connection, recounts Mr. Beslow. They were each convinced the other person would—dare we say—complete them. They were blindsided by possibility. “The one who is stiff in demeanor might be swept off their feet by the one who is outgoing and vivacious, while the other is taken by the strength and stability of the other person,” he says. “It’s a great match—in the beginning.”

To Mr. Felder, the surest way to doom a relationship is by spending time together. (Don’t hang out too much.) He’s not advocating logging onto Tinder. But he recommends plenty of alone time. “When I see all this togetherness—‘honey,’ ‘darling,’ ‘sweetheart’—then I know a marriage is in trouble,” he says. “Develop as a human being: Go to clubs and meetings and lectures without your spouse. And then come home and talk about it.” (Incidentally, he also advocates not working together. Never mind that he shares an office with his wife, Myrna.)

Another piece of sage advice: If you dig your spouse, express it. Ms. Hindin recalls the “beautiful couple” with three young children. Said beautiful husband was busy building his company, and beautiful wife complained that he wasn’t lavishing enough attention on her. “Maybe she should have spent time developing something for herself that would have given her a sense of fulfillment so she could be a powerhouse in her own right,” says Ms. Hindin. “But most people are insecure. They want to have their egos stroked.”

And when all else fails, divorce. And then learn from your mistakes.

Mr. Beslow’s (second) wife has made it clear that Hallmark holidays like Valentine’s Day hold no interest for her. So Mr. Beslow eschews the Whitman’s samplers. Instead, he does the dishes every night after dinner, which pleases his wife. When she returned home from a long, tiring vacation (parents know that’s not an oxymoron) with their kids, he surprised her by sending her to a luxurious day spa.

This is not astrophysics. It’s simply about being mildly conscious of the other person’s needs. “My wife and I are wired differently,” says Mr. Beslow. “She’ll leave the light on in the closet. An extreme person would say, ‘You left the light on!’ I just turn it off. It’s not a big fucking deal.”

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The most dramatic moment of Public School’s Autumn/Winter 2016 menswear show didn’t happen on the runway. Instead, it was when the backstage curtain was lifted, not only revealing the innards of a fashion show — clothing racks and grooming stations — but also a swarm of design-school kids standing outside of the venue. Designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne invited them to be there, creating a makeshift runway on the sidewalk, so that they didn’t have to peer through the glass windows just to catch a glimpse.

Chow and Osborne certainly aren’t the first to transform a private runway show into a public event. Marc Jacobs did something similar last season at the Ziegfeld Theatre, as did Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci on a New York City pier. But there was something sweet about Public School’s gesture. “They’re actually going to see it first,” Osborne explained before the proceedings got underway. (Just a few minutes later, models walked down the outdoor runway before snaking back into the venue for the rest to see.) “Feeling like the outsiders, always, we were happy to give the students of New York and fans of the brand the opportunity to come out and watch the show today.”

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It’s clear that Chow and Osborne really do feel like outsiders, which seems unfathomable given the amount of support they’ve received from the American fashion industry, not to mention the string of celebrities that happily sat front row, including Victor Cruz and Fabolous. And yet, they don’t have a superior attitude.

In fact, their intentions appear quite genuine. This season, for instance, the collection was inspired by David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth. (The mood board, in case you were wondering, was kitted out long before the legendary artist died on January 10.) “That character resonates with us and with the Public School guy,” Chow explained. “He’s searching for his home. Us, we’re always searching for our right place.”

Have they found it? The collection had a good amount of punch, with its outdoorsy quilted pants and plaid flannel sweatshirt ruched up the back of the arm. The duo favoured high-waisted trousers — mostly peg-legged — worn with double-wrapped leather belts or under an attached apron. Where they really excelled, though, was outerwear. The puffy camo-parka lined in orange, a black suede pullover anorak and a quilted blue topcoat with jumbo-sized shearling lapels were the sorts of showpieces a confident customer could get behind.

What the collection lacked was reinvention. Instead, there was a feeling of ticking off trends and categories: worn-in denim jackets, collarless woven shirts styled over turtlenecks, little-boy sweatpants. But despite their intermittently flawed execution, Chow and Osborne obviously have something special. Their clothes excite people. One wants to believe that they can take the frenetic energy building around them and funnel it into something superior. And in this case, superior would be a good thing. Here’s hoping they don’t let all this noise hold them back.

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Jessica Alba’s First Foray Into Fashion? It’s All in the Jeans

When it comes to denim, there’s not a lot Jessica Alba hasn’t experimented with: stonewashed short shorts, jeans with the waistband cut off Mariah Carey style, classic 501s, Blossom-inspired overalls, colored jeans, boyfriend jeans, skinny jeans, distressed jeans. “Oh, girl! I have all of it,” she says. “I probably have two full racks of denim and each hanger is doubled up. It’s excessive. It’s next-level.” No wonder, then, that the actress and entrepreneur’s first foray into the world of fashion happens to be in the form of a collaboration with denim brand DL1961. “I wear so much of it,” Alba says. “And there’s nothing like finding the perfect pair of jeans.”

Alba, who is also the face of the new grunge-inspired Spring 2016 collection, will design eight to 10 pieces for the Fall 2016 collection that hits shelves in August. “I live in Southern California and people aren’t too fussy out here, so wearing jeans out to dinner or an event isn’t out of the question,” she says. “You can throw on a great blazer, a blouse, and a pump and that’s just as acceptable as a cocktail dress.” As a result, she’s become a dab hand at everything from the Canadian tuxedo (she teams hers with a pair of killer heels and wears it to meetings) to high-low (think a denim jacket over a Giambattista Valli cocktail dress come evening).

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When it came to designing her own collection, Alba used her own rather enviable body as a starting point. “I remember having to lay down to button up those tiny Daisy Duke shorts because I had a big booty. I had to squeeze into my friends’ jeans because my mom wouldn’t buy them for me,” she says. “My inspiration for most things in life is always the ’90s supermodels: Cindy, Naomi, Claudia. Those bodies! Lately I’ve been getting back into bell-bottoms, but high-waisted and not too flared. The jeans that I’m designing are going to celebrate women’s bodies and show off those curves.”

The label’s ethics were also a good fit for Alba, whose Honest Company produces nontoxic, environmentally friendly products. “DL1961 is a thoughtful company in the way they go about creating denim, and that angle was important to me as well,” she explains. The denim brand relies on an unique “confection” of fibers that cuts the processing time in half and uses half the dye, half the water, and half the energy that it takes to produce traditional denim. The label has also developed an on-site filtration system that purifies the wastewater until it’s potable, a combination of eco-friendly practice and technology that, Alba adds, creates reliably cool denim. “The fabric stretches to your body and shape but doesn’t get baggier throughout the day.”

This season she’s gravitating to a high-waisted Farrow jean in black, which she tends to wear “with a thin white tee, an oversize blazer, and a loafer or oxford.” The one piece she is most keen to perfect next? Says the budding designer: “There’s nothing like a great denim jacket.”

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The pussy-bow blouse might have been the coveted shirt style of AW15, but now the industry is embracing a laid-back strand of tailoring. Think oversized shirting, undone buttons and flowing neckties. Here are 5 key style notes on how to achieve this easy, breezy outfit style. Just remember to relax...

Borrow from the boys

Queen of the I-just-rolled-out-of-bed-looking-like-this, laissez-faire French style, Caroline de Maigret is the ultimate pin-up for the relaxed silhouette. You might not be able to achieve the mussed-up hair and grungy aura, but you can take one tip from the actress. Buy a size bigger. This gives shirts a mannish, slouchy feel without facing the ill-fitting conundrum (or arguments) of actually borrowing from your boyfriend. Let’s face it, men’s shirts rarely fit as well as we like to think.

Equipment’s washed silk shirts are not only a perennial staple of Caroline’s, but every fashion insider’s too. Tuck into trousers at the front and let the relaxed fit flop out the back.

Lengthen your sleeves

Your gran might have scolded you for forever pulling down your sleeves and making your jumpers misshapen, but long sleeves are currently in. Make sure your shirt sleeves reach mid-hand at least, or let them peek out the bottom of knitwear, like Danish blogger Pernille Teisbaek.

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NB: shirts with XXL sleeves might be tricky to track down. Look for elongated bell sleeves that give a retro, over-sized feel without drowning your arms.

Literally untie

The pussy-bow blouses you bought back in October aren’t redundant, they just require a relaxed revamp. Leave the ties to trail down your torso and pair with other beatnik staples, like suede boots and dark mannish coats.

Pile on layers of different lengths

Let silk shirts stay visible out the bottom of roomy, thick knits. A trailing coat will also add to this laid-back look. Just remember to keep your colour palette muted, so the whole ensemble doesn’t wash out your complexion and look too heavy.

Alter the fastening

Blouses with a tie-side feature automatically look pared-down because of the way the fabric falls. Keep everything else on your outfit simple so that the drape feature is the where the eye is drawn on the outfit.

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The Best And Worst Dressed Stars On The Red Carpet

Tons of Hollywood actresses wore their best designer outfits to the 2016 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Saturday. They were there to celebrate the best actors in the industry, but they also showed off their fashion sense as they walked the red carpet outside the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. They’re all great thespians, but only a few of them are fashion mavens. Check out our best and worst dressed below.

BEST DRESSED

Brie Larson

The “Room” actress picked up a SAG Award for best actress in a drama, and she’ll likely also receive several best dressed awards today. The blue Atelier Versace dress fits her like a glove, and the unexpected cutout and knot details make it look unlike any other dress on the red carpet.

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Marisa Tomei

The beading adds just the right amount of sparkle to this Zuhair Murad dress. Plus, the skinny silver belt is the perfect accessory for the “Empire” actress.

Maisie Williams

The bright blue was certainly a nice change from Arya Stark’s muted tones on “Game of Thrones.” The Ermanno Scervino design was enough on its own, so Williams smartly decided to keep the accessories minimal.

Laverne Cox

The “Orange is the New Black” star rocked the red carpet in this Prabal Gurung dress. It fits her wonderfully, and her gold Stuart Weitzman heels and Nathalie Trad bag compliment the dress perfectly.

WORST DRESSED

Julianne Moore

The “Freeheld” star wore Givenchy to the 2016 SAG Awards. The bright shade of green with all those sequins is just not a great combination.

Nicole Kidman

Ruffles! Sparkles! Colors! Accessories! This Gucci dress was just a bit too much on the “Grace of Monaco” actress.

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