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Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

In this week's red carpet roundup, Kate and Olivia Munn flash some (super-toned) leg while an heiress shows pretty much everything else. By Emma Day

THE GOOD: The Duchess of Cambridge could be strutting about in $10k gowns on a daily basis if she wanted to, so kudos to her for going with cult, mid-range label Self-Portrait at this premiere. (Hurrah, for once I can afford to dress like a Queen-to-be - well, if I live on toast for a solid week). This almost-bridal gown keeps in nicely with the royal’s KPIs - classy, chic, and a wee bit contemporary, and I’m especially digging the leg-flashing split, peekaboo bodice, and scarlet shoes. It’s a daring (but still totally demure) departure from the nude pumps and fitted shift dresses of her usual appearances, and I love her for it. ‘Atta girl, Kate. Photo: Getty
THE GOOD: Also rocking an Angie leg this week was Olivia Munn. This is basically what I dream of looking like at the office Christmas party, until I realise a dress of this cut has no room for hiding multiple pieces of cake (the requisite post-bash breakfast of champions). Munn looks a bit sultry, a little spring-fresh, and just a damn lot of fun in this chunkily bedazzled Tanya Taylor dress. Yes to the rosy lip, hallelujah for not just going with basic black shoes, and the dishevelled braid? Teach me. Photo: Getty
THE GOOD: At first glance, I thought this J. Mendel on Jessica Chastain was nice but not necessarily memorable. Yet when you take in how the cornflower blue offsets her hair, how those lace panels down the side are super feminine but the fierce spiked shoes add edge (though definitely don’t make for a romantic game of footsie)... yeah, I’d say it’s a winner. The cut’s all sorts of fabulous too - it’s like Marilyn Monroe discovering tie-dye, and I’m feeling it. Photo: Getty
THE GOOD: Leslie Mann looks like a glorious sunrise in this flowy Jenny Packham. I love the texture, I love the hint of sheer (unlike what’s coming up in the bads, brace yourself), and I especially love that she paired it with a darker lip. Not many could pull off this scorching colour palette, but Mann makes it look like a breeze. Photo: Getty
THE GOOD: This might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I’m digging this all-black two piece on Uma Thurman. The sleeveless, half-blazer top is a little weird, granted, but all together it just feels very cool, very Parisian, very ‘let’s go wander round the Louvre and then drink France dry of all its red wine’. Which is a day I would happily spend with Uma (mostly so I could rob her of these shoes after said wine). Photo: Getty
THE UNDECIDED: I just cannot make my mind up about this Versace. For every pro, there’s a con - can a dress completely nullify itself? On one hand, I love Amy Adams in these shades of blue, and she often sticks with simple block colours and silk taffetas, so props for going out of her comfort zone. It’s just the right amount of sparkle and leg - but I can’t deny that neckline is doing weird things to her shoulders. And what’s with all the macrame? You could string her up between two trees and she’d look like an Urban Outfitters hammock. I declare it a hung jury. Photo: Getty
THE BAD: The Ex's & Oh's may have been haunting singer Elle King, but her matador-meets-cowboy fringed pants are what'll be in my nightmares this week. While the decorative border up top is just about passable, it's the full-on strings hanging off the trousers that give her lower body an indisputably furry quality. It looks like Mr Tumnus joined a marching band (which, to be fair, is a Narnia sequel I would watch). Photo: Getty
THE BAD: Well, praise must be given for the fact that Elise Neal managed to leave the Soul Train Awards with her spinal cord intact. (I trip over an extra centimetre of jean, so god knows what these would do to me). However that must be where the praise ends. If you start from the head down, all seems well: "Oh her skin looks amazing. Hmm, that white jumpsuit is fine... it makes a change from all the slashed V-necks and sheer mesh of awards shows. Those aren't bad cut-outs - OH DEAR GOD SHE'S GOT THE INVERTED FEET OF A GIANT DUCK.” Or girl really got a lot of toilet paper stuck to her shoes. Either way, there's one person benefiting from this look - whoever is supposed to sweep the carpet after this do, because don't worry, Neal's got it covered. Photo: Getty
THE BAD: Guys, just a heads up - don’t worry about buying new clothes for Spring/Summer 2016. All you need to do it take the 4x4 out near the lake, run down anything you can, skin it (keep the tail on though girls, that’s a must), slap it on a bit of a bit of shapewear, and then voila - Roadkill, the latest collection by Crocodile Dundee, as seen on Teyana Taylor. Photo: Getty
THE BAD: We're not even really sure if this classifies as something that most people would call clothes. Elettra Lamborghini (yes, heiress to the car brand) is on the Spanish version of Geordie Shore, and here she is wearing an X-rated game of Tetris. And the pieces are most definitely not adding up. Photo: Getty

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