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Red carpet wrap: the frocks that attended this week's parties and premieres

In this week's red carpet roundup, Kirsten Dunst slays it, Naomie Harris is on a roll, and there's no-one quite like Parker Posey. By Emma Day.

Kirsten Dunst has come a long way since her dungaree-clad Jumanji days, and while this prim-and-proper white number wouldn't be as appropriate for taking on a stampede, it's the perfect choice for slaying the red carpet. With its coquettish bow, Mad Men-esque tailoring, and crumpled-up crepe paper texture (in a good way), this Ralph & Russo dress is the afternoon-tea outfit of my dreams. I've also got a bit of a crush on the head-to-toe Dior look - sure, it's quite funereal and witchy, but in a sexy, young Professor McGonagall let loose on Net a Porter kind of way. You know, before she turned her powers to fighting evil and was instead accio-ing up some designer threads. Photo: Getty
From the vermillion hue to the spot-on tailoring, we just need to pay due tribute to Ruby Rose's powersuit's utter gloriousness. It's by Veronica Beard, it's a refreshing change amongst a sea of chiffon, and the gothic lips were the (black) cherry on top. Photo: Getty
Nina Dobrev is on a bit of a roll - she took out first place in last week's Best & Worst, and this constellationy corset has scored her another spot in the good column. I could leave the white satin shoes behind (preferably at a 1987 wedding), but the embellished bodice of this Elie Saab is distraction enough. The huge stars could have bordered on tacky, but here they feel like cartoony couture, and I mean that as a compliment. However the stand-out element here has to be Dobrev's wavy bob, which has me digging out the hot rollers from the attic as I type. Photo: Getty
Also rocking a block colour at the People's Choice Awards was this surprisingly underappreciated Julea Domani by Zeena Zaki. It didn't make many best-dressed lists, but I think Andrea Navedo looks like a ray of sunshine in this easy, breezy fishtail gown. The colour sets her skin tone off a treat, the cut is figure-flattering rather than OTT, and she's rightfully pared everything else back to let the buttercup shade take centre stage. Gorge, gorge, gorge. Photo: Getty
OK, so it's equally as monochromatic as Kiki D at the beginning of this gallery but, trust me, this week was lacking when it comes to bold and bright gowns (everyone must be saving their best frocks for the Oscars). But even though the colour palette of Naomie Harris' weekly wardrobe was safe, the architecturally interesting cuts in this sartorial trio meant it wasn't bland. Wearing Alexander Vauthier, Dior and a Diane von Furstenberg top with Cushnie et Ochs trousers respectively, the Moonlight star looks chic, elegant, but totally striking. Photo: Getty
This may well be a Marmite (or Vegemite, if you're reading from across the Tasman) selection, but I'm kind of digging Olga Kurylenko's printed jumpsuit in a 'props for going bold, there's no way I could pull this off myself' manner. The Schiaparelli design is eye-catching without being migraine-inducing, and very 'fashwan' without being too try hard (the nonchalant, off-the-shoulder blazer certainly helps). Oh but for an open-toe sandal and a slightly slimmer cut on the calf though. Photo: Getty
So the Bond girl had very varied success with the all-in-ones this week. She might be wearing high-end Dior, but Kurylenko looks like a F1 driver who's wandered way off track, vacantly searching for her car like a harassed mum-of-three doing the supermarket run, convinced she parked over by the bins but somehow reversed her Skoda into the trolley bay. Photo: Getty
This hat + that cape = Sherlock Holmes recruited to solve a gruesome crime that took place at the Grand National. Some things even a super like Natalia Vodianova can't pull off. Seriously, what's with Dior this week? Suddenly the place is less haute couture and more murder-mystery dinner party. Photo: Getty
She might have been promoting Resident Evil, but the real villain Milla Jovovich needed to take down was Prada for putting her in this monstrosity. With the wraparound cut and feather detail, there was clearly a vintage boudoir influence at play. But the voluminous chiffon looks like it'd burst into flames if it got within 10 yards of a simmering ember, while the trim looks like it was crafted from the skin of a wet yeti. If it were wear this or face the zombies, I'd take my chances with the undead. Photo: Getty
You know what? Power to Parker Posey - I have a lot of admiration for her crackerjack spirit and her penchant for just doing her. But while sometimes she'll rock a sophisticated sheer black blouse, at other times it just looks like she's taken the DeLorean back to the 70s to raid a theatre dressing up box. This Russian grandma out on the town look falls into the latter. Photo: Getty
Trussed up tighter than EL James' grip on the movie adaptations, German model Fata Hasanovic demonstrates the perils of too much nude underlay - it gives you the inhumanly smooth torso of a Barbie doll. And the laces? I can see she was going for sexy bondage, but all I'm getting is 50 Shades Of Grey (Thanks To A Lack Of Circulation). Photo: Getty

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