Celebrity red carpet wrap

In this week's red carpet roundup, Amanda Holden has a princess moment, Allison Williams channels Veronica Lake, and Nicki Minaj gets attacked by snakes. By Nyree McFarlane.

Former Glee alum Amber Riley is winning at life in Dreamgirls the musical on the West End at the moment (she won best actress in a musical at the Olivier Awards this week), and she’s also doing a great job of making this Tony Ward Couture dress work. It’s organza and verging on prom-like, but overall it’s kept modern by Amber’s paired down makeup and minimal accessorising, and the fact the embellishments are geometric rather than floral. Also, blue’s her colour. PS: Listen to her singing And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going at the Olivier Awards if you fancy a quick ‘goosies’ sesh. Photo: Getty
You know what? I love sleek and very ‘now’ dresses and all, but sometimes I just want to see the grown up version of Disney princesses strolling down the red carpet, and Amanda Holden is definitely bringing Belle in this Celia Kritharioi gown. I’m even feeling the giant neck flower, and I think that’s because the rest of the dress, from the muted yellow hue to the flattering pleating, is so refined. Babe. Photo: Getty
I love this DVF look on Allison Williams because it’s both retro in a Veronica-Lake-officewear way but also entirely contemporary and fresh. The neck line’s interesting, the use of stripes and colours are different, and her hair and that tomato red lip are the perfect accessories. Photo: Getty
Here’s the superhuman Rosie Huntington Whiteley managing to wear clothes with model panache at six months pregnant. She’s in Brandon Maxwell, and while it’s hardly super original or anything, sometimes all a gal needs is a chic one-shoulder black dress, some blinging earrings and a chignon. She looks lovely. PS: Strappy stiletto sandals when with child = commitment to your craft. Photo: Getty
In its continued offensive against female celebrities, Dior is now chucking branded jocks under the dresses of the celebs that are contractually obliged to wear their designs. When I saw a thumbnail picture of this look on Rose Leslie (who is amazing in The Good Fight BTW) I thought we had a winner on our hands, but oh no… the fact they’ve slipped Kendall Jenner’s bra and pants underneath this gloriously-hued red dress has well and truly ruined it. Also, is it just me, or is the bodice a slightly awks’ shape? Rose deserves better. Photo: Getty
Charlize Theron has also got a case of the Diors. It’s very Dowager Countess meets Medieval knight (but just with the delightfully 2000s addition of Visible Panty Line). In fact, goddess Charlize looks like she’s ready to protect Sansa Stark without humour or any sense of self a la Brienne of Tarth. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love that likely-celibate, sword-skills-on-lock knight, but let’s be real, Tarth’s hardly red-carpet-ready. Photo: Getty
I have a serious soft spot for 54-year-old pop princess Paula Abdul, but still, I think whoever designed this dress followed this brief: “We want it to look like something Paula would have worn in an ‘80s music video, but throw lots of chiffon over it to make it age appropriate’. It’s Like-A-Virgin era Madonna meets Helen Mirren at the Baftas, and that’s a confusing look. Photo: Getty
Firstly, Nicki Minaj’s cheekbones are mesmerising. You could cut diamonds on them. And while there’s a part of me that’s vibing with her millennial Medusa supervillainess look, she’s channelling a baddie in Mad Max (and they’re a tad too directional). It looks like her body is being used to harvest energy to recharge dead car batteries (hence all the metallic snakes flopping around her torso). But it’s not even the flaccid serpents or the gladiator sandals on ‘roids that are pushing me over the edge and putting this in the bad category. It’s the tulle. The useless, itchy-looking tulle bunched around her arms. It’s redundant. PS: This dress(?) is by Charbel Zoe Couture. Photo: Getty
I can’t stop staring at that awful tiny bag… believe it or not, Katy Perry is wearing top-to-toe Chanel. Now this is a fashion brand that has fallen victim to the constant need to ‘update’. Karl, top tip, go back to the classics. Stop thinking of the Jenner sisters as your target market/muse. They’re the anomaly. Only old people are rich enough to buy loads of Chanel. I don’t know what would upset Coco more - the overpriced sports bra, the pointy-shoe-to-shiny-trackpant ratio or the fact she appears to be carrying around a mini sleeping bag in lieu of a jacket. PS: Katy Perry actually looks like she’s turned up to a Halloween party as designer Jeremy Scott. Seriously, google him. Photo: Getty
Lina Larissa Strahl is a 19-year-old German singer, but all I’m seeing thanks to this extraordinary jumpsuit is clay-animation character Gumby moonlighting on the Starship Enterprise. In fact, if anyone ever decides to do a disco dance musical themed on Star Trek, they needn’t craft the costume from scratch, as here it is… Photo: Getty

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