The SATC Ladies in 2008

I will NEVER forget the time SJP wore a tree on her head to promote Sex and the City. (The first movie, I believe.) Kim Cattrall's expression says a lot -- much more now that we know how they really feel about each other.

Katy Perry in 2008

Don't worry, Katy. In 2020 everyone will have forgotten this romper. UNTIL NOW.

Blake Lively in 2008

She wore this to a Miss Sixty show at Fashion Week, which is a time capsule of a sentence. It's a messy disaster.

Sarah McLachlan 2009

She wore this to perform the song for the "In Memoriam," which is appropriate, because something DOES seem to have died on there.

Amanda Seyfried

What a shredded mess.

Freida Pinto in 2010

This is an overcomplicated situation. It's not THAT bad I guess, but there's a lot going on for a dress that's also VERY shiny satin.

Freida Pinto

And this just didn't look very precisely made.

Elisabeth Moss in 2010

Is this Miss Scarlet/Lesley Ann Warren cosplay?

Elisabeth Moss in 2011

Too much. GREAT color, though, and I can see why she kept picking it. Her styling has improved.

Ellen Page in 2010

So has hers. Not very hard to go up from here, though. This is like a paper lantern.

Christina Applegate

I think her dress is drunk. Not her; I really do mean just the dress.

Ginnifer Goodwin

That necklace is amazing, but the dress creates SUCH an odd shape. 

Olivia Munn

It's O.G. Munn! Another good color -- I mean, green is always a good color, so that's a pointless remark I suppose -- but it's a messy design.

Laura Prepon

This is ALSO overly fussy. A cool idea, weirdly done.

Archie Panjabi

If that stayed up all night, it was a miracle.

Viola Davis

At the time, we thought her skirt looked like the victim in a slasher film.

Taylor Schilling

Underwhelming lingerie. This one was on the line, honestly. It's not good, to me, but it's not BAD BAD BAD either.

Jessica Chastain

This is like the ABS By Allen Schwartz version of Jaimie Alexander's Genny that we featured earlier.

Sarah Hyland

I'm not super into the black lace overlay.

Analeigh Tipton

SHRIEK.

Connie Britton

Satin is tough. (Her boobs look super though.)

Julianne Moore 2003

THE WORST THING SHE HAS EVER WORN POSSIBLY PROBABLY I THINK.

Kate Winslet in 2007

This one, for me, was just not a very dreamy color. The cut is fine. It's fine, everything is fine, we're all fine here.

Kerry Washington in 2007

Ah, yes, one of the puking dresses, where the top part appears to be barfing up the skirt.

Julianne Moore

This color is tough, but the cut is worse.

Brie Larson in 2017

The cut of the top makes me think there is an invisible hook yanking her offstage by the neck. Which is upsetting.

Jessica Pare

Did you know Megan Draper has been on SWAT: Boreanaz this whole time? (That is not the show's name but I can't remember what it is, ever.)

J Lo in 2000

Did she look good in it? Yes. Is it iconic? Yes. Does that mean I think it's a GOOD dress? No.

Taylor Swift

In the end, I put this here because it's too much - the midriff, the black and white, the green, and the shoes. It needed to be a hair simpler.

Rachel McAdams

Her arms were in very different moods on this day.

Jayma Mays

That is so SHORT AND TIGHT. Can she breathe?

Jennifer Connelly

This is so great, until you get to the gnawed-off hem. At least she's not in booties, but honestly, those shoes might be pulling too much focus.

Drew Barrymore

I like this, but it needs a hoik and some jewelry, and it feels like a wan copy of a fuchsia one Cammy D wore to the Met Gala.

Glenn Close

I kep thinking she has a gun holstered to her butt, and then that it's an upside-down umbrella. Not auspicious.

Reese in 2018

I forgot to put this one in earlier, so: Here it is, very snug, a great color, and an uninspiring shape. The pale pink lipstick also didn't gel for me.

Kate and Matt

Reader, I laughed LOOK at the sleeve tassel.

And Here Are Some Bad Old Greens, To Wrap Up The Day

My last two headlines have been really stellar, no?