Black AND White at the 2023 BAFTAs

Hayley Atwell in Cong Tri

Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/Shutterstock (13774406as) Hayley Atwell 76th EE British Academy Film Awards, Press Room, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK - 19 Feb 2023

YES that is a shirt made of string. It's not as terrible as you would imagine if you only heard that sentence and didn't see the photo.

Hayley Atwell in Cong Tri

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (13774401kz) Hayley Atwell 76th EE British Academy Film Awards, Arrivals, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK - 19 Feb 2023

But this does look like something that would earn you an A in Fine Arts 237: Advanced Macrame. Her head, on the other hand, looks tremendous. I NEED that lipstick!

Dylan Llewellyn

Welcome to the portion of the day wherein I discuss whether white jacket/black trousers make you look like a very fancy member of waitstaff at a classy event.

Richard E Grant

The answer is...maybe? REG is definitely giving off much weaker waitstaff vibes. This feels considerably more Welcome to My Yacht.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Very simple, and honestly kind of perfect on her. This is so clean.

Daisy Wood

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (13774401no) Bel Powley 76th EE British Academy Film Awards, Arrivals, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK - 19 Feb 2023

I like this but I would have saved it for a different, less formal event, I think. Like, this would be STELLAR for a photocall.

Vera Wang presumably in Vera Wang.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock (13774404t) Vera Wang 76th EE British Academy Film Awards, Arrivals, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK - 19 Feb 2023

I mean...if you say so! To me this looks like something a heroine in a rom-com would wear when she had to sneak into a fancy party while hungover and locked in a linen closet wearing her bikini and a cardigan.

Millie Brady in Miu Miu

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (13774553jf) Millie Brady poses for photographers upon arrival at the 76th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA's, in London BAFTA Film Awards 2023 Red Carpet, London, United Kingdom - 19 Feb 2023

I...okay. I give up, we're going to be seeing panties for the rest of our lives. She wears these better than MANY that I've seen in my day and the top of this is charming, and very reminiscent of mid-aughts Narciso Rodriguez. Things could be worse!