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Emma Corrin
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
I mean, it's well-cut, I suppose, and the colors are interesting together. And it's not a truly gargantuan Peter Pan collar, which is how Emma began the year at the virtual Globes. But... I'm so sorry, I look at this and the word "sphincter" comes into my head. It just... it's pink and its puckered and I can't. Sidebar: Emma's stylist is Harry Styles's stylist -- that sentence has a real "What body?" "Nobody. No body. Mr Boddy's body. It's gone" air to it -- and I do think you can tell. It feels chosen by the same person.
Caitriona Balfe in McQueen
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Caitriona Balfe
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Well. The skirt is fun, but the jacket looks like she had to claw her way out of handcuffs and a barrel for a magic trick.
Ruth Wilson
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Ruth Wilson
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Perhaps a necklace? I also thought the lips were a darker color, but when I zoomed in, they're that metallic bluish pink that often just ends up making people look cold.
Alice Eve
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Alice Eve
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
'Twas a night for understated blue velvet, apparently.
Kate Beckinsale in Jenny Packham
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Kate Beckinsale
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
This is pretty much perfect.
Romola Garai
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Romola Garai
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Someone please get this woman a dramatic bracelet.
Alesha Dixon in Gucci
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Alesha Dixon
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Oooh, yes please.
Bukky Bakray in Gucci
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Bukky Bakray
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Hmm. Well, I don't love the '70s brown color palette of the dress, but I ALSO really don't like it with the clunky Gucci loafers in its signature print, so I guess... this is the flip side to Alesha's glorious one.
Adeel Akhtar
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Adeel Akhtar
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Adeel won Best Actor for Ali & Ava. I have not always been in favor of turtlenecks but this one works, I think because it's not a stronger color than the suit, so it isn't jumping out at me.
Ellora Torchia
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Ellora Torchia
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
This is pretty. It's not JUST texture; it's also a floral.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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Gugu Mbatha Raw
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
She looks lovely. Maybe a plummier lip?
Imogen Poots
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Imogen Poots
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
And SHE is so cute, but that dress is resoundingly blah.
James Norton
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James Norton
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Your favorite vicar is feelin' a little funky.
Joanna Scanlan
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Joanna Scanlan
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
She won Best Actress for After Love, which was the dominant performer. I see you under there, bra. You're hiding... but not as well as you think.
Kosar Ali in Alberta Ferretti
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Kosar Ali
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
She won a couple last year, so this counts as a victory lap. I, too, would choose sparkles for such a thing.
Lauren Patel
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Lauren Patel
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
I never love a design that looks like a botched sewing machine incident.
Lauryn Ajufo
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Lauryn Ajufo
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
And I think this would have been more assertive without the bonus tablecloth. (She won for Breakthrough Performance, for Boiling Point.)
Manjinder Virk
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Manjinder Virk
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
I think I'd have brought that small elastic-looking ruffle up to her actual waist.
Marley Morrison
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Marley Morrison
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Bright and fun and non-bra-centric!
Riz Ahmed
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Riz Ahmed
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Less bright and not as fun and maybe even deliberately uneven, but also non-bra-centric!
Max Harwood in Bethany Norwood
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Max Harwood
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Please tell me: Is that a wang flap? I think it is.
Niamh Algar
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Niamh Algar
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Perfect for a twirl, and also to maybe thwack the legs of someone you don't totally like.
Paapa Essiedu
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Paapa Essiedu
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
These side-button blazers are so distracting to my eye.
Sam Adewunmi
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Sam Adewunmi
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
This is fabulous.
Sofia Barclay
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Sofia Barclay
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Might need a bracelet, but I'm too busy staring at her perfect eyebrows.
Simone Brown
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Simone Brown
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Turtlenecks really ARE having a moment.
Susan Wokoma
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Susan Wokoma
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
As are... bodystockings, I guess?
Vinette Robinson
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Vinette Robinson
24th British Independent Film Awards, Arrivals, Old Billingsgate, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021
Finally, Vinette won Best Supporting Actress for Boiling Point, and I love that she did it with a jeweled headband, regal as heck.