Lionel Richie

We begin as most things should: with Lionel Richie looking like a host who has just noticed you brought his favorite appetizer.

Jon Pardi

I always struggle with the deep open shirt under a blazer, but that's at least a very INTERESTING blazer. It has a slightly macabre air.

Morgan Wallen

That is a jean jacket and a plaid sportcoat mixed together so cruelly. He's the Sid from Toy Story of clothing mergers.

Mitchell Tenpenny

I cannot cosign a baseball cap at this.

Ian Fitchuk

This is A LOT.

Jimmie Allen

I appreciate that pattern. It's wrapping paper for sure.

The Brothers Osborne

Something tells me these two reallllly did not like if people mixed them up when they were younger.

TK McKamy

This looks like something Clark Griswold would wear in a daydream.

Cody Johnson

He won those pants in a poker game from a very tall stranger.

Justin Moore

He's trying to hide his eyes, because he saw it all go down, and he knows Pants cheated.

Noah Schapp

I love that Noah Schapp of Stranger Things is bringing some serious tailored polish to this.

Chris Lane

"Everything I'm wearing repels water. Including my hair wax."

Midland

These guys are my new favorite people. Left and Right look like evil profiteers from a hipster town that's trying to turn itself into Deadwood, and the middle one made me think to myself, "Is he aware that he's not on a soap opera in the 1970s?" Then I looked him up, and LO, he WAS on a soap opera in modern times: He replaced Justin Hartley on Passions. Which would be enough to drive anyone out of acting and into Yanni's hair.

Ross and Katlin Copperman

I have notes on the bangs, son.

Cole Swindell

I can't lie: That jacket is subtly really great. But the hat that has his initials on it, which I am conerned might be his own logo? PASS. You can do it if you're Roger Federer, and you're on a tennis court, or in my living room, but that's it.

Thomas Rhett

On the whole, socks have to be feeling pretty lonely tonight.

Josh Kerr

The entire bottom half of this stumpifies him in the extreme.

Dustin Lynch

And then we get the Battle of the Gold Jackets, starring this guy in his slightly greener gold version...

Ryan Hurd

... and this one, a much louder gold, if such a thing can be defined (it can). We don't need to name a winner, but I think Dustin overall looks better.

Brandon Kinney, Jeff Middleton, Josh Thompson

Fun fact: Jeff Middleton is Kate Middleton's second cousin, but they don't speak because his family renounced the Queen. Another fun fact: I made that up.

Craig Wayne Boyd

But seriously, it's okay to button your shirts, everyone.

Lady Antebellum

Everyone in Lady A -- the three of them, and the apparent low-flow showerhead -- is presented and accounted for.

Kristian Bush of Sugarland

"Who the hell cares what I look like? WAIT UNTIL THEY GET A LOAD OF JENNIFER."

Old Dominion

Two of these people are feeling very hurt that the others made a velvet pact.

Dennis Quaid

"Once again I feel like there's something somebody didn't tell me."

Yes, It's Time For The Dudes of the CMAs

They brought hats, and coats, and hair, per usual. But with FLAIR.