Elle Women In Hollywood Bash: The Cover Stars

Halle Berry in Dundas

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock (12543067bp) Halle Berry 27th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 19 Oct 2021

I know this is just a patterned maxi, really, so it's weird to say that it feels fresh. But... Halle Berry spent a LOT of time wearing translucent or transparent lace, so in that sense, this DOES feel fresh? I kind of love it on her -- she looks like a sexy fortune-teller at a carnival, whose job is to give you a steamy horoscope. I mean...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock (12543067bf) Halle Berry 27th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 19 Oct 2021

... right? Madame Hilda wants you to know that the planets are aligning in your Fourth House of YES and it's the right time to order a sex swing. (I wish Halle were not so into the tired-looking eye makeup right now, though.)

Gal Gadot in Saint Laurent

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock (12543067an) Gal Gadot 27th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 19 Oct 2021

I like the color. There's... not really much to this, other than that?

Jennifer Hudson in Ralph Lauren

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/Shutterstock (12543066m) Jennifer Hudson 27th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 19 Oct 2021

She looks so happy in this. The shirt is really bunching, though. I know the point is to look like a tux, so a camisole wasn't going to happen, but what about a black shirt instead? A reverse tux color scheme, if you will.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock (12543067bs) Jennifer Hudson 27th Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 19 Oct 2021

Shout-out to her glam squad, though. The bob is cute, and the lipstick is perfect.

Rita Moreno

I guess that tuxedo feeling was going around.