Rachel McAdams

This outfit, for instance, I think has a way higher opinion of its own interestingness than is actually accurate. Much like half the people we all knew in high school.

Rachel McAdams

I love houndstooth, but what is that thing doing there? It's a necktie that has folded itself. That plus the cinched waist and the fact that the shirt hangs down so low... I don't think these things work that well together here.

Rachel McAdams

And then the shirt, in addition to all the other stuff, also has tailfeathers? No.

Rachel McAdams

However, Michael Sheen did show up in a velvet jacket, with a color scheme like a hot dog with fancy toppings -- you know, house ketchup and dijon mustard -- so that's exciting. I feel like, if I were at this party with them, I'd be wandering around all night going, "Why am I so HUNGRY? Oh, RIGHT."

Rachel McAdams

This dress is much cuter. It all looks a lot more natural and the lines are more flattering. Her face is great, and the power of its awesomeness can save a lot of outfits from being TOTAL disasters because it tricks you into thinking they may have redeeming qualities. But sometimes you have to give your genes a little help, and I think here she is. Whereas in the other outfit, she was just getting needlessly complicated, and -- strange as it is to say about an outfit that fancied itself avant-garde -- kind of frumpy. Yeah, I said it, Outfit #1. DEAL WITH IT.

Fug or Fab: Rachel McAdams

We've discussed before how Jessica Chastain has become someone with a lot more fashion sense ascribed to her than she probably actually has -- meaning, the world really seems to want her to have unerring and wonderful taste, and thus people often like she does, as if The Secret is real and putting it out into the universe will make it true. But in fact she really doesn't. That is how I feel about Rachel McAdams. She's talented (though I'm a little worried about her taste in movies...), and she's lovely, and so sometimes we do the math and think the answer will be, "She looks great." But more often than not, the math is faulty. [Photos: WENN, Splash]