LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Hannah Waddingham arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
This is... egregious, right? I looked at this and genuinely thought one of her shoulders was hella swollen for a second. Then I parsed that the top is cut differently, and THEN I saw the maw of a crocodile in there, and by then my mind was done. I don't understand this decision. I also think her hair and makeup look like they were conceived with a different dress in mind -- that snake green and black netting would seem to demand something edgier than pale pink lips, no? A rare miss for a queen.
Ariana DeBose
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Ariana Debose attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Her makeup is ALSO a mess? What is HAPPENING over there.
America Ferrera
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: America Ferrera arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
And then her makeup is fine, but her dress looks like someone placed it in onto her for a pretend wedding photo -- like when you'd get those old-timey pictures at Madame Tussauds and they put costumes on over your actual clothes. It also appears to have been hemmed with a butter knife.
Lashana Lynch in Maison Rabih Kayrouz
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Lashana Lynch arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
There is really not much to this design, but somehow she's carrying it off very well. Maybe because it's DRAMATIC and the others so far have just been... difficult.
Nathalie Emmanuel in Alberta Ferretti
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Nathalie Emmanuel attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
That's gorgeous but might need to sit a TOUCH higher?
Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham arrives for the annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards at 1 Marylebone Road, in central London. Picture date: Tuesday October 17, 2023. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)
I thought that was a shelf on her bodice, but it's just pointy. Although it might be a POINTY shelf. I am not sure of the wisdom of a material that looks like she got hit with a garden hose?
Halle Bailey in Nicole + Felicia Couture
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Halle Bailey arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
I thought this was going to turn out to be Giambattista Valli. Anyway, there are all these rumors right now that she's pregnant, because she wore a really flowy dress to the VMAs and I guess there are some paparazzi photos, etc. This dress neuters the conversation somewhat -- like, I can see it being good camouflage if she is, but it also makes the argument that she isn't? It works both ways. Time will tell!
Alex Scott
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Alex Scott attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
This is exactly what I will wear when I fake my own death and then attend the funeral.
Emilia Jones
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Emilia Jones attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
This is what I will wear when I actually die and my enemies are the ones picking out what to bury me in.... Okay, there are other things higher on the list, but I can't co-sign a stretch lace suit with partially sheer pants.
Lily Allen
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Lily Allen arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Ooh, I might enjoy her as a redhead. The dress is very... Marilyn, but darker. She's enjoying a vixen moment, I guess.
AJ Odudu
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: AJ Odudu attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
I guess this is the Boob Mittens version.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Leigh-Anne Pinnock arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
And this is the swimwear version. As a bathing suit it would be overdesigned, but as a dress somehow it's undercooked.
Lottie Moss
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Lottie Moss attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Hello nipples, my old friend.
Charli Howard
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Charli Howard attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
She appears to be getting hers set in plaster.
Becky Hill
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Becky Hill attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Exhale, girl! It's okay! Your dress is nice!
Katherine Ryan
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Katherine Ryan attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
This might be a touch too many. The puffed sleeve could go.
Munroe Bergdorf
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Munroe Bergdorf arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Gorgeous.
Rochelle Humes
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Rochelle Humes attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
That's fun, too, but the red tights are just too sunburn-adjacent for me.
Leomie Anderson
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Leomie Anderson arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
She looks like she's going to a double-header of Taylor Swift and Beyonce.
Jess Glynne
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Jess Glynne arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Sometimes even a sorceress runs out of time to finish the dress.
Laura Whitmore
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Laura Whitmore attends the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 at One Marylebone on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
The optical trickery here really undid me. I had to REALLY slow down and stare to figure out what was happening. That's a lot of work for a pantsuit that's essentially an ode to having TP stuck to you.