Simone Ashley

If we're being honest, this whole outfit is terrible. I'm so perplexed by the random green hem. I don't know what would have made this better, but I think the gloves might have been helpful actually. They at least gave the lace... more continuity, maybe?

Meagan Good

Intern C, who left yesterday (sniffle), delivered a few parting shots before she left and one was that she wished the gloves here had a touch of piping to echo the dress. She is right.

Olivia Rodrigo

Same note. Neither of us liked that her arms basically disappear here, although that's partly the backdrop's fault.

Olivia Wilde in Gucci

She and Karla Welch were clever to add in the red shoes, to make the gloves seem way less random.

Quinta Brunson

This has notes of Cinderella to it, which is appropriate as this was very much her Belle of the Ball period, but the globes MAYBE don't add anything.

Salma Hayek

These aren't gloves per se, but more like arm sheaths that come up over part of her hands. So I guess she ISN'T concerned about leaving fingerprints. She is confident she will not have to whack anyone over the head with a bookend.

Kylie Jenner

Kylie's gloves had a little poof on the arms, which I liked.

Taylor Russell

This look works very well with the gloves. It's weird and mysterious, except also not because it looks like she's about to free the boob.

Pamela Anderson

This outfit has so many problems. It looks bizarre with just one glove, but in a weird way, two might truly have been too much frosting for this cake.

Saniyya Sidney

She got some gloves, too. Go for it, Young Teen! I would have felt so grown-up and cool in long gloves at her age.

Ciara

"I don't think this is as elegant as she wanted it to be," Intern C said, and I agree. I always want to know if the nails poke through the gloves by accident. Like a run in her hand-stockings.

Kelly Rowland

The print is pretty badass and the gloves add some nice flavor to that.

Olivia Wilde

Intern C was rendered silent for a minute as she grappled with this one, before rendering a verdict of "THIS IS ALL BAD." She's right again. The gloves add no spice to an already flavorless dish.

Ruth Negga

Gosh, they really DO look like bunching tights at times, don't they?

Salma Hayek

Color-coordination was big this year.

Ashlee Simpson

So wait. I can see some of the fingers on her left hand, but her right hand seems totally covered. Do we think this means... the inside of each finger is sheer and thus vented, and the glove just slid around on that one hand?

Kerry Washington

That pattern is so pretty. The gloves add a welcome edge.

Millie Bobby Brown

We're in the phase where the celebs are wearing jewelry over the gloves, which is a bit like having your cake and eating it, too.

Sarah Snook

These gloves feel like an afterthought to me, and I don't think she needed them.

Keke Palmer

This is the bumblebee look.

Jodie Turmer-Smith

Intern C and I diverge here, as she did not like this combo and said, with the kind of chipper disdain only a ten year old can truly pull off, "I bet even the designer knew it didn't look good." I ended up loving this whole thing but I also completely get her objections. It IS an unusual choice to mix the red and green thusly.

Rihanna in Rick Owens

This whole outfit is unacceptable, especially for Rihanna's big return to the public eye, AND considering how great the Wakanda Forever events were in general. The wrinkly gloves just put it over the top. They do not invite kind comparisons.

Niecy Nash

Niecy went with a shorter glove here than most.

Dua Lipa

These feel like trying to make the dress warmer for winter.

Demi Lovato

It is hard to evaluate the efficacy of the gloves, when the bodice itself is wonky.

Kim Kardashian

I think these are actually regular wrist-length gloves made to look like they're part of the sleeve. They're TRICK gloves.

Kelsea Ballerini

And this similar outfit -- which Kim ALSO wore, in fact -- was handed to both Kelsea and another similar singer on the exact same night, an inexcusable lapse from the design house. (Looking back I wonder if Mackenzie Porter saw Kelsea and ripped off the gloves in an effort to differentiate.) Of course, now we know apparently the House of Balenciaga was very busy being super f*cking creepy.

Olivia Culpo

Sometimes the gloves truly ARE full sleeves.

Jodie Turner-Smith

One of the worst outfits of the year. It's not because of the inexplicably minty gloves, but they are not helping.

Anya Taylor-Joy

Intern C just did not like anything about this at ALL. I'm with her -- ATJ's styling this year didn't do anything for me, and this needs a hoik and a different shoe, for starters.

ATJ

She also wore mesh gloves. Variety!

Danielle Brooks

Sparkly gloves!

Joey King

Baggy gloves!

Noomi Rapace

And for our big finish: GLOVE GOALS. I meant to carry this spirit with me for the rest of 2022 and completely forgot, so I guess... I'll shoot for next year?

In 2022, Gloves Were Deployed With Gowns All Over Town

Behold, this array.