NIna Dobrev in Zuhair Murad

This is really striking and romantic and everything, but I'm distracted by how far up the see-through part goes. Did it need to be there at all?

NIna Dobrev in Zuhair Murad

She is so good at wearing clothes, though.

Patricia Arquette in Escada

You know, this was actually totally fine. It won't be something I ever remember, but it looked good on her, it was dignified, and she was completely endearing when she won AND she brought a date who is cute and wears SHOES IN PUBLIC (ahem Thomas Jane), so in all I think she's coming out on top.

Sarah Hyland in Emilio Pucci

That skirt looks laser-cut, I think? Which is good. I don't think this look does much to highlight the workmanship that went into it, so ... meh.

Spencer Grammer at the Golden Globes

Have you seen Galavant yet? The actress playing the princess/queen, Mallory Jansen, looks enough like Spencer Grammer with a dye job that I actually had to check and see if it was. And they were both at the same place at the same time over Globes weekend, so they are NOT secretly the same human. Who knew. Anyway, this is fine, but it's kind of EVIL princess.

Vanessa Marano

She's grown up so much since she was Luke's daughter on Gilmore Girls.

Ahna O'Reilly in Bibhu Mohapatra

It's a creative idea to make a dress that looks like a shirt over a skirt, or whatever, but... I really don't like this. It's too Square Dance for my liking.

Allison Pill

Sure, why not. It's just an after-party.

Allison Tolman in Gauri & Nainika

She was supposedly a DELIGHT on Fargo, and I think she looks very elegant here.

Behati Prinsloo in Kaufmanfranco

At this point, I don't think the skin stripe serves any useful purpose.

AnnaLynne McCord

I spent a LOT of time trying to discern if this is a dress or pants with a cape, but I'm pretty sure it's a dress -- just with a very high slit. I'm not that enraptured by it either way, so I'm not sure all that time was WORTH it. Too late.

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union still looks like she's in her 20s. Next.

Oprah

She looks pretty great, actually, that Winfrey.

Golden Globes Fugs and Fabs: Women In Black, Part 1

Honestly, as much as it felt like we saw a lot of silver and yellow and red, black was -- as ever -- the preferred color of the evening. Enough so that I had to split it up between this and another slideshow so that we could have smaller bites. Welcome to fashion tapas. [Photos: Getty, Splash, Fame/Flynet]