The National Board of Review Awards Gala 2019

Lady Gaga in Ralph Lauren

Gaga was there to accept her best actress award -- an accolade that fascinating to me, considering that I think it's possible she won't get an Oscar nomination (primarily because I think that movie has lost momentum; National Board of Review votes and announces its winners really early and then has their party later) -- in what Ralph Lauren's press release called "a custom Ralph Lauren Collection tuxedo-inspired halter gown embellished with more than 23,000 jet crystals and a custom hand painted gold and black feather cape." What they're calling a cape, I thought was a very large and festive handbag, but that aside -- she looks superb in this. This also seems like a good place to note that I like the font that the National Board of Review is using.

Lady Gaga

I just pulled this one because I felt like you couldn't see her makeup that well in the previous shot, and it's so fetching. (And I think Gaga has such a great profile.)

Constance Wu in Galvan

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EVERYONE is going Sexy Tootsie this awards season, and I am here for it. This is super on her. I wish she'd worn it to the Golden Globes! (Crazy Rich Asians won for "Best Ensemble," which feels fair.)

Gemma Chan in Erdem

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I am full-on Heart Eyes Emoji about this dress.

Regina King in Zac Posen

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She also won, and she looks super in this -- very Old Hollywood Glam. (With a bonus helping of Impressive Lady Arms. Damn. I need to move my limbs more often.)

Olivia Wilde in Jonathan Cohen

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I GET why she's wearing these shoes with this dress -- it toughens it up while still referencing the 70s feel -- but I don't know if I LIKE it? Ankles up, though, this is good.

Uzo Aduba in Elizabeth Kennedy

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I shall never complain about a stripe!

Linda Cardellini

This is very simple, but I like it on her a lot. It feels vintage, but in a more relaxed way than you tend to get with vintage.

Sophia Bush in Zac Posen

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This whole look feels like Sophia Bush is starring in a sophisticated nighttime soap where she throws a cut-glass crystal vase against a wall at least every three weeks. (This is, in case it's not clear, a compliment.) Bias-cut satin is tough to wear; she looks great.

Elsie Fisher in Dorothee Schumacher

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Erik Pendzich/REX/Shutterstock (10051956a) Elsie Fisher National Board of Review Awards Gala, Arrivals, New York, USA - 08 Jan 2019

Sweet Elsie Fisher, of Eighth Grade, looks very cute in this kicky suit -- I love how much she's wearing pants on this press tour -- and also like she's OVER THIS CIRCUS. Mom and Dad, it might be time to give Elsie a little downtime.

Maggie Gyllenhaal (in A.W.A.K.E.) and Peter Saaaaaaaaarsgaaaard

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Erik Pendzich/REX/Shutterstock (10051956ad) Maggie Gyllenhaal National Board of Review Awards Gala, Arrivals, New York, USA - 08 Jan 2019

I weirdly kind of like this dress on Maggie; it's the dress version of the 70s leotard she would have worn in a period reboot of A Chorus Line, and that's an aesthetic that works with her face. Peter, of course, looks like your humanities professor who accidentally slept in his office.

Michelle Yeoh (in Jason Wu), Awkwafina (in Elie Saab)

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Erik Pendzich/REX/Shutterstock (10051956m) Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina National Board of Review Awards Gala, Arrivals, New York, USA - 08 Jan 2019

BIG (glamorous!) FINISH!