Sharon Stone

I will never stop laughing at this. Ever. God bless.

She looks like she's about to chew on it. It's AMAZING. Never change, Sharon.

Julia Garner in Gucci

The shoes and the cutout combined to make this a thud for us.

Anitta

This may not be WORST, per se, but it was definitely a disturbing illusion.

Jeremy Strong

So, for the Met Gala paying tribute to American fashion, Jeremy went with -- per the designer's IG page -- "fabric from the turn of century made by Archivio J.M. Ribot of Roma, Italia." That's a lot of trouble to go to, to miss the mark.

Nicki Minaj

Whoever made this REALLY messed up. Nicki seemed annoyed by it on the red carpet, as well, and who can blame her?

Billie Eilish in Gucci

Put her in The Gilded Age! Agnes will have WORDS.

Cole Sprouse

No, I do not want to buy a stolen watch from the Tin Man, but thanks.

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa hosted the red carpet, and apparently decided nothing says "America's impact on fashion" quite like highlighting your nipples and pelvis.

Kim and Pete

Much has been written about the wisdom of Kim Kardashian wearing a fragile archival Marilyn Monroe gown, and truly, the gown itself is lovely and not bad at all. The worst part for ME (Heather) was how she bragged about losing 16 pounds to fit and being so proud of herself, and so hungry, and so much diet and so thin. Kim cannot get out of her own way; her tone-deafness on almost all subjects always wins out. So this is a worst moment in terms of the person, not the garment.

Kylie Jenner

I guess the ball cap IS very American, but... no.

Tracee Ellis Ross

This was everyone's RESOUNDING choice for worst-dressed at the Oscars. Even Tracee tried to hide under a wrap for a while. This is the dress form of that scene in Showgirls where Elizabeth Berkley has major rouged nipples.

Tallia Storm

So many people wore versions of this catsuit. SO MANY. And guess what, it was ridiculous on all of them.

Emma Watson in Chanel

This is just... terrible. Wow. I had blocked it out.

Emily Carey

If the assignment was "??????????" then she definitely understood it.

Piper Perabo

What makes the dishwater tulle even worse is that GREAT suit in frame behind her.

Saweetie in Valentino

Good grief, Valentino.

Emilia Jones in Miu Miu

Miu Miu has a LOT to answer for in the past few years. This entire thing looks like she tailored it herself, at home, with none of the proper supplies.

Kristen Stewart

Kristen's head looked superb during her "Spencer" awards run -- inversely proportionate to the caliber of a lot of her outfits.

This theoretically isn't as bad, but for the Oscars? Honey, if you're going to rock the boat, ROCK THE BOAT. Make them GREAT shorts, not banal ones.

Kristen Wiig

Well, we are critics, and we did choose this, albeit to represent the year's worst. So is that like winning?

Jodie Turner-Smith

In the end, we picked this as the worst of Jodie's year, because... well, I don't actually think we need to justify it. Just look. And then consider how GREAT her year became, sartorially, and you will be mad at this all over again.

Lady Gaga

I cannot screech about this enough. Honestly, this is the outfit I'm the MOST surprised I forgot, considering HOW MUCH I ACTIVELY CANNOT STAND IT. Boy, it all came flooding back.

Sandra Bullock

Her face says, "No, I am NOT a clown, thanks for asking."

Rita Ora

If you have a year without Rita Ora in this slideshow, did it even count?

Rita Ora

If you had a year without Rita Ora in this slideshow TWICE, did it even HAPPEN?

Sydney Sweeney

Ugh. The breastplate doesn't fit her, it's off-center, the whole design is a crooked silly mess.

Sydney Sweeney

I have not liked her styling at all this year. I find that they're either aiming twee-girly, or hard-edged, in a way that is too extreme on either side and too costumey. And why is her hair wet?

Lashana Lynch

I would love to know what the rest of this outfit was, before a marinara accident forced her to tie that around her waist.

Gwendoline Christie

Every time I see her, I want to write "Gwen Stacy" instead of "Gwen Christie," for no good reason at all UNLESS perhaps my subconscious wants to see a version of Spider-Man in which she plays Gwen Stacy. Or a version of Anne of Green Gables in which she plays Miss Stacey. Or, both. Anyway, this dress is wretched.

Gwendoline Christie in Rick Owens

This is funky-experimental, obviously, and I know some people liked it, but I thought it was distractingly weird; however, the main reason it's in here is because one of you wrote in the comments that this would be really irritating for a left-handed person to wear, and that tickled my funny bone (also, it's true).

Rihanna in Rick Owens

Rick Owens didn't do it for me this year, I guess. Rihanna deserved a lot better for her first red carpet after having her baby, AND at the one celebrating her first new music in umpteen years. It looks like she's carrying the baby in a bassinet sewn to her thighs.

Janicza Bravo

She always has a wild dress sense, but this outfit really got me. She looks like she made half of it out of a laundry bag, and that it might also still have some of her laundry in it.

Gemma Chan

She is too lovely for this boring nonsense.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

.... what.

AGAIN, what?!? Was there a twofer sale on plain bras and she DESPERATELY wanted someone to ask about the great deal she got?

SWINTON

I mean, it's ENTERTAINING, as I hope many of these are in their own ways, but... no.

Justin Bieber

Everything about this is wrong. He has had a rough year. I don't know if he'd started having one by the time he wore this, as it was very early, but this does scream, "Can I go home?"

Greta Lee

I think this is Marc Jacobs, and while that's become a surprise on the red carpet, I don't know if I would call this a FUN one. The top really doesn't fit. I see you, underboob.

Tallia Storm

She worked hard to make this gallery. We probably could have put her in a third time.

Chloe Sevigny

Lipstick is great, face is a welcome sight after she'd been gone a while... and dress is a gaffe.

David Choe

Long have I ached to look like a garden hose. Now I see how it can be done. (It's a fake snake, and it does have a face. He's an artist, and I would argue it's bad art if my first thought was whether we're in a hosepipe ban and if so whether we could make it apply to his foot.)

Rachel Zegler in Dior

Ghastly. WHY did anyone do this to her.

Berenice Bejo

At least this is funny. I first saw it from the back and then yelped when I got to the Secret Catsuit part. (There are a few reveals in that original post, in fact.)

Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake in Louis Vuitton

I almost put him in PANTS MADNESS, but I decided his pants badness plus whatever lunacy Vuitton gave to Jessica Biel added up to a spot in the main draw.

Alison Brie

She was the worst-dressed at the ESPYs by a significant measure.

Ruth Wilson

I don't like the dress, but the shoes are an abomination.

Julia Roberts

Am I being harsh? Maybe. But, this was just a movie premiere. If we were at Julia Roberts: A Life in Movies, or whatever, then okay, fine, a wonky little custom tribute to the family that supports her would feel like a meaningful gesture. But this was just a for a weak rom-com with Clooney. It just... seemed like the wrong time for a dress that also isn't that nice.

Lauren Jauregui

The bad news is, this wouldn't be great even if we COULDN'T see right through it. But the fact that seeing through it was the entire POINT is really the worst.

Meg Stalter

This heinous babydoll design is made worse by the fact that -- as I noted the first time around -- the fabric reminds me of those white stretchy underpants they give you in the hospital after you have a baby. (And probably other surgeries too.)

Addison Rae

Starts out fine, ends up frayed and possibly dirty.

Lupita Nyong'o in Ashlyn

This did not work AT ALL.

Kerry Washington

One reason I picked this, aside from it being eaten by wolves: She wore it to the CFDAs on the night she, and they, were honoring her stylist Law Roach as the best of the year. And honestly, not only is this bad, but her styling in general this year has not worked out well, so maybe he should've brought someone else?

Danai Gurira

O what a tangled web we weave.

Katy Perry in Marques Almeida

Some of you did not hate this! But I did. Oh, how I did.

Kendall Jenner in Burc Akyol

Indeed, she SHOULD have pressed pause.

Billie Eilish in Gucci

This started out as a joint outfit with her boyfriend, with a slumber party theme. It looked much better covered in the blanket. This dress that was hiding underneath is just so blaaaaaaah.

Tinashe in Mugler

A bajillion sculptural Muglers exist to celebrate the opening of a Mugler exhibit, and she picks... this.

Idina Menzel

The green part of her dress looks like a bum sitting on a pink bench. Just TRY to unsee that now. I think the wickedly talented Adele Dazeem was behind this.

Samantha Camara

Be speechless with me. Please.

Cate Blanchett in McQueen

This re-wear was just as bad the first time.

Caitriona Balfe

I sing the same song every time, almost: Gorgeous human, grievous outfits.

Sienna Miller

Girl, what? No.

Lily James in Rodarte

There's no way this even looked better on the hanger.

Katie Holmes

GO HOME, JOEY POTTER. To the aughts. And stay there.

Lily Collins

Someone has done wrong by unbleached coffee filters.

Tessa Thompson

You may have thought we were winding down, BUT NO, I present to you THIS NIGHTMARE.

Emma Corrin

I did consider other outfits of Emma's, but honestly, the Loewe goldfish at least had some personality and creativity to its existence. This high-cut getup exists only to require extreme waxing and has little else to say, so here it is.

K Stew and Lea Seydoux

Ooh, she's in here three times. Well, as Jessica noted the first time, this DOES come off like the embodiment of the joke that she lost the bottoms and grabbed a bedsheet.

Dove Cameron

She ALSO had several contenders, but I feel good about the one we picked.

Olivia Wilde

But why?

Queen Latifah

BUT WHYYYY.

Gigi Hadid

When even a model can't make sense of it...

Rosario Dawson in Siriano

Oh, Christian, this was not your finest hour.

Nicole Byer

And SHE has had so many wonderful red carpet moments... this simply wasn't one of them.

Auli'i Cravalho

I don't know if we're giggling for the same reasons, but hey, at least she looks happy.

Zazie Beetz

She tried it.

Tessa Thompson

She REALLY tried it.

Olivia Rodrigo

She appears to have haphazardly tried it. I think she's holding her hands there to make sure she can tug the skirt down, but it ends up unintentionally coming across like a particular hand gesture that has been co-opted. Which is unfortunate.

Haley Bennett in Simone Rocha

Yikes.

Emily Ratajkowski

YIKES.

Kate Walsh

KATE NO.

Halsey

Happy end of 2022, everyone! May we have a much better 2023, full of robust fugs and fabs of all kinds.

The Worst Looks of 2022

Well, some of them. Lord knows we could've pulled more.