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  • Gracie Abrams

    Gracie Abrams

    Stars did a great job at matching their outfits to the brooding weather of mid-February London, and Gracie Abrams’ sheer Chanel dress was no exception. Accompanying her partner Paul Mescal, who was nominated for best supporting actor in “Hamet,” Abrams’ chocolate-colored gown was artful yet understated — embellished with swimming Koi fish rendered whimsically in…

  • Chase Infiniti

    Chase Infiniti

    While some stars attending the BAFTAs wore snug or slinky dresses that clung to their bodies, others opted for more voluminous looks that took up space. First-time BAFTA nominee and “One Battle After Another” star Chase Infiniti managed to do both. The breakout star and Louis Vuitton ambassador wore a custom look from the French…

  • Reneta Reinsve

    Reneta Reinsve

    Cutout gowns and ‘naked’ dresses are now par for the course on any red carpet, but Reneta Reinsve’s elegant approach at the BAFTAs has landed her on many a best-dressed list, including Vogue’s. Wearing a black strapless Louis Vuitton gown with midriff cutouts that revealed her toned torso, the Norwegian actress and “Sentimental Star” accomplished…

  • Kirsten Dunst

    Kirsten Dunst

    It was Kirsten Dunst’s first BAFTA awards, and although she was nominated for her performance in “Roofman,” she arrived on the red carpet looking like she had taken inspiration from another award-winning film: “Poor Things,” which spurred a trend for inflated mutton sleeves. Her giant puff-sleeved dusty rose jacket (which sat on top of a…

  • Hollywood, please stop method dressing!

    Hollywood, please stop method dressing!

    For the past few years now, movie stars have publicized their films in promotional drag called “method dressing.” Picking up on the themes or cliches of their films, they appear on the red carpet in looks that function as goofy in-jokes – corsets on Margot Robbie for the bodice- ripping update on “Wuthering Heights,” and…

  • Britney Spears arrested on suspicion of DUI in California

    Britney Spears arrested on suspicion of DUI in California

    Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to California Highway Patrol. Booking information available online shows that the pop superstar was stopped by CHP officers around 9:30 p.m. and booked shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday. She was later released. CHP public information officer Ryan Ayers confirmed to CNN via…

  • X-Files’ stars, Chloe Sevigny and Janet Jackson tunes: Fashion goes full ’90s

    X-Files’ stars, Chloe Sevigny and Janet Jackson tunes: Fashion goes full ’90s

    At the Paris fashion shows that wrapped this week, there were luxuriously plain black dresses and coats of the kind favored by Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, models strutting down runways with theatrical flourishes, and in some cases, no cellphones in sight. Gen-X icons, including actress Chloe Sevigny and supermodel Kristen McMenamy, walked the runway at Miu…

  • Dressing Bridget Jones in her 50s: The ‘Frazzled Englishwoman’ grows up

    Dressing Bridget Jones in her 50s: The ‘Frazzled Englishwoman’ grows up

    Twenty-four years since actor Renée Zellweger first appeared in the film adaptation of Helen Fielding’s literary bestseller “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” she’s back for her fourth turn as an endearing, klutzy character looking for love. Although this time, in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” she’s no longer a carefree young woman, but a widow in…

  • They eloped to the Maldives, then war broke out and they couldn’t get home

    They eloped to the Maldives, then war broke out and they couldn’t get home

    Simona Musu and Dean Scheepers could barely contain their excitement when they arrived at the Maldives’ Malé-Velana International Airport on February 22. The couple, who are from South Africa and live in Amsterdam, had traveled to the island country for a special occasion: to exchange marital vows in an intimate beach ceremony, a precursor to…

  • The ‘Love Story’ costumes are great, actually!

    The ‘Love Story’ costumes are great, actually!

    A strapless shift worn by Sarah Pidgeon, as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in the new series “Love Story,” says very little and so much, all at once! Eric Liebowitz/FX EDITOR’S NOTE:  Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven…