Red Carpet Countdown: The WORST of 2015, Part 1

To everything there is a season, darlings. And this season is the one in which we not only rate the best red carpetry of the preceding year, but also – and much more fun – the very worst the RC had to offer. The sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious, but always totally wrong style choices of all your favorite celebrities. The dregs of red carpetry, as it were. Let’s get to judging.

15. Beyonce in Phillip Plein at the TIDAL X: 10/20 Concert

The epitome of Beysic. Every single thing about this look is as stale as a week-old donut. Someone this beautiful and this rich should not be looking this bad. There may have been uglier looks on the red carpet this year, but there were few tackier than this.

14. Keira Knightley in Gucci at the Broadway opening night for “Therese Raquin”

From the Weird Al Yankovic hair to the hideous color scheme and the intense ruffling, this look was not only one of the worst of the year, but easily one of the worst looks Keira Knightley’s ever sported.

13. Lena Dunham at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Summer Talks

This horrid laundry bag of a dress would have rated much higher on the list except it wouldn’t be fair to compare an event like this with, say, a big Hollywood premiere red carpet. Even so, and taking into consideration the type of event this is, it’s still a truly horrible choice of garment to wear when you know you’re going to be photographed. Hell, it’s horrible to wear in public at all. 

12. Salma Hayek in Alexander McQueen at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Lady, you’ve had those things long enough to know how to dress them by now. There’s no excuse for this.

11. Gwendoline Christie in Giles at the 2015 ELLE Style Awards

Now, we’re all for going big and bold in your style choices. And we’re definitely all for showing off outfits that are almost impossible to describe because they’ve never been seen before. But the problem here is that we can describe this one and “Insane Pierrot Garbage Bag Couture” is NEVER going to sound chic, no matter how its rendered. Girl, we know he’s your boyfriend and all, but he keeps dressing you in some seriously nutty shit.

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