It’s that time of the year once again when we look back and cringe at some of our favorite Hollywood celebrities. Just as natural as gravity, several of our beloved veteran red carpet stars naturally fall every year, thanks to their stylists — and their lack of self-awareness — and make it on the worst dressed celebrities list.
Without further ado, here is our 25 worst dressed celebrities for 2015.
1. Kerry Washington (Full Story)
Kerry Washington arrives at the MET Gala in New York on May 4, 2015
We’re not quite sure if Kerry got the Chinese theme memo at the 2015 MET Gala. The actress wore a poofy pink Prada dress with awkward ribbons at the shoulder and a bubble butt that screams nothing about Asian culture. We’re thinking she mistook the theme for old American – throw on a powdered wig and we’re getting somewhere.
2. Kim Kardashian (Full Story)
Kim Kardashian arrives at the LACMA2015 Art+Film Gala honouring James Turrell And Alejandro G Inarritu, presented by Gucci in Los Angeles on November 9, 2015
Poor Saint West – he already has a bad photo even before he was born. Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci probably won’t have a career in maternity wear anytime soon for making Kim Kardashian believe that she can pull off this mouling-rouge-meets-bond-girl outfit.
Silver lining: Saint West can totally guilt trip his way out of something just by pulling up this photo of mommy.
3. Beyoncé
Beyoncé arriving at the MET Gala 2015 “China: Through The Looking Glass” held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 4, 2015
Did someone say glamazona? And by that, we literally mean a girl raised in the Amazon wilderness, who stepped on the red carpet cluelessly for the first time. Riccardo Tisci strikes out twice in our list by putting Beyoncé in this Givenchy Haute Couture dress — which, like Kerry’s selection, was not Chinese-inspired at all.
And could someone please explain the choice of hairstyle to us? It’s releasing Beyoncé’s inner cavewoman.
4. Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on January 11, 2015
Okay, so this Chanel dress on Keira Knightley isn’t so bad, but when you’re talking about the Golden Globes red carpet, you’re going to need something much more potent than a frilly, feather-print dress. We understand the romanticism in this look — plus the assumption that Keira was probably looking for modest maternity wear — but this just falls flat on the fierce Golden Globes red carpet.
5. Madonna
Madonna arriving at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 9, 2015
Bring out the bulls! Madonna brings her matador A-game to the Grammys in this Givenchy number. Riccardo Tisci, that’s a strike three.
Not in picture: Madonna’s hefty butt cheek show.
6. Claire Danes
Claire Danes at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on January 11, 2015
There’s a time and place for everything, and Claire Danes’ Valentino dress was sadly misguided at the Golden Globes. It feels like we’re looking at the sad, scrawny kid in a cafeteria full of cheerleaders and jocks, who sits in the corner lunch table all by himself.
7. Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea arriving at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 9, 2015
Ah, the hair that launched a thousand memes. Iggy Azalea has made meme history in this Armani Prive dress, thanks to her bird nest hairstyle. The dress in itself is pretty blah, but she could have saved herself from landing a spot on this list if she had opted for a more classic hairstyle.
8. Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner arriving at the 2015 American Music Awards in Los Angeles on November 23, 2015
Kylie Jenner has been on the forefront of this year’s best dressed lists, but for a very minute reason, this Bryan Hearns look falls on our worst dressed list. Sure, the fit is fantastic and Kylie looks awesome, but would you really want to channel Xena the Warrior Princess on the red carpet of the AMAs?
9. Kate Mara
Kate Mara at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on January 11, 2015
Kate Mara, one of 2015’s rising stars, apparently still has a lot to learn on the red carpet. It takes a lot of practice and an expensive glam team to wear a red gown on the red carpet, and although this Miu Miu dress isn’t all that bad, we have to ask: What is up with that tacky belt?
10. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez at the Louis Vuitton series 3 Exhibition Launch Party during the London Fashion Week in London on September 20, 2015
Oh, Selena, how could you do this to us? After slaying one red carpet after another, you go and pull this biker-chick-couture-meets-trucker-woman look on us. Why didn’t anyone from Louis Vuitton slap her in the face before she left the building?
11. Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez at the Tom Ford Autumn/Winter 2015 Womenswear Collection Presentation at Milk Studios in Los Angeles on February 20, 2015
It looked like Jennifer Lopez had been rolling around in fishing nets prior to arriving at the Tom Ford event, going the glamorous fisherwoman route by wrapping herself in nets and peppering the look with crystals. Is this for a livelihood awareness campaign?
12. Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga at the 87th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 22, 2015
Rejoice, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, we’ve got a brand new addition coming your way! Lady Gaga just couldn’t leave her beloved rubber gloves in the kitchen sink as she graced the Oscars in a custom Alaïa dress. Now where is that headpiece made of dishes and detergent?
13. Kris Jenner
Kris Jenner shopping at Yves Saint Laurent in Paris on January 27, 2015
We’ve got another fisherwoman on the loose, and this time, she has been traipsing the streets of Paris. Kris Jenner graced the Chanel runway show during Paris Fashion Week in an atrociously put-together Chanel outfit.
The momager looks one part Kim Kardashian, one part Karl Lagerfeld, and two parts what-in-the-world-was-I-thinking.
14. Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow at the 87th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 22, 2015
We love Gwyneth Paltrow’s affinity for romantic pastels, but this Ralph & Russo baby pink Oscar dress just didn’t cut it for us. The shoulder flower accent makes the dress look exactly like what Mother Nature would wear if she were a person. The dress itself has a beautiful fit on Gwyneth, though.
15. Solange Knowles
Solange Knowles arriving at the MET Gala 2015 “China: Through The Looking Glass” held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 4, 2015
Help! Solange Knowles is being gobbled up by a giant oyster! Oh, no, wait. That’s just her Giles Deacon dress.
16. Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera raises awareness about domestic violence with Verizon’s HopeLine program in West Hollywood on November 12, 2015
Sometimes we think Christina Aguilera hasn’t quite left her “Genie in a Bottle” days. By that, we mean the year 1999. Why does her Sacha Pytka sweater look so dated and how dare she wear it over an Alexander McQueen dress to produce a white-bra-dilemma look? The designer must be turning in his grave right now.
17. Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani arriving at the 2015 American Music Awards in Los Angeles on November 23, 2015
Words fail us. The normally put-together Gwen Stefani finally had a breakdown that even her divorce with Gavin Rossdale never allowed her to have. This Yousef Al-Jasmi dress on the pale-faced, platinum blonde beauty just screams slutty Halloween costume to us.
Oh and Gwen, tell your assistant that no amount of train fixing can save you from this wreck of an outfit.
18. Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on August 30, 2015
Miley Cyrus will be Miley Cyrus, which is why we didn’t know it was possible for the singer to break her record of all-time outfit lows. While her House of Holland “Do It” outfit may have been a bit more forgivable, her Versace chandelier look was not.
Also, we’re not sure we’re more pained at Miley’s outfits or the fact that Versace had something to do with it.
19. Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum at the 67th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 21, 2015
If Big Bird of “Sesame Street” released a lingerie line, this Versace dress is a great contender for his first collection.
We’re not sure what Heidi Klum was gunning for in this half-dressed look – it’s as if she couldn’t decide between two dresses and put both in one look instead.
20. Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on January 11, 2015
One can almost never go wrong with Zac Posen but Lena Dunham just loves being a part of the minority. It looks like the actress got annoyed at Zac’s signature poofy skirts and decided to cut it all off.
Also, does her stylist not have a steam press? They just love putting this girl on the worst dressed list too much.
21. Alanis Morisette
Alanis Morisette at the 2015 American Music Awards in Los Angeles on November 23, 2015
If Alanis Morisette were an animal, what would she be? That’s right, a pregnant mommy sea lion! Mean comments aside, even if she did bring the house down at the AMAs, her red carpet look just left us down.
And don’t get us started on those horrendous suede mustard things peeking out from under her skirt hem.
22. Rihanna
Rihanna at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 9, 2015
Breaking news: children claim Rihanna arrived at the Grammys on top of a pink Snuffaluffagus.
After making us wait for a Grammy reappearance, this is the thanks we get? Rihanna made fashionistas worldwide sad with her Giambattista Valli Haute Couture choice, which she wore fresh off the Paris runway.
23. Jaime King
Jaime King attends the Burberry “London in Los Angeles” event at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on April 16, 2015
We’re getting major “Juno” vibes with this look – Jame King arrived in a Burberry look that screams “runaway pregnant teen” all over.
We kind of understand where she was trying to go with this look (that trademark earthy Burberry London charm), but sadly, she just didn’t arrive at her destination.
24. Tina Fey
Tina Fey at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on January 11, 2015
We love Tina Fey, but when she put herself inside an embellished black-and-white egg for the Golden Globes, we don’t love her as much. Antonio Berardi, what was your team thinking?
25. Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker arriving at the MET Gala 2015 “China: Through The Looking Glass” held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 4, 2015
Perhaps our favorite love-to-hate look of the year: Sarah Jessica Parker’s MET Gala look. We get that her H&M x Sarah Jessica Parker dress was for an awesome cause but her hat – oh, her Philip Treacy hat. That’s exactly what you’ll get if “Sex and the City” collaborates with “Dragon Ball Z”.
Super Saiyan SJP, anyone?
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