Many of Zeleb’s dresses (like this, this, and this one) are inspired by some classic, wow-worthy red carpet looks. As the year draws to a close, we thought we might pay a bit of homage to some of the best of the red carpet for 2011: movie premieres, charity events, awards shows, and the like.

Emily Blunt in Elie Saab at the 2011 Emmy Awards. She is downright smokin’! And the best part – barely has to worry about shoes. (Also it reminds us of this dress.)

Not sure how someone as pale as Cate Blanchett always ends up looking fabulous instead of washed out in such pale colours like this Givenchy Couture dress…but she does. From the ’11 Oscars.

Mary J. Blige: this woman knows what’s going on! Rocking the diva look at the 2011 FiFi Awards.

Can’t stay away from the Oscars photos, and certainly not from Natalie Portman. Preggers or no, she looks stunning in this Rodarte gown & we love the to-one-side hair.

Is anyone else disproportionately excited by the new Sherlock Holmes film? Conan Doyle’s Holmes it may not be, but hey, Conan Doyle didn’t have Rachel McAdams as a muse. This Marchesa dress channels her period costumes for the film & does it so well. If you’re hankering after a similar gown, go no further…


Awww, Amy. Bless your ruffly heart. From this January’s Golden Globes.

Distancing herself from her uni-casual and mini-dress overloaded ‘Big Bang Theory’ wardrobe, Kaley Cuoco continues to prove how glam she can be.

Zoe Saldana’s red carpet successess are too many to count; here we’ll just permit two of her Cannes outfits. Armani on the L, Vionnet on the R.

Finally, some Hillary Swank. Wearing a fab Elie Saab dress paired with matching Louboutins, she looks to be about the best thing that could come out of the movie whose premiere she was attending – ‘New Year’s Eve.’
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