Rosie Huntington-Whitely at the Elle Style Awards: fierce or try hard?

Rosie Huntington-Whitely

Rosie Huntington-Whitely led the charge for this group of attendees at the Elle Style Awards. Rosie wore an Anthony Vacarello dress with Jimmy Choo shoes. I’ve warmed to Rosie lately. She stopped trying to be an actress and went back to her strong point, selling clothes. She really works this outfit. Big hair and a leather skirt with a semi-sheer, pleated mullet? No problem. Rosie sells it with a perfectly fierce expression.

Rosie Huntington-Whitely

I wanted to make Olivia Wilde the headliner for this post, but she clearly isn’t into this event. Olivia’s wearing an H&M Conscious Collection dress, which looks like a threadbare t-shirt with a random, thrift-shop skirt.

Olivia Wilde

Ellie Goulding loves neutral colors, which usually wash her out. This Alberta Ferretti dress with a jacquard overlay is pretty boring, but Ellie still looks good.

Ellie Goulding

Maggie Gyllenhaal wore a salmon colored Roland Mouret dress with Salvatore Ferragamo pumps. The dress isn’t awful, but it could use more tailoring in the top half.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Rebel Wilson won the Rising Star award at this event. I don’t have an ID on this piece, but the red-and-pink clash works surprisingly well.

Rebel Wilson

Pixie Geldof kept things not-so classy with “no hassle” written all over her chest. The black minidress would have been cute without the rack captions.

Pixie Geldof

Calvin Harris is good looking guy, but his jacket looks a size too small.

Calvin Harris

Lily Cole went with a pepto-bismol, mulleted dress that feels like an afterthought.

Lily Cole

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN

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  1. charlie says:

    I hate Rosie’s dress, but her hair looks good.
    Ellie looks the best out of the bunch, Rebel looks good too.

    Lily Cole is so beautiful, she’s one of my all-time favourite models, she has such an unique face, plus she’s ginger, but god, her dress is awful.

    • Franca says:

      I agree, Rebel and Ellie look good. The rest? Not so much.
      What is Lily Cole doing these days? She was one of the rare big models who looked interesting. Much more interesting than the vanilla pudding that is Rosie.

      • qwerty says:

        She finished college and last time I checked she was into ecology big time… as for fashion, no idea. All I know she was a face of the body shop in 2012…

    • Naddie says:

      She’s some kind of surprise for me, you know, her face is round and she doesn’t have the bony, angular structure models usually have. By the way, have u seen her naked photo shoots? They’re really artistic and natural.

      • Sabrine says:

        Oh I don’t think she has to try all that hard, not at all in fact. She has amazing legs.

      • qwerty says:

        She hit it big at the same time as Gemma Ward, Sasha Pivovarova, Jessica Stam and Caroline Trentini – the doll face look was all the rage back then (around 2004-6)

  2. BJ says:

    Maybe I’m alone with this, but I actully love Olivia’s looks here. And her hair and make-up looks simply fantastic! By the way she wrote on twitter, that she likes this piece very much from the H&M Conscious Collection, that’s why she decided to wear it for the event.

    And Rosie, wow, that is a very daring and sexy choice. It suits her well perfectly.

  3. Lucy2 says:

    Very few people could pull that off but I think Rosie did. I like Maggie and Rebel’s dresses also.
    I can’t imagine having to get ready for red carpets so frequently!

  4. Tulsa says:

    DAMN she’s Gorgeous!!!

    If I were to see the dress alone on a hanger, I would say “Absolutely Not”, but on her, it’s Amazing!

    • JenniferJustice says:

      Agreed. Only she could pull of a look like that. Her body is too perfect to be possible. I’d like the dress better on if the longer part of the skirt continued around back. She is definitely fierce (looking).

  5. Blythe says:

    The overall dress is kind of confusing, but Rosie looks good!

  6. crab says:

    I love Rosie’s dress! She’s gorgeous and it’s perfect for her! Talk about bang-trauma and maybe I’m the only one who thinks it’s horrible but what the hell is going on with Rebel Wilson’s hair??

  7. WardLittell says:

    Maggie Maggie Maggie; ra ra ra! Lover her to pieces.
    Rosie…..gawd. She’s so humbled by her beauty… ugh. Still, she does essential frontline work empowering us, according to her every interview. Thank gód for her pouting in her scanties at M&S, holding back the tide of exploitation.

  8. Naddie says:

    This Rosie chick has one of the prettiest faces I ever seen. She’s one of the few I can compare to Angelina Jolie. Problem is that girl has no personatily, talent or charisma.
    I also had to laugh at Calvin’s stance, he looks hilariously awkward.

    • Franca says:

      I don’t find her pretty at all. I find her quite ugly to be honest. The lips are amazing, but the rest of her face is so hard.

    • Em' says:

      I agree. When I saw her picture on the homepage, before reading the headline, I thought “he, Angelina Jolie is back to blonde”

    • Ethelreda says:

      I wouldn’t call her ‘pretty’ but she is stunning in that angular, high cheekbony way models often are.

      Agree with the rest of your post though. She’s an incredibly boring model. She’s been around for years, attending the opening of an email, and she’s still doing that same open mouthed ‘sexy face’. No charisma or charm at all, I agree. And would it kill her to smile once in a while?

  9. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    Well, Rosie has an amazing body, but I think it’s try hard. Just come naked next time. Just kidding, but I think mini, and low cut, and sheer and leather add up to a scream I’M SEXY when she really doesn’t need to do that. I’m not trying to say she shouldn’t look sexy, just that something more subtle is sexier to me that something so overt.

    I worry a lot about Maggie G.’s hair. It looks like a cheap rug on a used car salesman. Wtf?

  10. mj says:

    Am I alone in loving Lily Cole’s entire look? Maybe I like it just because she can pull it off.

  11. Ginger says:

    Wow! That first photo of Rosie makes me see “I’m a runway model! Look at me!” in her expression for sure. She looks great but that dress is weird. Only someone like her could pull off that look. And how amazing is her body?! Damn! It’s no wonder that she’s really successful selling clothes. I really haven’t seen her act so I’ll have to take Bedhead’s word that it sucks.

    • WardLittell says:

      This expression, ‘runway model’, has crept up on me, as I was used to ‘catwalk’.
      It catches me out every time, reading as ‘RUNAWAY model’ and hints at exciting car-chases and disguises.

    • Butterfly J says:

      I am 7 months pregnant right now, and if I looked like Rosie, I would wear that outfit to church. Front row. Maybe later…. sigh…

  12. Jayna says:

    Rebel has lost some weight. Red is pretty on her.

    Olivia, what was she thinking?

  13. OriginalTessa says:

    Honestly, Rosie looks like a different species. She’s spectacular.

    • JenniferJustice says:

      If they ever do a remake of “Species” she should be their first choice. Her body looks as if it’s been genetically engineered.

  14. Greek Chic says:

    Rosie is so pretty and her body is amazing. I usually don’t like Anthony Vacarello’s designs because they are too revealling (this is quite modest for Vacarello’s standards) but she’s working it.

  15. snowflake says:

    rosie looks great. only she could pull off that dress. rebel looks good too.

  16. Shambles says:

    Rosie is smizing her a$$ off and I love it. Tyra loves it.

  17. LIVEALOT says:

    ROSIE and OLIVIA – two complete different styles and both suit me perfectly. LOVE!!

  18. sally says:

    REBEL!! she really knows how to dress her figure. She should give style advice to Kim K and Melissa McCarthy

  19. TheBizzla says:

    What has Ellie Goulding done to her face?! 🙁

  20. Veronica says:

    Rosie’s dress is total scroll down fug, and it’s a shame because LOOK AT HER FACE. The styling is incredible. Totally nailed the rock star, sex pot look to a T.

    I love Olivia’s skirt, but maybe a different top? I like how the T-shirt gives it a casual edge, but I’m not sure if I feel the sheerness of the fabric meshes well.

    Maggie’s dress is cute, if a bit understyled? I feel like a metallic shoe would have made it more kicky.

    Rebel Wilson wins the post. Such a fun dress. Perfect for her personality.

  21. enike says:

    Rosie is pretty, but the dress is awful….. trashy, not flattering at all

    You know something interesting? seeing Maggie Gyllenhal and the recent buzz about 50 shades of Grey reminded me, when Maggie and my love Spader did the Secretary:)
    anyone remember it?