Carey Mulligan's dress was fabulous along with Christina Hendricks. It's nice to see women still "dress up" for gala such as this. Several, though they looked good, appeared tobe in everyday street clothes.
Some of them, I don’t know what they were thinking! Marion Cotillard seemed to want everyone to stare at her knees, for some reason.
I think solid colors, perhaps with an accent such as on Sandra Bullock’s gown, look better than patterns. Some of them seemed to blur into the background.