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ACM Awards: Best/Worst Style

The hottest names in Nashville (and beyond) took to the stage at the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3 in Las Vegas. We grade the fashion -- from the country strong (Taylor Swift!) to the totally weak (sorry, Miranda).
By Archana Ram
Updated March 17, 2011 at 06:00 PM EDT
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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift | It's now par for the course to see Swift, who took home the award for Entertainer of the Year, in glittery gowns, so the singerĀ…
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It's now par for the course to see Swift, who took home the award for Entertainer of the Year, in glittery gowns, so the singer pleasantly surprised in an elegant pale yellow embroidered gown by Elie Saab. A

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Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon | The newlywed may be a native southerner, but in her Marchesa mini, she was all Hollywood glam. A-
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The newlywed may be a native southerner, but in her Marchesa mini, she was all Hollywood glam. A-

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Celine Dion

Celine Dion | We can't figure out the pop diva's connection to country music but if it means more sparkling, beautifully draped numbers like this one — threeĀ…
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We can't figure out the pop diva's connection to country music but if it means more sparkling, beautifully draped numbers like this one — three months after giving birth no less! — then we're sold. B+

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Brooklyn Decker

Brooklyn Decker | Aside from a distracting choice of black heels, Decker proved a model always knows what's best for her body in this va-va-voom number by VictoriaĀ…
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Aside from a distracting choice of black heels, Decker proved a model always knows what's best for her body in this va-va-voom number by Victoria Beckham. B

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Jennifer Nettles

Jennifer Nettles | On a red carpet crowded with big hair and flouncy dresses, it was refreshing to see the Sugarland singer take a sleeker approach. But herĀ…
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On a red carpet crowded with big hair and flouncy dresses, it was refreshing to see the Sugarland singer take a sleeker approach. But her all-black Doo.Ri ensemble with a netted back looked a tad too gothic for the light-hearted ceremony. B-

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Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood | Just because Underwood may be considered the current ''queen'' of country doesn't mean the American Idol alum needs to dress beyond her years. (She's onlyĀ…
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Just because Underwood may be considered the current ''queen'' of country doesn't mean the American Idol alum needs to dress beyond her years. (She's only 28!) C+

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Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough | She's proven she can dance , she can sing and she can act , but judging by the material-heavy skirt on her Randi Rahm gown,Ā…
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She's proven she can dance, she can sing and she can act, but judging by the material-heavy skirt on her Randi Rahm gown, the petite Hough has yet to master the art of the dress. C-

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Rihanna

Rihanna | For her performance on stage with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, the style chameleon gave us yet another incarnation, but her outdated 'do and awkward-fitting leather cocktailĀ…
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For her performance on stage with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, the style chameleon gave us yet another incarnation, but her outdated 'do and awkward-fitting leather cocktail dress was one we could've done without. C-

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman | There was something to love in the cool texture of Kidman's python print dress by L'Wren Scott. But once she tacked on the fur bolero,Ā…
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There was something to love in the cool texture of Kidman's python print dress by L'Wren Scott. But once she tacked on the fur bolero, there was too much to hate. D+

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Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert | Baby doll dresses may work on the tween set, but on a four-time ACM winner, the hot pink dress looked like one hot mess. F
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Baby doll dresses may work on the tween set, but on a four-time ACM winner, the hot pink dress looked like one hot mess. F

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