Critics Choice Awards 2024 Red Carpet: Yes, There Was Another Awards Show This Weekend

The Emmys were on Monday night (after being rescheduled from September due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike), and the red carpet was, I’d say, a solid B minus. Perhaps those in attendance were a little pooped from the awards show they’d been at the night before: the Critics Choice Awards, which was held Sunday night.

It seemed to be an enjoyable night for all—except for Ariana DeBose, who did not take kindly to a joke about her singing. (In her defense, it was a weird joke!) Chelsea Handler was a good host. Ryan Gosling looked confused at Mark Ronson’s win for “I’m Just Ken.” And Oprah did not seem thrilled that there was pizza being served. Emma Stone won another Best Actress award and Oppenheimer seemed to win everything else.

We’re still a week away from the Oscar nominations, and the ceremony itself isn’t until March 11... But if you feel like you need some more practice looking at red-carpet clothes, we’ve got you covered.

Ayo looks like a very cool marshmallow. She’d probably look even more cool with some matching shoes and without the sunglasses.

Regal! Royal! Other celebs should take notes.

It feels phenomenal to see Margot in something that isn’t overtly Barbie-related. However, this red gown does make me believe in color theory...in that hot pink is absolutely Margot’s color.

I am obsessed with Greta Lee this awards season. I will fail spectacularly at trying to recreate this look myself, but I will try nonetheless.

This looks like a bunch of ribbon candy superglued together. Specifically, cinnamon ribbon candy, which is my least favorite flavor of any candy.

No commentary necessary, his magnificence continues.

She looks great. She also looks like an Instagram bride showing off the second look on her wedding night. Two things can be true at once!

I mean, she looks very elegant but this does confirm my suspicion that Emma Stone is saving her best look for Oscars night...

Are tailors out for 2024? Can we bring them back in? (Editor’s note: Do you need a tailor with that face though?)

This is exactly the dress I would wear if I were invited to a rich friend’s birthday party on a giant estate in the English countryside where people might be murdered...

I dislike the dress! And the bow! And the color! But I love the vibes!

This is a classic example of one of Billie’s two looks: A funky, witchy high school art teacher beaming with pride upon learning her favorite senior decided to go to art school. (Her other look is: 8-year-old dressing up in her dad’s clothing.)

I don’t care how contemporary or structured you try and make it, a bow is a bow is a BOW. And there are too many of them right now.

A monochromatic Matt? I am drooling, just a little.

This is nice. And nothing more.

I love Chelsea but this looks something someone wore to a 2012 Real Housewives reunion.

I love the drama of the sleeves, but imagine how much more fun this would’ve been in a jewel tone.

Wow. More black. I can’t believe it!

Ignoring that this is yet again more black, I can’t believe how good Jeremy Allen White looks in pinstripes—a difficult feat for any man under the age of 60.

OK, well, it’s definitely not black.

Was there a dress code for this awards show? Was the dress code black?

An exception to my annoyance: Angela Bassett (duh).

This is fun and funky and colorful. I really, really love this. (Her hair is perfect here too.)

I would not be mad if every red carpet for the rest of the 2024 awards season just featured Colman Domingo and nobody else.

Mom and Dad are having a lovely night at the annual spring charity auction for their children’s private school.

Yes! If you’re going to wear black, at least channel a dominatrix vibe.

I would hope no stylist would ever dress their client in a garment they found in the closet of an abandoned, haunted Victorian mansion but I can’t be too sure here...

This does absolutely nothing for me. Or for Julianne. Or for society!

This is an interesting choice of color for...anyone. Also, the shirt is giving priest, which is a bold choice.

*yawn* (love you though, Rachel.)

This is an incredible color on Ali, and I imagine she’s wearing mega-platforms not to appear taller but to be able to kiss Bill Hader.

Is this a look she cobbled together with the petticoats leftover from Little Women?

Sure, fine. A+ subtle watch product placement, though.

On a red carpet where everyone else wasn’t wearing black, this might have stood out. Might.

This is fresh, delightful, and perfect for Bella.

The embroidery here is incredible and, if I had seen this before the Emmys and not after the Emmys, I’d be prepared to re-crown Quinta as one of our best red-carpet dressers.

This is 100% what the James Marsden from Jury Duty would wear to an awards show.

Since I’ve got Pedro Pascal on the brain, the squiggly little things down the front of her dress are reminding me of cordyceps, which is terrifying!

This is not my favorite color but color beggars can’t be color choosers! Abby looks incredible though.

Hm.

Quick, Sandra Oh, you’re stranded in the middle of a red carpet and you can only have one: The color white, a giant flower crotch applique, or a scrunchy neck design. Which do you choose?? The two you don’t select will be banned from society forever.

At least the chest buckles are...something.

I don’t love this!? But: Jon Hamm.

A gorgeous Dior gown that would have been gorgeous in any or every other color.

Ugh, black—but it’s Celine Song, so at least it’s fucking cool.

Ban All Bows 2024.

I take back everything I just said about there being too many black dresses on this red carpet. Sometimes a plain, black dress is good! Better than this mess anyway.

OK, he can wear sunglasses on the red carpet. But only him. Damn.

A perfect bridal shower look for the chic bride.

Hard pass. Wrinkled, the color of bath water after you strip your sheets... Hell even Jenny herself looks underwhelmed in it.

Oh, Jen.

A little boring? Yes. But chic? Also yes! The boring and chic balance each other out to make this look just OK.