18 Lace Gowns: Choose Or Chuck?

You need some amount of guts to wear lace gowns. This is because it is very easy to go wrong with a lace gown. You can either end up in the best dressed category with a stunning gown or be shunned away to the worst dressed category for being a fashion disaster. But all said and done, lace is a beautiful material to wear and we must try to make the best of it.

We cannot do commentary on fashion without going back to celebrities. They are the trend setters for the rest of the public. Even in the case of lace gowns, there are many examples to choose from. This has been the season of lace. We have seen almost all A-list celebrities from both Hollywood and Bollywood sporting lace gowns at least once. While some can be called best dressed in lace, others have not quite worn lace with grace.

Some of the best dressed people in lace this season have been Deepika Padukone, Kate Middleton, Priyanka Chopra and Scarlett Johanson. Some of the worst dressed in lace were Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Jennifer Lopez. Black lace is the most popular kind of lace but you can experiment beautifully with other colours as well.

Here are some of the best and worst lace gowns that we have seen so far.

Kristen Stewart's Nude Lace Gown: Best Dressed

Kristen Stewart's Nude Lace Gown: Best Dressed

Kristen Stewart set the mercury racing by appearing for the Breaking Dawn premiere in this super hot Zuhir Muraid dress. It is skin toned in colour and shows her skin right down to her knickers.

Sonam's Kapoor's Bizarre Vintage Dress: Worst Dressed

Sonam's Kapoor's Bizarre Vintage Dress: Worst Dressed

What was Sonam Kapoor thinking when she choose this dress for Cannes 2012? She looks like a mixture of a vampire and the wicked witch in this black lace dress.

Priyanka's Black Lace Blouse: Best Dressed

Priyanka's Black Lace Blouse: Best Dressed

The sexiest Asian woman alive used black lace to make the sleeves of her blouse. The effect is breath-takingly beautiful.

Kristen Stewart's Black Jumpsuit: Best Dressed

Kristen Stewart's Black Jumpsuit: Best Dressed

Not everyone can carry a black lace jumpsuit like. Fortunately for Kristen, she is one of the few who can.

Emma Watson's Pixie Dress: Best Dressed

Emma Watson's Pixie Dress: Best Dressed

This cute lace dress with a silk skirt looks very classy on Emma Watson. The crimson colour is setting the dress off very well.

The Graceful Kate In Lace: Best Dressed

The Graceful Kate In Lace: Best Dressed

The Princess made a bold choice by going for this style of lace dress. She is paragon of grace in this black lace dress with skin coloured body suit.

Reese's Blotchy Black: Worst Dressed

Reese's Blotchy Black: Worst Dressed

This dress would have looked fine if the ugly panel near the knees have not been there. It is a rare mistake from Reese Witherspoon.

Bebo's Black Lace Saree: Best Dressed

Bebo's Black Lace Saree: Best Dressed

Our Indian celebs are famous for using Western styles in Indian outfits. Kareena Kapoor's beautiful black lace saree is the perfect example.

Bloated Purple For Mila: Worst Dress

Bloated Purple For Mila: Worst Dress

Mila Kunis has a beautiful figure and we would like to see it flaunted. But this ugly purple dress does nothing to flatter her figure. She is looking heavy around the midriff because of the dress.

Katrina's Lace Skirt: Best Dressed

Katrina's Lace Skirt: Best Dressed

It takes guts to wear a sexy black lace skirt like this one. The silk top suits the lace skirt very nicely. We love this outfit on the sizzling hot Katrina.

Gywneth Paltrow Lacy Skirt & Blouse: Worst Dressed

Gywneth Paltrow Lacy Skirt & Blouse: Worst Dressed

Don't know why Gywneth Paltrow who has such a lovely body decided to wear this off-beat fish tail skirt and matching blouse. It looks weird to say the least.

Sonakshi's Bright Red Lace: Best Dressed

Sonakshi's Bright Red Lace: Best Dressed

Smart and pretty is what defines Sonakshi here. This red lace dress compliments Sonakshi Sinha's abundant curves very nicely.

J'Lo's Mermaid Dress: Worst Dressed

J'Lo's Mermaid Dress: Worst Dressed

Lately, Jennifer Lopez has been making quite a few fashion debacles. This black lace gown with a fish tail is just one in the list of many others.

Sonakshi's Haunted Black Dress: Worst Dressed

Sonakshi's Haunted Black Dress: Worst Dressed

Sonakshi Sinha looks nothing short of scary in this shimmering black lace gown. It accentuated her flab and the panel near the ankle is hideous.

Halle Berry's Lace Bosom: Best Dressed

Halle Berry's Lace Bosom: Best Dressed

A very bold move for Halle Berry, who chose to wear a black dress with transparent lace around the bosom. But she does look hot in it.

Taylor Swift's Red Lace Gown: Best Dressed

Taylor Swift's Red Lace Gown: Best Dressed

This red lace gown has all the ingredients of a perfect dress. It is slim, flawing and very well cut.

Deepika's One Shoulder Dress: Best Dressed

Deepika's One Shoulder Dress: Best Dressed

Bollywood's leggie, Deepika Padukone looks stunning in this black lace, one-shoulder gown. It compliments her tall and slim figure perfectly.

Scarlett Johanson's Goes Green: Best Dressed

Scarlett Johanson's Goes Green: Best Dressed

The ripe green colour of this shoulder lace green dress is so lovely that it makes up for everything else.

Story first published: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 9:49 [IST]
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