Red carpet style at the CFDA awards 2014 – in pictures

Rihanna pushes the Josephine-Baker-meets-strip-club look hard, with the help of a zillion Swarovski crystals and a furry stole. Photograph: Kristin Callahan/Rex

Lupita Nyong'o hasn't found her red-carpet groove just yet, and a cowl neck and printed shorts are not the answer here. Photograph: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage

Model wears white jumpsuit: it should be stellar but it's just a bit flat and weirdly all we can focus on is the strange hoofy action at the bottom of Jessica Stam's legs. Photograph: Erik Pendzich/Rex

Solange has gone with the cabaret look for her first post elevator-gate red-carpet outing. Accessorised with one of her nearly trademark clutch-cum-weapon mini bags. Photograph: Erik Pendzich/Rex

Remember when Thomas Brown used to wear 3/4-length trousers? Give him a year and he'll be doing the red carpet in skimpy running shorts. Mark our words. Photograph: Startraks Photo/Rex

Karen Elson does metallic midi chic.
Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images

The dress is ageing but it's Chanel Iman and she's a 23-year-old supermodel, so what does she care?
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Marion Cotillard is smug in the knowledge that she is in the best dress of the night – a Dior winged lace shift.
Photograph: Henry Lamb/Rex

Model Anne V demonstrates how to make shorts look suitably alpha – it's about working the pockets.
Photograph: Startraks Photo/Rex

Karlie Kloss upgrades the cowgirl look to the red carpet. They love a theme, those Victoria's Secrets models, don't they?
Photograph: Erik Pendzich/Rex

Coco Rocha takes a wrong turn on her way to Ladies day at Ascot.
Photograph: Startraks Photo/Rex

Iman manages to massively overdo it while basically wearing an office-ready blouse. That's no mean feat.
Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Greta Gerwig is the indie actor who's about to go highly mainstream as the star of How I Met Your Father and this winning, floor-length gown truly acknowledges as much.
Photograph: Startraks Photo/Rex