School of frock: Diva Rules

Celine Dion makes her Las Vegas comeback by literally outshining the dull competition this week

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CELINE DION (A-)

CAESARS PALACE SHOW IN LAS VEGAS

Gown: Zuhair Murad

The Canadian diva, who resumed her residency at The Colosseum after taking a one-year hiatus to care for her cancer-stricken husband, is back with a sartorial bang.

Despite suffering through her roughest patch yet, she has never looked prettier or softer, in this elegant silver sparkler.

Applause all round.

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ALICE EVE (B)

2015 FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER SUMMER TALKS WITH DIRTY WEEKEND IN NEW YORK CITY

Dress: Dolce & Gabbana

Shoes: Brian Atwood

Tasteful, flattering, classic with a vintage touch. This pale pink floral jacquard sheath is pure Upper East Side fabulosity.

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CARLY RAE JEPSEN (B)

JETBLUE'S LIVE FROM T5 EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY

Outfit: Not known

Shoes: Zara

Mustard yellow is totally her colour and the ensemble, paired with butterfly print shoes, is just as cute, fun and sunshine-y as the woman herself.

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SOPHIE HUNTER (C)

Hamlet press night in London

Dress: Osman

Shoes: Valentino

Can she get any more stiff?

Talk about sucking the life out of something that is a vibrant orange -- and it gets exponentially worse with those heavy Rockstuds.

Then again, maybe it is jealousy (of Mrs Benedict Cumberbatch) talking.

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KIRSTEN DUNST (C)

SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE SCREENING IN LOS ANGELES

Dress: Louis Vuitton

Some kick-ass make-up and hairstyling could've elevated the basic black get-up, but her bare face and greasy tresses just kill any chance.

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TORI SPELLING (F)

EVA LONGORIA AND LG ELECTRONICS HOST "FARM TO TABLE" SERIES EVENT IN LOS ANGELES

Outfit: Not known

What kind of mother goes out in public wearing a top pilfered from her kid's wardrobe?

A totally delusional and desperate one, that is.

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WHO WORE IT BETTER?

LIZZY CAPLAN

Sleeping With Other People screening in Los Angeles, Aug 24

Dress: Proenza Schouler

AMY SMART

Break Point premiere in Los Angeles, Aug 27

Dress: Not known

Here are two tropical print frocks paired with interesting laser-cut lace-up pointy pumps.

Problem is my eyelids are twitching at Caplan's baby blue ballet-inspired Bionda Castana shoes that don't make sense with anything from the ankles up.

Smart's white version stands out more -- and at least she's not colour-blind.

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MOST IMPROVED

EVA LONGORIA

Screening of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet in Los Angeles, July 29

Dress: Not known

Eva Longoria and LG Electronics Host "Farm To Table" Series event in Los Angeles, Aug 22

Dress: David Koma

Shoes: Christian Louboutin

Just when I thought she had lost it in the style department, with her earlier blue striped piece of nothing and a silly topknot, she brought sultry back in a white dress spliced with sheer mesh panels.

It would've been a slam dunk if not for the ghastly illusion sleeve and hem.

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SPECIAL MAN-TION

JESSE METCALFE

Eva Longoria and LG Electronics Host "Farm To Table" Series event 
Outfit: Not known

It says a lot about the male standards this week when the hunky gardener from Desperate Housewives in casual shirt and jeans trumps all the dudes in suits.

I do prefer Metcalfe topless, of course.