Grammys 2016: Best and worst dressed

Adele ranks among the best dressed of the 58th Grammy Awards red carpet, thanks to her custom Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci dress with allover embroidery that combined paillettes, crystals and pearls for just the right level of dialed-back glamour.

Florence Welch earns a spot on our best-dressed list thanks to the pale pink silk chiffon long-sleeve gown with ruffle neckline, sequin trompe l’oeil belt detail with star, heart, moon and dragonfly embroideries from the Gucci pre-fall 2016 collection. Not everyone’s cup of red carpet, perhaps, but it seemed to capture the magic and whimsy of the chanteuse.

Carrie Underwood was one of the first to hit the Grammy Awards red carpet – and one of the first to make our best-dressed list thanks to her stunning Nicolas Jebran gown.

Ellie Goulding’s bespoke Stella McCartney blush-colored V-neck gown was Hollywood elegance from the front but rock ‘n’ roll from the back – thanks to diamond drape detail.

Kacey Musgraves’ strapless purple ombre gown from Armani Prive fall 2015 is a confection in feathers and beads – and makes her a shoo-in to the 58th Grammys best-dressed list.

Selena Gomez in a Calvin Klein Collection tanzanite sequin dress with cutouts was one of the dresses that struck the right tone at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Cam’s yellow dress that fades to white at the ruffled train – by Georges Chakra – was among our favorite red-carpet looks of the night.

Although Taylor Swift’s coral crop top and magenta skirt by Atelier Versace was certainly on trend, it felt too informal – even for the Grammy Awards red carpet. She’s done better – much better – and even the slinky, sparkly number she wore to perform would have been a better choice. The leg slit that kind of became a front slit helped earn her a spot on our worst-dressed list.

We’re not sure who made Joy Villa’s Grammy Awards dress -- and we’re not sure we want to know -- but it was definitely pulling focus on the pre-show red carpet. It looks like it very well could have been made from the rib cage of some prehistoric animal -- or some of the set pieces from “Game of Thrones.” If you recall, at last year’s Grammy’s she turned up in a dress that appeared to be made of something that resembled orange Caltrans barrier tape. If she’s booking for a lengthy run on the worst-dressed list, she’s off to a great start.

Ciara’s Alexandre Vauthier haute couture black silk chiffon leopard crystal embroidered slip dress was another dress that was on trend but off the mark. Not even a headline-making leg-slit saves us from adding her to our worst-dressed list.

Thundercat looked like he’d been up in the Arctic Circle fixing the Sno-Cat before the Grammy Awards. Proudly. So he gets a spot on the worst-dressed list – proudly.