There were so many stunning ladies on the red carpet at last night's Costume Institute Gala, but as always, a few fell short of their stylish goal. From errant headpieces to dizzying patterns, we've picked six of the looks that impressed us the least. Iman is currently in the lead in Fab's best dressed poll, but tell us — who do you think was the worst dressed?

















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this is the met costume gala. no worst dressed. a lot of strangely dressed, blandly dressed, over dressed. but no worst dressed.
1Wow, I don't think I could really pick ONE - there were so many bad ones!!!
2How about an "all of the above" option???
i mean.. it's okay to be strange, weird because it's the costume gala.. but just not out of the wack.. madonna's hat is really out there, it just makes her look like a crazy person (or maybe she really is)
3Leighton Meester's outfit is really interesting and unusual--I think it is oddly beautiful...
4I can't decide between Madonna and Leighton.
5Out of all of these Madonna and Leighton are the worst (but I voted Madonna) and look horrible overall. The rest look kind of okay but just odd in a few places. There were others on the guest list that looked far worse!
6all of the above. this doesn't even cover all the disasters that were there.
7Madonna's outfit is total karma, just for being her godawful self. It's like someone played a joke on her and she didn't realize it in time. Loves it!
8All of the above except Leighton's, which I really loved.
9leighton's weird but artistic. madonna looks like she went shopping in her daughter's closet or something
10it's such a shame that leighton wore what she did. she's usually got GREAT fashion sense and just completely missed it this time.
11All of them wore crazy outfits and I loved it. I voted Jessica Biel as worst dressed. Her Versace is gorgeous, yet so dissonant with her plastic lips. Jessica Alba, you take the #2 place... this time.
12I actually LOVED jessica alba's, she's so cute and I like her informal like that. leighton's is def. weird but i get that it's artistic. there's no excuse for madonna's at all... she's gone crazy
13I think Madonna's crazy outfit was expected, but Leighton was just a huge miss for me. Not even that I hate the outfit, because I think it can look great on someone else. Leighton just cannot pull it off.
14wow...i can't believe this site is saying those were the worst. I loved leighton and madonna the best. amazing..especially Leighton. the worst: Jessica biel..and also didn't quite like jessica alba...too boring
15leighton's was horrible. madonna's was too. but madonna's outfit wasnt even that ugly... the hat was. i thought leighton's overall appearance was atrocious
16I just cannot stand Madonna, and I wanted to vote for her just because of that. But I honestly thought Leighton was ridiculously awful, so she got my vote.
17Of all the photos I've seen of this event, I actually would say that Rachel Weisz was probably my least favorite. Her light pink dress was pretty standard with a really ugly bit of green tulle sticking out from underneath and her make-up and styling was just horrendous.
18UMM.. hello? blake lively was by far the worst. oh and cindy crawford.
19Leighton's my favorite, i think her outfit is weird, but artistic and beautiful..
i couldn't decide between jessica biel or madonna, but jessica biel is forgivable, cuz she just seems pretty clueless about dressing up herself.. madonna is just crazy by putting a hideous hat on top of her..
20All of the ones picked were among my least favorites. I know its the MET costume gala but I didnt like anyone of those.
21For once, Jessica Biel doesn't look horrible!
22Why even invite Jessica Alba if she's gonna go like that? No effort whatsoever.
23There is no worst dressed..this is the costume gala. wow Pop way to get it wrong.
24I really liked J. Biel's dress...It makes me sad that it was on this list...
25I actually like Leighton's LV get up.
26Leighton's
27Leighton! Madonna comes in a close second.
28Love Leighton...she's the only one who took a real risk (madonna's isn't a risk...it's just lame).
Is everyone going to like leighton's outfit? No....but it's styled and has more creativity than something boring, like Biel and Tyra. The one thing I wish is that leighton should have had brown hair for this outfit...her hair is a bit too reddish.
Ugh, and please don't get my started on Jessica Alba. What is she even doing there? She has no fashion credibility...the only thing this girl knows how to do is look pretty and that is just so boring!
29i actually thought jessica alba looked really cute
30I actually think all these looks are great.
31THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING ORIGINAL- not to mention Madonna's "weird bunny hat" is from Louis Vuitton Spring 09, and will most likely be all over the place sooner or later (Marc Jacobs knows what he's doing,)
Biel's the most boring drag queen ever.
32I liked Tyra's (minus the hair) and Jessica Biel's dresses
33But the rest are all crazy, although there's something about Leighton's outfit that I like, so I voted Madonna. That thing on her hair and those boots are inexusable.
I think the thing that most needs to be pointed out about Madonna's outfit...DOES SHE KNOW SHE'S LIKE 50?!
34Madonna hands down! Leighton would've looked good without the leggings and Jessica B. and Tyra are both ok. Jessica A. is beautiful but she should've lost the tights. Anne is looking amazing though, very 60ish!
35Madonna hands down looks a hot mess. I love her but I might even say the same thing if Angelina wore that hot mess(but she never would, EVER). That outfit was just wrong.
36It sure was nice of SNL to let Jessica Biel keep the Jessica Rabbit dress.
37Rachel Weisz was probably one of the best dressed at the ball but i agree with the list wholeheartedly.
38Call me crazy but I actually liked Leighton outfit..the Jessica's Biel dress is beautiful but the tan was too much!!..And my vote is to Madonna..She's definitely a MESS.
39Jessica A looks fine so what if it's in formal did you look at Madonna?
The rest look fine!
40It's "COSTUME" Institute Gala. I would say Biel and Albawas the worst since both are wearing a non-costume dress.
41MADONNA for sure
42Leightons was a mess too but it still has a beauty too it, just ditch the tights!
I like jessica and Ann !!
43But Madonna is ridiculous xD
However, i voted for Leighton ... my god, what is that ??
Def Madonna; (and Leighton)
44Jessica didnt look that bad IMO
Madge should know better
45I personally like all of them except for Madonna and Tyra.
46Seriously, Madonna's the only one up there looking horrible...you may not like the other outfits but they don't look like psycho's...is she wearing a$$less chaps with a tutu? I don't get it and I don't like it lmao
47I feel like Madonna was just trying to hard...it was a TOTAL miss in my opinion. She looked absolutely ridiculous.
Leighton, on the other hand, looked fantastic. I think we're all forgetting what the event was...i mean it's all about fashion and designers - let's not forget some of the crazy haute couture getups that we see every year. I think overall, with the hair and makeup, she looked amazing and wasn't afraid to take a risk. The funny thing is, I think the leggings are actually what turned people off on this outfit - otherwise, everyone would have loved her look!
48Leighton's actually isn't that bad as long as you ignore her from the knees down. Madonna is just Madonna. The fact that people can't stand what she is wearing is one of the things that made her who she is.
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