Taylor Swift shows off her midriff in J. Mendel at the ACMs: lovely or tacky?

Here are some photos from last night’s 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. You can see the list of winners here – is it okay if I really don’t care? I’m not invested in country music at all, although I do follow some of the country music celebrities. I’m just saying, though, I couldn’t care less about who wins what in country music. Anyway, here’s country music’s sweetheart Taylor Swift in J. Mendel. Swifty is a HUGE fan of J. Mendel. She wears that label a lot for formal events, to mixed results. Usually J. Mendel makes Swifty’s frothy, girly dresses, but I kind of like the simplicity of this black-and-white dress. It’s a more adult look for her. She doesn’t get enough credit for changing up her “girly-girl” style the past few years and successfully transitioning to a more mature look.

Here’s Kimberly Perry in Georges Hobeika. Perry is in The Band Perry with her brothers Neil and Reid, they won Vocal Group of The Year. This is a solid look. I prefer this sort of simple, no muss look to big hair/pageant dress look we usually see at country music events.

Here’s Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Tim is one the names that keeps coming up in Gwyneth Paltrow stories. Do you think Goop and McGraw banged circa 2009? I do not, but you never know. Anyway, it’s good to see Tim and Faith out and about. Faith’s dress is Saint Laurent. This reminds me of something Angelina Jolie would wear. Right? It’s sort of simple and sacky and the blue-grey color is something that she would like. I don’t like what’s happening with the waist… it looks poorly tailored, right? Maybe it should have been worn with some kind of sparkly belt. She’s styled beautifully though.

Photos courtesy of WENN.