The We Like Their Style Award

Lily Allen: a true Brit original, evolving nicely

Sienna Miller: the big knickers were a low point, but she’s learnt her lesson – and how

Dolce & Gabbana: the designers’ hand-painted dresses (right) are the closest fashion has yet come to art

Beth Ditto: proof that style comes in all guises. She stole Fashion Rocks, wearing Christopher Kane

Gap: the best on the high street by a mile

Atonement: a film with a good plot, and even better clothes

Eva Green: bonkers but beautiful

Helen Mirren: serene, stately, sexy

Cécilia Sarkozy: Carla Bruni can keep him

The Union Jack: never more fashionable. If Scotland leaves the Union, bagsy England keeps the flag

Alexa Chung: fashion’s latest crush

The Further Proof that Directional Doesn’t Necessarily Work on the Red Carpet Award

Nicole Kidman – another, ahem, “individual” choice from Balenciaga; Kate Moss at Led Zeppelin’s reunion – or why it’s never good to carry the theme of your fringe through to your clothes. Still, Moss deserves credit for courage in the face of impending catastrophe. Not only did she carry on partying after her dress ripped at the V&A gala in September, she also remained undeterred when flocks of birds pooed all over her fur jacket.

The Let’s Think of a Number and Stick It on the Price Ticket Award

Chanel’s alligator and diamond 2.55 bag, £130,000; Louis Vuitton’s Tribute bag, £28,000; Balenciaga’s Robot Shoe, £635. As the economy heated up, heels got higher, bags got bigger, jewellery got extreme. Are quieter times ahead?

The Back From the Dead Award Jaeger London, as designed by Karen Boyd (one half of the Eighties design duo Boyd and Storey) and as distinct from plain old Jaeger . . . We wrote about the Lazarus-like resurrection of this British brand back in April. With Russell Marsh on board as the casting director for its first catwalk show next February, even greater things are expected for 2008. And thank heaven for Simon Fuller. The unlikely saviour safely delivered our beloved Roland Mouret back to fashion’s fold, and with him another smash hit, the Moon Dress, now being ripped off by a high street chain near you.

The Remind Us What They Do Again Award The original point of Daisy and Pearl Lowe may be lost in the mists of time, but, like Margot Stilley, they grace every fashion event going. In a closely related category – The Here, There and Everywhere Award – Thandie Newton clobbers the competition. But because she’s talented as well as stylish, we’ll let her off.

The Looky-Likey Award A tough category this, in the year that Katie Holmes cut her hair to look like daughter Suri (we know it was the year of the fringe, but this is frightening), Agyness Deyn stalked the catwalks as an incarnation of the Eighties model Jenny Howarth, Kate Bosworth looked like Diane Kruger, who looked like Charlize Theron, who looked like Heidi Klum, who looks like Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton and Avril Lavigne now that they’ve all gone blonde. Dannii Minogue has completed her transformation into an oil slick; Natalia Vodianova resembled a pipe cleaner three weeks after giving birth, Chanel’s entire complement of models turned up with Amy Winehouse hairdos for its Paris-Londres show. But narrowly beating them all is Roberto Cavalli, who dressed up as Karl Lagerfeld in October.

The Hype of the Year Award: Kate Moss for Topshop collection. OK, so part of the hype was our fault. Sorry, but you can’t say that floral dress wasn’t pretty; short crops were meant to make a comeback, but it seems the world is still wedded to hair that you can sit on, apart from plucky little Renée Zellweger, who lopped hers all off and never looked better; all those who queued and elbowed at Primark. As for I’m Not A Plastic Bag bag – are you still carrying it now? Kate Middleton – on-off, on-off, on . . . – oh, who cares? Eugenie and Beatrice look much more fun.

The Mr Big Award Now that Karl is skinny and Gianfranco Ferré is dead, fashion’s new Mr Big is Harvey Weinstein. The godfather of Miramax is pulling strings behind Marchesa and the soon-to-be-relaunched Halston.

RIP:thigh-high socks on all but the nubile; ludicrously dimensioned handbags; fake tans; plastic bags; WAG style; Ugly Betty(can there be any clichés left?); body con (we’re conscious enough of our bodies, thank you); going knickerless (so passé); lip gloss (come on, we can kick this if we really try; all we have to do is look in the mirror and see how porn-star “chic” worked its way into our make-up bags).

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