Black dresses were everywhere on the red carpet at this year's American Music Awards last night and some of my favs were worn by singers Fergie, Nicole Scherzinger and American Idol reject Kellie Pickler.

Fergie looked so much better than she usual does, all soft and feminine in her subtle make-up and centre parted curls. This is a huge change for the better Fergie and you look loads younger!! Her black, trapeze mini dress was so cute too and had a beautiful neckline to make it stand out.

Nicole Scherzinger opted for a very "now" fitted, black pencil dress and again added interest with an unusual neckline detail. I love her chunky black bracelet, sophisticated updo and platform heels!

Kellie Pickler dared to be different in her gorgeous, floor-length, chiffon gown with cut out sides and crossed over back straps. I think this look is super glam and I even love her Marilyn Monroe, platinum hairdo as it goes well with the vibe of the dress.

Whilst black was definatly the biggest trend of the night, quite a few ladies opted to wear varying hues of gold, including Ashanti in a yellowy-gold, Vanessa Hudgens in sparkly gold and Beyonce in metallic gold.

Ashanti played it safe in a floaty, bandeau ball gown with a ruffled train, teamed with a gold clutch and enormous earrings!

The stunning Vanessa Hudgens looked adorable and age appropriate in a sequined gold mini dress from Marc Bouwer with a gold arm cuff and loads of dark curls.

Finally, I'm a little on the fence with Beyonce's gold satin, fish-tail number. She definately has the figure to pull it off but I prefer the bottom of the dress to the top and the many chunky bracelets are too much. Also, she'd look so much classier with brunette locks, this cheap blonde colour harks back to the Survivor days of Destiny's Child.

And as they say, variety is the spice of life so here we have Ashley Tisdale in a very intricate, silver flapper-style dress, and Miley Cyrus looking bold and possibly a little age inappropriate in a gorgeous red, bubble dress with sparkly gold peep toes.

My fav looks of the night go to Fergie and Kellie Pickler in black and Vanessa Hudgens in gold. Which did you love/hate??

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