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With so many red carpets in a year, it’s not easy to stand out from the masses. But these women did just that, leaving impressions so strong with these perfectly executed looks — we’re talking, hair, makeup, clothes, shoes, nails, and jewelry all in sync — that we’ve declared them the best of 2017.

Click through to see who made the list and tell us whose looks you loved the most this year. (Or if you have any other memorable looks from 2017 that we forgot.)

LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 09: Actress Lupita Nyong’o attends the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ at The Shrine Auditorium on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Lupita Nyong’o at the LA premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross arrives at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, January 8, 2017, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. / AFP / VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)

Tracee Ellis Ross at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards

THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK CITY, NY – SEPTEMBER 07: Rihanna attends Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Launch on September 7, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Rihanna at the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Launch in Brooklyn

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 08: Actress Ruth Negga attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage)

Ruth Negga at this year’s Golden Globes

LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 07: Actress Taraji P. Henson poses in the press room at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

Taraji P. Henson at the MTV Movie and TV Awards