Glamour’s 2010 Women Of The Year

We dare you not to be inspired by the courageous, hilarious, brilliant, brave, and incredibly strong women who were honored tonight at GWe dare you not to be inspired by the courageous, hilarious, brilliant, brave, and incredibly strong women who were honored tonight at Glamour’s annual Women of the Year awards. You may have already gotten the red carpet play-by-play from our Twitter earlier this evening, but there’s loads more coverage to come from Smitten, TGITBD, and all of your other favorite bloggers who got to take part in one miraculously special evening (Steven Tyler, Bill Clinton, Tyra Banks, and Maya Angelou in one room–only at Glamour, dolls!). And before we get to all of that, we’ve got the little issue of…what they were wearing! Check out our picks for the evening’s best dressed, after the jump.lamour’s annual Women of the Year awards. You may have already gotten the red carpet play-by-play from our Twitter earlier this evening, but there’s loads more coverage to come from Smitten, TGITBD, and all of your other favorite bloggers who got to take part in one miraculously special evening (Steven Tyler, Bill Clinton, Tyra Banks, and Maya Angelou in one room–only at Glamour, dolls!). And before we get to all of that, we’ve got the little issue of…what they were wearing! Check out our picks for the evening’s best dressed, after the jump.

Rihanna was presented with her Woman of the Year award by Iman, and before the supermodel had barely uttered the pop idol’s name, the crowd of very young fans in the balcony of Carnegie Hall went wild. Rihanna came out to accept her award not from her seat, like most of the other honorees, but from backstage. “I was worried about getting up the stairs in this,” she said of her customarily over-the-top gown by Stephane Rolland. “As usual, I decided to wear the tightest dress I could find!”

Honoree Stella McCartney had her own fashion issues to contend with. When she made her way up to the stage (where Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, and Barbara Starkey–AKA the Beatles wives–gave her one of the evening’s best surprises), she covered her bum with the teeny tiny dress she designed herself and warned the audience, “Never wear a skirt this short!”

One of my favorite red carpet looks of the evening came from Marissa Mayer, vice president of search and experience at Google. She proves you can be a tech geek and a fashionista in this Oscar de la Renta skirt and top. She’s been a couture collector and a serious style force for as long as she’s been a major player in the technology field. Presenter Matt Lauer affectionately called her “the extremely accomplished hot chick from Google.”

Whatever Catherine Zeta Jones has been sprinkling on top of her Wheaties in the morning, WE WANT SOME! The A-list actress has never looked better–and although you can’t see them under her floor-sweeping Gustavo Cadile hemline, she had on a pair of bright cherry-red stilettos that took her look from gorgeous to positively perfect.